• Virginia man in ‘au pair affair’ case to be sentenced in double murder scheme
    FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who was having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the murder of his wife and a man who was lured to the couple’s home as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, claimed that he […]
  • Trump looms large over upcoming primary elections in Washington, DC
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Washington, D.C., residents chose a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor in the same election, gas was $1.33 a gallon and George H.W. Bush was president. This fall they will do it again — under starkly different circumstances. As the city heads toward pivotal primaries this month […]
  • Some of the most dedicated World Cup fans skipping this year’s tournament, citing costs and politics
    Soccer fans will soon crisscross continents to see their beloved national teams compete on the sport’s grandest stage, the World Cup. They’ll pack bars and fan zones, singing chants and debating who is going to win it all. This time, however, it’s different for some superfans, who say organizers have made this summer’s World Cup […]
  • US oil exports surge, draining domestic crude inventories toward rock bottom
    By Shariq Khan and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK/HOUSTON, June 5 (Reuters) – At the prairie town that calls itself the pipeline crossroads of the world, some 400 oil storage tanks sprawled across Cushing, Oklahoma, are nearly empty, drained by refiners worldwide to plug a massive shortfall in global supplies caused by war in the Middle […]
  • Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge
    June 5 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on 689,000 acres (278,828 hectares) in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a remote and pristine habitat for species including polar bear, caribou and migratory birds. The auction is the latest test of industry appetite for drilling in […]