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Adrian Perkins was running for reelection as the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, when he was surprised by a harsh campaign hit piece. The satirical TV commercial, paid for by a rival political action committee, used artificial intelligence to depict Perkins as a high school student who had been called into

Italian Coast Guard was searching for possible missing people off Italy’s southern coast Monday, following the shipwreck of a sailboat with migrants on board, believed to be departing from Turkey. It was not immediately clear how many migrants were missing. The search and rescue operation started following a Mayday call

“People, stop texting me!” pleaded Kecia Lewis, with comic exasperation. The veteran Broadway performer had just won her first Tony award in a 40-year career, for the Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” and was trying to read her acceptance speech off her phone. But she was being distracted by those

The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, with the South set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they’ll hit new daily records. And it’s not just

A 51-year-old man riding a motorcycle early Monday died in a crash in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:32 a.m. on Malabar Road near Malabar Woods Boulevard. According to a crash report, the man was traveling above the speed limit when he was

CHIHUAHUA, MéMiguel Lara was born to run. It’s in his blood, his people’s history and tied to the land he calls “home.” “That’s what we do,” said the 34-year-old ultramarathoner near his cabin in Porochi, an Indigenous community in the remote Tarahumara mountains of northern Mexico. “Tarahumara means ‘the light-footed,’”

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting two main areas to watch over the upcoming days as these two systems approach the U.S. by the end of the week. On average, the first tropical storm of the season occurs on average around June 20. Monday 8am Tropical Update IN THE ATLANTIC:

In today’s world, having an independent witness with you for anything that has happened on the road has gotten extremely easy. If we rewind just a few years ago, having a dash camera in your vehicle was something you had to save your pennies for. In today’s society finding a

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday for a two-day visit, his first in 24 years, both countries announced. Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks focused on expanding military cooperation as they deepen their alignment in the face of

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health

A large ridge of high pressure over the Carolinas will keep conditions dry and breezy Monday, followed by the return of tropical moisture by late week, MONDAY: Locally, an onshore breeze will continue, with breezy conditions developing by morning with gusts up to 20-25 mph. The stronger winds this week,

Jury selection is set Monday morning in the trial of a convicted rapist in Orange County who is accused of attacking a woman months after being released from prison. Bruce Whitehead is accused of raping and mutilating a woman in December 2022 after serving 20 years for a different attack.

China has been at odds with many other countries in the Asia-Pacific for years over its sweeping maritime claims, including almost all of the South China Sea, a strategic and resource-rich waterway around which Beijing has drawn a 10-dash-line on official maps to delineate what it says it its territory.

European Union countries on Monday gave final approval to a major and long-awaited plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc, a divisive issue after months of protests by farmers who argued that EU environmental and climate laws were driving them toward bankruptcy. After surviving a razor-thin vote by

An Indian national was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday. Nikhil Gupta was extradited on Friday after Blažek gave the green light for the move

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and the first Jewish person to serve as the spouse of a nationally elected U.S. leader, will deliver remarks on Sunday at the groundbreaking of the memorial to victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The White House announced that Emhoff,

Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential War Cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza. The War Cabinet was dissolved following the departure from the government of Benny Gantz, an opposition lawmaker who had joined the coalition in the early days of the

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign said Monday it will spend $50 million through the end of June on a new ad campaign that includes efforts to spotlight Republican Donald Trump’s felony conviction. The costly advertising push comes with Election Day still more than four and a half months away. But

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Israeli officials said Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential War Cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza. The War Cabinet was dissolved following the departure from the government of Benny Gantz, an opposition lawmaker who had joined the coalition in the early days

The espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors, a statement from the court that will hear the case said Monday. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, has been behind bars since his March 2023 arrest and