Democrats push back against Rep. Guy Reschenthaler’s proposal to rename Dulles airport for Donald Trump
Furious Democrats on Tuesday pushed back hard against a Republican proposal to rename Dulles International Airport after former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers from northern Virginia and elsewhere derisively mocked the plan introduced by GOP colleagues to slap the name of the twice impeached, four times indicted president on the main...
Lawsuit seeks to force ban on menthol cigarettes after months of delays by Biden administration
WASHINGTON — Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months. The lawsuit is the latest effort to force the government to ban menthols, which are disproportionately used by Black smokers and young people. It...
Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoesVideo
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. In West Virginia, about 140,000 customers were without electricity Tuesday afternoon, or about 14% of all customers tracked in the state by poweroutage.us. Meanwhile, a...
Pennsylvania hunters harvest more than 400K deer for 2nd year in a row, game commission says
No matter how you look at it, 400,000 is a lot of deer and Pennsylvania hunters have harvested at least than many in each of the past two years. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, deer hunters took 430,010 whitetails during the most recent season, up 2% from 2022-23, when...
Hospitals must obtain written consent for pelvic and similar exams, the federal government says
Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now...
Ukraine aims drones at oil refinery, drone factory in its deepest strike yet inside Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries and a drone factory in the Russian province of Tatarstan, officials said Tuesday, in what appeared to be Kyiv’s deepest strike inside Russian territory since the war began more than two years ago. The attack on facilities near...
Biden will host Muslim leaders at White House for working meeting on Gaza, scaled-down Iftar dinner
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hosting a small group of Muslim American community leaders at the White House for a meeting on Tuesday followed by a scaled-down Iftar dinner, as he seeks to relieve tensions over his administration’s staunch support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Biden and...
Fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations kills at least 29 peopleVideo
ISTANBUL — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated at a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement....
Couples eager to elope under the eclipse in ArkansasVideo
Wedding fireworks are no match for getting married under a solar eclipse. Nearly 300 couples are anticipating tying the knot Monday in an Arkansas ceremony, moments before the moon lines up perfectly between the Earth and sun, casting parts of North America in darkness. Elope at the Eclipse in Russellville,...
College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
MEREDITH, N.H. — As more than 2 million graduating high school students from across the United States finalize their decisions on what college to attend this fall, many are facing jaw-dropping costs — in some cases, as much as $95,000. A number of private colleges — some considered elite and...
New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down
NEW YORK — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse. The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 lockdown violates inmates’ constitutional rights to practice their...
With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An international charity suspended delivery of food to starving Palestinians on Tuesday, a day after an Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen who were trying to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Ships still laden with some 240 tons of aid...
Pope exposes confidential details of past conclaves and settles scores with Pope Benedict XVI’s aide
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves, in a book-length interview published Tuesday. The revelations are contained in “Pope Francis, Successor: My Memories...
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.09 billion, stretches a 3-month losing streak
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.09 billion after no one matched the six numbers drawn Monday night, continuing a three-month winless streak for the top prize. The numbers drawn were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and the Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s...
‘As a parent, it scares the hell out of me,’ Franklin Regional superintendent says of AI
Franklin Regional officials paused a proposed artificial intelligence summer student program after questions arose about its content. Inspirit AI is an eight-session summer program developed and taught by graduates of Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. “Students will learn the fundamental concepts of AI and gain...
Judge expands Trump’s gag order after ex-president’s social media posts about judge’s daughterVideo
NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump’s April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his family off-limits to the former president’s rancor on Monday, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed his daughter and made false claims about her on social media. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan amended a...
A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in clearing debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main shipping channel leading to the vital port, officials said Monday. Crews are undertaking the...
Person diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas
ATLANTA — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient was being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said....
Donald Trump posts $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty
NEW YORK — Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing. A...
Mike Feinsilber fought the epic AP-UPI rivalry from both camps with wit and grace
WASHINGTON — Mike Feinsilber, whose masterful way with words and mischievous wit enlivened American journalism for five decades, the bulk of them at The Associated Press, died Monday. He was a month shy of 90. Feinsilber died at home, said his wife of 55 years, Doris Feinsilber, a pioneering computer...
FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office
ATLANTA — The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office on Monday, but his motives were not immediately known. The crash happened shortly after noon. Pete Ellis, assistant special agent in charge of the agency’s Atlanta office, told reporters the man tried...
Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, but voters will soon have a say
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases. The court that was...
Easter Sunday shooting in Nashville restaurant kills 1 man and injures 5 others
NASHVILLE — A man was killed and five other people were injured during a shooting inside a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant on Easter Sunday, police said. The shooting around 3 p.m. in Nashville’s Salemtown neighborhood began within minutes of the male suspect’s arrival at the restaurant with a woman, police said....
Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102
HONOLULU — The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter was 102. Conter passed away at his home Monday in Grass Valley, California as a result of congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley...
Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm
CHARLESTON, S.C. — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Murdaugh was punished — this time in federal court — for...
