Essence Festival adds Usher to 2024 talent headliners

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — R&B superstar Usher will join the night concert lineup for this summer's 30th anniversary of the Essence Festival of Culture.Organizers...

UCLA police arrest young man for alleged felony assault in attack on pro-Palestinian encampment

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly a month after counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, police have made their...

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider...

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Within the heart of the Navajo Nation and in the shadow of the sandstone arch that is the namesake of the tribal capitol, a...

American is flying home after getting suspended sentence for ammo possession in Turks and...

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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands (AP) — An American arrested in the Caribbean for illegally carrying ammunition received a suspended sentence Friday, according to...

US announces $275M in new military assistance for Ukraine

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Friday an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine as Kyiv struggles to hold off...

Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China expected to plead guilty in a Honolulu...

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HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade is...

Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel ‘The Alienist,’ dies at 68

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NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a...

Man sentenced to 25 years for teaching bomb-making to person targeting authorities

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a North Carolina man to 25 years in prison for teaching someone how to...

Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond...

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GENEVA (AP) — A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations,...

Blinken will head to eastern Europe as concerns mount about Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to eastern Europe next week as concerns mount about Russia’s advances in Ukraine, potential...