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Arlington cemetery official was ‘pushed aside’ in Trump staff altercation but won’t press charges

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TARA COPP Associated Press An Arlington National Cemetery official was “abruptly pushed aside” during an altercation with former President Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony but declined to press charges, an Army spokesman said Thursday. A statement said the cemetery employee was trying to …

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Under sea and over land, the Paris Paralympics flame is lit before beginning an exceptional journey

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. British Paralympians Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan on Saturday lit the flame in Stoke Mandeville, a village northwest of London …

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