On this Father’s Day, thoughts from contributor Charles Blow about growing up without a dad: I know what it feels like to miss a father, the hole it leaves in a boy where his dad should be. My parents split when I was five. The part of my father that the breaking of our family…
A plan to auction more than 100 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic – including personal belongings, currency, kitchen items and decor – is facing pushback from the U.S. government, according to newly unsealed court documents. RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns exclusive salvage rights to the famous wreck in the North…
According to the USDA, the number of counties where at least 20% of residents are over the age of 65 has nearly tripled since 2010 – and it’s in those older, more rural populations where the health risks associated with loneliness and social isolation are more common. Correspondent Lee Cowan goes to North Dakota, where…
The Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure — rose at a 4.1% annual rate in May, highlighting the central bank’s challenge in reining in prices. The reading matched economists’ forecasts for the PCE report to come in at 4.1% annually, according to financial data service FactSet. That compares with an…
She can command a stadium crowd, but spend some time with Shania Twain and you’ll see she may be most herself with the horses. “I just love being with them,” she said. “I ride in my pajamas in the mornings! … It’s just a great escape.” Shania Twain and Seth Doane riding in Hyde…
Washington — Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California on Sunday condemned Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s alleged conduct toward women, but said he has taken “accountability” for his actions. “His actions were misogynistic, they were shameful, they were wrong, but they didn’t come as a surprise to a lot of the folks in Maine,”…
Rome — The death of a 42-year-old man as he was being detained by Italian police in Bologna during an encounter captured on video has sparked public outrage and a formal investigation, with calls for renewed scrutiny of police tactics. The man, identified by Italian media as Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir, died Sunday after officers attempted to…
Fewer storms than usual may develop during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, researchers say, as climate patterns seem poised to favor below-average activity compared with a typical year. That prediction anchors the latest annual hurricane forecast from Colorado State University’s Tropical Cyclones, Radar, Atmospheric Modeling and Software team, which was initially released in April and…
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has finalised a sweeping overhaul of US visa rules for foreign journalists, ending the decades-old “duration of status” system and replacing it with fixed-term admissions that will require reporters to undergo periodic government review to continue working in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the changes in…
The Justice Department is now attempting to use a decades-old, secretive federal immigration court that has never been used in a test case that could allow it to expedite the deportation of suspected “alien terrorists.” The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was created by Congress in 1996 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It…
