As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three
Prosecutors in classified files case say Trump team’s version of events ‘inaccurate and distorted’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump told a judge Friday that defense lawyers had painted an “inaccurate and distorted picture of events” and had unfairly sought to “cast a
Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they overdose. The Providence City Council voted Thursday to establish
Harvard alumni backed by billionaires fail to make cut for board ballot
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman failed on Friday to get candidates they backed to join Harvard’s board of overseers. The two billionaires, who were acting independently, threw
US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone
US Supreme Court won’t halt West Point from considering race in admissions
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the prestigious Army school, from considering race as a factor in admissions decisions while a legal
Trump spent $76 million over last two years on attorneys as legal troubles mount ahead of election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s storied business career is checkered by bankruptcies and blunders. His investment in Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, looms as another failed venture. Trump’s Save America political action committee paid
Supreme Court allows West Point to continue using race as a factor in admissions, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing West Point to continue taking race into account in admissions, while a lawsuit over its policies continues. The justices on Friday rejected an emergency appeal seeking to force a
Dog rescued after more than a week trapped inside shipping container in Texas port
HOUSTON (AP) — It was just another routine day of inspecting shipping containers at the Port of Houston for U.S. Coast Guard officer Ryan McMahon when he and his team thought they heard barking coming from inside
Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear governor’s lawsuit against GOP-controlled Legislature
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear
