Author: Lee Williams

With coroner yet to identify found body, friends describe Elena Moore as “always smiling” and “well-loved”

Miller described her friend as “always smiling,” adding, “To know her was to love her. Again, I go back to she was bubbly, she was smiley, she was happy, she went from this young little girl at 18 to the woman she became today — in fitness and health and wellness — and she really created a place for herself in this world.”

Body found matches description of missing woman, says Lexington Police Department

LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) — A body matching the description of missing 39-year-old Elena Katherine Moore was found Wednesday afternoon, according to the Lexington Police Department. The Lexington County Coroner has yet to identify the body, or perform an autopsy to determine cause of death. Chief Terrence Green updated the Town of Lexington community on new developments related to the case…

Deal is reached to end Iran war and Trump orders stop to US naval blockade

By  MUNIR AHMED, JULIA FRANKEL, ABBY SEWELL and WILL WEISSERT Updated 6:03 PM EDT, June 14, 2026 ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began. Full details of the deal were not immediately available. The signing will be Friday in Switzerland….

Trump celebrates turning 80 with a UFC cage-fighting event while big issues loom over his presidency

By  WILL WEISSERT Updated 12:20 PM EDT, June 14, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House. This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza, where combatants sealed inside a wire-mesh octagon try to…

Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years

By  MICHAEL R. SISAK and SHELBY LUM Updated 1:04 PM EDT, June 14, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a shooting in Times Square. Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big…