Israel’s military says it has wrested control of a strategic corridor stretching along Gaza’s border with Egypt Source link
Medical pot user who lost job after drug test takes case over unemployment to Vermont Supreme Court
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he had used medical marijuana off duty for chronic pain has appealed […]
Election board member in Georgia’s Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election
ATLANTA — The election board in Georgia’s largest county voted on Tuesday to certify its May 21 election results, but not before one of the board’s Republican-appointed members abstained. The […]
Charges reduced against 3 facing prosecution in man’s death during admission to psychiatric hosptial
RICHMOND, Va. — Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker have been reduced to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned […]
Jurors in Trump’s hush money trial zero in on testimony of key witnesses as deliberations resume
NEW YORK — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at […]
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 17-34-56-60-61, Powerball: 9, Power Play: 2 (seventeen, thirty-four, fifty-six, sixty, sixty-one, Powerball: nine, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: […]
Massachusetts fugitive dubbed the ‘bad breath rapist’ captured in California after 16 years at large
DANVILLE, Calif. — A fugitive dubbed the “bad breath rapist” has been arrested in the San Francisco Bay Area more than 16 years after he fled following his conviction for […]
California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As corporations increasingly weave artificial intelligence technologies into the daily lives of Americans, California lawmakers want to build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination and outlaw deepfakes that […]
Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?
Melinda French Gates ‘ has a long history of supporting the women’s movement, but it’s her new eye-popping funding commitments that could finally change women’s groups’ long-running lament that less […]
On spelling’s saddest day, hyped National Spelling Bee competitors see their hopes dashed
OXON HILL, Md. — When Achyut Ethiraj’s final appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended far earlier than he anticipated, the 14-year-old grimaced at the microphone, walked off the […]