Swiss pop star Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday amid controversy surrounding Israel's involvement in the competition. Officials in western Canada ordered the evacuation Saturday of thousands of residents in response to a wildfire that's grown to about 4,200 acres in size. Olympic gold medalist and first-round draft pick in the MLB Sean Burroughs died suddenly after dropping his son off for a Little League game in Long Beach, Calif., the league announced. The Department of Justice asked a federal judge to sentence David DePape to 40 years in prison for his hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in San Francisco in 2022. Flooding in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan and Takhar provinces have forced hundreds of families from their homes and caused at least 150 deaths. A Texas judge has blocked President Joe Biden's attempts to implement a rule that would cap credit card late fees at $8. Dozens of graduating students protested Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's commencement address by walking out during Virginia Commonwealth University's commencement Saturday morning. Israel on Saturday ordered thousands more people to evacuate the city of Rafah in southern Gaza as it expands its military operation on the ground. A dozen counties in northern Florida are under a state of emergency following severe thunderstorms, high winds and a likely tornado that claimed at least one life. Russian military forces launched a new series of assaults on the region around the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, leading to thousands of evacuations from the area. A solar storm is producing dazzling nighttime light shows in locales where northern and southern lights seldom are visible with some power grid and communications complications. Dozens of Hollywood stars have taken to social media to pay tribute to Sam Rubin, the veteran KTLA entertainment reporter who died Friday of a heart attack at the age of 64. "The Conners," a sequel to the classic sitcom "Roseanne," has been renewed for a seventh and final season. Pop music star Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" is the No. 1 album in the United States for a second week. To put it charitably, America and Americans suffer from a bad case of strategic amnesia. This condition has affected how the U.S. is responding to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and dealing with its "enemies." On May 11, 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game rematch in New York. Actor Tim Blake Nelson turns 60 and actor/singer Sabrina Carpenter turns 25, among the famous birthdays for May 11. More Recent Articles |
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