WASHINGTON– The U.S. Mint has begun producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump’s face to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The final design of the commemorative coin, which will be released in the fall, was approved earlier this year by the United States Commission of Fine Arts, whose
Dense smoke from several large wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota is expected to blanket large swaths of the Midwest and northeastern United States this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota officials issued an air quality alert Tuesday through Friday for areas including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Alexandria and Two
BOSTON– Fresh off his first-class flight from Glasgow, he received a reception fit for a visiting dignitary: a bagpiper in full regalia playing inside Boston’s Logan International Airport. Waiting to receive him were the diplomats, the governor and the mayor of Boston. The guest of honor? An orange traffic cone. Tuesday’s arrival of the “Boston
WASHINTON– Kathryn Ruemmler, a former Goldman Sachs senior lawyer who was a White House adviser under President Barack Obama, will be questioned before a House committee on Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure subpoenaed before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected
NEW YORK — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a New York City neighborhood now has 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress in inspections for disease-causing bacteria (they found traces in dozens of buildings, including the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art), but have not yet identified a
Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out roads and left motorists stranded Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could cause dangerous flooding in already inundated counties near the Mexican border. The storms dumped up to a foot of rain in some rural areas of Texas, prompting dozens of flood rescues