New Jersey student with special needs dies after school bus ride, leading bus monitor to be charged with manslaughter
A 6-year-old girl with special needs died in New Jersey this week after her wheelchair harness constricted her breathing while she was riding a school bus, leading prosecutors to charge the bus monitor with manslaughter, officials said.
2023-07-21 12:50
Rahul Gandhi: Supreme Court to rule on Congress leader's political future
The Supreme Court will hear Rahul Gandhi's appeal against his conviction in a defamation case.
2023-07-21 12:47
RFK Jr. hearing encapsulates a political era when truth is upside down
In a Donald Trump-influenced era of through-the-looking-glass politics, everything seems upside down, traditional loyalties are scrambled, history can be rewritten and truth is just what anyone wants it to be.
2023-07-21 12:16
Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India's Manipur state amid ethnic violence
A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on social media and prompted the country's leader Narendra Modi to break his silence on the months-long sectarian conflict tearing the state apart.
2023-07-21 09:50
US deploying Marines, additional forces to Middle East following recent Iranian attempted shipping seizures
The US is deploying thousands of Marines and additional forces to the Middle East following recent Iranian attempts to seize commercial shipping vessels, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
2023-07-21 09:24
Brazil's Embraer plans to build electric flying taxi factory near Sao Paolo
Embraer says it will build electric aircraft with hopes they will take flight from 2026.
2023-07-21 09:16
Arkansas appeals federal judge's ruling striking down ban on gender-affirming treatment for trans youth
Arkansas is appealing a federal judge's ruling last month striking down the state's ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth.
2023-07-21 08:25
NFL fines outgoing DC Commanders owner $60m
An investigation reported sexual harassment claims against billionaire Dan Snyder, which he denies.
2023-07-21 08:23
DeSantis calls for state investment manager to consider action against Bud Light's parent company
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state's pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light's parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker's recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into the country's culture wars.
2023-07-21 08:19
Florida's new black history curriculum 'sanitized', say critics
The revised standards for black history lessons suggest some received "personal benefit" from slavery.
2023-07-21 07:57
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's troubled upbringing put him at risk for severe mental illness, psychologist says
A clinical psychologist called by the defense Thursday in the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman's death penalty trial highlighted the defendant's troubled childhood, noting the impact of trauma that put him at risk for mental illness.
2023-07-21 07:26
Biden's labor secretary pick Julie Su to stay in job indefinitely, sources say
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden's pick for labor secretary, Julie Su, will be kept on
2023-07-21 07:25