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By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists. “Collecting Memories” — which opens to the public on June 13 — is an
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s gun trial has gone to the jury to decide whether he lied about his drug use when he bought a revolver.
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s federal oversight body has named Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among four new members of a horseman’s advisory group that will provide feedback to its executive team and committees. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority ( HISA ) announced Monday that Pletcher, whose colt Mindframe finished second, a
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutality, has died.
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Two teenagers have been killed by a landslide during heavy rains when their bedroom wall collapsed on an island in El Salvador. The landslide took place on the Meanguera del Golfo island in the Gulf of Fonseca. The deaths were confirmed early Monday by the Defense Ministry and President
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A man from Central Pennsylvania was cited at Philadelphia International Airport over the weekend after Transportation Security Administration officials found an antique revolver in his carry-on luggage. TSA said the revolver, which wasn’t loaded, was detected among the Middletown resident’s clothing
Continue ReadingBy Jenna DeAngelis Click here for updates on this story LINDENHURST, New York (WCBS) — One Long Island school district has started installing vape detectors that can pick up on more than just nicotine. It’s all because of a push from one teenager. Vape detectors installed at Lindenhurst Middle School Two vape detectors have been
Continue ReadingBy Steve Maugeri Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — John McHugh kept a diary of his travels during World War II. The 103-year-old grew up in Jamaica. “My trade was a printer,” McHugh said.” I was a printer for 20 years.” But, he volunteered to help feed the Americans fighting
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Jones Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A man living with a condition that limits the way he moves is not being held back. Instead, Peter Knabis continues his quest to visit all the Major League Baseball ballparks as he follows his favorite team the Cleveland Guardians. “I
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One driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and 14 others were cited during a driver’s license/DUI operation in La Quinta, authorities announced today. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department personnel held the checkpoint at Washington Street and Avenue 47 from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. The majority of the citations
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting near their record levels Monday ahead of a week with several top-tier reports on inflation due, as well as the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting on interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in afternoon trading and on track to top
Continue ReadingBy Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Students at a charter school in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood will be finishing the year remotely after a shooting at a nearby MBTA station may have targeted a student. Student may have been shooting target There’s now a strong private security presence
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. For decades, the EU confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. With a strong showing in elections Sunday, far-right forces could now influence or block joint EU-wide
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The organization behind the Oscars elected over a dozen individuals to its board of governors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. The 2024-2025 board of governors include both first-timers, like director Patricia Cardoso, and veterans like Rita Wilson, Warner Bros. co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The organization behind the Oscars elected over a dozen individuals to its board of governors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. The 2024-2025 board of governors include both first-timers, like director Patricia Cardoso, and veterans like Rita Wilson, Warner Bros. co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — US Department of Veterans Affairs officials have eliminated frontline jobs for staffers who provide care to veterans, even though agency leaders previously declared such positions would largely be protected from cuts, according to a CNN review of documents and interviews with more than 20 VA employees and job
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Monday afternoon on a U.S. resolution that welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on Hamas to accept the three-phase plan. Hamas has said it
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — More suspects are facing charges in a shootout that injured 11 people last month in Savannah’s busy tourism district. Savannah police spokesman Neil Penttila said Monday that authorities are seeking two men on arrest warrants charging them with aggravated assault and weapons charges in the May 18 shootings. That’s after police
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has rescinded the accreditation of a correspondent for Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and told her to leave the country. The ministry says it’s in response to Austria’s expulsion of a journalist for Russian state news agency Tass. ORF says Maria Knips-Witting had been based in Moscow since
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By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Girls and young women freed from Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria continue to suffer severe hardships, including unlawful military detention, neglect, and inadequate support to start over, according to a new Amnesty International report. While protracted military detention has decreased recently, the report released Monday noted that many women still experienced mistreatment.
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