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Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia amid deadly unrest and indigenous frustration 05/21/2024 11:00am • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence. “He will go there tonight,” government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot s A Christian group allows Sunday morning access to a New Jersey beach it closed to honor God 05/21/2024 10:54am • OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — A Christian religious group that has closed its beaches on Sunday mornings for generations to honor God is relenting temporarily, allowing beachgoers onto the sand while it fights a court case with New Jersey over whose rules are paramount. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass Election deniers moving closer to GOP mainstream, report shows, as Trump allies fill Congress 05/21/2024 10:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Ohio’s then-Republican senator, Rob Portman, voted to accept President Joe Biden’s win over the defeated former president, Donald Trump, despite Trump’s false allegations that Biden only won because of fraud Book Review: 'Ascent to Power' studies how Harry Truman overcame lack of preparation in transition 05/21/2024 10:37am • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Harry Truman's ascension to the presidency after Franklin Roosevelt's death was a rocky one, and it came at a pivotal time in the nation's history. Once a senator who complained that the 32nd president treated him like “an office boy,” Truman left the White House in 19 Why you should take steps if you see a grayish powder on your plants. It's powdery mildew 05/21/2024 07:37am • As the growing season progresses, keep an eye out for a white or grayish-white powder on your plants. That’s powdery mildew, a fungus that affects a wide range of fruits, vegetables and flowers, coating their leaves, stems, blossoms and, in severe cases, entire plants. It isn’t pretty. Some plan Iran's president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast 05/20/2024 11:50pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayat Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions 05/20/2024 08:58pm • In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Over the next half hour, she broke US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them 05/20/2024 08:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water. About 70% The 6 Best Vanguard Funds for Retirement 05/20/2024 08:00pm • The Vanguard Group differs greatly from most other asset managers and mutual fund companies. Vanguard is organized as a mutual company, meaning the firm is ultimately owned by the shareholders who invest in its funds. When you invest in Vanguard funds, you become a partner as well as a customer. Van Think Like a Doctor to Avoid Procrastinating in Medical School 05/20/2024 08:00pm • There are various causes of procrastination. Fear of failing, fear of success, perfectionism and other people may be causing overwhelming anxiety that leads to procrastination. It is critically important for medical school students to be honest with themselves and periodically self-reflect to consid Magnificent 7 Stocks: What Are They and How They Dominate the Market 05/20/2024 08:00pm • CNBC personality Jim Cramer is credited with coming up with the popular FANG acronym to describe megacap tech growth stocks Facebook, Amazon, Netflix Inc. (ticker: NFLX) and Google back in 2013. Cramer expanded FANG to FAANG in 2017 when he added Apple to the mix. However, while all the original FAA Hiker dies after falling from trail in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, officials say 05/20/2024 07:16pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A young woman died after falling off a cliff while hiking in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, officials said Monday. Elisha Angelic Macias, 22, was hiking with friends Sunday near Horsetail Falls, about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) east of Portland. After separating from the grou Mavs big men are quite the tandem, but now comes quite the challenge from towering Wolves 05/20/2024 06:57pm • DALLAS (AP) — Daniel Gafford remembers facing Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and company about two weeks before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks this season. That memory alone is enough for the 6-foot-10 center to know the challenge that's coming when the Western Conference finals start Wedn Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored 05/20/2024 06:16pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept Oklahoma and Kansas, blowing roofs off homes and blocking roads with toppled trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, Houston made progress in recovering from last week's deadly storms. Nearly 20 hom Drone pilot can't offer mapping without North Carolina surveyor's license, court says 05/20/2024 05:54pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina board that regulates land surveyors didn't violate a drone photography pilot's constitutional rights when it told him to stop advertising and offering aerial map services because he lacked a state license, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. The panel of