NEW YORK — By this time next week, Donald Trump could be a convicted felon — or a newly acquitted man declaring complete and total exoneration. His Manhattan trial on charges for concealing a 2016 hush money scheme is suddenly hurtling toward a conclusion, with Justice Juan Merchan encouraging attorneys to prepare for closing arguments […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Texas dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 15,538 in the week ending May 11, down from 15,640 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 222,000 last […]
When I turned 50 last year, I started noticing big changes in my face, including sagginess, wrinkles, brown spots and uneven tone. I knew it was time to get extremely serious about skin care. For me, that meant not only using the best sunscreen every day, but investing in products with high-quality ingredients that have […]
Shares of electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) sank Wednesday after rising early in the week on the brief resurgence of interest in meme stocks. As of the close of trading, Rivian was down by about 8.9% from Tuesday’s closing price — but still up about 2% since the end of last week. […]
It feels like summer has finally arrived in Boise, and it will stick around for at least a couple more days until more spring-like temperatures return. This past weekend, temperatures reached 80 degrees for the first time in 2024, and the National Weather Service in Boise expects to hit that mark again on Wednesday and […]
Colm Tóibín is back with his long-awaited follow-up to Brooklyn… Fiction 1. Long Island by Colm Tóibín is published in hardback by Picador. Available May 23rd ‘He wanted to ask her the reason she was here alone, but every question he thought of seemed wrong. It occurred to him that he really wanted to ask […]
Iranian legislators have voted to change the country’s working week to start on Sunday. The Iranian Parliament approved a bill enacting the change on Wednesday, the country’s state broadcaster reported. The new law also includes a reduction in the regular working week from 44 to 40 hours. The main aim of the measure is to […]
The Kansas City Chiefs will open the 2024 NFL season with a home game. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) With the NFL Draft settled, it’s time for one last major event in the NFL offseason: the 2024 NFL schedule reveal. After a lot of suspense surrounding the official date that the league will drop the full 2024-25 […]
May 15—No one in York questions the town’s longstanding tradition of welcoming summer visitors to stay in rented seaside homes. But whether those properties should be licensed and inspected is being debated as residents prepare to vote Saturday on new regulations. The town is considering an ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals for the first […]
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The San Angelo Police Officers Coalition organized their annual “Police Memorial 5-K Run” in honor of Police Memorial Week. It was held Tuesday, May 14th, at 6 P.M. at the San Angelo Police Department Building. Dozens of people came out in support from businesses and volunteers for SAPD. […]
AUSTIN, Texas – A woman is still missing over a week after a night out in Downtown Austin earlier this month. 35-year-old Elizabeth Spalding and her twin sister were last known to be in downtown Austin on May 4 and may have been in local bars or nightclubs, according to her family, says the Downtown […]
Almost 450,000 Palestinians have fled from Rafah over the past week, the UN says, as Israeli tanks reportedly push deeper into the southern Gaza city. “People face constant exhaustion, hunger and fear,” warned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa. Israel’s military says it is continuing “operations against terror targets” in the east of the […]