Bengals’ Joe Burrow ‘in a good spot’ working way back from right wrist injury
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow returned to the practice field this week and on Tuesday threw in front of media for the first time since injuring his right wrist in Baltimore last November.
Biden condemns a ‘ferocious surge’ of antisemitism in the United States
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned a “ferocious surge of antisemitism” in the United States following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel and said people were already forgetting the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
Israel says it has taken control of Gaza side of Rafah Crossing amid truce talks
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Tuesday that its tanks had entered Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and had seized control of the city’s critical border crossing with Egypt in what it called a limited operation to eliminate Hamas fighters and infrastructure that had been used to attack and kill four Israeli soldiers Sunday.
Stormy Daniels tells a story of sex with Trump as he listens in disgust
NEW YORK — When Donald Trump met Stormy Daniels, their fling seemed fleeting: He was a 60-year-old married mogul at the peak of reality television fame, and she was 27, not half his age, a Louisiana native raised in poverty and headed to porn-film stardom.
Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case formally scrapped her own May 20 start date for the trial Tuesday but declined to set a new one, saying there was much more work to be done before a jury could hear the charges.
Russia to hold drills on tactical nuclear weapons in new tensions with West
BERLIN — Russia said Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine.
Israel orders partial evacuation of Rafah, fueling fears of new offensive
Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Monday as the military told about 110,000 people sheltering there to evacuate. Many people began to leave, fearing that Israel was moving ahead with its long-planned invasion of Rafah, despite stiff international pressure.
Witness in Trump trial links former president to a hush-money payoff
NEW YORK — After two weeks of enthralling jurors with stories of sex and scandal, prosecutors delved into the documents at the heart of Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Monday, a pivotal turn in the case that came on the same day the judge held Trump in contempt and threatened to jail him.
One dead in Texas as rain pummels parts of the state
A 5-year-old boy died Sunday in Johnson County, Texas, authorities said, after being swept away by floodwaters caused by heavy rains that have pounded parts of the state over the past few days.
Madonna brings massive free concert to Rio, capping celebration tour
RIO DE JANEIRO (NYT) — When Madonna stepped out onto the mammoth stage constructed on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach on Saturday night in a gleaming halo headpiece and black kimono, she was greeted by the largest live crowd of her four-decade career.
A FAFSA fiasco has students still asking: Which college can they afford?
By this time of year, college-bound high school seniors are usually celebrating their choices, researching dorms and even thinking of their majors. This year, that’s not necessarily the case.
Gallows humor and talk of escape: Trump’s possible return rattles DC
WASHINGTON — It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?
Last of escaped zebras captured with white bread, oats and ‘positivity’
The last of four zebras that escaped from a trailer in North Bend, Washington, was safely corralled Friday with the help of a former rodeo bullfighter, a lookout on a mountain bike and a package of white bread.
At donor retreat, Trump calls Biden administration the ‘Gestapo’
Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Joe Biden’s administration to the Nazis.
Parts of Gaza in ‘full-blown famine,’ U.N. aid official says
JERUSALEM — The leader of the World Food Program said parts of the Gaza Strip are experiencing a “full-blown famine” that is spreading across the territory after almost seven months of war that have made delivering aid extremely challenging.
Southeast Texas expects more rain after days of flooding
Swollen rivers continued rising in southeast Texas on Saturday after a night of evacuations and rescues from floodwaters that swamped roads, stranded cars and inundated homes in the region.
Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to domestic battery charge
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a domestic battery charge stemming from a September arrest.
Israeli officials weigh sharing power with Arab states in postwar Gaza
JERUSALEM — For months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has avoided detailed public discussion about the Gaza Strip’s postwar future. Trying to placate both his far-right allies, who seek to rebuild Israeli settlements in Gaza, and Israel’s foreign partners, who want Gaza returned to Palestinian governance, Netanyahu has stopped short of any specific declaration.
Noisy, gaudy and spiritual: Young pilgrims embrace an ancient goddess
In a din of firecrackers, cymbals and horns, a team of devotees carried the shrouded wooden statue of a serene-faced woman, holding her aloft on a brightly decorated litter as they navigated through tens of thousands of onlookers.
Trump and his one-time confidant meet again, this time in a courtroom
NEW YORK — Her voice low, her posture tense, the woman who spent years steering Donald Trump through strife and scandal stepped to the witness stand Friday carrying a different burden. She was there under the fluorescent lights of a dreary Manhattan courtroom, seated 15 feet from the former president she once fiercely defended, to testify at his criminal trial.
