The Michigan House on Thursday OK’d a bill that would give Mackinac Island authority over all aspects of ferry services to the tourist destination, including prices for not only fares but also parking and baggage handling. Just before the start of the Memorial Day weekend, the House passed Senate Bill 304 by a 91-16 vote …
CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola and is undergoing treatment in a German hospital has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease symptoms after exposure to the virus and other therapies, U.S. health officials said on Friday. There are no vaccines or known drugs specifically approved to treat …
The 79th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close Saturday with the presentation of one of cinema’s highest honors, the Palme d’Or. This year, the race may be wide open. By wide consensus, it hasn’t been a banner festival. Hollywood largely sat out this year’s edition. Many of the selections struggled to bowl over critics. …
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump may have won just about every battle against Iran, but three months after attacking the Islamic Republic he now faces a bigger question: Is he losing the war? With Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, its resistance to nuclear concessions and its theocratic government largely …
May 23 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province killed eight people and left 38 trapped underground, state media reported on Saturday. The gas explosion occurred late Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, with 247 …
One of the teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque this week was flagged to law enforcement last year for exhibiting alarming behavior and idolizing Nazis, prompting police to confiscate his father’s guns, according to court records. The officers who conducted a welfare check at the home of Caleb Vazquez wrote that …
LA PAZ, May 22 (Reuters) – Bolivia police and armed forces will open “humanitarian corridors” on Saturday in the country’s La Paz department in order for supplies to move past blockades, the government said on Friday. Tensions have been high in Bolivia for weeks as protests that began with strikes in early May have grown …
WELLINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s government has allocated NZ$1.58 billion ($924.62 million) in new defence funding in its 2026 budget, with a strong focus on maritime security, including drone systems and fleet renewal, Defence Minister Chris Penk said on Saturday. New Zealand’s primary maritime combat capability is delivered through two Anzac-class frigates, HMNZS …
NEW YORK (AP) — First, the bad news. Users of credit cards that accrue airline miles and points toward various travel perks are likely to find their balances won’t take them as far this summer. As jet fuel prices have jumped during the Iran war, so have the cost of airline tickets and fees for …
When Dev Shah won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2023 and Faizan Zaki took the title last year, they posed for remarkably similar photos on the confetti-strewn stage. Standing next to them, beaming, was a bespectacled man in an aloha shirt, holding up a copy of his book “Words of Wisdom.” For Scott Remer, …