Los Angeles — On Wednesday, LA28 organisers unveiled the full competition schedule for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games, confirming 560 medal events across 23 sports to be contested over 14 days. The schedule sets the Opening Ceremony for August 15, 2028 and the Closing Ceremony for August 27, with...
Tampa, Fla. Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday he will call a special legislative session starting Monday in Tallahassee to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would raise the homestead exemption to $250,000 and direct lawmakers to develop a schedule to phase out homestead property taxes for Florida...
Washington — The Center for Strategic and International Studies released an analysis Wednesday finding that U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to rebuild stockpiles of Tomahawk cruise missiles and Patriot and THAAD interceptors after heavy use in the Iran war. The report says depleted inventories have created...
United States — Firefighters in multiple states responded to separate blazes this week. In Detroit on May 28, crews found a man dead inside a burning Longview Street home after a call shortly before 10 a.m. Firefighters also extinguished a vehicle fire in Ledyard early Wednesday, a North Little Rock...
U.S. equity markets closed at record highs on Tuesday, May 26, as technology shares outperformed despite persistent inflation pressures on households. The S&P 500 rose 0.61% to a record 7,519.12 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.19% to a record 26,656.18, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.23% to 50,461.68....
CHICAGO — Defense attorneys alleged this week that U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros personally contacted members of the grand jury that indicted six immigration protesters in October, attorneys told U.S. District Judge April Perry. Prosecutors had dismissed the Broadview Six charges last week after ABC7 reported redacted and omitted grand jury...
MIAMI — A 16-year-old Titusville resident, Timothy Hudson, is accused of sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, aboard the Carnival Horizon in early November, prosecutors said; her body was found concealed under a stateroom bed before the ship returned to Miami and authorities later cited mechanical asphyxia. This...
Oklahoma City — The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 on Tuesday in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, taking a 3-2 series lead. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored at least 30 points for the second time in the series, while Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein contributed on...
Los Angeles — Shohei Ohtani was struck on the right hand by a Kyle Freeland pitch and left the Dodgers’ game Tuesday night after grounding out in the fifth; manager Dave Roberts said the ball mostly hit the pad of Ohtani’s hand and clipped his pinkie, and the team planned...
Los Angeles — Kenneth Iwamasa, the longtime personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court after pleading guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. Authorities say the charges stem from Perry’s Oct. 28, 2023 death...
