3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (692+ words) Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after receiving a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (829+ words) Holding her child, she went outside. Around her, people stared up at a gash in the north tower of the World Trade Center, smoke billowing from the building just blocks from her home. “What did you see? What did you…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (814+ words) This year, Haitians marched under more solemn circumstances than in prior years. Federal immigration enforcement has intensified against Caribbean and other Black immigrant communities over the past year, and Haitians have lost a key protection — temporary protected status. Known as…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (410+ words) Hurricane Marie, well out in the Pacific, created flooding and dangerous conditions at some southern California beaches over Labor Day weekend, with strong currents and huge waves presenting a threat to swimmers and surfers. Rose Schoenfeld, a National Weather Service…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (795+ words) The problem, known as alpha-gal syndrome, was first linked to a particular species of ticks about 15 years ago. But cases are on the rise as more people report symptoms such as hives, diarrhea and itchiness after eating as little as…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (593+ words) It’s never been more expensive in the U.S. to fill up the tank and take one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend. The average price of regular gas was $4.14 a gallon heading into the holiday, nearly a dollar…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (739+ words) “It’s such a big ask right now,” Loewen, 45, said of the U.S. tourism industry’s attempts to woo Canadians like him back before a new president occupies the White House. “It’s just a wasted effort.” The bilateral rift has not…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) The appeal comes after Missouri’s highest court blocked the new map and ordered a statewide vote in November on whether to keep or reject it. It’s part of a national redistricting battle that Trump launched last year. Missouri’s new congressional…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (645+ words) A federal indictment accuses Christian Castro of falsely telling investigators that he was attacked with a broom and shovel before he opened fire, injuring Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January. Castro was shackled at his wrists, waist and feet during a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (251+ words) The National Herald New Year’s Resolutions – on the Byzantine Calendar September 1 is the first day of the year on the Orthodox calendar, so a couple New Year’s resolutions for the Greek-American community are in order. While I dislike using ‘Byzantine…...