WASHINGTON (AP) – Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “could one day be the weapon used to beat me in my sleep.” A host of comedy and entertainment royalty gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center as Sandler was presented with the Mark Twain Award for American … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her residence in Las Vegas, said LaNae Jenkins, the director of clinical services for Valley Hospice, who was one of Dea’s … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tom Izzo leaned on star guard and native New Yorker Tyson Walker to get Michigan State to Madison Square Garden for the Sweet 16. Walker, a fourth-year player who grew up in Westbury, Long Island, delivered against Marquette in March Madness on Sunday night, scoring 23 points to cap Michigan State’s … Read more
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – No elected Republican has done more to limit abortion rights in the United States than Donald Trump. But in the early days of the 2024 presidential race, no Republican has worked harder to avoid the issue than the former president. Far more than his GOP rivals, Trump sidesteps the issue just … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) – Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” “Fringe” and the “John Wick” series, has died. He was 60. Reddick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural … Read more
Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, pushing many into uncharted territory: the health insurance market. States will start cutting people from the state-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income, a process that has been on hold since shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The timing of … Read more
MIAMI (AP) – Trea Turner, Paul Goldschmidt and a relentless U.S. lineup continued to put lopsided numbers on the scoreboard, a dynamic display of the vast gulf between an American major-league team and Cubans struggling on the world stage as top players have abandoned island nation. Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Pentagon investigation have found high rates of cancer among military pilots and have shown for the first time that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch these planes also get sick. The data had long been sought by retired military pilots, who for years have sounded the alarm about the number … Read more
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they became the predominant choice for abortion in the United States in recent years. Gordon, a Republican, signed the bill Friday night while allowing a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The pills are already banned … Read more
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they became the predominant choice for abortion in the United States in recent years. Gordon, a Republican, signed the bill Friday night while allowing a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The pills are already banned … Read more