COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval will face Cory Bowman, the half brother of Vice President JD Vance, this fall after the pair were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary. Pureval placed a dominant first in the nonpartisan three-way contest, in which third-place finisher Republican Brian Frank was eliminated. Under the rules of the…
A second fighter jet was lost after falling over the side of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and into the Red Sea, two U.S. officials told NBC News. There were only minor injuries after the 2-seater, F-18 Super Hornet fell off the aircraft carrier as it was landing at around 9:45 p.m. local…
The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow. Four committee members said the Centers for Disease Control and…
Members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet said Tuesday that while they look forward to the United States’ co-hosting next year’s FIFA World Cup, they want to make sure foreign visitors don’t stay longer than they’re allowed. The quadrennial tournament, which the United States will host alongside Mexico and Canada, is expected to attract millions of…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky woman was in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her front doorstep. The surprise delivery was ordered by her young son while he played on her phone. Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping 8-year-old Liam’s Amazon order for about 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers before the…
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named Dr. Vinay Prasad — a hematologist-oncologist who has been accused of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and was an outspoken critic of the agency’s decision to approve Covid shots in children — as its new vaccine chief. The FDA commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, announced Prasad would lead the…
The Indian armed forces launched “Operation Sindoor,” hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government said in a statement. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted in the action that happened early Wednesday local time, the statement added. “Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature,” the Indian…
A lawyer for the federal government and an appeals judge got into a heated exchange Tuesday when the lawyer could not answer whether detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Öztürk’s free speech is protected. Öztürk, who is from Turkey, was apprehended by immigration authorities on the streets of a Boston suburb on March 25. The Trump…
“Something I’ve noticed about the Rockies is that Rockies fans show up regardless of how the team is performing,” said Scott Powers, an assistant professor of sports analytics and statistics at Rice University. “But if revenue doesn’t depend on performance, there’s certainly less incentive (for team owners to improve the team).” And there might be…
Five former directors of the National Weather Service are warning that additional cuts to the agency’s staffing could lead to unnecessary deaths during severe weather such as tornadoes, wildfires and hurricanes. “Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life. We know that’s a…
