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France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans 05/31/2024 06:27pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French authorities on Friday raised preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending soccer games at the upcoming Paris Olympics. The interior minister said it was the first such thwarted plot targeting the Games, which start in eig Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says 05/31/2024 06:25pm • A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said. Officials did not name the teacher at the Margaret A. Neary Element Woman sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom 05/31/2024 06:15pm • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce proceedings in Connecticut was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison Friday, after Dulos' mother and children testified about their h Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to close out a bloom-filled May 05/31/2024 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An already verdant May for Wall Street finished with another push higher as stocks rallied Friday after a report showed inflation is at least not worsening. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to close its sixth winning month in the last seven. The main measure of the U.S. stock market���s h Pentagon chief extends deployment of aircraft carrier, ships in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks go on 05/31/2024 05:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that for months has launched crucial strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen to protect military and commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will remain in the region for at least another month, according to U.S. officials. U.S. Sports on TV for June 1 - 2 05/31/2024 04:55pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, June 1 AUTO RACING 8:30 a.m. TRUTV ��� FIM MotoGP: The Italian Grand Prix (Sprint), San Piero, Italy 9:30 a.m. FS1 ��� NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Ill. 11:30 a.m. FS1 ��� NASCAR Xfini Trump carries the stain of conviction like a crown. Will the verdict matter to voters? 05/31/2024 04:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The bravado behind Donald Trump' s boastful hypothesis in 2016 ��� ���I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn���t lose any voters" ��� is headed for a real-world reckoning. Until now, at least, he's been uncannily right. Through his two impeach The Latest | Biden says Israel offers Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal 05/31/2024 04:05pm • U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said Israel has offered Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal that would unfold over three phases, declaring it was time to end the fighting in Gaza and that Hamas is ���no longer capable��� of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel. In a speech at Pato O'Ward looks to bounce back from Indy 500 heartbreaker with a winning run at Detroit Grand Prix 05/31/2024 04:00pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Pato O'Ward had tears triggered following the Indianapolis 500 after pushing the No. 5 Honda to the limits only to come up just short, getting passed two corners from the finish by Josef Newgarden. ���What I had to do in order to get that car forward, that's what ultimately made it Historic Saratoga takes its place at center of horse racing world when Belmont Stakes comes to town 05/31/2024 03:46pm • SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) ��� Health, history and horses are the three H���s carved into the welcome sign when travelers venturing into New York's Adirondack Mountains reach Saratoga Springs. Horses have always been the main event here, where the oldest active sporting venue in the country, the Sa NBA's Mavs and NHL's Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together 05/31/2024 03:25pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie center was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted ���Stars��� during the national anthem at his home games. ���You tell me why,��� Lively said, prompting the explanation that supporte Family of Utah man held in Congo coup attempt has no proof he's alive 05/31/2024 03:10pm • WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) ��� A Utah family whose son was implicated in a thwarted coup in Congo said they���re unsure if he's alive as they struggle to get U.S. officials to make contact with him and two other Americans two weeks after their arrest. Tyler Thompson Jr., 21, flew to Africa in April with NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of their weapons 05/31/2024 12:28pm • PRAGUE (AP) ��� NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer���s leaders��� summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one remove restrictions on how Kyiv can use western-supplied weaponry to combat Russia���s invasion. A day 'World famous' Northern Virginia trail celebrates 50th anniversary 05/31/2024 11:23am • Saturday is National Trails Day, and one of the most popular trails in our area is celebrating a big anniversary. The Washington and Old Dominion Trail, runs 45 miles from Purcellville in Loudoun County to Arlington County and turns 50 in September. "No other feature more defines Northern Virg Rare drone video shows scale of destruction in Vovchansk, Ukraine's embattled front line town 05/31/2024 11:01am • VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) ��� Smoking piles of rubble and the bombed-out shells of residential buildings are all that remains of the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine���s northeast, rare drone video obtained by The Associated Press showed. The town, like so many war-ravaged front-line cities in the countr