Lily Collins’s Ring, Stolen Years Ago, Makes an Unexpected Return
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:08:24 +0000
The ring, which belonged to Ms. Collins, the “Emily in Paris” actress, was stolen in 2023. Joe Hakimian, a Chicago jeweler, unknowingly listed it for sale in December. Then came a surprising message.
Abiqua Falls in Oregon Draws a State Offer After Listing on Real Estate Site
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:05:33 +0000
Lawmakers approved about $2 million to buy Abiqua Falls and surrounding land that had been advertised on the real estate site Redfin.
Synagogue Attack Tests Bonds of Michigan Community
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:23:24 +0000
For more than a century, Jewish, Arab and Muslim people have lived in and around Detroit, coexisting mostly peacefully.
How a Marine Unit in the Middle East Could Open New Phase of Iran War
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:50:38 +0000
The unit’s arrival in the coming days will give the Pentagon the ability to quickly launch raids.
Trump Proposes New White House Visitor Screening Center
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:14:38 +0000
The facility would replace trailers and tents the Secret Service uses to screen visitors to the White House. It would be the latest presidential building project.
John M. Perkins Dies at 95; Evangelical Minister Espoused Social Justice
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:32:04 +0000
Inspired by the Gospel, he helped create a national network of community-development ministries “styled on the life of Jesus, who had the greatest concern for the weakest of people.”
Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:55:00 +0000
A judge ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, be given access to planning documents and have the chance to oppose changes to the center at a board meeting next week.
Trump Pardons: Lobbyist Charged in Extortion Attempt
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:41:30 +0000
Josh Nass had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive who was convicted of tax crimes before being freed by the president late last year.
‘Sleeper Cells’ and Lone Attackers: Security Experts Brace for More Violence at Home
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:14:42 +0000
Several attacks, including one on a synagogue in Michigan and a shooting at a university in Virginia, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.
Tim Kaine Is Forcing the Iran War Debate From the Minority
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:03:16 +0000
Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, has found a way to repeatedly occupy floor time and force all senators to take votes challenging President Trump’s use of military force.
‘Nobody Owns Us’: How Plans for a Google Data Center Roiled an Oklahoma Town
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:02:46 +0000
The volunteer fire department serving a rural area near Sand Springs declined a $250,000 donation from the tech giant. Now some residents are suing to block the proposed development.
Inside a Doomed Mission to Cuba: 10 Men Willing to ‘Leave Everything’
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:01:42 +0000
The Cuban immigrants sailed from the Florida Keys and wound up in a gunfight off Cuban shores. They were anti-Communist militants from fringe groups.
Trump and Rubio’s Vision of War: The Art of Destroy and Deal
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:01:37 +0000
Unleashing his inner hawk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans President Trump’s military interventions. So far, they favor regime compliance, not change.
In Arizona, an Electric Utility Holds an Election, Open Only to Property Owners
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:01:27 +0000
Turning Point is involved, as is the Sierra Club. But voting rules that seem to echo feudalism exclude renters, favor large landowners and limit who can influence a Phoenix utility board.
Trump Issues Executive Orders to Tackle Housing Supply, Demand
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:26:18 +0000
The orders could undermine bipartisan legislation the Senate passed earlier this week, the most significant housing package in decades.
With Endorsement, Trump Clears Oklahoma Senate Path
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:23:56 +0000
The move, as other Republicans confirmed they would not run, all but assured Representative Kevin Hern would succeed Senator Markwayne Mullin.
Pentagon’s Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:48:27 +0000
Experts condemned the U.S. campaign at a human rights meeting in Guatemala, and the Trump administration condemned the meeting.
Trump’s War Alliance With Israel Is Reshaping the Middle East. But It Carries Risks.
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:11:12 +0000
President Trump is the first American leader to embrace fighting a full-fledged, joint war with Israel. Washington has tried to avoid that level of coordination in the past.
The Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was a Quiet Restaurant Worker
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:38:50 +0000
Days before the antisemitic violence, an imam recalled seeing Ayman Mohamad Ghazali at a service for his relatives who had been killed in the war in Lebanon.
Temple Israel Staff Raced to Save Lives in Michigan Synagogue Attack
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:37:49 +0000
“I didn’t breathe until I knew all of the kids were OK,” one teacher recalled after a truck crashed through the doors of a Michigan synagogue this week.
Judge Blocks Trump Order Ending Deportation Protections for Somalis, for Now
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:34:14 +0000
The judge said she was staying the order indefinitely in large part because the Trump administration had been unprepared to defend it in court.
Gunman in Old Dominion Shooting Appeared to Target ROTC, Court Records Show
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:32:11 +0000
Before opening fire in a university classroom, the gunman asked people if they were there for a Reserve Officers Training Corps event, court documents said.
Before Deadly Old Dominion Shooting, Parallel Lives of 2 Soldiers Diverged
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:06:36 +0000
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah flew hundreds of combat missions as a war-zone helicopter pilot before being shot and killed in his Old Dominion University classroom by a radicalized military veteran.