Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced sanctions on Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), GAESA Executive President Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, and Moa Nickel SA (MNSA) following President Trump’s executive order last week. Rubio said GAESA is an umbrella enterprise controlled by the Cuban military and that...
Washington — U.S. officials said three American destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz this week and reported coming under attack, while Iran's military command accused U.S. forces of striking two Iranian vessels and carrying out airstrikes on civilian areas on May 8, escalating disputed accounts of clashes in the strategic...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are set to vote Thursday, May 7, 2026, on a new congressional map that would dismantle a majority-Black, Democratic-held district centered on Nashville and effectively erase one of the state’s few remaining Democratic seats. The proposal would split Nashville’s urban voters into three...
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened an investigation this week into at least four suspicious oil-market trades reportedly placed moments before major policy announcements by US and Iranian officials. The trades, which totalled more than US$2.6 billion, were reported by ABC News, NBC...
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...
