PHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after collapsing on the searing asphalt outside a […]
Usher and Janet Jackson headline 30th Essence Festival of Culture
NEW ORLEANS — The best of Black culture’s policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, spiritual gurus, business movers and shakers, health experts and, of course, musical talent are poised to converge in […]
Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 04-08-19-31-45, Mega Ball: 11, Megaplier: 4 The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” […]
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, boosted by Wall Street records as Tesla zooms
TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after Tesla shares zoomed up more than 10%, helping to drive U.S. benchmarks to new records. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose […]
Dodger slugger Shohei Ohtani says he will not participate in this year's All-Star Home Run Derby
Dodger slugger Shohei Ohtani says he will not participate in this year’s All-Star Home Run Derby Source link
New Mexico denies film incentive application on ‘Rust’ movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
SANTA FE, N.M. — Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial […]
What was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started
NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s […]
Pro-choice advocates set to turn in around 800,000 signatures for Arizona abortion ballot measure
PHOENIX — Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the abortion rights issue on Arizona’s November general election ballot. Organizers collected about 800,000 signatures […]
From raising alarm to backing Biden, Democrats in Congress grapple with debate aftermath
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the […]
Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again
ATLANTA — There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns […]