Ukraine sees first of new EU aid package worth about $50B

Ukraine received a new $1.6 billion tranche of financial support from the European Union on Wednesday and hopes to get another 10 billion euros later this year, officials said. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said the EU, which has provided Ukraine with 31 billion euros, had become the biggest donor of …...Read More

USDA raises school nutrition standards in attempt to fight diet-related disease

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools. The standards unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are part of President Joe Biden's broader effort to combat diet-related disease such as childhood obesity. …...Read More

Country singer Jimmie Allen considered suicide 'every single day' after sexual assault allegations

Jimmie Allen is opening up about a dark time in his life. During an emotional conversation with Kathie Lee Gifford, the country star recalled the moment he contemplated suicide after being accused of sexual assault by multiple women. "I was sitting there and I literally felt like the whole world …...Read More

Fairfax County, Va., repeatedly released Honduran charged with sex crimes, ignored ICE detainer request: feds

Fairfax County, Virginia, ignored a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request for a Honduran national charged with sex crimes against a child in Virginia, ICE said Wednesday. Immigration officials arrested the 30-year-old Honduran national at his residence in Bladensburg, Maryland, on April 15, after Fairfax County twice released …...Read More

Columbia professor condemns AOC for calling anti-Israel protests 'nonviolent': She's an 'agent of chaos'

A Columbia professor barred from campus after hosting a pro-Jewish rally slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Wednesday, following her comments on the "nonviolent" anti-Israel protesters. "AOC is agent of chaos, and I am just looking forward to my kids and grandkids reading about this chapter in history, and the list …...Read More

Scandal-ridden BBC anchor resigns because of ‘medical advice’ amid sexually explicit teen pic controversy

Famed British anchor Huw Edwards, who has been off-air for nearly a year after allegations he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos, resigned from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) this week because of "medical advice," the network said. "Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC," the network …...Read More

Oklahoma fisherman believed friend was going to 'sacrifice' him to 'Bigfoot'

A fisherman admitted to killing his buddy because he planned to feed him to Bigfoot after summoning the mythical creature, according to Oklahoma prosecutors. Larry Sanders was fishing with his friend Jimmy Knighten in the South Canadian River in Ponotomac County, Oklahoma, when Sanders suddenly strangled Knighten after claiming to …...Read More

Texas flight attendant reveals best travel tips for stress-free summer flights

A flight attendant based in Dallas, Texas, is revealing her favorite travel hacks as summer trips near for Americans all over the country. Bernice Padilla, 29, has been in the industry for six years and traveled to 44 different countries, she said. Over the years, she's collected and created her …...Read More

NJ woman recovering after receiving successful pig kidney transplant

Lisa Pisano faced heart and kidney failure, rendering her ineligible for traditional transplants, but a pioneering procedure at NYU Langone Health offered hope. Doctors implanted a mechanical heart pump to stabilize Pisano's failing heart, followed by a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. Pisano's recovery is progressing well, marking …...Read More

China prepares to send 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station as part of new program and moon exploration

China's space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. The three-member crew of the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft will relieve the current team who have been manning …...Read More