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When they don't recognize you anymore
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.
Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother, Barbara Cole, 86 at the time, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Stewart, then 59, a lawyer, was making one of her extended visits from out of state.
Two or three years earlier, Cole had begun showing troubling signs of ...Read more

Kamala Harris returns to spotlight in major speech slamming Trump
Kamala Harris’ retreat into relative obscurity ended Wednesday when she strode onstage at a glitzy hotel in downtown San Francisco for her first major speech since she left office.
At the event, a gala dinner for a women-focused political organization with which she shares close ties, the former Vice President and Oakland native was met with ...Read more

Rubio's plan to designate Haiti's gangs as terrorists could deepen humanitarian crisis
In the areas of Haiti controlled by gangs, nothing moves without their getting a cut: not food, not fuel, not even humanitarian aid.
Their extortion racket is so extensive that the country’s finance minister, Alfred Metellus, estimates that gangs, which charge $2,000 to allow passage for a shipping container, are pulling as much as $75 ...Read more

Karen Read witness Jennifer McCabe finds her memory on the stand
DEDHAM, Mass. — Jennifer McCabe, a key witness for both the prosecution and the defense in the murder trial of Karen Read, admitted to misleading investigators at least twice during the probe in John O’Keefe’s death.
The first and more inconsequential mistruth came when McCabe admitted to giving a false name, her sister’s, when first ...Read more

Antisemitism is on the rise, but there's no consensus on how to define it in Pa. -- or in D.C.
The number of antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania in 2024 broke previous records following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.
The 465 antisemitic incidents that were counted in the commonwealth last year represent an 18% increase over the 393 reported in 2023, and a 308% jump ...Read more

Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority
Sectarian battles erupted in Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 16 security personnel and civilians in a suburb near Damascus, and drawing Israeli airstrikes against what Israeli leaders said were groups targeting the minority Druze sect.
The violence in the suburb of Ashrafiyah Sahnaya, about five miles southwest of the Syrian capital, came ...Read more

What state and fed officials plan with BASF to stop pollution flowing into Detroit River
State and federal officials said they are working with a chemical manufacturing plant in Wyandotte on a "two-pronged approach" to limit the flow of contaminated groundwater into the Detroit River.
The meeting came after the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) wrote a letter to BASF in March, telling the company to...Read more

US and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Ukraine reached a deal over access to the country’s natural resources, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv who had feared that President Donald Trump would pull back his support in peace talks with Russia.
The deal will grant the U.S. privileged access to new investment projects to develop Ukraine�...Read more

Trump won't add Canada, Greenland or Panama to US territory, Carney says
President Donald Trump won’t succeed with his stated ambitions to expand U.S. territory, according to Mark Carney, Canada’s newly elected prime minister.
“He has territorial views. That’s never, ever going to happen, with respect to Canada — frankly I don’t think it’s ever going to happen with respect to any other, whether it’s ...Read more

Trump says tariffs politically risky, but he's not rushing deals
President Donald Trump acknowledged that his sweeping tariff program had risked imperiling him politically, but said he would not rush deals to appease nervous investors during a town hall on Wednesday.
“Yeah,” Trump said when asked by NewsNation host Bill O’Reilly if he agreed that his tariff proposals had a perception problem. “But I...Read more

House votes to overturn California's tough electric vehicle mandates
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to dramatically limit California’s ability to set tougher standards for vehicle emissions. But it appears prospects for passage in the Senate are shaky.
The Republican-authored legislation sends a strong message that GOP lawmakers in Washington see California’s efforts to limit vehicle emissions as ...Read more

Vermont judge blasts Trump deportation campaign as he frees Columbia University Palestinian activist
A Vermont federal judge ordered Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student activist from Columbia University who was arrested at his U.S. citizenship test, be released from immigration detention on bail while his case proceeds.
Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, went in for his naturalization interview on April 14, but was instead...Read more

U.S. Navy awards Connecticut's Electric Boat another $12 billion for salaries, 2 submarines
The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that it has awarded another $12.4 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat as payment for two previously authorized Virginia-class submarines, as well as salary increases for shipyard workers.
The Navy’s agreement to boost pay comes as Electric Boat hires at unprecedented levels in an effort to meet ...Read more

Turns out the 'most dangerous animal' in Yosemite National Park doesn't even have claws
Busy tourist season is nearly upon Yosemite National Park and officials are warning visitors to be cautious of "one of the most dangerous animals" in the park — and it turns out it doesn't have claws.
More than any other animal, mule deer cause injuries to visitors in the park, according to a National Park Service Instagram post.
"While ...Read more

Trump pick to lead Customs and Border Protection accused of 'cover-up' over death of man at California border
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection is facing scrutiny for his role in an investigation into the death of a migrant who was brutally beaten by Border Patrol agents in 2010.
Critics allege Rodney Scott participated in a cover-up and is unqualified to lead the agency. His defenders say he acted ...Read more

ICE raids Oklahoma home even though suspects had moved away
An Oklahoma woman claims she and her daughters were terrorized when 20 armed federal agents burst into her home in the dead of night with a search warrant — for people who did not live there.
Even while admitting the family who had moved in two weeks earlier were not who they were looking for, agents forced the woman and her minor daughters ...Read more

Karen Read witness Jennifer McCabe admits she lied to law enforcement
DEDHAM, Mass. — Jennifer McCabe, a key witness for both the prosecution and the defense in the murder trial of Karen Read, admitted that she lied to law enforcement about who she talked to before an investigative interview.
It came as defense attorney Alan Jackson continued to lay the foundation for his team’s theory of a conspiracy that ...Read more

Trump bets big on major corporations as Democrats pan 'whipsaw' first 100 days
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Wednesday wrapped up Day 101 of his second term by declaring the economy in “good shape,” but congressional Democrats have warned the president’s policies are causing “negative” ripple waves that could sink the economy.
“We finally have a president who wants to put our country first,” Trump said at a...Read more

Glowing caterpillars released in Florida to bolster 'rare' butterfly population
Biologists waded through knee-high vegetation in Florida until they reached a spot where purple flowers grew in cone-like formations — then the team got out the glow-in-the dark caterpillars.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced April 30 that biologists had released caterpillars of the frosted elfin butterfly in ...Read more

Florida has seen a rise in tuberculosis cases. What too know about avoiding infection
MIAMI — A Broward County high school has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the deadliest, but treatable, infectious diseases in the world.
The bacterial infection, also known as TB, spreads when people breathe in the germs of an infected person. The disease usually infects the lungs, although it can also affect the brain, ...Read more
Popular Stories
- Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority
- Rubio's plan to designate Haiti's gangs as terrorists could deepen humanitarian crisis
- Antisemitism is on the rise, but there's no consensus on how to define it in Pa. -- or in D.C.
- Trump won't add Canada, Greenland or Panama to US territory, Carney says
- What state and fed officials plan with BASF to stop pollution flowing into Detroit River