USNEWS AND WORLD

A man armed with a baseball bat and demanding to see Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, attacked and injured two staff aides in a destructive rampage inside the congressman’s Fairfax, Va., office, the latest episode in a surge of political violence across the country. Xuan Kha Tran Pham, 49, of Fairfax, was facing … Read more

It wasn’t long ago that Brandon Johnson, 47, was a county commissioner and teachers’ union organizer, unknown to many Chicagoans. On Monday he was sworn in as the city’s 57th mayor. Mr. Johnson’s rapid ascent from political obscurity to the helm of America’s third-largest city was fueled by an unapologetically progressive platform, a gift for … Read more

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s biggest election of its post-Ottoman era confounded pollsters and threw up surprises that underscored the difficulty of gauging the mood of the sharply polarised country.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came within a fraction of a percentage point of defeating secular challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the first round.Neither one’s ability to break the 50-percent threshold … Read more

The family of a Bronx man killed by police in his own apartment is asking Mayor Adams to use his influence to make sure the officers in the case are fired. Family members and their supporters rallied outside City Hall Monday, three days after the end of an administrative trial for Officers Brendan Thompson and … Read more

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – At least three people are dead and multiple others – including two officers – are injured after a shooting in Farmington, New Mexico Monday, according to the Farmington Police Department. While details about the shooting are limited, authorities say the incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. near Brookside Park. All city schools … Read more

Monday, May 15, 2023 7:58PM TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) — Marathon Petroleum has confirmed at least one employee’s death in the wake of a fire that broke out at its Texas City refinery on Monday. “We are deeply saddened to report that a Marathon employee has passed away as a result of the fire today … Read more

Luis Robert Jr. has had a topsy-turvy season. In late April, he was benched for not running hard to first base, something he said he did to protect a tight hamstring but neglected to tell manager Pedro Grifol in an episode that seemed to highlight a plummeting team’s dysfunction. Now in mid-May, Robert is hitting … Read more

A Florida professor dubbed “Dr. Deep Sea” broke the world record on Sunday for the longest amount of time living underwater. Joseph Dituri, who teaches biomedical engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), has stayed at the Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo for 74 days and counting, according to a USF press release. … Read more