Top speller in English to be crowned at Scripps National Spelling Bee finals
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is set to crown a champion, with 11 finalists gathering in a convention center ballroom outside Washington to demonstrate their mastery of Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged dictionary
2023-06-02 04:49
$63M verdict against Miami commissioner accused of political retaliation
A federal jury in Florida has awarded $63.5 million to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent
2023-06-02 04:28
Preliminary hearing date set for man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl as supporters look on
An 84-year-old Kansas City man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in three months
2023-06-02 04:26
Trump and DeSantis jab at each other on campaign trail in 1st dueling appearances as 2024 candidates
Former President Donald Trump is keeping up a steady drumbeat of criticism of his chief rival Ron DeSantis
2023-06-02 03:58
Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
A rabbi who survived the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history says he immediately recognized the sound of gunfire coming from elsewhere inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that day and that he tried to get members of his congregation to safety
2023-06-02 03:58
Boeing signs alternative fuel deal with Los Angeles startup to cut carbon footprint
A Los Angeles startup that is designing facilities to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean says it has struck a pre-purchase agreement with Boeing
2023-06-02 03:58
Biden tells US Air Force Academy graduates their leadership needed; trips after speech
President Joe Biden has delivered a commencement address at the U_S_ Air Force Academy in Colorado, thanking graduates for choosing “service over self.”
2023-06-02 03:54
White House says Biden is fine after tripping on stage at Air Force Academy commencement
President Joe Biden tripped on a sandbag and fell as he completed handing out diplomas at the US Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado on Thursday.
2023-06-02 03:45
Brazil's Congress weakens pro-environment ministries in a rejection of Lula
In a rejection of early moves by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who took office in January, Brazil’s Congress has stripped powers from the new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, both led by women environmentalists
2023-06-02 03:24
UK government refuses to hand over Boris Johnson's unredacted messages to coronavirus inquiry
The British government is resisting an order to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry
2023-06-02 03:23
Biden trips and falls during graduation ceremony, recovers quickly
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony
2023-06-02 03:23
Top Democrats say Biden should make this year's 'craziness' the last debt limit fight ever
Even as Joe Biden appears to have pushed off reaching the next debt limit until 2025, top Democrats on Capitol Hill say what he really needs to do is what he should have done last fall: Come out in favor of a drastic change to strip Congress of this power forever.
2023-06-02 03:21