ALBANY, N.Y. — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a […]
Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender discrimination, dies at 86
Lynn Conway, a pioneer in the design of microchips that are at the heart of consumer electronics who overcame discrimination as a transgender person, has died at age 86. Her […]
A Southwest Airlines plane that did a ‘Dutch roll’ suffered structural damage, investigators say
A Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane’s structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a Southwest Airlines flight last month, U.S. investigators said Friday. […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress will go to court to try to force Garland to turn over audio of Biden interview
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress will go to court to try to force Garland to turn over audio of Biden interview Source link
Judge orders retrial of civil case against contractor accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge on Friday ordered a retrial over allegations that a Virginia-based military contractor contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib […]
Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot
FORT WORTH, Texas — FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to […]
Justice Department won’t prosecute Garland for contempt, says refusal to provide audio wasn’t crime
FILE – Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, […]
A week of disorder in Cleveland, as City Hall remains closed after cyber threat
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s City Hall remained closed to the public Friday, as officials in Ohio’s second-largest city continued to grapple with the effects of a cyber threat. City operations have […]
Vermont governor vetoes data privacy bill
Vermont’s governor has vetoed a broad data privacy bill that would have been one of the strongest in the country to crack down on companies’ use of online personal data […]
Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed
NEW YORK — It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university: $237 million — far beyond the recipient’s endowment. The money was promised […]