A baby who was left alone for days in a Phoenix, Arizona, apartment was rescued by police officers last month after the infant’s mother had died, officials said Friday. Phoenix police said they received a call from a neighbor on the morning of May 14 to check on a woman …
Read More »Senate votes down measure restricting Trump from further military action in Iran
Washington — The Senate on Friday voted down an effort to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, as Democratic anger festers over the lack of details about the recent strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities. The measure failed in a 47-53 vote, with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of …
Read More »Some sections of New Orleans’ flood walls sinking at rate of nearly 2 inches per year, study finds
New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans’ concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The study found that the city’s concrete flood walls are sinking faster than …
Read More »Bill Moyers, acclaimed public affairs TV broadcaster, dies at 91
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91. His former producer, Judy Doctoroff, confirmed his death to CBS News. Moyers died in a New York City …
Read More »Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state’s longest
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme …
Read More »Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state’s longest
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme …
Read More »Man turns himself in after Ohio Rep. Max Miller says he was “run off the road” and threatened while driving
A man who allegedly ran Rep. Max Miller “off the road” in Rocky River, Ohio, showed a Palestinian flag and threatened the congressman has turned himself in, police said Friday. The Rocky River Police Department identified the driver as Feras Hamden, 36, from Westlake, Ohio. They obtained a warrant for …
Read More »Owen Wilson learns to “smell the roses” as he finds peace in life after 50
At 56, Owen Wilson says he’s finally learning to “smell the roses.” The Academy Award-nominated actor, known for comedic roles in films like “Wedding Crashers,” “Zoolander” and “Meet the Parents,” stars in the new Apple TV+ series “Stick” as Pryce Cahill, a washed-up professional golfer seeking redemption. Speaking at Liberty …
Read More »Daughter of Mother Emanuel AME church victim reflects on her father’s death a decade after mass shooting
Ten years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, a white supremacist gunned down nine people at a Bible study inside Mother Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black church in the South. The church’s pastor, Clementa Pinckney, was one of the people killed in the massacre. His daughter, Eliana Pinckney, graduated from …
Read More »Army pilot killed in helicopter training accident in Kentucky identified
A 40-year-old Army pilot was killed, and a second pilot was injured, in a helicopter training accident Wednesday evening at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, the Army post said. The soldier killed was identified Friday by the 101st Airborne Division as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright. In a post …
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