PAXTON, Ill. — After more than 50 years, the Paxton Community Nursery School will close at the end of the 2025–26 school year because of sustained enrollment declines and budget shortfalls. The school's board said enrollment began falling about a decade ago as new preschools opened in the area, numbers...
New York, New York. This week Rosen Law Firm issued a series of investor notices via Markets Insider and Newsfile reminding shareholders of pending securities class actions and investigations involving Alight, Corcept, Coty, PennyMac and PayPal, and announcing lead plaintiff motion deadlines occurring between April 20 and May 22, 2026. The...
Boston — Defending champion Sharon Lokedi will start the 130th Boston Marathon in Hopkinton on Monday, joined by reigning men's champion John Korir and a field of more than 30,000 runners. This week organizers cited cool temperatures and an expected tailwind, conditions that could favor fast finishing times and influence...
Iran has publicly rejected the idea of transferring its enriched uranium abroad, underscoring a key impasse in ongoing U.S.-Iran nuclear talks. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on state television that Iran’s enriched uranium "is not going to be transferred anywhere," framing the stockpile as a red line for Tehran,...
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs, finishing the regular season 62-20 as the No. 2 seed, host the seventh-seeded Portland Trail Blazers this Sunday in the opening game of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The matchup followed the Play-In Tournament and represents San Antonio’s first home postseason action...
PITTSBURGH — The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series. Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and rookie Porter Martone added an insurance goal late, giving Philadelphia a 1-0 series lead. The...
Washington — The White House ordered a federal review this week after media reports identified at least ten scientists and researchers who have died or gone missing dating back to June 2022 and July 2023. President Trump was briefed earlier this week, and officials said further details will emerge over...
Chicago — A United Airlines flight that departed O'Hare Saturday morning bound for New York's LaGuardia was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport after the crew reported a potential security concern, according to United and flight-tracking data; the Boeing 737 carrying 159 passengers and six crew landed at about 11:45 a.m....
Oman – Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) gunboats fired on an Indian-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) in the Strait of Hormuz less than 24 hours after Iran and former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly declared the waterway fully open, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)....
LOS ANGELES. Three people were sentenced this week after prosecutors say they used a person in a bear costume to stage attacks on high-end vehicles in 2024, then submitted fraudulent insurance claims for a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes. The California Department of Insurance, naming the probe 'Operation Bear Claw,' reported...
