Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP A federal judge has blocked President Trump from adding his name to the Kennedy Center, saying that the Washington, D.C. arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy.
An Austrian court convicted on Thursday a man of plotting an attack at a Vienna concert by US singer Taylor Swift in 2024. A 21-year-old Islamist, who was also found guilty of forming a terror cell, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The defendant, identified as Beran A.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent shows a proposed $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
FIFA faces a subpoena from the states of New York and New Jersey amid an investigation into details of pricing for 2026 World Cup tickets and the accuracy of stated seat locations promised to football fans.
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Turkish riot police on Tuesday fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse a rally called by ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel.
Acy Cooper eats lunch out of his pickup truck at the Myrtle Grove Marina in Port Sulphur, La. on Friday, May 15, 2026. Cooper had just returned to the marina after a shift ferrying oil rig workers from offshore platforms — a job he's taken because of falling shrimp prices and increasing fuel costs.
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