US releases $57 million in financing to help reopen Michigan reactor

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, which the company
A look at the deaths linked to severe storms in the US

A series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust while barreling across seven states over the weekend have left at least 39 people dead and dozens injured. Scattered tornadoes in Missouri killed at least a
The Media Line: Washington Vows Unrelenting Strikes Until Houthis Halt Red Sea Attacks

Washington Vows Unrelenting Strikes Until Houthis Halt Red Sea Attacks By The Media Line Staff The United States vowed on Sunday to continue military operations against Yemen’s Houthi rebels until they halt their ongoing attacks on international
‘Danish Viking blood is boiling.’ Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too
Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid buying anything made in the United States. No more Coca-Cola, no more California Zinfandel wine or almonds.
Kentucky GOP lawmakers vote to protect conversion therapy

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to protect conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths as part of a bill that also would outlaw the use of Medicaid funds to pay for gender-affirming health
From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty. Here’s why it won’t happen

PARIS (AP) — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument
Search for US student in Dominican Republic intensifies with witness account

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — The search for a U.S. college student who went missing in the Dominican Republic intensified on Monday after a man questioned by authorities visited the beach where she was last seen
Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, who was declared “persona non grata” last week, has until Friday to leave the country. After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that
Devastating storms kill at least 39 across 7 states in the South and Midwest

Crammed into their two-door Toyota Celica with three huskies, Hailey Hart and her fiance Steve Romero hugged and prayed as a tornado rolled the car upside down before tossing it on its wheels again. They heard screams
Trump will visit the Kennedy Center as he puts his mark on the national arts institution

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he’ll take a tour and attend a board meeting. It will be his first time at the