They were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal. But the interwoven lives of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were brutally cut short Wednesday evening, when the two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a young diplomats’ reception at the Capital Jewish Museum. The suspect shouted “Free Palestine” as […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has thrown into question who may be eligible for a shot. The Food and Drug Administration’s outside experts have met regularly since the launch of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Kid Cudi has wrapped up his testimony Thursday in the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. He took the witness stand after George Kaplan, a former personal assistant to the music mogul, who told the jury about the threatening world he said Combs created for his inner […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday, setting about 15 homes fire and evacuating homes along several blocks, authorities said. “We have jet fuel all over the place,” Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said during a news conference. “Our main goal is to search all these […]
The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security said the university allowed “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus and claimed without […]
Iran and the United States will hold a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The negotiations represent a milestone in the fraught relations between the two nations over Iran’s program, which is enriching uranium close to weapons-grade levels. Officials are now focused on the details that could […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were fatally shot Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said. The attack was seen by officials in Israel and the U.S. as the latest in a growing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said. The two victims, a man and a woman, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that has long sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump ’s crypto projects invited to dine with him at his luxury golf club in Northern Virginia on the heels of the Senate advancing key pro-crypto legislation and while bitcoin […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans made several eleventh-hour changes to their massive tax cut and immigration bill as they tried to win over GOP holdouts and pass the bill through the House. The revisions were unveiled late Wednesday evening, just before the House launched into an all-night session to debate and vote on the bill. […]
MIAMI (AP) — Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, attended a hearing in immigration court in Miami on Wednesday for what he thought would be a quick check-in. The musty, glass-paneled courthouse sees hundreds of such hearings every day. Most last less than five minutes and end with a judge ordering […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who killed his wife and her two teenage sons was scheduled to be executed on Thursday morning, three years after he was saved by a last-minute reprieve. Oscar Smith, 75, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at 10:10 a.m. Smith has always claimed […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — No Mow May encourages homeowners to stash the lawn mower each spring and let flowers and grass grow for pollinators and water retention. And if your neighbor’s lawn already looks like a wildflower field most of the time, it could be more intentional than passersby might assume. The movement has expanded […]
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Representatives of NATO -aligned nations will gather starting Thursday in the Ohio city where an end to the three-year Bosnian War was brokered three decades ago, unpacking the lessons of the Dayton Peace Accords for navigating global conflicts. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a transatlantic forum of about 300 parliamentarians from the […]
The Southern Poverty Law Center is expected to release its annual report Thursday on white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist group activity in the United States. The Hate & Extremism Report will identify the number of active hate groups in 2024 and how that compares to previous years. It will also look at anti-government group […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving into an all-night session early Thursday, House Republicans reconvened to push ahead on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics within his ranks and working to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to passage. Johnson and his GOP leadership team appeared confident after a lengthy White […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kermit the Frog knows it’s not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncertainty and political turmoil. Members of the University of Maryland’s class of 2025 will receive their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Kid Cudi took the witness stand Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs and was expected to testify about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, wasn’t expected to testify for long, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back vehicle emission standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The winding series of Senate procedural votes that went late into the evening could have profound implications […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana bill that would have carved out a path for incarcerated people convicted by now-banned split juries the opportunity to ask for a new trial was rejected by Republican state senators on Wednesday, likely killing the measure. An estimated 1,000 people behind bars in the Deep South state were […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed, citing in part a recent NBC “Dateline” special that they called prejudicial toward Bryan Kohberger and a need for additional time to prepare his defense. The filing dated Tuesday said moving forward […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday. The archdiocese, its parishes and several insurers will pay $179.2 million into a trust to benefit survivors, according to a statement by the committee that negotiated the agreement. […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that she is considering sanctions against lawyers with a high-priced firm hired to defend Alabama’s prison system after ChatGPT was used to write two court filings that included nonexistent case citations. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco held a hearing in Birmingham to question attorneys with the […]
The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil during a commencement speech Wednesday that drew loud boos and chants of “free Palestine” from graduating students. The acting president, Claire Shipman, also alluded to the crackdown on foreign students by the Trump administration that has roiled the Ivy League school […]
