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    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: NFL Player Stefon Diggs sits court-side during the second quarter in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round NBA Playoffs between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on May 12, 2025 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
    Patriots aware of video showing ex-Terp Stefon Diggs giving women bag of pink crystals
    New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said Wednesday that he is aware of a video that showed receiver Stefon Diggs passing a bag of pink crystals to women on a boat.
    Updated COVID-19 vaccines are available, as well as annual flu shots for people 6 months and older. For those 60 and older or for people who are pregnant, you may want to get the RSV vaccine.
    New variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in parts of the world, WHO says
    Current vaccines are expected to remain effective, according to the World Health Organization.
    An illustration of a parent being detained by ICE while their children watch.
    ICE ‘wellness checks’ on migrant children in Baltimore intimidate families, advocates say
    Advocates say ICE "wellness checks" on migrant children are intimidating for families.
    The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students.
    US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
    The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while preparing to study social media.
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22.
    COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children, pregnant women, RFK says
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a leading anti-vaccine advocate before becoming health secretary.
    Southwest Airlines accounts for about 70% of airline traffic at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons perk
    It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy.
    Twelve-year-old Bruhat Soma, of Tampa, Florida, is handed the Scripps Cup after winning the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
    Wordsmiths unite! Superior spellers to celebrate centennial at national bee
    This will be the 97th bee; it was canceled from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II and again in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    A woman taking off her wedding ring
    University of Maryland study finds US children of divorce have reduced earnings
    The affected children also have increased chances of teen births and jail, the study found.
    U.S. President Donald Trump addresses graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in Michie Stadium on May 24, 2025 in West Point, New York.
    Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July
    In a social media post Friday, Trump had threatened to impose the 50% tariff on EU goods.
    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.
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