Mark Hamill drops by White House before 'Stars Wars' day
By Colleen Long
South Dakota Gov. Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un in new book
By Stephen Groves
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it
By Christina Larson
Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
By Patrick Eaton-Robb & Dave Collins
THE KING’S TRUST
King Charles’ longtime charity celebrates new name and U.S. expansion at New York gala
BY GLENN GAMBOA
- The King’s Trust celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running charity The Prince’s Trust.
- The organization marked the expansion of its work in the United States with a star-studded gala in New York City.
- It was founded in 1976 when then-Prince Charles used his severance pay from the Royal Navy to launch the nonprofit.
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China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
By Christopher Bodeen
Sony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26 billion, AP source says
By Paul Harloff & Matt Ott
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single
By Andrew D. Dalton
Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison
By Bruce Shipkowski
Halle Berry shouts from the Capitol, 'I'm in menopause' as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding
By Amanda Seitz
I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
By Patrick Eaton-Robb & Susan Haigh
SCIENCE
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
- An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant.
- It's the latest example of animals attempting to soothe their own ills with remedies in the wild, scientists say.
- Photographs show the animal’s wound closed within a month without any problems.
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Artists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as a new licensing deal is reached
By Michelle Chapman
European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal
By Nicole Winfield
One Tech Tip: How to repair an electric toothbrush
By Kelvin Chan
MUSIC
Rolling Stones rock New Orleans Jazz Fest after 2 previous tries
BY CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE, KEVIN MCGILL
ENTERTAINMENT
- The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a 14-ring musical circus.
- It's a variety of musical acts playing simultaneously on stages spread throughout a historic horse racing track.
- That changed when 13 stages went silent as The Rolling Stones made their first appearance at the 54-year-old festival.
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