ATLANTA — Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student […]
$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to Indian carbon-capture company
An Indian company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to help draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been awarded a $50 million grand prize in a global […]
Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants
McALLEN, Texas — Hubert Montoya burst out laughing when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security emailed to say he should leave the country immediately or risk consequences of being deported. […]
New Jersey forest fire prompts thousands of evacuations and closes a major highway
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The Garden State […]
Jury finds The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
NEW YORK — A jury concluded Tuesday that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial that she says […]
Man convicted of murdering a Connecticut woman whose young daughter has never been found
MILFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut jury on Tuesday convicted a man of murder and evidence tampering in the 2019 killing of his girlfriend, while the disappearance of their young daughter […]
Texas Lottery’s top executive resigns as scrutiny over jackpot winners intensifies
AUSTIN, Texas — The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned, the latest shake-up at the state’s retail gambling enterprise amid multiple investigations into jackpots in 2023 and […]
George Santos defends social media tirade to judge set to sentence him for fraud
NEW YORK — George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on […]
Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he’s ‘in good hands’
ST. ALBANS, Vt. — A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing […]
DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House leaves capital city in budget limbo
WASHINGTON — Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to keep the focus on a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used development. But she couldn’t help fielding a string of questions about […]