Presidents Day celebrates the Founding Fathers of our country — particularly George Washington, America's first president. With the holiday comes closures.
MADRID (AP) — In the 1970s, in a devoutly Catholic Spain still ruled by dictator Francisco Franco, Paula Alonso-Pimentel was sent for catechism at age 8 to a religious school in the northern city of Valladolid. There, she says, a Marist priest sexually abused her for a year in the school’s vestibule, placing her on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he’s getting boxed in on the Iran war, a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern. It’s been nearly a week since U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement...
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was recently detected in Mexico just 25 miles from the United States border, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A judge in Amsterdam on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by the rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, ruling that the concerts are not a threat to public order. Ye has drawn widespread controversy in recent years for a series of antisemitic remarks, leaving Dutch authorities...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends, couples, roommates and other people who get together for what’s known as “admin dates.” The low-pressure gatherings taking place in coffee shops, accommodating bars and private homes are intended to turn tedious...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons’ return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament figures to take place a little later than the All-Pro initially hoped. Parsons said the day after the Packers’ wild-card playoff loss to the Chicago Bears that he hoped to return for the season opener while...
SpaceX, de Elon Musk, reveló este miércoles planes para recaudar US$ 75.000 millones en una oferta pública inicial (OPI) de acciones que valoraría a la compañía en aproximadamente US$ 1.77 billones. El exitoso debut en Bolsa podría convertir a Musk, quien actualmente es la persona más rica del mundo, en el primer billonario. SpaceX planea...
The Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, on Wednesday removed a well-known priest as an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons. McElroy said the archdiocese also was cutting ties with the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal, a Washington-based nonprofit headed...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The San Diego Padres designated outfielder Nick Castellanos for assignment on Wednesday, one day after he received a video tribute in his return to Philadelphia. Castellanos was released by the Phillies in February just ahead of their first full-squad workout at spring training. The Phillies released him even though they owed him...
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps last year. It is a rare admission of his role in a secretive process that hadn’t been playing out like the government wanted. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros released...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is in a hurry to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court tore down less than four months ago. The administration this week has proposed slapping double-digit tariffs on products from dozens of major U.S. trading partners after an investigation into imports of goods allegedly made with forced labor....
