Trump hints at wind-down of war as US sends more troops and Iran threatens tourism sites

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Middle East even as the United States is sending three more amphibious assault ships and roughly 2,500 additional Marines to the region. Trump’s post Friday on social media followed an Iranian threat to attack recreational and … Read more

Kendra Duggar faces misdemeanors after husband’s arrest on molestation charge

The wife of Joseph Garrett Duggar, who starred on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested on misdemeanor counts Friday, days after Duggar was arrested on a charges that he molested a young girl in 2020, according to officials and jail records. An arrest warrant for Kendra Duggar, 27, was issued Friday … Read more

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

DAKAR, Senegal — When a U.S. immigration judge told a 28-year old refugee from East Africa that he was free to leave detention in California after 13 months, he was overjoyed. Though an asylum request was denied, the judge ruled he could not be deported home because it would put him in danger. “He told … Read more

A wave of executions is feared in Iran after 3 young men were hanged this week

BEIRUT — A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing relentless attacks from the U.S. and Israel seek to squelch public dissent. The three men are the first to be executed from … Read more

Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions

The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 11-20-51-55-63, Mega Ball: 4, Megaplier: The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 11-20-51-55-63, Mega Ball: 4 (eleven, twenty, fifty-one, fifty-five, sixty-three, Mega Ball: four Estimated jackpot: $50 million For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | … Read more

The Latest: US deploys more troops to Mideast as Trump considers ‘winding down’ military operations

President Donald Trump said his administration was considering “winding down” military operations in the Middle East even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran threatened to attack tourist sites worldwide. The mixed U.S. messages came after another climb in oil prices plunged the U.S. stock … Read more

Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of landscaper in California

A 70-year-old man has been charged with murder after a confrontation with landscapers in Southern California this week turned deadly, according to authorities and a property owner. Michael Anthony Burke was being held without bail in San Diego County’s Vista Detention Facility on Friday in connection with the death of Martin Lucas Esteban, according to … Read more

Judge orders Voice of America be put back together again. What are the chances that will happen?

NEW YORK — In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration — come roaring back to life. Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s … Read more

Nicholas Brendon,

Actor Nicholas Brendon, best known for his role as Xander Harris in the popular television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died, according to his family. He was 54. Brendon’s family said in an Instagram post Friday night that he died “in his sleep of natural causes.”  “Most people know Nicky for his work as … Read more

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv — who worked for decades to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority, a schism that foreshadowed the Russia-Ukraine war — died Friday. He was 97. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine announced his death, citing the “exacerbation of chronic diseases.” Filaret had a more limited … Read more