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Faizan Zaki overcomes a shocking, self-inflicted flub and wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Faizan Zaki's enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.The favorite entering the bee after his runner-up finish last year — during which he never misspelled a word in a conventional spelling round, only to lose a lightning-round tiebreaker that he didn't practice for — the shaggy-haired Faizan wore the burden of expectations lightly, sauntering to the microphone in a black hoodie and spelling his words with casual glee.
Throughout Thursday... Read More
Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died. He was 69.FBI Director Kash Patel said that Kerik's death Thursday came after an unspecified “private battle with illness.”
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who tapped Kerik as a bodyguard for his 1993 mayoral campaign and later appointed him to lead the NYPD, reflected on their long history on his show Thursday.
“We’ve been together since the beginning. He’s like my brother,” Giuliani said... Read More
Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit to take him wherever he needed to go across Chicago's southern suburbs.As he waited for a bus connection in his hometown of Harvey on a recent trip to the grocery store, Wilson waved at familiar travelers who regularly pass through the key transportation hub serving one of the region's poorest areas. Many, he said, encounter little resistance from drivers when they board without... Read More
California track-and-field final enters spotlight for rule change after trans athlete's success
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's high school track-and-field state championships starting Friday are set to be the testing ground for a new participation and medaling policy for competitions that include transgender athletes.The California Interscholastic Federation will let an additional student compete and potentially offer an extra medal in three events in which a trans athlete is competing. The athlete, high school junior AB Hernandez, is the second seed in the triple jump and will also participate in the long jump and high jump.
It may be the first effort... Read More
Puerto Rico governor pledges to improve island's crumbling power grid after repeated outages
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies over chronic power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses.Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, spoke for nearly two hours as she listed her accomplishments since taking office in January and announced multimillion-dollar investments to improve Puerto Rico’s health, education and public safety.
Top Stories in US News
- Faizan Zaki overcomes a shocking, self-inflicted flub and wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69
- Performers and opera lovers see 'The Central Park Five' as a show of resistance against Trump
- Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder
- California track-and-field final enters spotlight for rule change after trans athlete's success
- Puerto Rico governor pledges to improve island's crumbling power grid after repeated outages
- US formally moves to dismiss prosecution against Boeing and asks judge to cancel trial over crashes
- The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat
- Alaska man unscathed after being pinned for three hours by 700-pound boulder in glacier creek
- Man who says far-right content led him to threaten election officials is sentenced to 3 years
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