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NATO chief to urge four-fold boost to European defense spending

June 9, 2025

Army will end most of its ceremonial horse programs and adopt out the animals
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s history is closely tied to its cavalry units, those soldiers who rode into battle on horseback. But the service announced Tuesday that it’s moving toward a future without the ceremonial horses and will put most of them up for adoption. The Army, however, will keep operating the Old Guard ceremonial…
Texas officials give few answers to growing questions about response to Kerr County deadly floods
The catastrophe left Kerr County residents such as Marvin Willis, 67, wanting answers. “I didn’t get one alert,” said Willis, a magazine publisher who lives a mile and a half from the Guadalupe and typically receives them on his phone. “I haven’t talked to anyone I know who’s gotten one.” He said complete transparency from…
Spanish-language journalist remains in ICE custody despite being granted bond
ATLANTA — A week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody. Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on June 14, and he was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement several…
Former top NYPD officials accused of giving promotions to ‘friends and cronies’
Top officials at the New York City police department doled out prized promotions to unqualified “friends and cronies,” according to a bombshell lawsuit that also accuses a former police commissioner of selling promotions for up to $15,000. James Essig, a former NYPD chief of detectives, says in the suit that the improper promotions were pushed…
Grocery ‘hub’ of small Kerr County town feeds locals from demolished storefront after Texas floods
Lehrmann said she did not receive any warning that the floodwaters were coming. Her first inkling of trouble came when she was roused from her sleep at 4:30 a.m. on July 4 by a frantic phone from her general manager, Courtney Garrison, who lived above the store with her daughter, Stella. Garrison told her there…
Girl details Camp Mystic evacuation during catastrophic Texas flooding
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Girl details Camp Mystic evacuation during catastrophic Texas flooding 01:54 UP NEXT Need to ‘invest’ in NWS so Texas disaster is ‘a thing of the past’: Congressman & fmr. meteorologist 07:20 Texas floods survivor: ‘I couldn’t walk through…
Autobacs helps foreign auto mechanics obtain licenses in Japan
TOKYO — Japanese auto parts maker Autobacs Seven is helping to train foreign auto mechanics amid a worsening shortage in Japan as workers age out of the field and low wages keep young people away. The company is partnering with Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and a Philippine university to recruit people wanting to work as…
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok makes antisemitic posts on X
AI chatbot Grok, which is produced by Elon Musk’s xAI, wrote numerous antisemitic social media posts on Tuesday, after the artificial intelligence company released a revamped version of the bot over the weekend. In one exchange, in response to a user’s question asking it to identify an individual in a screenshot, Grok replied in a…
BTS agency Hybe to launch Indian arm to ‘export’ K-pop model
SEOUL — South Korean entertainment agency Hybe plans to set up an Indian subsidi, part of a global strategy to bring the growth model of K-pop to other markets. The unit, to be launched in September or October, will market such Hybe bands as BTS and Seventeen, as well as look to discover and nurture…