LOCAL SPORTS: Former Peninsula Pirates Shine on Big Stage as Tuisaula, Long, and Women’s Hoops Make Headlines
PHOTO: Former Peninsula Pirate Ituau Tuisaula and her Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks are headed to the NCAA Tournament. BY OLY ARCHIBALD UNDATED — Former Peninsula Pirate Ituau Tuisaula and her Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks defeated Southeastern Louisiana
Dr. Oz, Trump's nominee to lead Medicaid and Medicare, to face Senate grilling
Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, faces a confirmation hearing Friday before the Senate Finance Committee. Oz, a doctor
Top lawyer at IRS removed amid DOGE push for taxpayer information: Sources
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is removing the Internal Revenue Service’s top attorney, according to two sources familiar with the move, amid an internal debate over sharing confidential taxpayer information with other government agencies.
Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers petition for the Columbia activist's immediate release
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was a “targeted, retaliatory detention and attempted removal of a student protestor because of his constitutionally protected speech,” his attorneys said Thursday in
North Carolina town hall erupts in boos as congressman escorted from building, angry constituents
A man shouts at Rep. Chuck Edwards during a congressional town hall meeting on March 13, 2025 in Asheville, North Carolina/Sean Rayford/Getty Images (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., was confronted by angry constituents during
Schumer announces he'll vote to keep government open, likely avoiding shutdown
(Tim Graham/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday night that he plans to vote to keep the government open, signaling that there will almost certainly be enough Democratic votes to advance a House
Scoreboard roundup — 3/13/25
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Wizards 129, Pistons 125Lakers 106, Bucks 126Nets 110, Bulls 116Magic 113, Pelicans 93Kings 104, Warriors 130 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Panthers 3, Maple Leafs
RFK Jr. claims measles can be treated with vitamin A, linked to poor diet. Here's what science says.
(DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Measles is continuing to spread across the United States, as outbreaks grow in western Texas and New Mexico. Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of Thursday, mostly
Federal judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired probationary employees across 18 agencies
(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge temporarily paused the Trump administration’s “illegal” reductions in force and reinstated approximately 20,000 probationary government employees across 18 agencies who had been terminated. U.S. District Judge James Bredar — an
American Airlines flight catches fire at Denver airport
(ra-photos/Getty Images) (DENVER) — An American Airlines plane caught fire at Denver International Airport in Colorado on Thursday, sending passengers down emergency slides and onto the wing of the aircraft. Twelve were people being taken to the