TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — A surfing judge was removed from the Paris Olympics judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing a competitor
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Tulsa commission will study reparations for 1921 race massacre victims and descendants
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tulsa officials announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a
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Tropical Storm Debby aims for Jacksonville
HAVANA — Tropical Depression Four formed late Friday night off the south coast of Cuba. It morphed into Tropical Storm Debby this afternoon as it
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$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. Five days before Donald Trump became president in January
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Outrage over butch boxer fuels concern of a backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes
PARIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or
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A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’
SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after
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St. Thomas’ Barrows earns bronze medal in men’s skiff at the Paris Olympics
PARIS — It took an extra day, but Ian Barrows can now claim Olympic bragging rights in his family. The St. Thomas native earned the
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Invest 97L heads for the Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, the southeastern Bahamas, and
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Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season
Near record heat can be expected until October, according to predictions from the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) in its Heat Outlook for April
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Robbery at Atlanta Chick-fil-A turns into extended brawl when staffer fights back
ATLANTA — An armed man trying to rob a Chick-fil-A was sent running when an employee fought him off for more than three minutes in
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