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New Mexico shooting victims mourned by their children, 64 grandchildren 05/27/2023 07:55am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gwendolyn Dean Schofield hoped to live to 100, and she was nearly there. But on May 15, in what appeared to be a final act of kindness, Schofield and her daughter pulled over on a residential street in the northwestern New Mexico city of Farmington to help a woman who was sho As Turkey heads to runoff presidential race, domestic issues loom large 05/27/2023 02:52am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and location straddling Europe and the Middle East into international influence, is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday, despite a host of domestic issues. Erdogan, Today in History: May 27, Queen Mary's maiden voyage 05/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, May 27, the 147th day of 2023. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key compone Navy contractor jet was on fire before deadly California crash, federal report says 05/26/2023 11:31pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy contractor's aircraft caught fire before it crashed off the California coast earlier this month, killing three people on board, federal investigators said Friday. The twin-engine Gates Learjet 36A plunged into the Pacific Ocean near San Clemente Island on May 10 while tryin Biden says debt deal 'very close' with default deadline now set at June 5 05/26/2023 10:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republican Climate protesters charged for damaging National Gallery of Art exhibit 05/26/2023 09:47pm • The two climate protesters who smeared paint on the case and base of Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" in the National Gallery of Art on April 27 were arrested Friday. Timothy Martin of North Carolina and Joanna Smith of New York, both 53, were charged with conspiracy to commit an offens Texas AG Ken Paxton invites supporters to rally at state Capitol to protest vote to impeach 05/26/2023 08:13pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday urged his supporters to protest at the state Capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings that threaten to oust him. The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampage 05/26/2023 07:12pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of frantic calls poured in to dispatchers about a barrage of gunfire and bloodied victims along a busy street during this month's deadly shooting in Farmington, prompting authorities to rush to the chaotic scene not knowing what was in store. Breathless with guns U.S., Mexico seek international emergency over deadly fungal outbreak 05/26/2023 06:34pm • Authorities in the U.S. and Mexico have asked the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern over a deadly fungal outbreak, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Friday. The request comes after recruiters lured hundreds of patients fr Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review 05/26/2023 05:36pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. Judge Clifton Ne Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote 05/26/2023 05:19pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top court blocked the candidacy of another presidential hopeful on Friday, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law. The Constitutional Court rejected Pineda’s appeal after electoral authorities had rul Pennsylvania nurse accused of killing 2 patients with insulin, officials say 05/26/2023 04:48pm • A nurse in Western Pennsylvania was charged on Wednesday with two murder counts for allegedly administering large doses of insulin to her patients, killing two men, said the state's Attorney General Michelle Henry.Heather Pressdee, 40, was working at Quality Life Services, a nursing facility in Chic A first-time filmmaker in Cannes: Molly Manning Walker on her breakthrough 'How to Have Sex' 05/26/2023 04:08pm • CANNES, France (AP) — Molly Manning Walker was still bleary-eyed from six months in the editing suite rushing to finish her first feature film when she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival. “It’s nice to have a deadline," Walker, 29, said while sipping an espresso. “I work best with chaos.” Oregon man died waiting for an ambulance, highlighting lack of emergency responders 05/26/2023 03:55pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say highlights their frustration at a lack of available ambulances to respond to emer Street closures, transit changes for Memorial Day events in the DC area 05/26/2023 03:19pm • Memorial Day weekend is the informal start of the summer season in the D.C. area, with many people having the day off on Monday for the holiday. Whether you're staying in or taking off, here's what you need to know to get where you're going. Transit schedule for Memorial Day United Prayer Ma