By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jana Choukeir ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though China gave no indication it would weigh in. Flying back from Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with Xi, Trump …
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – The Trump administration moved on Friday to strip hundreds of senior U.S. Department of Health and Human Services employees of civil service job protections, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. HHS employees at several agencies received the email, which said members of their teams would have their jobs reclassified. …
MEMPHIS, Tenn, (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Friday in the shooting death of Young Dolph during a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery, marking an end to courtroom battles stemming from the rapper and music label owner’s shocking killing in his hometown more than four years ago. Cornelius Smith Jr., 36, pleaded …
(Corrects spelling of envoy’s name in paragraph 3) May 15 (Reuters) – China’s U.N. ambassador on Friday criticized a proposed U.S.-Bahraini resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, saying the content and timing were not right and passing it would not be helpful. The draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks and mining in the strait, but …
NEW YORK (AP) — Clay Holmes has a broken right leg after getting hit on the mound by a 111 mph line drive Friday night, another devastating setback for the New York Mets in their miserable season so far. “It’s a huge blow. He’s been one of our most consistent guys that we have in …
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Schwarber can’t really explain why he’s on a tear right now. “It’s a great question,” Schwarber said. One the Philadelphia Phillies slugger isn’t particularly interested in answering. All he knows is that he’s found a little something. Even more importantly, so has his team. So even on a night the Phillies …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people are rallying Saturday in the cradle of the modern Civil Rights Movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation. “The bottom line is we are seeing a full-fledged, coordinated attack on Black political power that can …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is fighting for his political life in Louisiana’s Republican primary on Saturday as he faces a challenge backed by President Donald Trump, the latest attempt by the president to purge the party of politicians he views as disloyal. Trump endorsed U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow over Cassidy, in …
MADRID (AP) — No special menu, no themed decorations and no shared suspense over which musician’s flamboyant performance proves victorious. For the first time in seven years, Silvia Díaz won’t get together with friends to watch the Eurovision Song Contest finals on Saturday night. Their host called off their annual gathering after Spain’s public broadcaster …
SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) – A man attacked by a shark off Western Australia’s coast on Saturday died of his injuries, police said, in what is the second fatal shark attack in Australia so far this year. The 38-year-old victim, yet to be identified, was bitten on Saturday morning at Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island, …