Flight cancellations pile up on busy Memorial Day weekend
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by Sunday evening, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial DayRead More
Wildfires contaminating the West’s depleting water with ashy sludge
(CNN) — Officials in Las Vegas, New Mexico, had barely finished battling the massive Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak wildfire earlier this month before they had to point theirRead More
Pope names 21 new cardinals, from Asia, Africa, elsewhere
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, most of them from continents other than Europe — which dominated Catholic hierarchy forRead More
Russians storm city, shell east Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling,Read More
Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the Texas school shooting, an unusual federal lookRead More
Biden visits memorial to victims of Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered comfort Sunday to a city gripped by grief and anger as theyRead More
Police: 6 wounded in shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee said six people were wounded during an exchange of gunfire in a downtown Chattanooga business district. At leastRead More
Summer travel: Brace for hassles and high prices
(CNN) — Gas prices and Covid cases are high as the US rolls into Memorial Day weekend and the busy summer travel season. The tangledRead More
US AG Merrick Garland issues call to public service at Harvard commencement ceremony in wake of shootings
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates Sunday that their generation has been asked to show “an impossible kind of resilience”Read More
Biden called again to mourn with a city stricken by grief
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are hoping to console a city stricken by grief and anger when theyRead More