BALTIMORE — Flooding in rural western Maryland forced the evacuation of an elementary school Tuesday afternoon as water began to breach the second floor, according to local officials. Homes and businesses in downtown Westernport were also inundated with floodwaters after hours of heavy rain. Officials reassured the public that students and staff were safe as…
SANTA FE, N.M. — Several hundred immigrants have been charged with unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern U.S. border in New Mexico and western Texas since the Department of Justice introduced the new approach in late April. President Donald Trump’s administration has transferred oversight of a strip of land along…
Alzheimer’s numbers expected to hit 13 million by 2050 Dr. Joanne Pike, CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association, talks about the challenges and hopes when it comes to this debilitating disease. We’re now closer to being able to diagnose most common form of dementia with a simple test. The Food and Drug Administration on May 16…
WASHINGTON — A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday, contrasting the bipartisan cooperation that produced the agreement with the deep divisions that have tied Washington in knots. The Democratic governor and former vice presidential candidate noted that he was sharply critical of President Donald Trump’s…
The Swiss city of Basel is hosting the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, with Sweden widely tipped to take home the big prize. Swedish comedy trio KAJ’s “Bara Bada Bastu”, a song about sweating in a sauna, is the bookmakers’ favorite to win this year’s edition of the annual concert, an…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial day four: defense cross-examines Cassie The strategy of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense started to come into focus as his attorneys cross-examined his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. On her third day of testimony, Cassie Ventura Fine revealed the extent of her and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ drug use in their decade together, with Combs…
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A rock climber in Washington who survived a fall of hundreds of feet that killed his three companions lay unconscious for hours before waking in the dark, trekking out with internal bleeding and driving to a pay phone to summon help, authorities said he told them on Wednesday. Speaking from a Seattle hospital, Anton Tselykh,…