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Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution
LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn't learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle of Bunker Hill and that the patriots won. It wasn't until he joined the Lexington Minutemen — a group of Revolutionary War reenactors — that he realized there's so much more to the story.The Lexington Minutemen are marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in Massachusetts on Saturday, as they do every year, and among the soldiers represented will be Prince Estabrook, an enslaved man who joined his white neighbors on... Read More
Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl
Nearly two decades after drug addiction sent him to rehab as a teenager, 36-year-old Michael Nalewaja had settled into a quiet life in Alaska where he worked as an electrician.That all came crashing down days before Thanksgiving 2025, when he and a mutual friend unknowingly took a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and carfentanil they may have mistaken for cocaine.
“I heard the word ‘autopsy’ and I literally just collapsed to the floor,” his mother, Kelley Nalewaja said, recalling the call she received from his wife. “Even if somebody had been there prepared with... Read More
Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on the who got through and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.Iran’s Friday announcement about the opening of the crucial body of water, through which 20% of the world’s oil is shipped, came as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to hold.
The Magic found the formula for making the playoffs. For them, it was called desperation
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic found their winning formula. Desperation works.Works wonders, actually.
Facing elimination and clearly wanting no part of it, the Magic might have put together one of their best performances of the season Friday night. They rolled past the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in an Eastern Conference play-in game, moving into the playoffs for the third straight season and getting a matchup with top-seeded Detroit as their reward.
“When you play with a sense of desperation and urgency, when you know you’re either going home or... Read More
The Latest: Trump and Iranâs top diplomat say the Strait of Hormuz is fully open
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels. Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said the strategic waterway “is declared completely open,” in line with the new ceasefire in Lebanon, and Trump said the strait is “ready for full passage.”However, Trump added that the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until Iran reaches a deal with Washington to end the war.
Oil prices dropped 9% and Wall Street rallied to a record after Iran said... Read More
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- The Magic found the formula for making the playoffs. For them, it was called desperation
- Magic rout Hornets 121-90 in play-in game, advance to face Pistons in 1st round of playoffs
- San Diego Padres are nearing a whopping sale, AP source says
- Surprise mid-April snow coats Coors Field as Dodgers-Rockies series gets off to frosty start