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The Buzz: Merrill House notes funds for roof replacement | The Day
The 1772 Foundation and Preservation Connecticut on Wednesday presented The James Merrill House Foundation with $10,000 towards roof replacement for the James Merrill House's water mitigation project. Local dignitaries such as Stonington First Selectman Bill Middleton and Stonington Borough Warden Michael Schefers gathered on the fourth floor studio of Merrill’s apartment to mark this donation.
Community Bulletin Board for Aug. 30, 2026 | The Day
Community Bulletin Board for Aug. 30, 2026 Coast Guard Band hosts Sept. 7 concert On Monday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. the United States Coast Guard Band presents a free concert on the lawn of The Branford House at Avery Point in Groton. Assistant Director CWO Jeffrey Spenner guides the 55-member ensemble in a program celebrating the unofficial end of summer. In the event of rain, this performance will be cancelled. The Branford House is on the campus of UConn Avery Point at 1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton.
More than a game: Mashantucket Pequots celebrate 40 years of bingo with documentary film | The Day
More than a game: Mashantucket Pequots celebrate 40 years of bingo with documentary film Mashantucket — Before the glitz and glamour of Foxwoods Resort Casino, there was a bingo hall in the woods. Mashantucket Pequot High Stakes Bingo opened 40 years ago this summer, launching a gaming economy that would not only power one of the nation’s largest casinos, but a sovereign nation.
Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry | The Day
Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry Washington — President Donald Trump arrived at an awkward moment for his presidency Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reached the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks.
Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals | The Day
Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals Washington — President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals, as he claims.
Jamelle Elliott steps down as UConn women's basketball assistant coach after 18 seasons | The Day
Jamelle Elliott steps down as UConn women's basketball assistant coach after 18 seasons UConn women's basketball is losing one of its most tenured assistant coaches. The program announced Thursday afternoon that assistant coach and former star player Jamelle Elliott is stepping down after 18 seasons with the program to pursue opportunities outside of coaching. Elliott served two stints as a Huskies' assistant coach: 1998-2009 and 2020-26.
Local roundup: Mike Pilger hired as New London girls' soccer coach | The Day
New London — Mike Pilger has been hired as the head girls' soccer coach at New London High School, athletic director Phil Orbe announced on Thursday. Pilger, whose son Cameron Pilger is the head men's soccer coach at Mitchell College, has an extensive background in coaching soccer at high school, college and professional levels. Most recently he was an assistant coach at North Shore Country Day School in Illinois for both the boys' and girls' teams.
Trump: US and Latin America making joint effort on cartels | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. DORAL, Fla. -- President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere even while dealing with five-alarm crises around the globe.
U.S. forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the U.S. Coast Guard with help from the Defense Department stopped the oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.
Israel says it targeted Hezbollah militant in its first attack in Beirut in months - World News
An Israeli airstrike Sunday struck Beirut for the first time since June. Israel’s military said that it targeted Hezbollah’s chief of staff, without giving further details. Hezbollah has yet to comment. Smoke could be seen in the busy Haret Hreik neighbourhood, with one video circulated on social media showing dozens of people crowded around the area of the strike, which appeared to be on an apartment building. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Trump officials praise Charlie Kirk's faith and his mark on the conservative movement
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump praised Charlie Kirk as a “great American hero” and “martyr” for freedom as he and other prominent conservatives gathered Sunday evening to honor the slain conservative political activist whose work they say they must now advance.
Trump names Secretary of State Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz for UN envoy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating for United Nations ambassador. Trump announced the moves shortly after news broke that Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong were departing the administration just weeks after it was revealed that Waltz added a journalist to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans.
Trump names Secretary of State Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz for UN envoy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating for United Nations ambassador. Trump announced the moves shortly after news broke that Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong were departing the administration just weeks after it was revealed that Waltz added a journalist to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans.
NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday - World News
Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing. Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on April 20 by plunging through the atmosphere in a Russian Soyuz capsule to wrap up a seven-month mission at the International Space Station.
Trump creates task force to root out ‘anti-Christian bias'
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Trump creates task force to root out ‘anti-Christian bias'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the US, announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.
Biden says he’s leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand to play’ in world conflicts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago.
Biden says he's leaving Trump a 'strong hand to play' in world conflicts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago.
3 jailed Americans free
WASHINGTON — Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration. The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China.
3 Americans detained for years in China have been released, White House announces
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration. WATCH: The future of U.S.-China relations after Biden’s final meeting with Xi The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China.
Biden has become notably quiet after the 2024 election and Democrats' loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats' gut-wrenching defeat at the polls. After warning voters for years that a Donald Trump win would be calamitous for American democracy, Biden has gone largely silent on his concerns about what lays ahead for America and he has yet to substantively reflect on why Democrats were decisively defeated up and down the ballot.
Biden visits Amazon, sees drought effects | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
MANAUS, Brazil -- Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse "the clean energy revolution that's underway in America" even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change. The massive Amazon region, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world's carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change.
From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse U.S. progress on clean energy
MANAUS, Brazil – Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change. The massive Amazon region, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change.
From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change.
WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden toured the drought-shrunken waters of the Amazon River’s greatest tributary Sunday as the first sitting American president to set foot in the legendary rainforest, while the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the U.S. commitment to combating climate change. Biden is expected to speak at 3 p.m. ET. Watch live in the player above.
AP sources: Biden for the first time OKs Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) by: AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press Posted: Nov 17, 2024 / 01:35 PM EST Updated: Nov 17, 2024 / 01:35 PM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has for the first time authorized the use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.
Conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine will loom over Biden’s farewell address at the United Nations
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon are edging toward all-out war and Israel’s bloodyoperation against Hamas in Gaza nears the one-year mark.
Biden unfazed by Putin threat
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine's allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia. It's a shift that Kyiv has pleaded for but does not appear likely to be announced after a meeting Friday between Biden and Britain's prime minister.
Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new 'Marine One' helicopter
CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the president and vice president. Biden boarded the Sikorsky-made helicopter after arriving on Air Force One in Chicago where he is speak Monday evening at the Democratic National Convention.
Joe Biden cajoles Benjamin Netanyahu with tough talk, humanitarian concerns but Israeli PM remains dug in
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, warning he's “hurting Israel” and speaking candidly about “come to Jesus” conversations with the leader over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the U.S. pushes to get more aid into Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Monday with a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who came to Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Biden administration intensifies its efforts to push more humanitarian aid into war-battered Gaza.
Joe Biden says too many Americans are saddled with school debt as he cancels federal loans for 153,000
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that while a college degree was still a ticket to a better life, that ticket is often too expensive, as he announced he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers.
Joe Biden sanctions Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians and peace activists in West Bank
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals. Those settlers were involved in acts of violence, as well as threats and attempts to destroy or seize Palestinian property, according to the order.
Biden calls regional partners ahead of CIA chief’s meeting in push for another Gaza hostage deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke Friday with his Egyptian and Qatari counterparts ahead of a trip by his CIA director meant to press toward a deal to secure the release of more hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a pause to fighting with Israel in Gaza. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Biden spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have finally talked, but their visions still clash for ending Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke Friday after a glaring, nearly four-week gap in direct communication during which fundamental differences have come into focus over a possible pathway to Palestinian statehood once the fighting in Gaza ends.
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping hold first talks in a year. Global conflicts, fentanyl, stable ties top agenda
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Biden and Xi will meet Wednesday for talks managing fraught US-China relations
It is the first engagement between the leaders in nearly a year. ByAAMER MADHANI Associated Press and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press November 10, 2023, 8:00 AM WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in California for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in the first engagement between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies in nearly a year, Biden administration officials said.
Biden says 74 US dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that 74 U.S. citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war. "We got out today 74 American folks out that are dual citizens," Biden said in a brief exchange with reporters as he hosted Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader for an Oval Office meeting.
Biden says 74 US dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
“We got out today 74 American folks out that are dual citizens," Biden said in a brief exchange with reporters as he hosted Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader for an Oval Office meeting. The White House has previously said some 500 to 600 U.S. citizens had been trapped in Gaza since the start of the Oct. 7 Israel-Hamas war. Since then, the nearly four-week-old conflict continues to rage on with no end in sight.
Biden says 74 US dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that 74 U.S. citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war. “We got out today 74 American folks out that are dual citizens," Biden said in a brief exchange with reporters as he hosted Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader for an Oval Office meeting.
Biden walks tightrope with support for Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told a crowd of Democratic donors over the weekend about a decades-old photo he took with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an aside that seemed intended to illustrate his long support of Israel and track record of speaking bluntly with the conservative Israeli leader. Biden said he’d written on the photo of himself as a young senator and Netanyahu as an embassy hand, “Bibi, I love you.
Le président Biden est arrivé en Israël pour empêcher la guerre de dégénérer
Le président des États-Unis, Joe Biden, est arrivé mercredi en Israël pour une mission urgente visant à empêcher la guerre entre Israël et le Hamas de dégénérer en un conflit régional plus large.
Israël: le président Biden est arrivé mercredi pour empêcher la guerre de dégénérer
TEL-AVIV, Israël — Le président des États-Unis, Joe Biden, est arrivé mercredi en Israël pour une mission urgente visant à empêcher la guerre entre Israël et le Hamas de dégénérer en un conflit régional plus large. Le chef de la Maison Blanche doit aussi encourager l’acheminement de l’aide humanitaire aux Palestiniens. Le premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu était sur le tarmac, à l’aéroport, pour accueillir le président Biden.
Biden considering trip to Israel in coming days, but travel isn't final: AP source
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but nothing has been finalized, a senior administration official said Sunday. The news comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been traveling around the Mideast this past week trying to prevent the war with Hamas from igniting a broader regional conflict. Biden has staunchly proclaimed his support for Israel and a trip there would be a firm sign of U.S. support following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
Biden considering trip to Israel in coming days, but travel isn’t final: AP source
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but nothing has been finalized, a senior administration official said Sunday. The news comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been traveling around the Mideast this past week trying to prevent the war with Hamas from igniting a broader regional conflict. Biden has staunchly proclaimed his support for Israel and a trip there would be a firm sign of U.S. support following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
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