Baseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even it at some levels, they're not needed at all. The padded gloves are designed to …
Asian shares are mostly higher after stocks closed lower on Wall Street, breaking a nine-day winning streak. Markets in Tokyo and Seoul remained closed for holidays. U.S. futures slipped and crude …
The Trump administration has called journalists “despicable,” even questioned the patriotism of some, as part of its vigorous response to criticism in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was …
Welcome to the first Monday in May! It's Met Gala time and the theme this year is menswear. Specifically, the dress code will focus on Black dandyism, tailoring and style. The starry guest list …
The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese says he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for …
The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church. That's more than any other nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors …
Indigenous people across North America are rallying to plead for sustained responses to violence in their communities. Monday is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The FBI says it …
Serbia’s protesting university students are demanding an immediate snap election after leading months of anti-corruption demonstrations that have shaken populist President Aleksandar Vucic’s firm …
Russia said it intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen of its regions in an attack that forced all four airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights. The overnight …
Today is Tuesday, May 6, the 126th day of 2025. There are 239 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed …
Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope …
Lawyers are scheduled to make opening statements at the trial of a man charged with carrying out a string of shootings that killed eight people in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017. …
A bipartisan group of President Donald Trump’s critics is launching a new organization, dubbed the Cost Coalition, to highlight Trump’s struggle to control rising costs in the early months of his …
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with …
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he will file a lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others in the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson. …
Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin 62 years ago after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis. Nobody ever knew …
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting their third child. Rocky confirmed the news on the red carpet of the 2025 Met Gala. He said, “it feels amazing.” The couple announced their last pregnancy in …
Fashion’s biggest night of they year is underway as stars gather for the Met Gala on Monday in rainy Manhattan. This is the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in …
Jury selection is set to start in Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York. The hip-hop impresario's trial begins Monday. He faces charges including racketeering conspiracy and …
A federal judge has ruled that disputed ballots in the still unresolved 2024 race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat must remain in the final count. U.S. District Judge Richard Myers also …