SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans. He signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For many years, American and Chinese scholars worked shoulder to shoulder on cutting-edge technologies through open research, where findings are freely shared and accessible to all. But that openness, a long-standing practice celebrated for advancing knowledge, is raising alarms among some U.S. lawmakers. They are worried that China — now considered the…
US President Donald Trump yet again heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this time during his address at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt. With Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Trump expressed faith that India and Pakistan can “live very nicely together”. US President Donald Trump speaks as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz…
LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda died in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, the online loaning platform said Monday. He was 55. In a company announcement, LendingTree confirmed that Lebda died on Sunday and that the company was greiving his unexpected death. A spokesperson said the accident occured at a family farm in…
Oct. 13 (UPI) — SpaceX on Monday launched the 11th flight test of its Starship, the two-stage, heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Liftoff was at 6:23 p.m. CT at the company’s Starbase compound in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and about 20 miles from…
At a high-profile conference of world leaders in Egypt about ending the war in the Gaza Strip, President Trump and the leaders of three other nations made a big production out of what he called “a very important signing,” characterizing it as a major breakthrough in the decades-long search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians….
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States said on Monday it stood by its Philippine ally and emphasized their mutual defense treaty after vessels from China and the Philippines clashed amid heightened tensions in the disputed South China Sea. Earlier, China’s Foreign Ministry urged Manila not to challenge Beijing’s efforts to “safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime…
new video loaded: Friends and Family Celebrate Return of Israeli Hostage transcript Back transcript Friends and Family Celebrate Return of Israeli Hostage Alon Ohel was kidnapped by Hamas after fleeing the Nova music festival in October 2023. More than two years later, Hamas freed Mr. Ohel as part of a cease-fire deal with Israel. There…
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement to after-school programs. The Education Department had about 4,100 employees when Trump took…