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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Julia Gomez |Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Things are getting hot across the country, and summer has not even officially begun. The summer solstice will occur on Friday, June 20, and it will be both the longest day and shortest night of 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The summer solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Litha, also known as Midsummer, according to the Boston Public Library.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, an outspoken Midwestern statesman and veteran, was thrust into the spotlight Tuesday morning when Kamala Harris announced him as her VP pick and running mate.
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2 weeks ago | 
sj-r.com | Kinsey Crowley |Gabe Hauari |Mary Walrath-Holdridge |Brandi Addison
Kinsey Crowley Gabe Hauari Mary Walrath-Holdridge Brandi D. AddisonUSA TODAYToday is Friday the 13th, an occurrence that happens only a couple of times a year. This is the second Friday the 13th of 2024, just two months after the last one in September. It also happens to be Taylor Swift's birthday, and someone could be extra lucky on the day with an upcoming Mega Millions drawing. There will only be one Friday the 13th in 2025, in June.
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3 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Encountering crashes or freezing and blank screens when trying to open the Mail app on your iPhone? You're not alone. Apple users across the internet have complained of poor functionality with Mail and other apps, and the culprit appears to be the latest iOS 18.5 update, at least according to disgruntled customers.
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3 weeks ago | 
galesburg.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Encountering crashes or freezing and blank screens when trying to open the Mail app on your iPhone? You're not alone. Apple users across the internet have complained of poor functionality with Mail and other apps, and the culprit appears to be the latest iOS 18.5 update, at least according to disgruntled customers.
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3 weeks ago | 
statesman.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Drone video, photos show damage from tornadoes in Lubbock, Texas Mary Walrath-HoldridgeAt least 20 tornadoes ripped through New Mexico into the Texas border town of Lubbock, leaving more than 10,000 residents in West Texas without power, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, part of the USA TODAY network, reported Thursday night. Just after noon local time on Friday, June 6, the Lubbock Power and Light outage map reported more than 40 active outages amid flash floods and property damage.
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3 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Kinsey Crowley |Clare Mulroy |Mary Walrath-Holdridge
For the second year in a row, a bar in Ohio is offering deals for "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month," and lawmakers from the state have proposed a "natural family month" that explicitly excludes LGBTQ+ families and celebrates only families led by straight men with children. Utah passed a bill to become the first state to ban Pride flags from flying on any government property, though Nazi flags were allowed, and Idaho passed a similar one.
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3 weeks ago | 
dnj.com | Kinsey Crowley |Clare Mulroy |Mary Walrath-Holdridge
Kinsey Crowley Clare Mulroy Mary Walrath-HoldridgeUSA TODAYFor the second year in a row, a bar in Ohio is offering deals for "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month," and lawmakers from the state have proposed a "natural family month" that explicitly excludes LGBTQ+ families and celebrates only families led by straight men with children. Utah passed a bill to become the first state to ban Pride flags from flying on any government property, though Nazi flags were allowed, and Idaho passed a similar one.
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4 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
A Missouri veterans hall is rebuilding for the second time in just two months after a car crashed into its roof... again. The Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial Hall in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, had recently finished repairing its roof after a February incident in which a car launched into the building. The vehicle's 22-year-old driver fled a traffic stop, Clay-Ray Hall said in a Facebook post. The Feb.
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4 weeks ago | 
indystar.com | Mary Walrath-Holdridge
The Scripps National Spelling Bee concluded with an exciting comeback this year, securing last year's second-place winner, Faizan Zaki, as this year's champion and making him one of only five runners-up ever to come back and win the first-place spot. Zaki bested Sarvadnya Kadam in the 20th round to win the 2025 spelling bee on May 29 with the word éclaircissement, which he spelled without hesitation before collapsing to the floor as confetti fell, as USA TODAY reported.
