Thousands of people flocked onto the National Mall in Washington, DC for an all-day prayer rally on Sunday, May 17. The event was promoted as a “re-dedication of our country as One Nation under God.” The rally's official title was “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving.”
The essence of ranked choice voting is in the name: you rank your top choices. In races with up to five candidates, every candidate can be ranked. If there are more than five candidates, voters can rank their top five choices. On the ballot, there will be a row for each candidate and a column for each number. Fill in the bubble for the ranking you'd like to give a candidate in their row, with first being your top choice and fifth being the last candidate you'd like to rank. To rank a write-in candidate, write the candidate's name in the "write-in" line and then fill in whichever column you'd like to rank them in.
Philadelphia will become one of the major hubs of the tournament as Lincoln Financial Field hosts six matches, including a massive Round of 16 clash on July 4th. Philadelphia is one of the go-to destinations for World Cup fans, and the city’s historic charm can amplify the tournament atmosphere. The World Cup atmosphere could feel even bigger than usual because Philadelphia will also play a major role during the United States' 250th anniversary celebrations.
“While it is hard to respect any vanity project, a political vanity project should raise more opposition, because it would involve a situation when a leader uses his position and tax money to build a monument that fulfills his own ego, rather than a public service,” Akcan tells DW.
Eagle-eyed users noticed that the flag on Trump's $55 "USA 250" hats appears to feature only 48 stars instead of the usual 50 representing all the states. As you can see in the screenshot, the design includes six rows vertically and eight columns across. That math adds up to 48-not 50.
More than 50,000 residents of Garden Grove, Calif., returned home on Tuesday and Wednesday after a narrowly averted chemical crisis at an aerospace plant, a rupture at a separate chemical tank in Washington State claimed two lives and left nine people missing and presumed dead. The back-to-back incidents are among several high-profile disasters at chemical plants in the past year.
Originally from Bolivia, he entered the United States legally at the Arizona border in July 2024, affirmatively approached authorities, and requested asylum. Six months later, a US immigration judge found he had been tortured in Bolivia, would probably face torture again if returned, and barred his removal to his home country. The government did not appeal. Yugar-Cruz was not released for almost a year. Instead, ICE spent months searching unsuccessfully for somewhere else to send him.
Several Delaney Hall detainees were spotted being removed in ambulances on Thursday after ICE reportedly deployed substances inside the building, marking one week since the hunger strike began. amNewYork observed at least two people removed on stretches by EMS and loaded into ambulances. However, it is unclear if they needed medical attention due to the strike or due to reported violence inside.
Security staff at the zoo shot and killed the male silverback on 28 May 2016 after the boy, three-year-old Isaiah Dickerson, climbed a fence, crawled through a hedge, and dropped 15ft into the enclosure holding Harambe and fellow gorillas. Video captured the gorilla pulling the boy, who received only minor injuries, through water. The incident became a viral internet sensation, prompting memes, tributes both fake and real, music and poetry, and calls for sports teams to be renamed for Harambe.
The renderings show a new station that, by contrast, is full of high ceilings, natural light, and bronze accents-and it calls back to an original version of the station that was considered an architectural marvel.
Police say a man stood outside a popular restaurant and threatened to shoot an employee after allegedly hurling homophobic slurs at them. The incident, now being investigated as a possible , unfolded Sunday at Ben's Next Door, a Black-owned restaurant and bar long woven into the cultural life of the historic U Street neighborhood. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers arrested 32-year-old Delonte Fraley after responding to reports of threats at the restaurant around 4:20 p.m. Sunday.
There's no shortage of natural beauty in Seattle. The most populous stateside urban center in the Pacific Northwest is nestled between the sea and massive Lake Washington, with mountain ranges to the east and west. Its unique positioning at the intersection of sea, land, and sky makes it the ideal home base for day trips to the surrounding islands, ski vacations in the Cascade mountains, or hiking jaunts around iconic Mount Rainier; it also serves as a starting point for cruises north to Alaska.
“So the concept was: Let's gather these majestic ships before they disappear off the face of the earth forever,” O'Brien says. That forecast has not come to pass—if anything the numbers are up, at least ceremonially. A mere 16 tall ships showed up OpSail's 1976 bicentennial event, a paltry turnout when compared with the 25 that will sail in this year for the semiquincentennial.
The US Senate this week confirmed veteran naval officer Frank Garcia as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, ending a vacancy in Washington's top Africa-focused diplomatic post that lasted more than a year. The approval came as part of a wider bloc vote covering 49 nominees put forward by the Trump administration. The role is the most senior US diplomatic position in Africa, overseeing Washington's foreign policy and managing relations with all 54 African states.
Sharrell Shaw had posted what she called probably a long shot appeal on X late Sunday, asking whether anyone visiting Arlington over the holiday weekend might stop by the grave of her late husband, Staff Sergeant Alan W. Shaw, and send her a fresh photo. “There's just something about knowing people still stop by, still say his name, still remember,” she wrote, sharing the location. “This is probably a long shot, but if anybody happens to be in DC this weekend and plans on visiting Arlington, I would love to see a fresh photo of my husband's grave in Section 60.”
The U.S. Secret Service shot a person near the White House on Saturday, and a bystander also was shot, a law enforcement official said. Both individuals were said to be in critical condition, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Memorial Day weekend is arriving with the most expensive gasoline Americans have seen in four years, and the supply data suggests relief is not coming soon. CNBC energy reporter Pippa Stevens, speaking on Closing Bell Overtime on May 22, 2026, laid out a stark setup: gas prices are up more than 60% since the beginning of the year, and US gasoline stocks have now declined for 14 straight weeks. If shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz does not normalize, Stevens warned, "the national average could be heading towards $5 per gallon."
