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Surviving Memorial Day weekend: Navigate travel chaos with these tips

As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, travelers across the U.S. are bracing themselves for significant crowds and airport delays due to increased demand and air traffic control constraints. The Federal Aviation Administration anticipates a record-breaking number of flights this Thursday, with close to 54,000 nationwide departures — marking the busiest travel day of 2025 so far. According to the American Automobile Association, nearly 45 million Americans plan to travel at least 50 miles away from home over the long weekend. Of those, approximately 3.6 million will travel by air, repres

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How a water bottle, family tree and DNA testing helped solve a 24-year-old murder mystery!

More than 20 years after the brutal murder of Leslie Preer in 2001, the case finally came to a close. Investigators in Montgomery County, Maryland, used tools of modern forensic science — a bottle of water, a family tree, and the evolving science of genetic genealogy — to solve the case. Eugene Gligor, 45, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Preer’s Chevy Chase home. According to prosecutors, the break in the case came not from a new eyewitness or confession, but DNA evidence re-examined using technology unavailable at the time of the crime. Investigators identified Gligor t

Sextortion nightmare: How one teen's trust cost him everything

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51 kiosks offer free COVID-19 tests and health supplies across Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County has deployed 51 Community Health Station kiosks offering free COVID-19 self-test kits, fentanyl test strips, and other health supplies to residents across the region. The self-service stations, accessible seven days a week, aim to increase access to essential health resources, particularly in communities with limited healthcare options. Initially established to distribute COVID-19 antigen tests, the program has expanded to address multiple public health crises affecting the county. Officials cite alarming statistics as motivation for the expansion, including a 48% increa

From Gulf of Mexico to Persian Gulf: Trump's name-change diplomacy stirs global tides

California bar exam’s AI fallout: $6 million in unplanned costs

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How Northern Arkansas’ terrain may help an escaped convict evade capture

As the search for escaped prisoner Grant Hardin enters a fifth day, authorities pursuing the convicted murderer and rapist in northern Arkansas face various challenges from the landscape that could give Hardin an advantage in evading capture.Wearing “a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement,” Hardin broke out of the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock around 2:55 p.m. Sunday, a news release from the state’s Department of Corrections said.Hundreds of law enforcement officials from federal, state and local agencies are working on finding Hardin, Rand Champion, a spokespers

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Trump pardons former New York lawmaker Michael Grimm

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a full pardon for former U.S. Representative Michael Grimm of New York, who had pleaded guilty to a felony tax evasion charge in 2014, a White House official said on Wednesday.A Republican like Trump, Grimm represented districts that included Staten Island and a small portion of southern Brooklyn. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and served seven months in 2015 and 2016. The former congressman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Grimm admitted to under-reporting employee wages at Healthalicious, a restaurant he co-owned before star

US Treasury's Bessent urges IMF, World Bank to refocus on core missions

Wall Street ends higher on earnings, hopes of easing tariff tensions

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Kraken hire Lane Lambert as head coach, replacing the fired Dan Bylsma

The Seattle Kraken hired Lane Lambert on Thursday night as the third head coach in team history. Lambert replaces Dan Bylsma, fired after one season. The 60-year-old Lambert was most recently a head coach for the New York Islanders from 2022 until he was fired on Jan. 20, 2024. He was 61-46-20 with the Islanders, and they qualified for the playoffs once during his tenure. Last season, the former NHL forward was associate head coach with Toronto. “I’m so excited to become the head coach of the Seattle Kraken,” Lambert said in a stat

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Bears QB Caleb Williams addresses controversy from book excerpt

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams sought to quiet the controversy about how he hadn’t wanted to come to his current team prior to the 2024 draft. Williams admitted an ESPN story about an upcoming book by Seth Wickersham on quarterbacks was true in that he did like the idea of going to the Minnesota Vikings initially, but this was prior to his first visit to Chicago. Then, Williams said, he wanted to be with the Bears. “Yeah, I had a good visit at the other place — Minnesota, with (coach) Kevin O’Connell,” Williams said. “Good staff and all of tha

Trump said he didn’t sign controversial proclamation. The Federal Register shows one with his signature

Canadians to Maine: No, thanks!

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South African mother given life sentence for trafficking 6-year-old daughter

A South African mother and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for trafficking her then-6-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention since the child went missing last year.Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the girl, Joshlin Smith, after she disappeared from a small town in the Western Cape.In a trial that shocked the country, a witness said Kelly Smith told her that she had sold her daughter to a sangoma, or traditional healer, for 20,000 rand ($1,100) and tha

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Teen’s death sparks calls to ban viral head-on tackle game inspired by American football’s biggest hits

A burgeoning new sporting trend inspired by the biggest and hardest full contact hits in American football and rugby has proved deadly, and there’s now calls for it to be banned.Branded by an organized league as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport,” Run It Straight games see two people sprint directly towards each other for a high-impact collision, with no protective gear. Whoever dominates wins.Tens of thousands of dollars are offered up as prize money in organized events in New Zealand and Australia and the game has become a social media craze with teenagers trying it out at h

Dreams cut short, Chinese students anxious and angry over ‘aggressive’ US visa ban plans

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?

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Haribo recalls some products in Netherlands after cannabis found in candy

Haribo is recalling bags of its fizzy cola bottles in the Netherlands after cannabis was found in some of them.Authorities began investigating when several people, including children, became unwell after eating candy from one-kilo (2.2-pound) bags of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) told CNN.Samples taken from the cola bottles revealed that the product was laced with cannabis, NVWA said, adding that Dutch police are now investigating how the candy became contaminated.“How the cannabis ended up in the sweets is still unknown,” the foo

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Russian captain involved in US tanker crash pleads not guilty to manslaughter in UK court

The captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off Britain's east coast pleaded not guilty on Friday in a London court to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a crew member in the collision.Russian national Vladimir Motin, 59, was captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong that hit the Stena Immaculate tanker, carrying military jet fuel, on March 10.Motin was charged four days later with causing the death of Filipino national and Solong crew member Mark Pernia, 38, who is missing and presumed dead.He appeared at the Old Bailey by videolink on Friday and pleade

Edmonton Oilers coast to Stanley Cup Final showdown against Florida Panthers for second consecutive year

14,000 troops, 100 ballistic missiles and millions of munitions: What North Korea has sent to Russia, report finds

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US proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza; hostage-prisoner swap, plan shows

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Transgender athlete says adults going to her track competitions to heckle her 'shows how you are as a person'

If high school track standout A.B. Hernandez competes at the state championship, California’s federal funding may be in doubt. President Donald Trump has promised to cut the funds if the transgender teen is allowed to compete.