Jay Rockefeller, who served as West Virginia’s governor and U.S. senator and was the last member of his family’s political dynasty, has died at the age of 89. He died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice president for external affairs at WETA, the public broadcasting station where Rockefeller’s wife, Sharon,…
Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, video released Monday by county prosecutors shows. A Memphis police officer can be heard in the footage from an officer’s body camera calling for an…
Rome — In the Italian town where Kimi Antonelli grew up, the celebrations were well underway Monday, even before the new Formula One World Champion’s friends, family and neighbors knew when he might come back home to join them. More than 500 people had gathered Sunday at a theater in Casalecchio to watch their hometown driver…
Sioux City, Iowa — Less than 24 hours after President Trump held a raucous rally inside an airplane hangar in this western Iowa town, Senate Majority Leader John Thune stood alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson in a strip-mall bar and grill a few miles away. Looking out over a giant water tank that punctuated the flat…
John Anderson, a country music Hall of Famer with a distinctive voice, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 71 years old. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and best friend,” his family said in a statement on Instagram. “To the world,…
Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee and one of the whistleblowers credited with exposing Elizabeth Holmes’ now-infamous biotech company as a fraud, said he “was pretty shocked” by the version of Holmes he saw onscreen in the new documentary “You Can See Everything.” “The Elizabeth that I knew completely commanded a room, even if that…
Marquette, Michigan – After being called a “weasel” who should “shut his mouth” by Vice President JD Vance, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said he was something else instead. “No, no, no. What you’re talking about is a f****** Wolverine. You could take your Buckeye and go shove it somewhere else,” El-Sayed, a Michigan…
Lisdoonvarna, Ireland — For nearly two centuries, a small Irish town has lured singletons to a festival every September that sees hopeful romantics seek their one true love. The monthlong matchmaking festival that started in 1857 has become a global event, attracting over 60,000 visitors annually to the rugged landscape of County Clare, and specifically to…
In Cary, North Carolina, Vanessa Minter was among the first people on the ground to learn about the terror unfolding in the air on Sept. 11, 2001. Minter, an American Airlines reservations agent, was on the other end of a phone call with flight attendant Betty Ong, who was sitting in the back galley of…
Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary on Wednesday night, The Associated Press projects. With roughly half of all votes counted at around 8:30 p.m. ET, Foulkes led McKee 62.3% to 37.7%. Rhode Island is a reliably Democratic state, and hasn’t elected a Republican statewide since 2006,…
