For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus. To affirm their beliefs — that God is present and hasn’t abandoned them — the […]
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 02-20-51-56-67, Mega Ball: 19, Megaplier: 2 The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” […]
Government funding bill clears the Senate and heads to President Biden for his signature, averting shutdown
Government funding bill clears the Senate and heads to President Biden for his signature, averting shutdown Source link
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statutes of Confederate soldiers […]
Senate eyes vote before midnight on government funding after House approves bill to prevent shutdown
WASHINGTON — Approaching a midnight government shutdown deadline, the Senate set up votes toward final passage late Friday of a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster […]
Santa, Mrs. Claus use military transports to bring Christmas to Alaska Native village
YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in a C-17 […]
Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
LYONS, Ga. — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. An […]
The Latest: Schumer says Senate on course to pass bill before funding lapses at midnight
With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but […]
Canyon de Chelly in Arizona will become latest national park unit to ban commercial air tours
CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. — Commercial air tours will soon be prohibited over Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona under a plan approved this week by […]
A traditional send-off in New Orleans for an innovative brass band musician
Musicians and friends form a second line parade organized by Orlando Prince, a rising jazz musician, for his father John “Prince” Gilbert, as a sendoff for his father who recently […]