Why a Dutch farmer moved to California to grow orchids
What would induce someone 34 years old to pull up roots with his wife and four young children in tow and move more than 5,000 miles away to start fresh?…
A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
A pile of furniture is piled in a public housing subdivision in Port Isabel, Texas, on April 13, 2026. Valerie Gonzalez/AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez Two sisters play in a neighborhood playground…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro’s grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island…
Russia hammers Ukraine for a 3rd straight day, flattening a Kyiv apartment block and killing 5
By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building…
Philly says its clean energy campaign has generated $1.3B in investment, created more than 11,000 jobs
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Philadelphia Energy Campaign has exceeded its goals, generating $1.3 billion in investments and 11,415 full-time equivalent jobs since it launched in 2016, city officials…
Ukraine officials say Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe
By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine named President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in…
Venezuela’s acting president defends country’s territory and rejects Trump’s 51st state remarks
By MOLLY QUELL and REGINA GARCIA CANO THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the…
Will this Salem County town love its last dairy farm to death?
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe future of a family farm in rural Salem County was at stake, and after multiple meetings and hours of presentations, questions, pleas, and complaints,…
Smith: North Texas parents are done tolerating school board theater
Voters in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District sent three incumbents packing in the May 3rd school board election. Newcomers Matthew White, Lindsey Sheguit and Darrell Brown bested one-term trustees A.J.…
For Mother’s Day weekend, we turn to moms at least 100 years old for their wisdom
As jobs go, motherhood can seem at odds with itself; too relentless to be easy but too satisfying to quit. It’s also endless. The core Mom skills – listening, caring,…