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Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days before the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians are as somber and tense as they were right before Moscow launched the war. Only now, they aren't just worried about their longtime enemy. Ukraine's stunning new threat comes from its once staunchest ally, the United States, whose support appears to be fading as President Donald Trump echoes the narrative of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Should Tim Cook want Apple to stay in the green, he'll need to respond to the latest US tariffs in a calculated manner. The latest US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have put Apple at a bit of a crossroads. With multiple tariffs impacting countries worldwide, including a 10% charge on all imports from China, electronics makers like Apple will soon have to decide if they'll take the brunt of the ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised. The incident has thrown the future of the fragile ceasefire into question. Six more living hostages ...
Source: time.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
The measure passed 52-48 after Democrats raised dozens of unsuccessful amendments, including one on IVF. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the only Republican to vote against the budget resolution. Between the lines After 25 rounds of voting on amendments, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Republicans "were forced to go on record and defend their plans to cut taxes for Donald Trump's billionaire friends." ...
Source: axios.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to be FBI director, during a campaign rally in Arizona (Rebecca Noble/AFP) by Chris Lefkow The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, a staunch loyalist who has threatened to go after President Donald Trump's political enemies, as director of the FBI, the country's top law enforcement agency. Patel, 44, whose nomination sparked fierce but ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
¿Por qué estoy tan cansado? ¿Puede el alcohol provocar ataques de pánico? Pregúntale a Well es una columna semanal del Times que aborda las dudas de salud de los lectores. Times Insider explica quiénes somos y qué hacemos, y ofrece información entre bastidores sobre cómo se elabora nuestro periodismo. Hay ciertas preguntas en la vida —sobre las ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
The EU established the first comprehensive artificial intelligence regulatory framework in the world last year. While only a few of its provisions have gone into effect, the EU AI Act has already proven to be a blueprint for hindering AI development. The EU has now stunted its own AI development and cemented itself behind the US and China. Instead of focusing on AI investment and growth, the EU jumped straight to ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell's Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the long-serving Republican lawmaker Former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron jumped into the campaign Thursday, looking for a political comeback after in 2023. Elsewhere in the GOP, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr signaled he would announce his plans soon and said he's been encouraged by his support as he considers ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump's mass firings of federal workers to move forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the layoffs. He found that their complaint amounted to an employment dispute and must follow a different process outlined in federal ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Many James Bond fans are worried about the future direction of the spy movie franchise after the handing over of creative control to Amazon MGM by long-time producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. But superfan David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE, editor-in-chief of the 007GB Club and creator and editor of Licence to Queer, is excited for the future of Bond and its creative potential under Amazon . "It's too easy to ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
NASA has downgraded the threat level of potential city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4. It is now more likely to hit the moon than Earth, according to the latest data. The space agency has been tweaking the odds of a potential strike from the 180-foot-wide (55 meters) YR4 all week. Those odds peaked at 1 in 32 , or 3.1%, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), which was the highest impact probability NASA had ever recorded for a space ...
Source: livescience.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Jenni Hermoso will appeal the verdict in the case of former Spain football chief Luis Rubiales, who was fined after being found guilty of a forced kiss on the Women's World Cup-winning player, her lawyer said. "It is her intention" to appeal, lawyer Angel Chavarria said. In a case which rocked Spain, prosecutors had sought a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales — one year for sexual assault and 18 ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Governor Kathy Hochul has answered the toughest question in New York politics — she will not remove Mayor Eric Adams from office. Her announcement is a major disappointment to her critics on the left and even some of the mayoral contenders who were hoping for Adams to be dumped. But Hochul had to tread carefully in a mayoral election year, even with pressure mounting on her to take more dramatic action. ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
faced an angry crowd Thursday during a town hall in his Georgia district, where many constituents lashed out at the Republican lawmaker over his support for massive federal layoffs and budget cuts by the Trump administration's . In video of the event taken by Greg Bluestein, a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and an NBC News contributor, attendees clashed with McCormick, bashing both President ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has "operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency." Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman County Sheriff's Department will temporarily take over law enforcement duties as city officials mull the next ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox , the legendary depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says there is an audit every year and that "all the gold is present and accounted for." The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox has stored precious metal bullion ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
A measles outbreak in West Texas is continuing to spread. And with kindergarten vaccination rates dipping across the country, more communities may be at risk of outbreaks. But it's not just kids who should be vaccinated. Infectious disease experts say some adults may need to get revaccinated, too. Measles can spread incredibly fast — it's one of the world's most contagious diseases , more than flu, polio, ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
The Ministry of Antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his death, was the first excavation of a royal tomb since 1922. Archaeologists have found a pharaoh's tomb in an Egyptian valley west of Luxor, Egypt's ministry of antiquities announced this week, in what officials called the first excavation of a royal tomb since Tutankhamen's burial chamber was ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
A federal judge will on Friday consider a request to further block President 's administration from of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who already approved a temporary restraining order on the funding freeze, is hearing a request for a permanent injunction from nearly two dozen ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball is headed to the bottom of the ninth. The Walt Disney Co.-owned sports broadcasting giant and MLB on Thursday night separately announced an end to their long association after the season that begins next month. The network and league had been in discussions to restructure the TV rights deal, but those talks collapsed this week. ESPN asked MLB to accept a lower license fee ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Boeing has had six years of production problems, safety issues, delivery delays and unhappy buyers of its aircraft. But President Donald Trump's anger at the delays for the next generation of Air Force One jets could result in a huge blow to what remains of the company's prestige and finances going forward. The rift between Trump and Boeing could a be a serious problem for Boeing under a presidential administration ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Mortgage rates for February 21, 2025, are around 6.60%. Rates are a bit lower this month, but they may not drop much more in 2025. Fannie Mae's latest forecast shows rates only dropping around 25 basis points this year from their current levels. Mortgage rates have been trending a bit lower this month after rising in January, but they still haven't dropped enough to improve affordability. Borrowers have been ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Though the American Medical Association reports that about 30 million people in the US live with sleep apnea, only one-fifth of these cases are clinically diagnosed. This is concerning because living with undiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea can negatively affect your health, increasing your risk for heart attacks, memory issues and type 2 diabetes. If you think you have sleep apnea, it's important to consult your ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. US taxpayers could receive a 'DOGE dividend' cash boost. But will it happen? Budget experts have weighed in as rumors swirl about $5000 checks being delivered to every taxpaying household From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Musk claimed without evidence Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on orbital outpost for 'political reasons' Elon Musk has become embroiled in a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire 's claim that the former US president Joe Biden abandoned two American astronauts at the International Space Station on purpose. Andreas "Andy" Mogensen accused Musk of lying when ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Cats may be at heightened risk of bird flu if their owners work with affected dairy herds, a new study suggests (Mandel NGAN/AFP) by Issam AHMED A study published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their domestic cats, with fatal consequences. Two household case studies from Michigan in May 2024 were published in the agency's Morbidity ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has continued his efforts to support cellphone bans in New Jersey schools. On Feb. 19, Murphy toured Woodbury Junior-Senior High School to learn more about their cellphone policy. He's announced that his proposal for the 2026 fiscal year would dedicate $3 million to support phone-free grants for New Jersey schools. The grants are intended to help districts in the state invest in tools ...
Source: thedailyjournal.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
PANAMA CITY — In recent years, hundreds of thousands of migrants from around the world crossed the treacherous Darién Gap jungle, many of them stopping in temporary shelters in Panama and Costa Rica on their way to the United States. Now, the Trump administration has deported more than 400 migrants — from as far as China and Vietnam — back to some of these shelters, leaving them in legal ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
While the immediate post- ChatGPT era was all about chasing OpenAI , the current situation for AI firms is more conventionally competitive. Everyone's buying the same GPUs to train similar models to attack the same benchmarks; in terms of new features, which closely follow new models, the parallels are not subtle. Take the sudden arrival of research tools. In December, Google released a tool called Deep Research, ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Next-generation AI tool will enhance operational efficiency, address global talent shortages, and empower businesses with smarter automation. NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, today announced the international launch of its next-generation Smart AI Agent. This advanced AI tool is a cornerstone of the company's strategy to accelerate the adoption of Generative AI, with an estimated $2 ...
Source: aithority.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
There isn't yet a roadmap to show Microsoft can scale its chip to the million topological qubits required to make a working quantum computer. Microsoft's quantum computing scientists announced they have finally realized a long-held goal of building a "topological qubit", the equivalent of a transistor for ordinary chips, that may help advance quantum computing. The qubit is the functional element of a quantum ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths More in this series Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found. The surge in this life-threatening ...
Source: salon.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
The Oppo Find N5 is the world's thinnest book-style foldable, bringing foldables closer than ever to a traditional slab phone. Here's what it's like to use. The world's thinnest book-style foldable, the Oppo Find N5, is finally here. I've had it for a week, and it has surprised me in more ways than one -- both positively and negatively. At 8.93mm thick when folded, it's closer to slab phones than any other ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Restaurants and bakeries in southern Maine are now paying 2 or 3 times as much for the eggs they need, although most have so far resisted raising menu prices. Mandy Lacourse, ...
Source: pressherald.com
Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to intensify its raids across the occupied West Bank after explosions in three empty buses near Tel Aviv in what authorities are calling a suspected "terror attack". No casualties have been reported from the blasts that come as Netanyahu has accused the Palestinian group Hamas of breaching the Gaza ceasefire deal. Here's what we know about the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Washington 's latest budget battle just got a new front: the U.S. military. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior military leaders to propose an 8% reduction in defense spending—a significant cut that could reshape America's military footprint for years. The Pentagon's marching orders, outlined in a memo obtained by The Washington Post , require officials to find savings by February 24. Seventeen ...
Source: news.clearancejobs.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing out protections that shielded roughly from deportation, meaning they would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the country by August. The decision, announced Thursday, is part of a sweeping effort by the Trump administration to make good on campaign promises to carry out mass deportations and specifically to scale back the use ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Victor Wembanyama 's season looks to have ended after the San Antonio Spurs announced he is dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. The Spurs said Wembanyama had been diagnosed when he returned from last week's All-Star Game in San Francisco. DVT occurs when blood clots form in veins; the condition can be fatal if untreated. The Spurs said they expect the 21-year-old to miss the rest of the season. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
A federal appeals court panel denied a Justice Department bid to reinstate President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at curbing birthright citizenship, edging the battle over the order's constitutionality closer to a potential Supreme Court showdown. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Wednesday declined the administration's emergency request to immediately lift a nationwide block on Trump's ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
The congestion plan to reduce traffic and raise funds for New York's public transport was recently axed by President Donald Trump , potentially leading to the loss of millions in revenue for the city. What Was The Proposed Congestion Pricing Plan? The congestion pricing plan, officially known as the Central Business District Tolling Program, was approved by state lawmakers in 2019 and greenlit by the Biden ...
Source: newsweek.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
President Trump issued an order Thursday aimed at preventing taxpayer money from supporting immigrants without legal status. The order says it will end "all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens." It does not clarify exactly which benefits will be targeted, but directs agencies to identify federally funded programs that do so. Immigrants without legal status generally do not qualify for federal benefits, ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. RFK Jr. targets transgender protections, calling sex 'unchangeable' in new guidance 'Sex' is defined under the new guidance as an 'immutable biological classification as either male or female' From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that the federal government "should take over the governance of D.C.," claiming that leaders of the nation's capital are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti and remove homeless encampments. "I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely, flawlessly beautiful," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew back ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
UTICA, N.Y. — Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, an inmate who was violently beaten while handcuffed in a prison infirmary last year, officials said Thursday . Brooks, 43, was beaten by multiple officers inside the Marcy Correctional Facility in central New York on Dec. 9 and died at a hospital the next day. Officers had not activated their body ...
Source: usatoday.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
The crash, which occurred at the Marana Regional Airport, about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, is the second fatal aviation mishap this month in Arizona. Two people were killed Wednesday morning when two small airplanes crashed in midair at a regional airport in southern Arizona – the latest in a series of North American aviation disasters in recent weeks. The crash, which occurred at the Marana Regional ...
Source: usatoday.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Since returning to the White House in January, US President Donald Trump has threatened a series of sweeping new tariffs. The proposed tariffs, which target major US trading partners, could upend traditional trading relations, creating significant uncertainty in the global economy. For a better visual understanding of the tariffs and their possible impact, see the following infographics and be sure to revisit this ...
Source: weforum.org
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
The inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off comes to an end tonight with a must-see championship game between the United States and Canada. We've put together everything you need to know about how to watch USA vs. Canada, including live streaming options for those without cable. Over the past nine days, Finland, Sweden, Canada, and the United States have squared off in a round-robin style tournament for a shot at the 4 ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Recent Gallup polling indicates a rising percentage of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+ with 9.3% of those polled in 2024, which is up more than 1% from 2023. The percentage is nearly double the amount who identified as bisexual, lesbian, gay, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2020 and significantly higher than the 3.5% affirming such in 2012, Gallup announced Thursday. "In the ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Delta Air Lines announced plans to offer $30,000 to each of the passengers on a flight that crash-landed and overturned earlier this week. Delta told passengers that the offer comes with "no strings attached," and will not affect their rights. It was not immediately clear how passengers could claim the offer. Flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto caught fire on landing at Toronto Pearson ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump on Thursday publicly supported Republican Rep. Byron Donalds' likely bid for Florida governor in 2026. Donalds has not yet announced, but NBC News reported last month that he is telling donors that he will run for the seat, which is being vacated by Republican Ron DeSantis, who is term-limited. Donalds is among Trump's biggest congressional supporters, and he was expected to get Trump's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a "compliance review" on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled project. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy lashed out on Thursday at "mismanagement" in California's troubled high-speed rail project, announcing an investigation into how the state was spending a $3.1 billion federal grant on a project ...
Source: nytimes.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was slated to meet in Atlanta from Feb. 26 to 28 — the first gathering since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as Health and Human Services secretary. HHS director of communications Andrew Nixon confirmed ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, Jr., will miss Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers after the NBA announced he violated the league's anti-drug policy. The NBA said Portis was penalized with an unpaid 25-game suspension because he tested positive for Tramadol. The drug is a painkiller often used for patients following surgery, according to the Mayo Clinic . Portis explained in a statement that he ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
The race to shape the future of computing is heating up among tech companies, with Microsoft saying on Wednesday it has made a major breakthrough in quantum computing , potentially paving the way for the technology to address complex scientific and societal challenges. Scientists at the tech giant have spent 17 years developing a new material and framework for quantum computing to help power its new Majorana 1 ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump faces legal challenge after threatening to kill Manhattan toll that raises money for mass transit From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Corrections officials halted all outside visits to New York state prisons in the face of a growing jail guard strike and sporadic inmate unrest — as riots erupted at another upstate lockup Thursday. The newest uprising by out-of-control inmates struck the Riverview Correctional Facility, a medium-security site near the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg. No staffers were hurt during the chaos, ...
Source: nypost.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
US revenue rose 4.1% to $180.6B Walmart on Thursday reported strong quarterly results, continuing to benefit from an increase in higher earners who were purchasing more groceries and discretionary items during the condensed holiday shopping period. Shares slipped after the company forecast a lower-than-expected profit for the full year. The company reported U.S. revenue rising 4.1% to $180.6 billion for ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Trump's Poll Numbers Are Eroding and Could Collapse Over Inflation During the first month of his second term, Donald Trump's popularity started out mildly positive but has slowly eroded, according to the FiveThirtyEight averages . As of January 24, his job-approval ratio was 49.7 percent positive and 41.5 percent negative. As of Thursday, it's 48.7 percent positive and 46.2 percent negative, which means his net ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Thousands of permanent and seasonal National Park Service employees will not be on the job this summer. Park advocates are concerned that the labor cuts put the country's public lands—and visitors' experience within them—in jeopardy. Kenan Chen worked at Channel Islands National Park for nearly a decade as a marine biologist monitoring the health of the protected area's underwater environment and ...
Source: afar.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sweeping new limits on independent agencies undercuts their congressional protections against political influence. Trump declared that he has vast control over dozens of such agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, that historically operated outside direct presidential authority. He laid out mechanisms to direct ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- At least 6,000 federal employees of the Internal Revenue Service were expected to receive termination notices by the end of Friday, just ahead of the peak March-April tax filing season, according to a leaked email to IRS managers. Most of the cuts will fall on temporary workers and those still on probation, newer hires with less than 12 months' of service, or under two years, dependent on their ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that First Amendment experts say is unconstitutional prior restraint. Mississippi Chancery Court Judge Crystal Wise Martin granted a request on Tuesday from the government of Clarksdale to issue a temporary restraining order against the Clarksdale Press Register . The order commands the newspaper ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Two teenagers were arrested in Houston on suspicion of plotting an attack at a local school, the FBI Houston office said in a post on X Wednesday, the second potential mass attack thwarted by the FBI in the past week. The FBI said they received information on the situation Tuesday and worked with Houston Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office to "identify and arrest" the underage teens. The case involved ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Andrew Lester, 86, has died after pleading guilty to the intentional shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl outside Lester's Kansas City home in 2023. Local prosecutors announced Lester's death on Wednesday but did not say when or how he died, NBC News reported. Yarl was 16 when he mistakenly went to Lester's home instead of the correct residence and rang the doorbell while trying to pick up his ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration moves forward with reportedly firing more than 6,000 employees at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, tax policy experts and Democratic lawmakers are warning most Americans to brace for the negative consequences to come — except for super rich people, who will face even less accountability for not paying their taxes. Everyday people filing their tax returns ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 19th, 2025 -
— A top Justice Department official on Wednesday defended his controversial decision to end the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, describing the choice to a federal judge as "a standard exercise of prosecutorial discretion" that did not warrant extensive vetting. Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove said in court that his instructions to withdraw the charges, delivered in a memo last week to ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 19th, 2025 -
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers who were involved in the government's response to the that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years. The workers were among the thousands of federal employees eliminated on the recommendations of billionaire 's Department of Government Efficiency, which is working to carry out Trump's promise to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com