The City of Baltimore has said that the owner and manager of the cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month are directly responsible for the accident and should not be allowed to avoid legal liability, according to court documents filed on Monday. The 985-foot-long ship hit the bridge in the…
The Dali was less than 30 minutes into its planned 27-day journey when the ship ran into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday. The ship, which was sailing under the Singaporean flag, was on its way to Sri Lanka and was supposed to arrive there on April 22, according to VesselFinder, a ship tracking…
When the former president cast his vote in the Florida primary election on Tuesday, the former first lady was by his side. This was notable for a few reasons. Former President Donald J. Trump has said for months that his wife, Melania, would join him on the campaign trail. And for months, Mrs. Trump remained…
Severe weather tore through the Chicago area and surrounding regions Tuesday night and into Wednesday, prompting a wave of tornado watches and warnings, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of Michigan appeared to be hit the hardest, including Grand Blanc, less than 10 miles southeast of Flint. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said on…
In a carpeted office suite, Alex Beck settled onto a mattress and, under the watch of a trained guide, began chomping through a handful of “Pumpkin Hillbilly” mushrooms. A Marine Corps veteran who was sexually assaulted during his time in the armed forces, Mr. Beck had long been searching unsuccessfully for a way to put…
After dodging questions about Ukraine, Mr. DeSantis told the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that defending Ukraine against Russia was not a vital U.S. interest and dismissed the war as a “territorial dispute.” Stung by criticism, Mr. DeSantis walked back the “territorial dispute” line, and in a subsequent interview he called Mr. Putin a…
Thunderstorms were lashing parts of the Midwest with potent winds and large hail on Tuesday afternoon, only days after an outbreak of strong tornadoes tore through parts of the central U.S. and blizzard conditions affected the northern tier. The similarly volatile storm system was expected to deliver extreme weather conditions to many of the same…
For the better part of a decade, Donald J. Trump and his allies at Fox News have beguiled some Americans and enraged others as they spun up an alternative world where elections turned on fraud, one political party oppressed another, and one man stood against his detractors to carry his version of truth to an…
Heavy rain and snow fell across swaths of California on Tuesday, unleashing a new round of flooding and power outages in areas where successive storms have disrupted life over the past few weeks. Snow on Tuesday covered portions of Interstate 80 in Northern California and flooding prompted the temporary closure of other roadways, including several…
A line of storms moving across North Texas spawned at least two confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday, including one near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where passengers were briefly urged to shelter in place and hundreds of flights were delayed. There were two reports of injuries and “multiple reports of homes and businesses damaged” in Wise County,…