The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024 It's not too early to start thinking about Memorial Day. Here's when the holiday is observed this year and why we celebrate it. 05/3/2024 - 10:31 pm | View Link
Lacey Chabert, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and More Holiday Movie Faves Are Heading to Christmas Con 2024 (Exclusive) With stars, that is.Lacey Chabert will be celebrating her 15th Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel by headlining Christmas Con 2024 in December, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.And joining her at the ... 05/3/2024 - 10:12 am | View Link
What is Cinco de Mayo and who celebrates the Mexican holiday? What you should know The Mexican holiday actually marks the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. 05/3/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
76ers were planning to pursue Jrue Holiday before his extension with Celtics Tyrese Maxey isn’t signed yet to an extension because Philadelphia has hopes of signing a star in free agency to add alongside him and Joel Embiid. There were designs on pursuing guard Jrue ... 05/3/2024 - 5:37 am | View Link
Bank Holiday Weekend: Cushendun Arts Festival returns to Glens of Antrim with ‘something for everyone’ With the first of the May bank holidays upon us, and warm weather finally creeping in again, it is the perfect time for the Cushendun Arts Festival to be celebrating its 11th anniversary, ... 05/3/2024 - 4:45 am | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.