Wesleyan University: Top US college says it will end 'legacy' admissions
The university says it is "important" to end the policy, seen as a perk for the white and wealthy.
2023-07-19 23:58
At least 1 person was treated for 'heat-related discomfort' in a plane at a Las Vegas airport
First responders treated at least one person for "heat-related discomfort" in a Delta Airlines flight that experienced "uncomfortable temperatures inside the cabin" at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport Monday, the airline said.
2023-07-19 08:50
Hearing on handling classified materials in Jack Smith's Trump case could set up clash over delay
Special counsel Jack Smith's team and lawyers for Donald Trump will appear Tuesday for the first time in front of the judge who will preside over the criminal case Smith has brought against the former president, for a hearing that will be procedural nature but could provoke clashes over how quickly the classified documents case should move to trial.
2023-07-18 21:29
Accused Discord leaker Jack Teixeira argues he should be let out of jail as he awaits his classified documents trial, citing Trump's release
The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who is accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media asked a judge to reconsider his detention on Monday, pointing out that he is charged with the same federal counts as former President Donald Trump and that prosecutors did not oppose Trump's release.
2023-07-18 10:20
This soldier died in Ukraine. Now his face is on a desk to inspire Russian schoolchildren
Grasping a bouquet of roses, black headscarf tied tight and wearing a polka-dot dress, a middle-aged woman arrives in a nondescript, pink-walled hall in the Russian region of Chuvashia.
2023-07-17 17:19
7.2 earthquake strikes off southern Alaskan coast, tsunami advisory no longer in effect
A tsunami advisory issued after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska late Saturday has since been canceled, officials said.
2023-07-16 17:49
John Kerry in Beijing: Can US and China set aside rivalry for climate action?
The two biggest economies and polluters need to work together to avert the crisis, experts say.
2023-07-16 06:47
A weekslong heat wave will intensify this weekend and push temperatures close to 130 degrees
An already dangerous weekslong heat wave will only worsen this weekend as a heat dome intensifies and reaches peak strength over parts of the Western United States.
2023-07-15 09:20
'Alarming and unprecedented' Irish bird flu warning
Hundreds of seabirds with suspected avian flu have been found dead in recent weeks.
2023-07-14 13:51
Trump asks court to delay setting trial date in documents case
Former President Donald Trump's defense team asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case in Florida to postpone the trial, according to a filing late Monday night, saying there is "no reason for any expedited trial."
2023-07-11 17:51
China top threat to UK economic security - Dowden
The government intervened in eight takeovers of UK firms by Chinese buyers last year, figures show
2023-07-11 13:56
Special counsel accuses Trump co-defendant of seeking 'unnecessary' delay
The spat highlights how even the most incremental, procedural developments in the historic federal criminal case against Trump and Nauta could become mired in delay.
2023-07-11 03:27