Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government will welcome back 20 cultural artifacts that date to the country’s storied ancient past, all found in the United States including a Mayan vase over 1,000 years old and purchased
Trump proposes green cards for foreign grads of US colleges, departing from anti-immigrant rhetoric
MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted on Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he
Tree destroys cabin at Michigan camp, trapping counselor in bed for 90 minutes
BENONA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A tree crashed onto a cabin with 14 people, mostly girls, inside, trapping a counselor in her bed for 90 minutes early Thursday at a camp in northern Michigan, authorities said. “Thankfully,
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday took the rare step of removing a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom by
Authorities arrest Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) — An Alabama man wanted in connection with homicides in Oklahoma and Alabama was apprehended Thursday in Arkansas after a search that spanned multiple southern states, Arkansas State Police said. Stacy Lee Drake, 50,
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon gives $50 million to pro-Trump super PAC
By Jason Lange (Reuters) – Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon, an heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, gave $50 million last month to a super PAC supporting Republican Donald Trump’s presidential bid, according to a federal disclosure
Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released
Roller coaster strikes and critically injures man in restricted area of Ohio theme park
CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who apparently entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys at a theme park in Ohio was critically injured when he was struck by a steel roller coaster, police and park
2 men arrested in strangulation of 12-year-old Houston girl whose body was found in a creek
HOUSTON (AP) — Two men who were seen on surveillance footage with a 12-year-old girl before her body was found in a Houston creek earlier this week were arrested Thursday in her death, police said. Johan Jose
UN chief warns of perils of ‘weaponizing digital technologies’ and malicious activity in cyberspace
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Thursday that “the perils of weaponizing digital technologies are growing by the year” and malicious activity in cyberspace is on the rise by governments, non-government actors and criminals.