Mickey Gilley, Who Helped Inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' Dies at 86
contact@hellonews.website NEW YORK — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley…
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Firefighters Brace for Potentially Historic Winds in New Mexico
LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO — Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico on Saturday and for the next several days as more than 1,400 firefighters…
Chinese Calculations on Taiwan Affected by Ukraine Conflict, CIA Director Says
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that China is closely monitoring Russia’s conflict in Ukraine and that it is affecting Chinese leaders’ calculations over Taiwan, the…
Ukraine, China, Trade Set to Dominate US-ASEAN Summit Agenda
White House — Trade relations, regional security and the Russian invasion of Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the leaders of member countries in the…
McConnell, Utah Leaders Honor 'Larger Than Life' Orrin Hatch
SALT LAKE CITY — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday, celebrating the Utah icon as a principled conservative, committed public servant…
Bob Dylan Museum Opening in Tulsa
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…
US Companies Struggle to React to Potential State Abortion Bans
In the days since the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow individual states to outlaw abortion, U.S. corporations have been largely…
US-China Policy Takes Shape Ahead of Meetings with Asian Leaders
Washington — The United States plans to more fully outline its policy toward China ahead of a series of high-profile meetings with Asian leaders, and the first in-person meeting between…
Warhol Monroe Portrait Set to Smash Records at New York Sales
NEW YORK — An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month’s spring sales in New York that collectors say are among the most…
Cornell University Event Calls for School's Disentanglement With Chinese Partners
WASHINGTON — The tweeted invitation for a teach-in at Cornell University featured a photograph of “Pillar of Shame,” a sculpture that commemorates the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, which authorities…
Census Ready to Study Combining Race, Ethnicity Questions
U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnicity questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category to…
US Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Challenging His Twitter Ban
A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. that challenged his suspension from the platform. In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge James Donato…
Poll: Americans Distrust China But Still Respect It
SAN FRANCISCO — Wallace Johnson, a 97-year-old World War II Navy veteran from a suburb of San Francisco, calls China an “apt student” of programs that made the United States…
20 Horses, Full House: Kentucky Derby Returns with No Limits
Louisville — Twenty eager colts breaking from the starting gate, a full house for the first time in three years, and a Kentucky Derby lacking a dominant favorite. Things could…
Investigations Call for US Police Reforms
Washington — Changes are underway at some local U.S. law enforcement agencies that are trying to tackle long-standing policing problems such as excessive force and racial bias. The reforms come…