Severe weather may put a damper on Memorial Day weekend travel plans for millions across the South, Plains and Mississippi Valley. Around 13 million people from Texas to Alabama on Saturday are in the risk area, including Memphis, Tennessee; Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Birmingham, Alabama; and Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma. Very large…
Former President Joe Biden on Friday attended his grandson’s high school graduation, marking his first public appearance since he announced last weekend that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In photos posted on Instagram by former first lady Jill Biden and the former president’s daughter, Ashley Biden, the former president and former first lady appeared…
A mother finally rests Umberger, a former political consultant, moved to New York several weeks before his death for his job at a nonprofit. Although he was relatively new to the city, he quickly developed a list of favorite restaurants he shared with his mom, including Minetta Tavern, the Waverly Inn and Lil’ Frankies. Clary…
INDIANAPOLIS — Drive through the neighborhoods surrounding Indianapolis Motor Speedway and it looks like Christmas in May. Checkered flags and “Welcome race fans” signs on every block. Neatly trimmed lawns decorated with cutout Indy cars, a mock Borg-Warner Trophy, even an inflatable version of the track’s familiar golden, winged logo. Yet the “Racing Capital of…
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo vividly remembers receiving a call around midnight from a community activist. The caller told him to watch a video spreading on social media of a white officer pinning a Black man to the ground, despite his fading pleas of “I can’t breathe.” The dying man was George…
A Louisiana inmate who authorities began searching for after receiving a public tip was recaptured on Friday, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. Tra’Von Johnson, 22, was found on Bennett Road in Amite City, just a few miles away from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail that he escaped from on Thursday afternoon, the sheriff’s office…
CANNES, France — A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday morning, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize. Power was restored around 3 p.m., as music began blasting again from beachfront speakers. The end of the blackout was…
It was a paws-itively magnificent performance. Less Brad Pitt, more Brad Pittbull, the organizers of the 25th annual Palm Dog awards in Cannes, rolled out the red carpet Friday for the four-legged stars getting their flowers alongside their human colleagues, who were in town for this year’s iteration of the film festival held in the…
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The European Union has pushed back against President Donald Trump’s latest suggestion that he will impose a 50% import tariff on all E.U. goods, warning that transatlantic trade must be built on “respect, not threats.” The rebuke came after Trump said in a Friday post on his Truth Social platform that trade negotiations with Brussels…
