Albert Wagner 
WASHINGTON – The Veterans Affairs secretary has reversed a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic “V-J Day in Times Square” photograph of a Navy sailor kissing a woman he did not know on the streets of New York at the end of World War II. Secretary Denis McDonough … Read more
TORONTO – As a young girl, Shania Twain says she used to make her own dolls, modelled after Barbie. Her family couldn’t afford to buy her the real deal, Twain says, so she took matters into her own hands. “My Barbie play was always at my cousin’s or at friend’s houses, but … Read more
A man who broke into the home where his estranged wife and adult daughter were sleeping, doused it in gasoline and set it on fire on the morning he was scheduled to appear in court on a domestic violence charge will spend another 11 months in jail. Jin Ming Han has been in … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28 – the birthday of the country’s late fiery leader Hugo Chávez – officials announced Tuesday, plowing ahead with a tight campaign season that deepens doubts over the participation of the opposition’s leading candidate as well as of international observers. President … Read more
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators’ questions surrounding the vaping supply distributor operating there. WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE? Authorities believe … Read more
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the people “need a break” from high interest rates, a day before the Bank of Canada announcement. “People are hurting. They need a break,” the premier said in a post shared on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s time for the Bank of Canada to start lowering interest rates tomorrow.” … Read more
Phoenix, Ariz. – A leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home. … Read more
WILMINGTON, Del. – Attorneys for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company has deliberately failed to protect users of its social media platforms from human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. The lawsuit, filed … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said early Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. The assault Tuesday apparently … Read more
Montgomery, Ala. – More than 6,000 voters in a newly formed congressional district drawn to boost Black voting power in Alabama received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary, alarming advocates concerned about the potential impact on a race seen as crucial to boosting Black representation and Democrats’ hopes to flip the … Read more
