Archives for June 2022

The future of America's long-term troop presence in Europe came into focus Wednesday as President Biden announced new plans to permanently place fresh U.S. personnel in Poland, air defense batteries in Italy and Germany, and a host of other steps as NATO reinforces its front line as relations deteriorate badly with Russia in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. … [Read more...] about U.S. bolsters long-term troop presence in Europe as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. … [Read more...] about 'Serve it and charge her': 1955 warrant found in Emmett Till case; family wants arrest

If you thought it felt a bit steamier the last time you went to Bed, Bath & Beyond, you wouldn't be alone. … [Read more...] about Struggling sales reportedly prompted Bed, Bath & Beyond to turn down air conditioning

Diplomatic friction between South Korea and Japan that threatens to undermine a strategic partnership with the U.S. appears to be easing after years of intense bickering between the two key American allies in Northeast Asia. … [Read more...] about Signs of breakthrough in S. Korea-Japan tensions on sidelines of NATO summit

A New Jersey man was caught with nearly $1 million worth of cocaine stuffed inside his electric wheelchair after flying into BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport from the Dominican Republic, according to authorities. … [Read more...] about N.J. man arrested at BWI with nearly $1 million in cocaine inside wheelchair