A Ukrainian orphan who was accused by her former adoptive family of “masquerading” as a child wants to share her side of the story. Natalia Grace was the subject of Investigation Discovery’s (ID) docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” which premiered in May of this year. Now she is …
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Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is the school’s chief academic officer, will serve as Harvard’s interim president after Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday. The Harvard Corporation announced Garber would temporarily take over for Gay, who left the school amid controversy over her handling of antisemitism on …
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week. Wang also promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — and specifically California …
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OKLAHOMA CITY – The principal chief of the Sac and Fox Nation says the tribe is launching a campaign aimed at moving Jim Thorpe’s remains from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma. Chief George Thurman intends to launch the “Bring Jim Thorpe Home” campaign Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City. The announcement comes a …
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MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis has wiped away laws that banned lurking and spitting, responding to critics who said they unfairly targeted minorities. The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-1 on Friday to repeal the ordinances. Mayor Betsy Hodges called the ordinances antiquated and unnecessary. Minnesota Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/1KK6MQm ) that Council …
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WASHINGTON – Lawyers for the government and Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. have come to an agreement on conditions he would have to abide by if he is allowed to live full-time outside a mental hospital. The lawyers filed a court document Wednesday laying out their agreements and …
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LAS VEGAS – Laura Myers, a veteran Associated Press reporter and editor who led the news cooperative’s coverage of foreign affairs as the country reeled from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has died. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that Laura A. Myers had died of cancer. The 53-year-old Las …
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Four of five black bears spared euthanasia after tearing up garbage in Anchorage have come to an unhappy end at their relocated home. State and federal gave officials on Sunday and Monday shot and killed a sow and three of her four yearling cubs after they continued …
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BALTIMORE – Police in Baltimore say a woman has died after jumping from a parking garage. Her 5-month-old son found in her car is also dead. Officers were called to a downtown parking garage about two blocks from the Inner Harbor around 8 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a …
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AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas police officer who pulled over a driver for illegal use of a cellphone ended up helping the woman, who was trying to call 911 while choking. Austin police on Monday released patrol car video taken during the July 5 incident. The video shows Officer Dustin …
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