WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The government of Israel’s embattled prime minister was limping on Monday into the opening of parliament’s summer session on the verge of collapse. Less than a year after taking office, Naftali Bennett has lost his parliamentary majority, his own party is crumbling and a key governing partner has suspended cooperation with the coalition.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial count of more than 60% of the votes in Monday’s presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or signal where the conflict was headed, as his forces pressed their offensive with few signs of significant progress.
Mother’s Day weekend kicked off Friday night with the Mommy and Little Mister dance at the HFV Wilson Community Center. The first-time event proved popular and will be returning again in 2023.
NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples will be among the dignitaries expected in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend for the opening of the Bob Dylan Center, the museum and archive celebrating the Nobel laureate’s work.
Halestorm’s new album, “Back From the Dead,” is not for the faint of heart, or anyone with even a trace of a headache: it’s a full-on sonic assault of screams, wailing guitars, pounding drums and booming bass. The Associated Press’ Wayne Parry says in a review that singer and guitarist Lzzy Hale manages to pull it off with a deft songwriting touch and a surprising sense of melody that belies the bombast. She screams a lot on this record, and yet she has a truly beautiful voice when she chooses to use it. This is bound to be a strong contender for the best hard rock/heavy metal album of 2022.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A private university in Mississippi has awarded the third Angie Thomas Writers Scholarship, named for the author of “The Hate U Give” and other bestselling young adult novels, to a creative writer living in China.
Ardmore- Funeral Services for Joyce Earlene Hurley, 89 of Wilson are scheduled for 2:00 PM Wed. May 11, 2022 at St. Mary Catholic Church of Ardmore with Father Kevin Ratterman officiating. Interment will follow at the Bomar Point Cemetery in Wilson. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Wilson.