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 […]
Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
A report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. […]
Niger's highest court lifts deposed President Mohamed Bazoum's immunity, opening the door to prosecute him
Niger’s highest court lifts deposed President Mohamed Bazoum’s immunity, opening the door to prosecute him Source link
Putin promises a cease-fire in Ukraine if Kyiv withdraws troops from occupied regions and renounces plans to join NATO
Putin promises a cease-fire in Ukraine if Kyiv withdraws troops from occupied regions and renounces plans to join NATO Source link
AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it’s ripping them off
The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google […]
Zoo in Tennessee blames squeezable food pouch for beloved antelope’s death
LIMESTONE, Tenn. — An antelope choked on a squeezable food pouch and died over the weekend at a northeastern Tennessee zoo, officials said. Lief, a 7-year-old male sitatunga, died Saturday […]