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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor. Trump nominated Caine to become the top U.S. military officer in February after abruptly firing Gen. … Read more
President Donald Trump undergoes his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, marking his first such exam of his second term. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump, who, at 78, became the oldest president to be sworn into office, posted on Truth Social earlier … Read more
A small plane crashed in Boca Raton, Florida, on Friday morning, according to local police. Video shows what appears to be the small plane’s wreckage on railroad tracks next to a road. The fire caused by the crash has been extinguished. Additional information was not immediately available. This is a developing story. Please check back … Read more
U.S. stocks inched lower in early trading on Friday as new Chinese tariffs on American goods intensified a trade war between the two largest economies in the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 96 points, or 0.25%, while the S&P 500 fell 0.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 0.05%. China issued a 125% U.S. tariff … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine — The deadline has arrived for Maine officials to reach a resolution with the U.S. Education Department over a finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports. The Education Department said in March that an investigation concluded the Maine Department of Education violated the federal … Read more
An investigation is underway into the helicopter crash that killed six people — among them a family of Spanish tourists — when the craft plunged into the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday. Overnight, recovery crews began lifting wreckage from the Hudson with the investigation already underway. The probe is being led by … Read more
In 2011, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson visited Chaser, a dog who lived with a retired psychology professor in South Carolina. Source link
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be … Read more
DENVER — People in Colorado will soon have to pass a background check and complete a state-sanctioned safety course to buy most semiautomatic guns with detachable magazines under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday. Colorado, which has seen some of the country’s worst mass shootings — including the 2022 … Read more
Body camera footage shows the moment a house exploded in Southern Illinois, trapping firefighter Richard Jackson underneath the rubble before being rescued by first responders. Source link
