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By GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in its early stages. “Our number one priority is…
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Have you heard of the Nordic diet? Researchers believe that this way of eating may not only help reduce heart disease, but may also be a solution to help address climate change. The Nordic diet is not a new diet trend, but the traditional food culture of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. In fact,…
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The proposed constitutional amendment in California known as Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 is a direct assault on equal protection in education. It would repeal the sacrosanct protections of Proposition 209, allowing racial preferences and considerations in public K-12 education while preserving the ban only for public employment, higher education admissions and enrollment, and public contracting.…
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By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain’s royal family. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an inquiry stemming from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He…
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By MELANIE LIDMAN TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed a 19-year-old Palestinian-American man late Wednesday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry said Nasrallah Muhammad Jamal Abu Siyam was shot by settlers in the village of Mukhmas, north of Jerusalem. Related Articles Iran and the US lean into…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH Markets on Wall Street Thursday were poised to give back a slice of the gains made a day earlier on the shoulders of computer chip giant Nvidia. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%. Nasdaq futures were…
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Despite what progressives have been arguing lately, the United States does not have a tax problem. Federal revenues, even after last year’s extension of the Trump tax cuts, are running above their historical average as a share of GDP. What America has is a spending problem so large that the Congressional Budget Office’s latest 10-year…
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The Ontario Tower Buzzers — the single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers — are almost ready to play ball. In less than two months, the Buzzers will step into a newly built, 6,000-seat aviation-themed stadium, ONT Field. The city-owned minor league ballpark is part of a sports complex — known as the Ontario Sports…
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By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States leaned into gunboat diplomacy on Thursday as nuclear talks between the nations hung in the balance, with Tehran holding drills with Russia and the Americans bringing another aircraft carrier closer to the Mideast. The Iranian drill and the arrival of the…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on whether he should extend an order that protects Minnesota refugees who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim blocked the government from targeting these refugees last month, saying the plaintiffs in the case…
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