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Preakness Stakes traditions: Drinks, fashion, flowers, Black-eyed Susan cocktail and blanket, trophy

May 18, 2025

Dialogue can resolve disputes over places of worship: Muslim Rashtriya Manch

January 3, 2025

Job Corps alumni and faculty lament Trump administration cuts to the program
Mariyah Louis used to think she wouldn’t make it to 27 years old. Louis was in the foster care system as a teenager before turning to Job Corps, a government-funded program that provides free career training to low-income students. Now, she owns an auto detailing business — a success she attributed to her Job Corps…
Russia targets teachers who cooperated with the British Council
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) spy service accused U.K. intelligence on Thursday of using the British Council as cover to undermine the country and said it had identified teachers at leading universities who cooperated with the London-based charity. With the war in Ukraine intensifying more than three years since President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into…
Coal prices to rise significantly from 2027 onward, analysts say
JAKARTA — Coal prices are rebounding from a four-year low and are forecast to increase significantly from 2027 onward, driven by rising demand in Asia and limited new supplies, analysts said in Jakarta this week. The benchmark Newcastle futures for thermal coal rose to $105 per metric ton in early June, recovering from a low…
2 arrested with arsenal and Nazi paraphernalia after base robbery were ex-milit, prosecutors say
SEATTLE — Two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included dozens of guns, explosives and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former milit members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend, investigators say. Levi Austin Frakes and Charles Ethan Fields were arrested…
Trump aims to build a MAGA judici, breaking with traditional conservatives
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is signaling a new approach to selecting judges in his second term, departing from his first-term formula of younger up-and-comers, elite credentials and pedigrees in traditional conservative ideology and instead leaning toward unapologetically combative, MAGA-friendly nominees. The president turned heads last week by launching a searing attack on Leonard Leo…
Mountaineer killed by falling 3,000 feet from North America’s highest mountain
The body of a mountaineer was recovered Wednesday after he fell 3,000 feet to his death from Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s highest mountain, also known as Denali. al Park Service said in a statement that 41-year-old Alex Chiu fell from Squirrel Point on the mountain’s West Buttress route, about 12,000 feet above sea level.…
Judges bring Trump’s sweeping plan to deport foreign students to a standstill
President Donald Trump’s sweeping bid to deport foreign students who have condemned the war in Gaza has been brought to a standstill by federal judges who have repeatedly ruled against the administration, according to an NBC News review of recent court filings. First, Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student, was arrested and transported…
Pakistan reaffirms commitment to eco-friendly policies: PM
Pakistan reaffirms commitment to eco-friendly policies: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described plastic pollution as a serious environmental threat that endangers ecosystems, harms the economy, and jeopardizes the well-being of future generations. He reaffirmed his government’s dedication to promoting eco-friendly policies, encouraging responsible consumption, and enforcing stricter regulations on plastic use. “Meaningful change…
Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was an MVP hiding in plain sight
Chris Paul knows most people will question whether he really knew. The future Hall of Fame point guard played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2019-20 season, and it was that year Paul formed a tight bond with the team’s current point guard: 2025 NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The two players, separated by over…