The Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to accept an agreement on a funding battle that district officials said funneled around $135 million away from schools and towards municipal expenses, settling a 2019 lawsuit filed against the city of New Orleans by the district. The board voted 6-1 to accept the deal. Under the …
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Police announced Wednesday that an 18-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that left one woman dead and 22 other people wounded last weekend during a nighttime party beside an Oklahoma lake. Police in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond said the man has been charged in connection with the …
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) — A man who police said shot five people, killing two, in back-to-back shootings at a shopping center and an apartment building in suburban Dallas has been charged with two counts of capital murder, police said Wednesday. Seung Ho Han, 69, has also been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with …
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told members of a congressional committee in private testimony on Wednesday that he couldn’t recall why he and his family had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, members said. Lutnick, the former chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, had lunch with the convicted sex offender for …
After two previous attempts to decide how to deal with a couple who chopped down 38 trees in North Oakland in violation of the city’s Protected Trees Ordinance, the Oakland City Council decided Tuesday to fine them $915,135. The fine is perhaps the largest ever in Oakland for destroying trees. Councilmembers Janani Ramachandran, Noel Gallo, …
Craig Berry, a retired special forces soldier accused of shooting his wife in northern Tennessee, is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a six-day manhunt, the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office said. “During search today Stewart County Sheriff’s Office SWAT, along with TBI agents, located the body of wanted subject Craig Berry. Initial indications …
Just don’t let that be confused with complacency. The world’s No. 2-ranked player said he feels “more motivated” than ever heading into a major stretch that includes the PGA Championship next week outside of Philadelphia and the U.S. Open next month at Shinnecock Hills. First up though is this week’s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic. Tuesday started with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining how the U.S. military was protecting stranded ships …
Wednesday, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he met with top officials at Chevron and ExxonMobil a day earlier to discuss Venezuela. (Reporting By Jacob Bogage and Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Jasper Wad) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. UCLA’s medical school didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Affirmative action in college admissions has been illegal since a 2023 Supreme Court ruling forbade it. Trump is accusing colleges …