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Carnegie Hall plans a return to a relatively full schedule next season for the first time since 2018-19, presenting about 150 events that include Kirill Petrenko’s first New York appearances as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic. Carnegie announced a 2022-23 schedule Tuesday that...

After 50-year-old Wynn Bruce, a climate activist and Buddhist, set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last week, a national conversation flared up around his motivation and whether he may have been inspired by Buddhist monks who self-immolated in the past to protest government...

Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen said neither...

Fire crews took advantage of a break in the weather in their battle to contain large fires in the West and Plains states, but fear the return of stronger winds Tuesday could spread the flames further. A southwestern Nebraska wildfire that killed a former volunteer fire chief last week, injured...

California authorities and the FBI searched Tuesday for a 3-month-old baby who was taken from his San Francisco Bay Area home by a stranger, police said. The man entered a San Jose apartment around 1 p.m. Monday and walked away with little Brandon Cuellar in a baby carrier, police said. “We...

Local 10 News reporter Annaliese Garcia and photojournalist Brian Ely are OK after shots rang out Tuesday morning while they were at the scene of a fatal shooting in southwest Miami-Dade. Garcia said they heard the sound of rapid gunfire around 6 a.m. in the area of Southwest 106th Court and...

During a long weekend of royal pageantry devoted to Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, the British people will take center stage in at least one event. More than 10,000 performers, including schoolchildren, community groups and military bands, are expecting to troop to Buckingham...

Poland’s government announced plans to drastically reduce flights at Warsaw's two airports starting Sunday if talks with air traffic controllers demanding better working conditions fail. Regulations published late Monday state the Frederic Chopin and Modlin airports would operate from 07:30 GMT...

The Spanish government passed a decree Tuesday aimed at boosting transparency in a monarchy still reeling from scandals involving King Felipe VI’s father, former King Juan Carlos I. The government described the decree, approved at its weekly Cabinet meeting, as a step toward modernizing Spain's...

Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer's Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium. Witherspoon's husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership...

The City of Miami police said they are searching for a man, 27, who has gone missing from the area of Brickell on Sunday, April 17. Authorities say Philip John Olin is 5′10″ and weighs approximately 150 pounds, he has brown hair and hazel eyes. Olin suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder...

Deputies accused Gennia Siegrist of selling fentanyl-laced cocaine and heroin in the Florida Keys. A bartender called 911 when a customer complained about the 37-year-old woman at the Brass Monkey in Marathon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy William Guerra reported...

What do we know about the new omicron mutant? It's a descendent of the earlier super-contagious “stealth omicron” and has quickly gained ground in the United States. BA.2.12.1 was responsible for 29% of new COVID-19 infections nationally last week, according to data reported Tuesday by the...

More workers may soon be able to stake some of their 401(k) retirement savings to bitcoin, as cryptocurrencies crack even deeper into the mainstream. Retirement giant Fidelity said Tuesday that it’s launched a way for workers to put some of their 401(k) savings and contributions directly in...

Miami-Dade Schools Police are searching for two girls who they said failed to return home from school on Monday. According to police, Jasmine Shirley, 10, and Cassandra Oriente, 11, both attend Aventura Waterways K-8 Center, which is located at 21101 NE 26th Ave. Police said both girls were...

U.S. consumer confidence dampened slightly in April but remains high as inflation concerns continue to weigh on their short-term outlook. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index — which takes into account consumers’ assessment of current conditions and their outlook...

A 57-year-old Florida man is now $1 million richer after he purchased a scratch-off Lottery ticket while making a pit stop at a 7-Eleven store, the Florida Lottery announced on Monday. Willie Myrick Jr., of Lakeland, claimed his $1 million prize after playing the GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off...

A Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be livestreamed. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who cited the threat of COVID-19 to allow livestreaming of last year’s murder trial of...

The quirky dance-pop outfit The B-52s are hitting the road one last time for a final tour this summer that will roam from coast to coast. “No one likes to throw a party more than we do, but after almost a half-century on the road, it’s time for one last blow-out,” said Fred Schneider...

UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to live. The high-achieving student from a low-income...