National Public Radio on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump over his executive order to cease all federal funding for the nonprofit broadcaster. Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections for speech and the press and steps on Congress’ authority, NPR and three other public radio stations claim in …
Read More »11 hospitalized, including 2 kids, after boat explosion in Florida
Nearly a dozen people, including two children, were hospitalized after a boat explosion and fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day evening, officials said. The incident was reported around 5:45 p.m. Monday near the New River Triangle, not far from the Lauderdale Yacht Club on Southeast 12th Court. U.S. …
Read More »Severe weather threatens 12 million during Memorial Day travel
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Read More »Car collides with pedestrians at soccer parade in Liverpool, England
As thousands of people lined the streets to celebrate Liverpool Football Club’s English Premier League title win, a car collided with a number of pedestrians in the center of Liverpool, a city in northwest England, police said Monday. Describing it as a “major incident” on X, Merseyside police said the …
Read More »Trump lashes out at Putin and severe weather threatens Memorial Day travel: Morning Rundown
Trump accuses Putin of “needlessly killing a lot of people” after Russia’s massive attacks in Ukraine. Phil Robertson, the bearded patriarch of “Duck Dynasty,” dies at 79. And travelers opt for the open road instead of the skies thanks to cheaper gas. Here’s what to know today. President Donald Trump …
Read More »‘Duck Dynasty’ founding father Phil Robertson dies at 79
Phil Robertson, the bearded patriarch of A&E Network’s “Duck Dynasty,” has died, his family announced Sunday. “We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord,” his daughter-in-law Korie Robertson, wife of Willie Robertson, posted on Facebook. He was 79. The family had announced …
Read More »Trump delays 50% tariffs on E.U. to July 9
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he agreed to an extension on the 50% tariff deadline on the European Union until July 9. “I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting an extension on the June 1st deadline on the 50% Tariff …
Read More »Fire destroys Louisiana plantation house, calling legacy into question
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Read More »Gaza doctor loses 9 children as Israel bears down on war
Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar has spent her life caring for the Strip’s sick and wounded children as a pediatric specialist at al-Tahrir Hospital in Gaza. On Friday, she lost nine of her own. An Israeli airstrike struck her home in Khan Younis, killing nearly her entire family, another unbearable blow …
Read More »1 dead in New York sewage-boat explosion on Hudson River
NEW YORK — An explosion on a boat carrying raw sewage that was docked on the Hudson River in New York City killed a longtime city employee Saturday, authorities said. Another worker on the city-owned Hunts Point vessel was injured and taken to the hospital after the blast around 10:30 …
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