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TRENTON, N.J. — Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the primary Black lady elected to statewide workplace in New Jersey historical past, was remembered in a memorial service Saturday as a trailblazer who fought to assist these in want. ...

A pair of males have been arrested on the Glenmont Metrorail station Friday after, Montgomery County Police declare, they bought onto a Ride-On bus drunk and tried to carjack it. ...

Former American Football star Tom Brady surprised Birmingham City followers by greeting them in a pub exterior their stadium on Saturday.One fan current stated his look had "made everyone's day". The NFL celebrity, who just lately grew to become a minority proprietor on the Sky Bet Championship membership, turned up at The Roost pub close to St Andrew's Stadium earlier than the sport in opposition to Leeds."Tom Brady is here and he's perfect," tweeted Kelsea Ravenhill, 26, from Birmingham."The film crew, Tom Brady, his bodyguards all entered the pub for his Blues entrance and introduced himself to all our fans," Ms Ravenhill instructed the PA information company. "The place is rocking, completely changed the atmosphere, he is just a sports legend!"It's made everybody's day, w...

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) - As one of many worst warmth waves on report set in throughout a lot of the southern United States this summer season, authorities and activists in South Texas discovered themselves embroiled in a thriller on this arid area close to the border with Mexico. ...

BEIRUT (AP) - The Islamic State group has claimed accountability for an ambush in jap Syria that killed not less than 20 authorities troopers and wounded others, warning that such assaults will proceed. ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — A former curator has sued a Massachusetts artwork museum for subjecting her to racism, derision and criticism associated to her background as an individual of South Asian descent, the swimsuit says. ...

It was the primary time the folks of Lahaina had been allowed to return since wildfires laid spoil to their city three days in the past. A queue of vehicles, hours lengthy, waited on the police checkpoint to point out their paperwork. Once cleared, they travelled the winding freeway, underneath a tunnel chopping by way of the plush west Maui mountains and into city. Some have been on mopeds, others behind pick-up vehicles, wind whipping as they handed a sequence of image postcard seashores.They had been instructed to brace themselves for the size of the devastation. But for a lot of, what awaited them on arrival was even worse than they anticipated.Front Street had been the beating coronary heart of Lahaina, filled with cafes promoting shaved ice, hip bars and properly regard...

A person pleaded responsible in federal court docket Thursday to mail theft whereas he was a U.S. Postal Service letter provider and was sentenced to 4 years’ probation. ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Tennessee state senator on Friday was sentenced to 21 months in jail after he unsuccessfully tried to take again his responsible plea on federal marketing campaign finance fees and initially described the case as a “political witch hunt.” ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Incinerated automobiles crushed by downed phone poles. Charred elevator shafts standing as testaments to the burned-down condo buildings they as soon as served. Pools stuffed with charcoal-colored water. Trampolines and kids’s scooters mangled by the intense warmth. ...