The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees voted Thursday to add President Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts center, more than two months after a judge ordered its removal, according to a House Democrat who sits on the center’s board. The board — which Mr. Trump filled with his allies — chose to…
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit against Harvard University that accused the school of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students, finding the instances of alleged discrimination cited by the government were “too isolated and episodic” to support federal civil rights violations. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Massachusetts…
A person in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic has been fined $5,255 for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear, local officials said Thursday. The incident took place earlier this month when a vessel was sailing in a fjord in northeastern Svalbard, around 620 miles from the North Pole. “Its occupants are…
Flooding submerged Indiana neighborhoods in water for the second day in a row, as parts of the state saw Wednesday the highest daily rainfall totals ever recorded in their areas. Some braced for more severe weather still ahead, as meteorologists warned Thursday that Indianapolis faced the greatest threats of storms slated to bring heavy rain…
Pakistan and Norway on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral ties and expand engagements in areas of defence and security. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, called upon Chief of Defence Forces and the Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, where the two…
Norway’s soccer star Erling Haaland’s face has appeared on billboards, trading cards and television screens, becoming a social media phenomenon for scoring seven goals across four World Cup matches in July. Now, police in Ecuador have found it in an unexpected place – printed on green rectangular packages that made up a stunning cocaine shipment…
Washington — Last month’s elaborate ruse that saw President Trump secretly move from Air Force One to another plane by way of a catering truck took place within a day of U.S. and Turkish intelligence picking up on an Iranian plot to fire a missile at the presidential jet, CBS News has learned. The decision…
Two people were killed when a U.S. Army Apache helicopter from Fort Hood crashed in Salado, Texas, on Wednesday, local authorities said. Bell County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Bill Coleman said the two people were on board the helicopter, and they were pronounced dead at the scene around 2:30 p.m. local time. Coleman said the helicopter…
Washington — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be exiting her role at the end of August, switching to a role as a top outside adviser, President Trump announced on Truth Social Wednesday. The president said she’s leaving so she can spend more time with her family. Leavitt had a baby girl, her second…
A fetus with a rare heart defect being carried by a surrogate from Alaska must receive lifesaving care after birth, a Texas court ruled Tuesday after state Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the case. The surrogate, McKenna West, was about 20 weeks pregnant when the fetus was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a…
