WASHINGTON — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter […]
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there. […]
A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in an NYC apartment for weeks
NEW YORK — A cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a man and keeping him locked up for weeks in an upscale Manhattan apartment, where authorities say […]
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 12-18-28-48-52, Powerball: 5, Power Play: 3 (twelve, eightteen, twenty-eight, forty-eight, fifty-two, Powerball: five, Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: […]
For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death
HOUSTON — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a camera on himself. “I just want […]
302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by boat gets oversized CT scan, with a surprise
JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 […]
Cities tied to George Floyd mark the 5th anniversary of his death
MINNEAPOLIS — Religious services, concerts and vigils are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer even as police reform and civil rights […]
In their words: How recent presidents have honored America’s fallen on Memorial Day
WASHINGTON — From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation’s capital to the American burial ground in Normandy, France, presidents customarily commemorate Memorial Day on hallowed ground. In somber wreath-laying ceremonies […]
Meet Hercules and Ned, the border collies fending off wildlife at West Virginia’s busiest airport
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hercules and Ned have quite the spacious office at West Virginia’s busiest airport. The border collies and their handler make daily patrols along the milelong airfield to […]
Texas is closer to putting Ten Commandments in classrooms
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a Republican proposal that cleared a major vote Saturday and would make the state […]