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White House staff bids farewell to planes used as Air Force One for more than 35 years

After an early Thursday morning landing near Washington, two White House officials posted social media farewells to the heavily modified Boeing 747-200, which has flown as Air Force One since 1990, as the first of three planes being modified for the role is set to be delivered soon.“The last ride,” White House communications director Steve Cheung said sharing a photo of the plane - which the Air Force calls a VC-25A - in a post on X. “Well done, good and faithful servant.”White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted a video of the aircraft and wrote he has “been fortunate to

Maritime data company says stranded ships have begun transiting the Strait of Hormuz

Macron's diplomatic efforts bring Trump closer to European views

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RFK Jr. visits Michigan to announce $700M plan to fight drug addiction and homelessness

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WXYZ) -- U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited EasterSeals Michigan in Clinton Township Wednesday to announce more than $700 million in new federal funding aimed at addressing drug addiction and homelessness across the country.Kennedy said the two crises are deeply connected and have devastated families and communities nationwide."America faces two crises that have taken an enormous human toll, and both of them are interconnected," Kennedy said. "Since 2000, drug-related deaths have claimed more than a million American lives. O

'It felt easier': Healing Hearts uses equine therapy to expand mental health support in Mountain Home

Cuba’s Communist Party approves emergency economic plan opening to private enterprise

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Easing tensions with Iran push mortgage rates lower — but a potential Fed rate hike clouds the outlook

Americans shopping for a home caught a break this week when mortgage rates edged lower.The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.47% this week, down from 6.52% last week, which was near the year’s high, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.But the reprieve may not last. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve, now led by President Donald Trump appointee Kevin Warsh, signaled it could consider raising interest rates later this year in response to the latest inflation spike tied to the US-Israeli war with Iran.Last week, two separate reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Kenyan McDuffie concedes DC mayoral primary to Janeese Lewis George

Juneteenth Eats: The history behind traditional foods eaten on the holiday

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Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights. The justices decided unanimously in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who regularly uses illegal drugs violates the Second Amendment. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that his opinion narrowly limits the government's power to take guns away from drug users who are not considered dangerous. Hemani, who was not charged with any other crimes or

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US Supreme Court limits ban on gun ownership by marijuana users

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a marijuana user on Thursday by limiting the application of a federal law that bars drug users from owning guns, finding that certain prosecutions under the measure intrude on the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."The justices, in a 9-0 ruling, upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss an illegal gun possession charge brought under the law at issue against Ali Hemani, an American-Pakistani dual citizen and resident of Texas who told authorities he was a regular marijuana user.Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who auth

Euphoric Knicks fans flood New York for championship ticker-tape parade

Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe and again criticizes NATO allies

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Supreme Court limits power of federal government to disarm drug users

The Supreme Court Thursday curbed the power of the federal government to disarm a frequent marijuana user, limiting the scope of a law enacted during the 1960s to keep weapons out of the hands of Americans who regularly use drugs.In an unanimous opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court ruled that the government’s prosecution of a man who used pot was inconsistent with the Second Amendment.The court settled the case in a way that was exceedingly limited, reserving broader questions about whether federal prosecutors could target people who are addicted to drugs or whose use of drug

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Golf-Play resumes at US Open after fog delays first round

Play resumed at the U.S. Open on Thursday after a thick blanket of fog forced a two-hour delay early in the first round of the major at Shinnecock Hills.A handful of players had gotten through only the second hole after taking off at eye-wateringly early tee times when organisers suspended play at 7:05 a.m. ET at the venerated course in Southampton, New York.The event kicked off as a line of standstill traffic held up ticketholders in the fashionable beach town, with American Scottie Scheffler eyeing history, on the hunt for a career Grand Slam.The 156-player field this week includes 12 forme

Barack Obama confronts the work that remains for Democrats — and for him

New York Knicks revel in their NBA victory parade as joyous fans and celebs fill the streets

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An ancient oak tree said to have sheltered legendary Robin Hood has died

A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is believed to have died after it didn’t sprout leaves this spring, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said Thursday. Visitors over the past two centuries who viewed the tree's gnarled limbs and sprawling canopy in Nottingham compressed the soil, making it difficult for rain to reach its roots, the conservation group said. The forest has been under threat for years and the tree had been rumored to hav

Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years

A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on September 21, 1944, with around 1,200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. US warplanes, mistaking the unmarked ship for a military cargo vessel, dropped four torpedoes.One struck the ship. The vessel split in two and sank within minutes, dooming most of the Allied prisoners trapped below deck. Only about 200 of the weakened, sick POWs survived, and the exact location of the wreck was lost to the deep.Now, some 80 years later, researchers have uncovered the servicemen’s final resting place. The team s

The Great Hydration Break Debate takes over the World Cup

Ivory Coast's Elye Wahi denied entry to Canada at World Cup amid betting probe

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Ukraine hits Moscow refinery in major drone attack on Russian capital

Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Thursday, hitting the Russian capital's oil refinery for the second time this week in what Kyiv cast as a response to an attack that damaged a nearly 1,000-year-old monastery in the city."We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a voice message sent to reporters on a WhatsApp group. "But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn."Russia, for its part, fired missiles into Kyiv, also for the second time this week, following the attack that damaged the K

This city had a flooding problem. So it turned to an animal that had been extinct there for 400 years

A few hundred feet from a McDonald’s and a strip mall, sandwiched between busy and polluted roads, a lush urban wetland is being built by an unusual and furry group of city residents: beavers.This corner of Ealing, a borough in West London, used to flood regularly during heavy rainstorms, with water sweeping into local streets and inundating the nearby Greenford tube station, part of the London Underground.To alleviate the problem, local authorities had considered a traditional engineering project, carving out an artificial reservoir using heavy machines and concrete. But then, a group of lo

Archbishop apologises for Church of England's role in forced adoptions

Average US gas price drops below $4 - barely

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Dinner at Versailles, alpine air and an Iran agreement: How Trump made it through another G7

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Ukraine hits Moscow refinery in major drone attack on Russian capital

Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Thursday, hitting the Russian capital's oil refinery for the second time this week in what

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Americans view Obama far more positively than Trump or Biden, CNN poll finds

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Trump administration to pay $765 million to scrap four more offshore wind leases

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would pay $765 million to power project developer Invenergy to terminate four wind leases off the coasts of New York, California and

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The Fed’s new era begins. Here’s what it means for your money

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Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group

The Federal Trade Commission and four states are suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health

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Trump says 'nobody' attacked Iran girls' school 'on purpose'

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls