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A number of activities are scheduled later this month in Lexington to recognize Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day. The 101-year-old Cadentown School served as the backdrop Tuesday to preview several events.

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Credit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. That's a sign of the growing financial stress that some families are feeling in an era of rising prices and high interest rates.

At a baseball game between the Mets and Phillies, chants of "USA" broke out at the top of the 9th inning as fans read the news on their smartphones. A crowd gathered outside the White House after President Obama addressed the nation. And, thousands of people came to Ground Zero in Manhattan waving American flags and singing the National Anthem.

With gas prices topping $4 a gallon in parts of the country, small cars sales have raced ahead. General Motors says its passenger car sales rose 49 percent — spurred on by sales of 25,000 Chevy Cruze cars. At Ford, the Focus helped propel that carmaker's sales. And, Chrysler also enjoyed big gains.

Russia is grieving along with ice hockey fans and players around the world. A private jet carrying one of the country's top teams crashed Wednesday, killing 43 people — most of the team's players and coaching staff.

Champion race car driver Michael Andretti won the race — covering 350 feet at a top speed of 17 miles per hour. The event helped to launch the parking garage at a new casino in Washington state.

Instead of chatting with Alex Trebek at the top of the show, Michael Pascuzzi used that time to ask his girlfriend Maria a big question. Remembering the show's format, she answered, "What is yes?"

That's on top of the nearly $2 billion taxpayers are scheduled to spend on all of the state's retirement systems in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

A cafe in Bourges, France, thought it won a top rating for its food. Great news — except the star was meant for a restaurant with the same name 100 miles away.