RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia public health officials this week confirmed one traveler who returned from the MV Hondius is under monitoring after a hantavirus outbreak aboard the polar cruise ship sickened passengers and crew. The ship departed Argentina on April 1; several passengers left the vessel on April 24, and...
Orlando. Rapper Kodak Black, legally Bill Kapri, was booked into the Orange County Jail on Wednesday, May 6, after being charged with trafficking MDMA. Jail and court records identify the arresting agency as the Orange County Sheriff's Office and list the charge as a felony with no bond. This week the...
Washington: Justice Clarence Thomas became the second-longest serving member of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, marking a milestone in a tenure that began with his 1991 confirmation. The milestone was reported this week, noting his influence in recent conservative rulings on abortion, voting and Second Amendment issues. This week’s reporting...
Jackson, Miss. — Multiple tornadoes tore through central, west and southern Mississippi Wednesday evening, destroying and damaging hundreds of homes across Lincoln, Lamar, Franklin, Kemper and other counties after a Tornado Emergency was issued just after 7 p.m.; the NOAA Storm Prediction Center received at least 14 reports of tornado...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed painting the 19th-century Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, and the National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the plan on Thursday. The repainting is part of broader White House efforts to change exterior appearances and grounds, including a proposal to raze the East...
Atlanta — Ted Turner, founder of CNN and former owner of the Atlanta Braves, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87, his family said Wednesday. Turner launched CNN on June 1, 1980, built TBS into a national superstation that broadcast Braves games across the country, and sold the franchise...
United States meteorologists issued forecasts this week for Sarasota, Washington, Greenville and Indianapolis, reporting continuing heat in Sarasota with highs into the mid to upper 80s and lower 90s inland on Thursday, a cooler Thursday for Washington with morning rain and lower 60s, scattered morning rain in Greenville that will...
London. This week Bluefield Solar Income Fund secured a term loan facility of up to £120 million, split equally between Santander and NatWest, to finance construction of four solar projects totaling 249MW in North East England. The company acquired the sites in late 2025 and said funds will be drawn...
Los Angeles: On May 5 a California complaint was filed by actress Q'orianka Kilcher alleging that filmmaker James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company used her facial features without consent to create the Avatar character Neytiri. The filing, reported this week, names Lightstorm Entertainment and multiple visual-effects vendors and cites...
Washington: U.S. forces struck and disabled Iranian-flagged oil tankers this week, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday and later in the week. On Wednesday at 9 a.m. Eastern, CENTCOM said a U.S. Navy F/A-18 from USS Abraham Lincoln disabled the rudder of the tanker Hasna after the crew failed to...
