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    Luigi Mangione hearing delayed after DA failed to tell jail he’s needed in court
    A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case in the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was postponed until Wednesday after prosecutors failed to inform his jailors that he was needed in court.
    FILE - Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
    8 people died in B-52 bomber crash at US Air Force base in Southern California, officials say
    A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, and all eight people aboard have dead, military officials said.
    This image taken from video provided by KABC shows law enforcement responding to the scene of an aircraft crash, Monday, June 15, 2026, near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
    Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal
    Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt.
    This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Roku on a remote control in Portland, Oregon
    Iran and US reach tentative deal to end war as Israel rules out withdrawing from seized land
    The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
    A rescue worker checks an apartment that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, June 14, 2026.
    Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of UFC cage fights at the White House
    President Donald Trump celebrates turning 80 on Sunday with a showstopping birthday spectacle that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House.
    The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House is photographed Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington.
    Hutzell: Who do you trust to find the truth about Wes Moore’s story?
    COLUMN | Armstrong Williams says truth is self-evident. Comparing The Sun's coverage of Wes Moore's military record with reporting by The Banner's Lee O. Sanderlin suggests it's far more complicated.
    Armstrong Williams, co-owner of The Sun and a longtime conservative columnist, talks about truth at a June 8, 2026 seminar at Towson University.
    Curtain is coming down for Trump at the Kennedy Center as his name is being taken off building
    After a day of legal maneuvers and thunderstorms, workers began the process in the early morning hours of removing the letters spelling out the Republican president’s name from the facade of the iconic performing arts venue.
    Workers construct scaffolding below the sign for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
    US opens World Cup with dominant win over Paraguay. Here’s when the Americans play next.
    The U.S. men's national team will face Australia at 3 p.m. June 19 in its second World Cup match.
    United States' Folarin Balogun (20) celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Paraguay with teamates during the World Cup Group D soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
    Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t harm competition, consumers, DOJ says
    An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that the mammoth Hollywood media merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful for consumers.
    The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    Trump plans to nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence
    President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.
    Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, during a news conference in New York in March.
    Higher energy prices push inflation above 4%. Trump says of report, ‘I love it’
    Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
    Pumps at an Exxon gas station on North Howard Street.
    US military says it’s striking ‘multiple targets’ in Iran in second day of renewed fire
    The U.S. military said Wednesday it began another round of strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations. The escalating attacks threatened to derail efforts to end the war.
    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, May 11, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington.
    House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years, sending measure to Trump
    A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration’s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House.
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal seen on a podium
    Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
    A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike.
    In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami.
    Netanyahu and Trump are at odds over the war they started together
    Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things.
    President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.
    Israel and Iran exchange strikes in most serious escalation since April ceasefire
    The renewed hostilities threatened to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale war.
    Farmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missile launches during the Iran-Israel conflict fell in the area.
    Trump’s deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress
    With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a sizable infusion of cash to the Department of Homeland Security, powering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term in the White House.
    The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
    Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to ban Trump settlement fund
    The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses for questions from reporters before votes on the immigration enforcement funding package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2026.
    Baltimore-based truck was hit by debris from light pole, not passenger jet, report finds
    A report by the National Transportation Safety Board clarifies for the first time that it was debris from a light pole struck by a United Airlines jet, and not the plane itself, that hit a Baltimore-based truck traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike.
    The New York City skyline is seen behind Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
    Van Hollen warns about outside money for Boafo in congressional race
    The race is one of Maryland’s most competitive after U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer announced earlier this year that he was stepping down following four decades in Congress.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is warning voters in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District about the influx of outside money supporting candidate Adrian Boafo.
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