White House no longer deploying team to Detroit this week amid UAW strike
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are no longer deploying to Detroit this week, a White House official said, and instead will engage with United Auto Workers leadership and the automakers from Washington, DC.
2023-09-20 11:58
An anti-affirmative action group is suing the US Military Academy at West Point over race-based admissions policies
The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
2023-09-20 10:59
Tuberville and Senate Republicans plot rarely used tactic to force vote on stalled Marine Corps commandant nomination
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate's gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol.
2023-09-20 09:49
63-year-old hiker rescued from Grand Canyon with a traumatic shoulder injury after falling, rescue group says
A 63-year-old hiker was rescued from the Grand Canyon in Arizona last week after he suffered a traumatic shoulder injury due to a fall, a volunteer search and rescue organization affiliated with a sheriff's office said.
2023-09-20 09:17
Suspects in Bronx day care overdoses face federal drug charges
Two people were charged with federal drug crimes in the overdose death of a 1-year-old boy and the hospitalization of three other children at a day care in the Bronx, according to a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York on Monday.
2023-09-20 09:17
Biden at the UN urges the world to stand firm in support of Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion
President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a forceful call for the world to stand up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling for leaders to stand firm in their support of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his nation as the war heads toward its second autumn.
2023-09-20 08:55
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps dies suddenly after falling ill during event
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps died suddenly Tuesday afternoon after falling ill during a university memorial service, the school said in a statement.
2023-09-20 07:47
Stanford University says it will return all gifts from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX
Stanford University said it will be returning gifts it received from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX "in their entirety," after a lawsuit against founder Sam Bankman-Fried's parents alleged the school received millions of dollars in donations.
2023-09-20 07:28
Biden administration urges 16 states to address funding disparities faced by land-grant HBCUs
The Biden administration demanded governors in 16 states address a more than $12 billion funding disparity between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non-HBCU counterparts, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
2023-09-20 07:19
Zelensky urges Trump to share Ukraine peace plan but says he won't give territory to Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to share his peace plans publicly if the former US president has a way to end the war between Ukraine and Russia -- but the Ukrainian president cautioned in an interview Tuesday that any peace plan where Ukraine gives up territory would be unacceptable.
2023-09-20 07:15
Indonesian indigenous islanders are rallying against plans to build a Chinese funded factory on their homes
A plan to build a multi-billion dollar Chinese glass factory in Indonesia's Riau Islands Archipelago has sparked fierce protests from indigenous islanders who are opposed to their villages being torn down.
2023-09-20 06:56
Missing kayaker arrested after allegedly faking his death to avoid child rape charges
A man who allegedly attempted to fake his own death to evade child rape charges was arrested on Sunday after trying to flee a Georgia state trooper, according to a news release from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
2023-09-20 06:28