Even as they make electoral history, trans lawmakers say they face challenges
When Olivia Hill decided to run for the Nashville Metro Council, she had hoped to be judged by her merit and experience, not her gender identity.
2023-10-03 20:59
Shooting in Thailand shopping mall kills at least three people
At least three people were killed and four others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Tuesday, according to local authorities.
2023-10-03 19:53
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
2023-10-03 19:48
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives bring out the 'bulldozer' on the consumer protection agency?
When the Supreme Court ruled against the federal agency that protects consumers from financial scams in 2020, it let the agency keep operating, opting for "a scalpel rather than a bulldozer in curing the constitutional defect."
2023-10-03 18:24
Nobel Prize in physics goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for research into electrons in flashes of light
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday.
2023-10-03 18:15
Hunter Biden due in Delaware court to face federal gun charges
The president's son faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of three federal criminal charges.
2023-10-03 17:45
Federal appeals court approves injunction to block grant for Black women entrepreneurs
A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group's request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.
2023-10-03 16:46
Cartoon elves and scrolls visualize Chinese military's goal of Taiwan 'reunification'
China's military released an animation on Sunday depicting the journey to reunite two halves of a torn scroll across the Taiwan Strait, a thinly veiled reference to the country's longstanding goal of "reunification" with the democratic, self-ruled island.
2023-10-03 15:57
Niger attack: Jihadists kill dozen of soldiers in deadliest raid since coup
Killings by militant Islamists have intensified since the military seized power in July.
2023-10-03 15:45
Henry Cuellar: US congressman carjacked at gunpoint in Washington
Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar is reportedly unharmed after the incident in Washington.
2023-10-03 15:25
NewsClick: Delhi police raid homes of prominent journalists
The homes of several journalists who work with NewsClick website have been searched.
2023-10-03 14:30
Race issues emerge in New Zealand's election
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON Race and relations with the indigenous Maori population have emerged as issues in New
2023-10-03 13:17