IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. U.S. Men’s National Team makes World Cup debut 02:03 Great Americans: A conversation with Andrés Cantor 03:44 Now Playing Today Show Icon Gene Shalit Dies at 100 01:47 UP NEXT Tornado outbreak devastates Midwest 02:10 Deadly mass shooting in Texas … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires. Caesars became an iconic name after the opening of Caesar’s Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in 1966. But its roots date back to the 1930s in Reno, … Read more
(Editor’s note: This story is part of the Monitor’s summerlong series following old U.S. Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.) Park Ranger Joseph Tonjes is standing on the steps of Abraham Lincoln’s home, giving instructions to a group of about 20 visitors: Don’t touch the furniture. Stay inside the stanchions and ropes. “But as … Read more
Action star and martial artist Chuck Norris has died, his family said Friday. He was 86. Norris’ family said on Instagram that his death was sudden but that “he was surrounded by his family and was at peace.” He had been hospitalized recently. The family said they wanted to keep the circumstances of his death … Read more
The United Farm Workers union has distanced itself from annual celebrations of its founder, Cesar Chavez, amid what it said were troubling but unspecified allegations. In a statement Tuesday, the union said allegations of “abuse of young women or minors” were concerning enough to urge people around the country to participate in immigration justice events … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Oil prices surge after attacks on energy sites 02:43 One dead after gondola crash at Swiss ski resort 01:16 U.S. college student goes missing in Spain 01:27 Potentially record-setting heat wave scorches western United States 01:46 Now Playing Women allege … Read more
The late Cesar Chavez, one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights leaders, has been accused of sexually abusing girls and women. Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta said in a statement that Chavez, her co-founder of what became the United Farm Workers, manipulated and pressured her into sex once and, in a second encounter, forced … Read more