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A street in The Hague gets an all-encompassing orange facelift for Euro 2024 06/14/2024 03:50am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up orange tarps are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban street in The Hague. The Marktweg is one of several streets in the Nethe Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges, officials say 06/13/2024 10:44pm • MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized An NYPD inspector tried to cover up his date's drunken crash, prosecutors say 06/13/2024 09:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department inspector has been indicted on charges that he lied to investigators and tried to get incriminating video footage erased after his girlfriend drunkenly crashed his police car into a cab, prosecutors said Thursday. Deputy Inspector Paul Zangrilli, who le Isn't that Suber? Last entrant in US Open field takes advantage of opportunity, shoots 69 06/13/2024 08:12pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Jackson Suber felt the nerves building as he stepped up for his opening tee shot in his first U.S. Open. The 24-year-old alternate who got a call-up due to Jon Rahm’s withdrawal didn’t show much worry after that, even on this unexpectedly big stage. Suber finished 1-unde How Much Does It Cost to Buy a Mobile Home? 06/13/2024 08:00pm • While inflation has slowed since its peak, prices are still rising, with shelter and vehicle insurance being major contributors. It's generally well understood that buying a mobile home is cheaper than a conventional house with a foundation and maybe a basement. It's understandable why people are at How Much Does It Cost to Buy a Boat Versus a Yacht? 06/13/2024 08:00pm • Getting out on a river, lake or ocean in your very own vessel can be a dream come true. But while owning a watercraft can provide a sense of freedom and excitement that no other form of transportation can offer, it's not without costs. In fact, boats can be more expensive than you anticipate, and no Tropical rainstorms in South Florida lead to flight delays and streets jammed with stalled cars 06/13/2024 07:17pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance that brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida delayed flights at two of the state's largest airports and left vehicles waterlogged and stalled in some of the region's lowest-lying streets. “Looked like the beginning of a Ex-US Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico 06/13/2024 05:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said T Toxic garlic should have prompted EPA to warn against gardening near Ohio derailment, watchdog says 06/13/2024 05:33pm • The Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies near the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio and warn people it might not be safe to garden there after independent testing showed high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic, a watchdog group said Thursday. In a p Dozens of hikers became ill during trips to waterfalls near the Grand Canyon 06/13/2024 04:28pm • Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park. Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday eve Family of bystander killed during Minneapolis police pursuit files lawsuit against the city 06/13/2024 04:02pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a bystander killed during a 2021 police chase in Minneapolis is suing the city and alleging that dangerous pursuits are more common in areas of the city with predominantly Black residents. Relatives of Leneal Frazier are seeking unspecified damages for the 2021 acc British coroner criticizes US government over death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn in 2019 06/13/2024 03:58pm • LONDON (AP) — A British coroner criticized the U.S. government on Thursday over a lack of training for diplomatic personnel at the conclusion of an inquest into a road accident in August 2019 that saw a teenage motorcyclist killed by one of its employees. At the end of the four-day inquiry into t Tiger Woods returns to the US Open, shoots an inconsistent opening-round 74 at Pinehurst No. 2 06/13/2024 03:24pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Tiger Woods started off the U.S. Open with a birdie on Thursday, putting him into the red and atop the leaderboard, and turning back the clock 25 years to when a phenom still on the rise first played the national championship at Pinehurst No. 2. The next 17 holes contrasted Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director 06/13/2024 03:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the Brooklyn Museum, including its Jewish director, and also splashed paint across the front of diplomatic buildings for Germany and the Palestinian Authority, prompting a police inves Police ID 62-year-old pedestrian killed in Southeast DC; search continues for hit-and-run driver who struck married couple 06/13/2024 03:05pm • D.C. police have identified the man who was killed during a hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon in Southeast; his wife was also injured in the crash but is expected to survive. Officers have found the suspect's vehicle but are still searching for the driver, D.C. police said Thursday. Alton Kelly,