Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony charge alleging he damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a multimillion-dollar renovation. His lawyers say he only touched the water and accuse the administration of making him a scapegoat.
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Palm Beach International Airport is now President Donald J. Trump International Airport, though passengers should keep using the PBI code until Aug. 18. The renaming follows a Florida law, an FAA update and a licensing agreement tied to Trump-related trademarks.
Michigan has reported 992 cyclosporiasis cases, including about 40 hospitalizations, in the state’s largest outbreak of the parasitic illness. The source has not been identified, and related investigations are underway in multiple states.
The United States struck about 90 targets in Iran after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire was “over,” and Tehran retaliated against sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The renewed fighting threatens a mid-June memorandum meant to open talks toward ending the war.
Trump flew from Turkey to England on an older Air Force One before boarding the newly retrofitted Qatari-gifted jet at RAF Mildenhall. The unexpected swap drew questions about security as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated.
President Donald Trump says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear its ruling upholding birthright citizenship. The court rejected his executive order limiting citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or temporary legal residents.
A DEA agent killed a man during a Memphis Safe Task Force operation at a motel Wednesday, the second fatal task force shooting in four days. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting and three other recent deaths involving task force members.
Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was fined $5,000 and spared prison for helping a defendant leave her courtroom while ICE agents waited to arrest him. A federal judge cited her public service, felony conviction and personal fallout from the case in declining to impose prison time.