Overdose victim’s father to testify in Oklahoma opioid trial of J&J
The father of a university football player who died of a drug overdose is expected to testify on Wednesday on the second day of trial in a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson of fuelling the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Word whiz kids compete for $50,000 prize in U.S. spelling bee
Nearly 500 word wizards were still in contention on Wednesday as the Scripps National Spelling Bee entered its second day, as the best young spellers strive for the top cash prize of $50,000.
Judge in war crimes case against Navy SEAL weighs dismissal motion
The judge in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL platoon leader accused of war crimes in Iraq is weighing defense motions to dismiss the charges or otherwise remove the lead prosecutor and possibly the judge himself from the case.
Tornado threat eases but will resume next week across U.S. Plains states
The tornadoes and heavy rains sweeping across the United States from the southern Plains into New Jersey will ease by late Thursday but resume early next week, forecasters said.
U.S. Marine dies of injuries in Australian training accident
A U.S. Marine has died after being hurt in a vehicle accident during training exercises in northern Australia, the Marine Corps said on Wednesday.
U.S. presidential hopeful Harris unveils plan to protect abortion rights
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled a new plan to protect abortion access on Tuesday, joining fellow White House hopefuls pushing back against Republican-backed state laws that restrict a woman’s right to end a pregnancy.
Yukon plane crash kills U.S. National Park Service safety officials
Two top safety officials for the U.S. National Park Service in Alaska were killed in the Memorial Day crash of a single-engine airplane in Canada’s Yukon territory, officials said on Tuesday.
Tornadoes rip through Kansas after one killed, scores hurt by Ohio twisters
Several tornadoes reportedly touched down on Tuesday evening in Kansas to damage homes, uproot trees and rip down power lines, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
U.S. military identifies more remains of American war dead handed over by North Korea
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it had identified a total of six American troops from 55 boxes of human remains from the 1950-53 Korean War that North Korea handed over last year, even as the Pentagon has said it has given up hope of recovering …
Yoga instructor recounts ‘spiritual’ ordeal of survival while lost in Hawaii
The yoga instructor rescued after 17 days lost in a Hawaii forest reserve recounted on Tuesday sleeping in wild boar dens, trudging shoeless through a rocky stream and dining on plants to survive a “spiritual boot camp” that tested her will to live.
