Searsmont, Maine. On Friday an explosion and large fire tore through Robbins Lumber Inc., located at 506 Main Street South, prompting a mass-casualty response from local emergency services. Waldo County 911 communications director Mike Larravie said at least five people were injured, though the extent of their injuries was not...
Major League Baseball announced on May 15, 2026, a series of disciplinary actions following a multi‑month investigation by its Department of Investigations into illegal sports wagering. San Diego Padres infielder/outfielder Tucupita Marcano has been placed on the permanently ineligible list, amounting to a lifetime ban for betting on Major League...
NEW YORK, United States – U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, May 15, 2026, as investors reacted to the conclusion of a high-profile summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and to a surge in global oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 380.11...
Houston: Texas Children's Hospital agreed on Friday, May 15, to create the nation's first detransition clinic as part of a settlement announced by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton resolving a years-long investigation into gender-affirming care and billing practices at the 1,000-bed hospital. The settlement, coordinated with the U.S. Department of...
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to remove Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas in 2025 to block a special-session vote on new congressional maps. The court’s majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, said the Legislature had restored quorum and...
American comedian Pete Davidson and fashion model Elsie Hewitt have ended their relationship a little over a year after it began, and five months after the birth of their daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, on December 12, 2025. According to people familiar with the situation, the split is largely attributed...
New York, United States – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has formally revoked the Key to the City from music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs, following the public release of a 2016 surveillance video that shows Combs physically assaulting his former partner, Cassie Ventura, in a hotel hallway. Adams initiated...
Television presenters Tess Daly and Vernon Kay have confirmed they are separating after 22 years of marriage, according to statements released in the United Kingdom. The pair, who married in 2003 and have two children, disclosed that they decided to end the marriage following what sources described as years of...
Clarksville, Tennessee. On Wednesday, May 13, livestreamer Dalton Eatherly, 28, allegedly shot another man during a daytime confrontation outside the Montgomery County Courthouse, leaving both Eatherly and the other man wounded; law enforcement detained Eatherly and hospitalized the injured parties while prosecutors prepared felony charges. Earlier that week he had...
WASHINGTON — The FBI this week announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of Monica Elfriede Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2019 on espionage charges for...
