Saving for a house, one bean-based dish at a time

My husband Jon and I have recently decided to venture into intimidating territory: house hunting.

Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators, in her Senate hearing

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department’s immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Democrats who say she wrongly disparaged two protesters killed by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier this year.

Beat the winter blues with a childhood classic

If a cold snap has you feeling blue, turn back the clock and warm up the kitchen with a kid-friendly favorite the whole family can enjoy.

Testy exchanges over immigration cases highlight growing confrontations between judges and DOJ

A federal judge clashed Tuesday with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted growing confrontations between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials.

Main Street Columbus kicks off spring season Friday with Open House

Downtown is preparing once again to welcome shoppers for Spring Open House, set for this weekend.

A canceled Kennedy Center debut, a Carnegie Hall stage and De Niro reading ‘Lincoln’

Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall, where he will recite excerpts from a Philip Glass symphony about Abraham Lincoln that the composer once intended to stage at the Kennedy Center.

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Savannah Guthrie returns to her mother’s home in first sighting there since disappearance

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her sister returned to their mother’s home outside Tucson on Monday in their first sighting at the house since Nancy Guthrie went missing a month ago.

National Guard deployment in New Orleans extended for six months

The Louisiana National Guard announced Monday that 120 troops will remain deployed in New Orleans through August.

Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.

Froma Harrop: If you want to be ‘seen,’ try seeing others

I recently came across a curious headline: “The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering.” Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to “feel seen” in the next chapter of life.

Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is ‘not endless’ while warning more casualties are likely

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Monday to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless,” even as he warned that more American casualties are likely in the weeks ahead.

After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. never stopped fighting for civil rights around the world. This includes South Carolina, the state where he was born and raised, and where he first experienced state-sanctioned racial discrimination.

CMS student who loves ‘conquering challenges’ wins statewide poetry honors

Writing poetry might be low on the list of hobbies for most seventh-graders, but not for Edwar Mendoza.

Ole Miss drops regular-season finale, loses 4th straight overall

A late shooting drought doomed No. 25 Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon against Texas A&M as the Aggies upset the Rebels 66-58 at SJB Pavilion on Senior Day. It’s the Rebels’ (21-10, 8-8 SEC) fourth loss in a row.

Bobby Harrison: Fordice was judged more harshly than Trump

Late in his second term as governor of Mississippi, Kirk Fordice delivered a State of the State speech where he was not interrupted a single time by applause.

Ole Miss drops BRUCE BOLT finale to Coastal Carolina

Making his first start of the season, Coastal Carolina pitcher Scott Doran surrendered two runs over six innings of work against No. 25 Ole Miss as the Chanticleers defeated the Rebels 9-2 at the BRUCE BOLT College Classic at Daiken Park in Houston, Texas.

Gunman was not on the FBI’s radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say

The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was not on the radar of authorities before the shooting, federal and local investigators said Monday.

Russia condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as ‘unprovoked act of armed aggression’

Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.

Oil prices leap on worries about Iran war, while US stocks trim their sharp losses

Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.