Carrollton shootings leave two dead, three wounded Tuesday

 

CARROLLTON, Texas: A 69-year-old man shot five people Tuesday at a shopping center and later at an apartment complex in Carrollton, police said. Officers found four people shot at K Towne Plaza and later discovered a dead man at an apartment roughly four miles away; the suspect was arrested after...

Ohio primaries deliver county-by-county results ahead

 

Cleveland — Ohio held its May 5 primary elections across all 15 U.S. House districts, a special Senate primary for the open seat, and gubernatorial primaries, with county-by-county returns posted and updated in real time by the Associated Press. Officials reported polling closures at 7:30 p.m., and outlets provided interactive...

Supreme Court Ruling Pauses Louisiana U.S. House Primaries

 

Shreveport, Louisiana — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana's congressional map in Callais v. Louisiana, ruling the state's second Black-majority district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, and Governor Jeff Landry issued an emergency order postponing the May 16 party primaries for Louisiana's six U.S. House seats. Baton Rouge...

Senate Republicans Propose $1B To Secure East Wing Ballroom

 

Washington. Senate Republicans on Monday released a funding package that includes roughly $70 billion to keep immigration agencies operating and a $1 billion earmark for Secret Service security upgrades tied to the White House East Wing "ballroom" project, which President Trump had said would be privately funded. The bill was...

FAA Contractor Charged After Threatening President via Email

 

CONCORD, N.H. Dean DelleChiaie, 35, of Nashua, a contractor working for the Federal Aviation Administration, is accused of using a government-issued work computer to research assassination attempts and related topics and of sending an email on April 21 to a White House public account in which he identified himself and...

US Launches Then Pauses Project Freedom in Hormuz

 

Washington: On May 5 the United States launched a naval and air operation called 'Project Freedom' to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz after accusing Iran of blocking and harassing shipping; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the mission as defensive, temporary and limited, and said US forces would...

Delta to end snacks on shortest domestic flights

 

Atlanta — Delta Air Lines said it will discontinue complimentary snacks and beverages on flights under 350 miles beginning May 19, affecting Main Cabin and Delta Comfort+ customers. First-class passengers will continue to receive full snack and drink service on all routes. The carrier said the change will touch roughly...

Pennsylvania Files Lawsuit Against AI Chatbot Company

 

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania. State officials filed a lawsuit Friday against Character Technologies Inc., the maker of Character.AI, alleging its chatbots illegally held themselves out as licensed doctors and deceived users seeking medical advice after an investigator found characters labeled 'doctor of psychiatry' during searches. The complaint asks the Commonwealth Court to bar...

DOJ Subpoenas Fulton County 2020 Election Worker Names

 

Atlanta — The U.S. Department of Justice issued an April 20 subpoena seeking the names, addresses and phone numbers of every person who worked in Fulton County's 2020 general election, and on Monday the county filed a motion to quash that subpoena, arguing it is grossly overbroad and seeks to...

Major corporate disclosures and financings announced May 5, 2026

 

Jersey City, N.J. — On May 5, 2026, GD Culture Group’s board received a preliminary non-binding proposal dated May 1 from Wealthy Concord Limited and East Valley Technology Limited to acquire outstanding shares for US$10.75 per share, representing significant premiums to recent trading levels; other U.S. companies also issued financial...