Aging and ailing, ‘Message Tree’ at Woodstock concert site is reluctantly cut down
Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Many scrawled messages on paper scraps or cardboard and attached them to the old
Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel. The senate approved the measure
Colorado man’s malicious prosecution lawsuit over charges in his wife’s death was dismissed
A Colorado man’s malicious prosecution lawsuit has been dismissed, with the federal judge saying prosecutors acted badly in his case, but authorities still had enough reason to arrest and charge him in his wife’s death four years
Hey, where’s your card? Another Detroit-area library deals with bugs
OAK PARK, Mich. (AP) — Bugs in a library — again. The Oak Park Public Library in suburban Detroit was closed Wednesday for a scrubbing after bedbugs were found in two chairs in the computer area. A
Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country’s ambassador to the U.S. as Republicans criticize the war-torn leader’s visit to a swing-state Pennsylvania site producing munitions for
Pennsylvania high court asked to keep counties from tossing ballots lacking a date
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Left-leaning groups and voting rights advocates asked Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Wednesday to stop counties from throwing out what could be thousands of mail-in ballots in November’s election in a battleground state that’s
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs laws to curb oil and gas pollution near neighborhoods
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Wednesday to reduce oil and gas pollution — the Democrat’s latest move in an ongoing battle against the fossil fuel industry and its impacts on the environment
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says New York City mayor should resign
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign, the first nationally prominent Democrat to do so amid escalating federal criminal investigations into the mayor’s administration and a string of
OpenAI exec Mira Murati says she’s leaving artificial intelligence company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year said she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology
Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under
