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Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds in the two months since he was detained by immigration officers. Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in April. His attorneys say he is being detained on baseless claims that he […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone” in the crowded primary race. But Sullivan said his campaign isn’t a sham or something Democrats put him up to doing. He said friends for years have jokingly referred to him as senator and asked if he has ever thought about running. He […]

One of the top young prospects in golf is heading to his first major championship at 17 years old. Miles Russell played his way into the U.S. Open when he emerged from a playoff that decided the last two spots at one of the USGA’s 10 final qualifying sites Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Russell and another amateur, Ryder Cowan, outlasted Tyler Collet in a 3-for-2 playoff after the […]

June 9 (Reuters) – Gale-force winds and rough seas battered New Zealand’s capital of Wellington on Tuesday, forcing ferry and flight cancellations and road closures as authorities urged hundreds of residents along the city’s south coast to evacuate. A light aircraft was briefly blown over by strong winds at Wellington airport after a gust of wind tipped the plane onto its wing and wheel, an airport spokesperson said by email. […]

June 8 (Reuters) – The United States denied entry over the weekend to soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup match. A FIFA spokesperson said on Monday that Artan will not be able to train and officiate at the World Cup — which kicks off on Thursday — after he was not allowed to enter the United […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly 4 million. The outcome means Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former reality television personality from “The Hills,” is out of the running. His candidacy had drawn national attention because […]

June 8 (Reuters) – SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that building orbital AI data centers is not a difficult engineering challenge as the company prepares for its blockbuster IPO this week. The billionaire said that much of the required technology already exists in its current Starlink satellite network. “Part of what we want to convey here is that there is not some magic that is necessary, that doesn’t […]

By Pooja Menon June 9 (Reuters) – Oil prices inched up in early trade on Tuesday after Iran and Israel left the door open to a possible resumption of attacks on each other, though they had called a halt to hostilities following an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump. Brent crude futures rose 13 cents, or 0.14%, to $94.38 a barrel at 0001 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate were […]

Veteran cornerback L’Jarius Sneed won two Super Bowl rings with the Kansas City Chiefs. Now he’s back to try to earn a third. Sneed is back in Kansas City on a one-year contract worth up to $5 million, ESPN reported Monday. Sneed spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Chiefs before being traded to the Tennessee Titans in the spring of 2024. But he failed to […]