From Most Valuable Player awards to Super Bowl titles, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has won every major honor available to an NFL player. Is an Olympic gold medal next? The possibility that Mahomes, or any other NFL player, could earn a medal at the 2028 Olympics moved closer to …
Read More »Supreme Court backs Republican lawmaker in Maine who was punished for transgender athlete remarks
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Maine House of Representatives cannot bar a Republican lawmaker from speaking in the chamber or voting as a result of comments she made about a transgender student athlete. In a brief order, the high court granted an emergency request from …
Read More »U.S. sends 68 migrants who self deported back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The United States sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries Monday on the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations. In the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, 38 Hondurans, including 19 children, disembarked from …
Read More »Cadillac’s EVs are attracting new buyers, including more customers trading in Teslas
DETROIT — Cadillac’s expanding all-electric vehicle lineup is attracting a notable number of new buyers to the American luxury brand, including an increase this year of Tesla owners trading in their EVs. The General Motors brand reports nearly 8 out of every 10 customers purchasing a Cadillac EV are new to Cadillac, with around 10% of those …
Read More »How the long running Trump Putin bromance is still not delivering
The phone call between President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin may not have achieved great strides on ending the war in Ukraine, but it did confirm one thing: The bromance is real. But a question is left hanging: What does this bonhomie actually deliver for the men in the …
Read More »FDA recalls cucumbers due to multistate Salmonella outbreak sickening over 20 people
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc., and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., due to a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 20 people. According to a Monday news release from the FDA, the Florida-based companies distributed the cucumbers to restaurants, …
Read More »Four-legged investigators sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs
The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the U.S. a decade ago, has steadily spread across the East Coast and into the Midwest with little getting in its way. But now researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow it’s advance — specially trained dogs with the ability to sniff out …
Read More »NFL owners to decide fate of ‘tush push’ and players in 2028 Olympics
NFL owners this week could decide whether the “tush push” belongs in the game, and whether NFL players belong in the Olympics. Beginning Tuesday, owners are holding a three-day spring meeting in Minnesota where two of the most-anticipated changes involve a proposal to ban the quarterback-sneak play that has become …
Read More »Tariffs or not, a Chinese baby products company is ramping up its U.S. expansion
BEIJING — One Chinese baby products company announced Tuesday it is officially entering the United States, the world’s largest consumer market — regardless of the trade war. Shanghai-based Bc Babycare expects its supply chain diversification and the U.S. market potential to more than offset the impact of ongoing U.S.-China trade …
Read More »GOP questions Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Valley fever cases on the rise: Morning Rundown
Trump and other Republicans’ well wishes to Biden shift to accusations of a cancer cover-up. A federal judge in Texas issues a novel order in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act legal saga. And cases of Valley fever are on the rise in one state. Here’s what to know today. The …
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