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Service members killed in border crash were California-based U.S. Marines

April 21, 2025

‘We are better than this.’
BOULDER, Colo. — The 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned during an attack by a man armed with a “makeshift flamethrower” had a message on Tuesday for the rest of America: “We are better than this.” In her first words spoken publicly since Sunday’s gruesome attack on a group of demonstrators advocating for the return…
TikTok can’t get enough of ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ a Connie Francis song from the 60s
TikTok often popularizes songs from music’s biggest and buzziest artists. But one of the most viral songs right now was recorded in 1961. More than six decades ago, singer Connie Francis recorded enough music to fill three albums. Buried on the back of one of those records was the song “Pretty Little Baby.” It wasn’t…
New searches underway in Portugal near where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007
LAGOS, Portugal — Police investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann searched near an abandoned rural building in southern Portugal on Tuesday as they launched fresh probes near the holiday resort where she was last seen 18 years ago. The case received worldwide interest for several years, with reports of sightings of McCann occurring…
Santa Ono rejected as University of Florida president after conservative backlash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a surprise twist, the state of Florida’s top higher education board on Tuesday voted against a contract for Santa Ono, who was set to be the next president of the University of Florida. The decision came after growing opposition on the right to Ono’s past statements on, among other things, diversity,…
Hotel security officer testifies Diddy paid $100K to suppress assault video
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. Much of today’s testimony was spent revisiting Diddy’s March 2016 assault on Casandra Ventura, an incident at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles that was captured on security video and shown…
Pentagon taps China expert John Noh as Indo-Pacific point person
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department has picked former congressional staffer John Noh to be assistant secret of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, making him the top official for the region if confirmed. In nominations sent to Congress on Monday, the Pentagon also presented Alexander Velez-Green, known as a “prioritizer” and former national security adviser to Sen.…
Chinese couple charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the U.S.
A Chinese researcher in Michigan and her boyfriend have been charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that “can cause devastating diseases in crops” into the United States, according to federal charging documents unsealed Tuesday. Yunqing Jian, 33, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged with multiple…
Trump pardons 2 divers who freed 19 sharks off the coast of Florida
MIAMI — Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline several miles from shore have been pardoned by President Donald Trump. Pardons for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr. were signed Wednesday. They had been convicted in 2022 of theft of property within…
Zay Flowers has “no limits” from knee injury, Ravens want to get him the ball more
Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers missed the team’s playoff action with a knee injury, but he avoided surgery this offseason and is on track to be back in his familiar place in the offense come the start of the 2025 season. Flowers has been practicing at the team’s OTAs and said on Tuesday that he…