Spelling Bee aces buzz through early rounds; some stung by stumpers
The Scripps National Spelling Bee got underway on Tuesday with most young spelling aces breezing through tricky words like “kentledge” but a few striking out on stumpers like “horripilation.” .
El-Erian named new president of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz and one of the world’s most widely followed economists, was named on Tuesday as the new president of Queens’ College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.
One killed, dozens hurt by Ohio tornadoes as U.S. Midwest braces for more
Tornadoes pulverized western Ohio early on Tuesday, killing one person, injuring scores of others and requiring emergency officials to send out snowplows to clear debris from a major highway, officials and media reports said.
Missouri’s last abortion clinic warns it may close after state action
Missouri’s only abortion clinic expects to be shut down this week after the state health department refused to renew its license, which would make it the only U.S. state without a legal abortion clinic, Planned Parenthood said on Tuesday.
Trump foe Avenatti pleads not guilty to ripping off Stormy Daniels
Lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he stole from porn star Stormy Daniels, the client who propelled him to fame as an outspoken adversary of U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up Mexican border shooting dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether the family of a Mexican teenager fatally shot while on Mexican soil by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired from across the border in Texas can pursue a civil rights lawsuit in American courts….
U.S. Supreme Court avoids abortion question, upholds fetal burial measure
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a mixed message on abortion, refusing to consider reinstating Indiana’s ban on abortions performed because of fetal disability or the sex or race of the fetus while upholding the state’s requirement that fetal rem…
‘Money to share’ – MacKenzie Bezos pledges half her Amazon fortune to charity
MacKenzie Bezos, the former wife of Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, pledged on Tuesday to give half of her $36 billion fortune to charity, following a movement founded by billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.
At trial, Oklahoma says Johnson & Johnson’s ‘greed’ fueled U.S. opioid crisis
Oklahoma’s attorney general on Tuesday argued at the start of the first trial in lawsuits around the United States over the opioid epidemic that “greed” by Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the drug crisis.
Supreme Court upholds Indiana fetal burial law, spurns abortion measure
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Indiana’s Republican-backed requirement that fetal remains be buried or cremated, dealing a setback to abortion provider Planned Parenthood, which had challenged the provision.
