BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a lot to talk about Friday when they met on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, but one notable matter wasn’t on the table: That’s abortion, an issue that emerged as an unexpected friction point among the democracies […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university. $237 million — far beyond the recipient’s endowment. The money was promised by a 30-year-old who had recounted his rise from a childhood in foster care to becoming, as he put it, Texas’ “youngest African American […]
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group. Alexander Morris, who is Black, filed a lawsuit Monday against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, alleging racial discrimination and other […]
Kentucky State Police is searching for a missing 8-month-old child who was not found during a welfare check. Miya Tucker, of Reynolds Station in Ohio County, was last suspected to be in the care of her parents, Cage Rudd and Tesla Tucker, KSP said. Rudd and Tucker were arrested and charged with abandonment of a […]
Surveillance video showing the Jan. 24, 2024 attack that happened on East Fifth Street Downtown. Among the seven juveniles charged in two seemingly random attacks that happened Downtown in January was a 13-year-old boy. In one of the incidents, which happened the afternoon of Jan. 24 on East Fifth Street, a 15-year-old boy was attacked […]
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said the startup accelerator didn’t fire Sam Altman. Altman had roles at OpenAI and Y Combinator before he left the latter in 2019. “We didn’t want him to leave, just to choose one or the other,” Graham said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn’t fired from his position as Y Combinator […]
The MAGA energy was palpable—in the Bronx. As emerging crowds recognized other like-minded people on the street, the chants began immediately. “Let’s Go Brandon!” someone shouted. Another group smiled mischievously and echoed the chant, a small cacophony hinting at what was to come. This was the Bronx like I had never seen it, and that […]
A strange, green blob lurched across the weather radar Wednesday morning. And it wasn’t rain. According to Justin Gibbs with the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky, the spot that flared up around the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois was likely caused by a confluence of bugs. And considering the time of year, […]
Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shared a video referencing a “unified Reich.” The Biden campaign accused Trump of echoing Nazi Germany. The Trump campaign said the wording of the video hadn’t been checked. Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shared a video claiming that if he wins the presidency again, America will be a “unified Reich,” in […]
A Wyoming High School freshman was assaulted in a locker room last year. This March, his family was issued a bill for over $500 for counseling services he received at school after the incident. Last week, the family was informed that services would be cut off due to lack of payment. The teen’s father said […]
Kimmie Gilbert couldn’t seem to lose weight despite trying diets, exercise, and medication. Research suggests that gut microbiome composition might play a role in a person’s weight. Gilbert got her stool analyzed in a lab and found that she was lacking some key microbes. Kimmie Gilbert has one pressing question: “What in the world are […]
A salvage company has lost a legal battle with South Africa over $43 million in shipwrecked silver. The company claimed it was due a salvage fee from the country for hauling up the treasure. The case highlights the complex legal wranglings that surround shipwrecks and salvage rights. A company that hauled 2,364 silver bars from […]