NEW YORK (AP) — Carol Kaye, a prolific and revered bassist who played on thousands of songs in the 1960s including hits by the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel and Barbra Streisand, told The Associated Press on Friday that she wants no part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I’ve declined the rrhof. Permanently,” the 90-year-old […]
ENDERLIN, North Dakota (AP) — Powerful winds swept across the upper Midwest, causing damage to an airport in Minnesota and three deaths in North Dakota. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said at a press conference Saturday that two men and a woman were killed at two separate locations in the town of Enderlin, North Dakota, […]
A Palestinian activist who participated in protests against Israel has been freed from federal immigration detention after 104 days. Mahmoud Khalil, who became a symbol of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on campus protests, left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. The former Columbia University graduate student is expected to head to New York to reunite with his […]
Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House passed legislation late Friday that would ban the sale and manufacturing of certain semiautomatic rifles, commonly referred to as assault weapons. The Ocean State will join 10 other states across the country that have some sort of prohibition on high-powered firearms once Gov. Dan McKee (D-RI) signs the bill into […]
The Supreme Court upheld a law Friday that allows victims of terrorism to sue Palestinian entities in U.S. courts. The court ruled that the 2019 law, the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, does not violate the due process rights of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. The law reasonably […]
Conflict continued to rage over Friday night and Saturday morning between Israel and Iran as the Israelis claimed they eliminated three top commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while two Iranian drones penetrated Israel’s air defenses and inflicted damage. Since it began last week, the Israel-Iran conflict has claimed hundreds of lives. Israeli strikes […]
President Donald Trump’s famous “art of the deal” has been on display ever since he returned to the White House. But as he eyes U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war, it has never been as important to him and the nation. As we size up this week’s White House Report Card, the two-week pause Trump […]
Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin’s rocky tenure hit another bump with the release of fundraising numbers for the organization, which has struggled to regain its foothold after President Donald Trump‘s victory in the 2024 election. The federal campaign reports released Friday evening show the DNC hemorrhaging money at a time when the Republican National Committee is […]
President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax bill is starting to shrink in size as the strict rules of the Senate become a roadblock to some of its provisions. Language is already being struck by the Senate parliamentarian, a nonpartisan referee on what is and is not allowed under the filibuster-skirting process of reconciliation. Core elements of […]
President Donald Trump‘s at times austere positioning on economic matters starkly contrasts with the stream of glitzy business endeavors he’s launched in his vast empire. On occasion, the president has described his “America First” approach to business and trade in rather anti-materialistic language. Less is more if it’s made in the United States, he’s implied, […]
