U.S.Associated PressDeaths and tragedy from 1973 Indy 500 opened the door for safety evolution in racing
Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock delivered spectacular results at the 1973 Indianapolis 500 that were overshadowed by perhaps the worst month in the history of the storied race. Rutherford won the pole with a record-breaking, four-lap average speed of 198.413 mph and Johncock wound up with the first of his two Indy wins, but it was a grim across the rest of Gasoline Alley. Art Pollard was killed in a pole day crash.
U.S.CNNNew video shows South Carolina newlyweds driving before an alleged drunk driver crashed into them, police say
New surveillance video shows newlyweds Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller driving down a road in Folly Beach, South Carolina, moments before an intoxicated driver crashed into them, killing the bride, law enforcement officials tell CNN. The video obtained by CNN shows the newlyweds driving down the road in a golf cart and the alleged drunken driver, Jamie Lee Komoroski, speeding down the same road about two minutes after, Folly Beach Police Chief Andrew Gilreath told CNN. According to Gilreath, the video was taken after the couple left their wedding reception on April 28, and was recorded a few blocks away from where the accident happened.
WorldUkrayinska PravdaPresident of Belarus hospitalised after meeting with Putin
Valery Tsepkalo, Belarusian opposition leader, said that after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow in critical condition. Source: Tsepkalo on Telegram Quote: "According to the information we have, which needs additional confirmation, Lukashenko, after meeting with Putin behind closed doors, was urgently taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow, where he is now located. The best specialists were sent to return him from a condition assessed by doctors as critical.
WorldReutersU.S. 'won't tolerate' China's ban on Micron chips-Raimondo
The United States "won't tolerate" China's effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to address such "economic coercion," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday. Raimondo told a news conference after a meeting of trade ministers in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework talks that the U.S. "firmly opposes" China's actions against Micron. These "target a single U.S. company without any basis in fact, and we see it as plain and simple economic coercion and we won't tolerate it, nor do we think it will be successful."
U.S.INSIDERA family thought they were adopting a 6-year-old girl. Now they claim she's an adult con artist.
Natalia Grace Barnett, a little person with a rare bone-growth disorder, was adopted from Ukraine by a family who thought she was 6 years old. Michael and Kristine Barnett of Indianapolis said Natalia wanted to harm them and their biological children. The convoluted tale is chronicled in the new docuseries "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace" on Investigation Discovery.
WorldCNNInfluencer dies after live-streaming himself drinking bottles of Chinese spirit Baijiu
A social media influencer died soon after live-streaming himself drinking several bottles of strong alcohol on China's version of TikTok, state-run media in the country are reporting, in a development likely to renew debate about how to regulate the industry. The influencer “Sanqiange” (or “Brother Three Thousand”) was found dead just hours after broadcasting himself taking part in a competition with a fellow influencer which involved drinking Baijiu, a Chinese spirit with a typical alcohol content of between 30% to 60%, Shangyou News reported. One of his friends told the outlet that Sanqiange – identified by his real-life surname of Wang – had taken part in an online challenge known as “PK” against another influencer in the early hours of May 16 and live-streamed the results on his Douyin channel.
WorldReutersModi inaugurates new parliament building as part of New Delhi's makeover
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's new parliament building on Sunday, a modern complex which is part of his Hindu nationalist government's grand plan to give a makeover to the British colonial-era architecture in the nation's capital. The inauguration, and the ongoing revamp of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian culture, traditions, and symbols, comes a year before parliamentary elections in which Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will pitch its strong Hindu nationalist credentials, and its performance in office over the last decade, to seek a third term. Early in the morning, Modi held traditional prayers outside the complex in a ceremony that was also attended by top cabinet ministers.
BusinessNBC NewsState Farm will no longer offer home insurance to new customers in California amid growing wildfire concerns
Beginning Saturday, State Farm General Insurance Company will stop accepting new applications including all business and personal lines property and casualty insurance, the company said in a news release. The company said "historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market" were the reasons behind the policy change. State Farm said in its statement that it recognizes government officials and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for their wildfire loss mitigation efforts.
PoliticsINSIDERDeSantis campaign tells nervous donors in leaked audio that voters will care more about a recession and Biden's age than the governor's anti-abortion record
The DeSantis 2024 campaign is banking that voters who decide general elections will care more about economic turmoil and President Joe Biden's age during the general election, outweighing the issue of abortion rights, according to leaked audio obtained by FloridaPolitics.com. The admission sheds light into the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaign strategy as he kicks off his early state voting tour next week. DeSantis would be 45 when elected whereas Biden would be just shy of 82.
WorldAssociated PressIran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country's deputy police chief, Gen. Qassem Rezaei, accusing the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday morning on the border of Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. IRNA said Iran inflicted “heavy casualties and serious damage."
U.S.Kansas City StarTrain crash kills pastor’s two daughters and hospitalizes his son, Arkansas cops say
A pastor and his family were involved in a deadly train collision that left their Arkansas church community grief-stricken, according to multiple reports. As the family was driving over Union Pacific Railroad tracks on May 25, its car collided with a train, according to THV11. The pair are in stable condition, according to a May 26 statement from the church's El Paso location, which is about 35 miles north of Little Rock.
U.S.CNNSearch called off for Louisiana high school graduate who fell overboard from a boat in the Bahamas, Coast Guard says
Search efforts for a 18-year-old Louisiana high school graduate who fell overboard a boat in the Bahamas this week have been suspended, the US Coast Guard said Friday, citing the Bahamian military. Cameron Robbins was on a senior trip, celebrating his graduation from University High Lab School in Baton Rouge, when he fell off the boat Wednesday evening, a spokeswoman for Louisiana State University told CNN. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force, which had been searching for him, told the US Coast Guard it was suspending active search efforts Friday and that further help from the Coast Guard wasn't needed, the US military branch said.
U.S.WTTGPolice respond to quadruple shooting in Woodbridge
FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu reports from the scene of a quadruple shooting in Woodbridge. Police say four men were shot, and two of them have died.
U.S.The HillTuberville says he doesn’t know if inner city teachers ‘can read and write’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Thursday that he does not know whether inner city teachers “can read and write.” In a Thursday appearance on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, “Triggered,” Tuberville took aim at the public school system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID really brought it out how bad our schools are and how bad our teachers are, in the inner city,” Tuberville said.
U.S.INSIDERThe winner of the record-breaking $2 billion Powerball jackpot is being sued by a man who alleges the ticket was stolen from him by a guy named 'Reggie'
Now Rivera is suing Castro, the California State Lottery Commission, the State of California, and another man identified in the suit only as Reggie, whom Rivera says stole his winning ticket. According to the civil complaint reviewed by Insider, Rivera said he bought the lotto ticket on November 7, one day before the winning numbers were drawn, at Joe's Service Center in Altadena, California. Rivera accused Reggie of stealing the ticket soon after he says he purchased it, but court documents did not detail how the alleged theft took place.
WorldReuters'Very ignorant': Peru claps back as Mexican leader escalates tensions
MEXICO CITY/LIMA (Reuters) -Peru President Dina Boluarte blasted her Mexican counterpart on Friday as "very ignorant," as a dispute between the two leaders escalated over the contentious ouster of Peru's former president late last year. Earlier on Friday, Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he does not want economic or trade ties with Peru while Boluarte is in power, though he did not specify if he would take action. A day earlier, lawmakers in Peru declared Mexico's president was not welcome in the South American country, citing what they described as his meddling in their internal affairs.
WorldThe TelegraphPutin’s mini-Nato is falling apart
Russia has moved ahead with its plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus: the first time Russia will store part of its nuclear arsenal in another country since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The day of the original announcement back in March was Belarus Freedom Day – an unofficial holiday celebrated by the oppressed Belarusian opposition. In Georgia and Moldova, mass protests have been seen against Kremlin activities, and even in Serbia – a traditional ally of the Kremlin – the Foreign Minister accepted several weeks ago it may end up sanctioning Russia.
U.S.CBS NewsProsecutors say they have a recording of Trump and a witness
Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal case have released to his attorneys a recording of Trump and a witness, whose identity was not disclosed, according to a document the office made public Friday. The document, called an automatic discovery form, describes the nature of the charges against a defendant and a broad overview of the evidence that prosecutors will present at Trump's preliminary hearing or at trial. Trump's attorneys and media organizations, including CBS News, had repeatedly requested that such a form be made public in the weeks since Trump's arrest on April 4.
BusinessAssociated PressNew Black Lives Matter tax documents show foundation is tightening its belt, has $30M in assets
A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over $9 million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show. A 60-page filing, submitted by the organization earlier this month, shows the foundation spent more money than it earned in its last fiscal year, from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The BLM nonprofit had raised more than $90 million in the first year that it was a tax-exempt organization, coinciding with the wave of protests over police brutality in the summer of 2020.
WorldTHE WARZONEDrone Boat Attack On Russian Ship In Black Sea Story Keeps Getting Weirder
New video has emerged on social media showing what's purported to be another view of the uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attack on the Project 18280 Yuriy Ivanov class intelligence ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea Wednesday about 90 miles northeast of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait. This video - along with one published yesterday showing a USV view of it approaching the Ivan Khurs - indicates a possible hit on the ship contrary to official Russian claims of it being unscathed. However, several videos and images have also emerged on social media claiming to show the vessel sailing into its home port of Sevastopol today with no apparent signs of damage.
U.S.WFTVDeSantis addresses Amanda Gorman poem book at Orlando convention
The district had moved copies of Amanda Gorman's “The Hill We Climb” poem from elementary school libraries to middle school libraries. The Florida Freedom to Read Project said one parent objected to the poem and claimed it indirectly contained “hate messages. DeSantis said he was not responsible for moving the book of poems, but the school district must have thought it was more appropriate.
WorldYahoo News Canada'We're safe nowhere': New anti-trans policy announcement by Canada's PPC sparks fears
A new policy announced by the leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC) in Manitoba on Tuesday is sparking fears among LGBTQ2S communities across the nation. Speaking at a press event in Winkler, Man., Party Leader Maxime Bernier announced a new policy which takes aim at radical gender ideology. “With the active support of the woke far left and all establishment parties, radical trans activists are trying to transform society in a way that curtails everyone's freedoms,” Bernier said during the press conference.
BusinessINSIDERA woman sold her apartment and furniture to join a much-hyped 3-year cruise. Now, she and others have demanded refunds with the ship's future in flux.
Customers are now demanding refunds amid internal uncertainty, a prospective passenger told Insider. Customers who spent thousands of dollars on a multi-year cruise billed to hit every continent are demanding their money back after issues with the cruise company's founding staff arose, months after the venture was announced. The first-of-its-kind cruise MV Gemini Cruise, announced in February, was set to launch from Istanbul in November, with plans to visit all seven continents and 135 countries.
WorldCNNUkrainians claim to have destroyed large Russian warship in Berdiansk
Ukrainian armed forces on Friday identified a large Russian landing ship that they said they destroyed at the port of Berdiansk in southern Ukraine the day before. The port, which had recently been occupied by Russian forces with several Russian warships in dock, was rocked by a series of heavy explosions soon after dawn on Thursday. Social media videos showed fires raging at the dockside, with a series of secondary explosions reverberating across the city.
PoliticsAssociated PressDiverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color
Race has emerged as a central issue — and a delicate one — in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP's primary field so far features four candidates of color, making it among the most racially diverse ever. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the first Black senator in the South since Reconstruction, entered the contest earlier in the month. He joined Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is of Indian descent, and Larry Elder, an African American raised in Los Angeles' South Central neighborhood who came to national attention as a candidate in the failed effort two years ago to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
