OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support…
Read more Giant Metal Roosters Spread Autism Acceptance in Maine After Town Zoning SpatPOWELL, Ohio (AP) — The skies were mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat had finally broken as 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Dias and his 28-year-old wife, Marina…
Read more 2 Married Couples From Honduras Were Among 5 Adults Who Drowned in an Ohio RiverWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks…
Read more McConnell Says a Fall Led to His Hospitalization, Breaking Weeks of Silence About Health ConditionKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
Read more US Citizen Tests Positive for Ebola in CongoREYNOLDS COUNTY, MO (AP) — Emergency crews rescued about 20 people in Missouri on Friday after a building collapsed in a campground following widespread flooding and heavy rainfall…
Read more Emergency Crews Rescue About 20 After a Campground Building Collapses in Missouri FloodingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Thursday it had ended its latest round of airstrikes targeting Iran after hitting some 90 targets. The U.S.…
Read more US Says It Has Ended Strikes on Iran After Hitting Some 90 TargetsResidents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday,…
Read more Fierce Winds Hit US Pacific Territories as Super Typhoon Bavi Approaches Near GuamWASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching…
Read more ‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s Keep Democracy Going.’ Americans Weigh in on State of a 250-Year-Old NationSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal audit released Wednesday found that only 25% of some $14 billion in federal funds obligated for Puerto Rico’s power grid…
Read more Federal Audit Finds Puerto Rico Awaiting Billions of Dollars Nearly a Decade After Deadly HurricaneBy Tim Reid, Joseph Ax and Hannah Beier DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, June 29 (Reuters) – Betsy Halsey, 63, still has memorabilia from America’s 1976 bicentennial in her childhood bedroom…
Read more Happy Birthday, America? at 250, Nation May Be Too Divided to Celebrate as OneBANGKOK (AP) — Shares plunged Friday in Asia, led by heavy losses in Japan and South Korea as traders sold to lock in gains from recent rallies in…
Read more Asian Shares Plunge as Traders Sell to Lock in Profits After Recent Rallies Driven by AIWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose political…
Read more Key Inflation Gauge Jumps to 3-Year High in Latest Sign of Affordability ChallengesNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. gasoline prices decreased an average of 49 cents a gallon in the last month as expectations rose for an end to the war…
Read more Trump Is Frustrated Gasoline Prices Don’t Mirror Oil’s Decline. Experts Say It’s Not That SimpleTOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the…
Read more UN Nuclear Agency Boss Signals That Inspectors Will Visit Iran’s Nuclear SitesNEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton’s staff and advisers stood around him just outside the doors of a cozy theater, where some of his most fervent…
Read more From Renter to Owner, Sharpton Locks in National Action Network’s Harlem Foothold for the Long HaulWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages…
Read more US Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat Kills 3 in the Eastern Pacific OceanROME (AP) — The United Nations’ food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict,…
Read more UN Food Agencies Warn Acute Hunger Will Worsen in 13 Hot Spots as Famine Risks RiseThree fans bicycled nearly 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) from South America to Kansas City, Missouri — without tickets in hand. One group drove 20 hours, living off sandwiches…
Read more Argentina Is Defending Its World Cup Title, and Its Fans Are More Obsessed Than EverJune 14 (Reuters) – The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday to win their second Stanley Cup championship and first since 2006. Taylor Hall,…
Read more NHL-Hurricanes Beat Golden Knights to Win Stanley CupMcDonald, who is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, is currently a litigation partner at the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm and…
Read more Trump Names James M. McDonald to Lead Powerful New York Federal Prosecutor’s Office
