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    Warehouse membership club Costco will be closed on Memorial Day,
    What’s open and closed on Memorial Day?
    Americans are expected to get away in record numbers over the long Memorial Day weekend.
    The sun shines above a mural honoring George Floyd in Houston's Third Ward on Sunday, June 7, 2020.
    Cities tied to George Floyd mark the 5th anniversary of his death
    Religious services, concerts and vigils are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer.
    WEST POINT, NEW YORK - MAY 24: President Donald Trump and superintendent Lieutenant General Steven W. Gilland salute graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in Michie Stadium on Saturday May 24, 2025 in West Point, NY. Over one thousand cadets are expected to graduate in the same year that the U.S. Army celebrates its 250th birthday. This year's graduating class included honorary member Peter Wang, a junior ROTC cadet who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
    Trump hails West Point cadets for their accomplishments and takes credit for US military might
    President Donald Trump used the first military commencement address of his second term to congratulate West Point cadets Saturday on their academic and physical accomplishments while taking credit for America’s military might.
    Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., a member of the House Ethics Committee, is met by reporters asking about President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be attorney general, on the Capitol steps in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.
    Maryland congressman Glenn Ivey heads to El Salvador to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia
    Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey is set to leave for El Salvador on Friday evening from Dulles International Airport. His trip comes one month after Sen. Chris Van Hollen visited El Salvador and met with Abrego Garcia. 
    Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain.
    Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder
    Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.”
    The Supreme Court vote leaves the issue unresolved nationally.
    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school
    The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.
    U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivans said he was confronted in December 2023 by students protesting Israel's response to terrorist attacks at the Widener Library at Harvard.
    Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
    The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus.
    A group of Florida International University students protest against cuts in federal funding and an agreement by campus police to partner with ICE
    Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
    Some students left the U.S. rather than risk being deported to a third country.
    Law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
    2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
    The stunning attack on Wednesday evening prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.
    Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025.
    Multiple people on private plane that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say
    The plane crashed just before 4 a.m. into the U.S. military’s largest housing neighborhood, appearing to strike at least one home.
    United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, May 9, 2025.
    Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn
    All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on the shelves. That is the result of a review ordered by the Pentagon.
    DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin, flanked by Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, left, and Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Judge says US government ‘unquestionably in violation’ of court order on deportations
    A federal judge says the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic nation of South Sudan.
    A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns
    Southwest is the first U.S. airline to restrict the use of portable chargers like this.
    Tight end Mark Andrews helped in short-yardage plays last season for the Ravens.
    NFL owners vote down proposed ‘tush push’ ban; Ravens reportedly among teams supporting the play
    Coach John Harbaugh said at the NFL owners’ meetings in March that he considered the “tush push” a “football play.”
    Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, in Waynesboro, Ga.
    First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor
    The nation’s largest public power company submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small nuclear reactor.
    Gabby Rodriguez, center, goes through the stacks of materials available for purchase as store employee Erica Kim, left, organizes crafting goods inside SCRAP Creative Reuse in Pigtown.
    How to do ‘recession core’ — the Baltimore way
    Americans are preparing for an economic downturn — a trend that’s evident on “recession core” social media.
    U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the progress his administration is making to lower costs for the American people at Prince George's County Community College on August 15, 2024.
    Biden’s sudden diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer is unfortunately all too common
    When caught early, prostate cancer is highly survivable, but it is also the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: The U.S. Supreme Court Building as the court hears oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S., on January 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The future of the popular social media plaform is at stake at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments on a law set to take effect the day before Inauguration Day that would force their China-based parent company to cut ties with TikTok due to national security concerns. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
    Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow
    The court’s order, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco.
    INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 17: Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky takes a hard foul from Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever in the second half during the Fever's home opener at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
    WNBA investigating racial slurs by fans made at Angel Reese during Indiana game, AP source says
    The Sky and Fever will play four more times during the regular season.
    A masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, sits stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge after, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in New York.
    Mexican navy training vessel hits New York’s Brooklyn Bridge
    The vessel then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore.
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