BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister on Saturday appeared to take in stride a Pentagon announcement that the United States plans to pull some 5,000 troops out of the country, President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to reduce America’s commitment to European security. Boris Pistorius said the drawdown, which Trump has threatened for years, was expected, …
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At 16, Edward Blackmon Jr. was arrested during a protest for voting rights in his Mississippi hometown. He was loaded with schoolmates into a truck once used to haul chickens and was left in the summer heat before spending three nights in an overcrowded jail cell without a bed. It was …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party in northwestern Sinaloa state said they would temporarily step down from their posts after the United States charged them and eight other serving and former politicians and security officers with drug trafficking in a bombshell indictment that has shaken Mexico’s political establishment. In …
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mercedes was knocked off the podium for the first time this season when Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished 1-2 for McLaren in Formula 1’s sprint race Saturday at the Miami Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari in the 19-lap preview of Sunday’s race at the Miami International …
SOLARES, Spain (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister on Saturday called for the immediate release of an activist detained by Israel after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters. Saif Abukeshek, a dual Spanish-Swedish citizen of Palestinian origin, was detained for questioning in Israel on Saturday along with …
OMAHA, Nebraska, May 2 (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel on Saturday welcomed a recent court decision that could limit liabilities at its PacifiCorp utility business as it defends against lawsuits over wildfires in Oregon and northern California. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, Abel said the April 8 decision by …
May 2 (Reuters) – Two top Republican lawmakers expressed concern on Saturday about the Pentagon’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany. • “We are very concerned by the decision to withdraw a U.S. brigade from Germany,” U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Representative Mike Rogers said in a joint statement. • Wicker, …
SAO PAULO, May 2 (Reuters) – Heavy rains that hit northeastern Brazil over the last 48 hours have killed at least six people and displaced thousands in the states of Pernambuco and Paraiba, the federal government said in a statement on Saturday. In Pernambuco, rainfall caused flooding and landslides in the state capital, Recife and …
VIENNA, May 2 (Reuters) – Austrian police said on Saturday they have arrested a 39-year-old suspect in connection with a case in which rat poison was placed in jars of baby food in what their German manufacturer called an attempt to extort it. Five “manipulated” jars of the same kind of baby food made by …
Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying. Once worth as much as roughly $5.5 billion on the stock market, the airline known for its bright yellow planes said Saturday it had shut down …