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A Sikh Captain America? Why religious diversity matters in the comics universe
Read full article: A Sikh Captain America? Why religious diversity matters in the comics universeRepresentation of many of the world's faiths and spiritual traditions has been minimal to nonexistent in the mainstream comics universe.
'Sinners' puts 'truth on screen' for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Read full article: 'Sinners' puts 'truth on screen' for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansThe blockbuster horror film “Sinners” features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, but impactful scene.
Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction
Read full article: Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony convictionA Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony.
Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release
Read full article: Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for releaseA Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release.
Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee on the run
Read full article: Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee on the runAuthorities are investigating an Instagram photo showing a man who identifies himself as Antoine Massey, a fugitive still at large after escaping more than two weeks ago from a New Orleans jail.
Peruvian migrant acquitted in the first trial over the new militarized zone at US-Mexico border
Read full article: Peruvian migrant acquitted in the first trial over the new militarized zone at US-Mexico borderA Peruvian woman who crossed the U.S. border illegally has been acquitted of unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern border.
What to know as Trump administration targets tuition breaks for students without legal status
Read full article: What to know as Trump administration targets tuition breaks for students without legal statusThe quick end to a Texas law that granted in-state public university tuition prices to students who lack legal resident status stunned immigrant advocates and state Democrats, who call it a cruel punishment for hardworking students that will ultimately hurt the state’s economy.
Judge and lawmakers question the Trump administration's plan to gut Job Corps centers
Read full article: Judge and lawmakers question the Trump administration's plan to gut Job Corps centersMembers of Congress and a federal judge are questioning the Trump administration’s plan to shut down Job Corps centers nationwide.
NTSB finds fuel leak and improperly installed parts in the engine of an airliner that caught fire
Read full article: NTSB finds fuel leak and improperly installed parts in the engine of an airliner that caught fireThe National Transportation Safety Board found a fuel leak and several improperly installed parts inside the engine of an American Airlines plane that caught fire after the plane landed in Denver in March.
Salvage crew bound for the site of a cargo ship fire off the coast of Alaska
Read full article: Salvage crew bound for the site of a cargo ship fire off the coast of AlaskaA salvage team is expected to arrive early next week at the scene of a cargo ship that was carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico when it caught fire in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.
State seeks death penalty for Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campus
Read full article: State seeks death penalty for Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campusA grand jury has indicted a Florida State University student on murder charges for the killings of two people and the wounding of six others in a mass shooting on campus last month.
Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison deal
Read full article: Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison dealA coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Police consider whether 'King of the Hill' actor's sexual orientation played a role in his killing
Read full article: Police consider whether 'King of the Hill' actor's sexual orientation played a role in his killingAuthorities in Texas say investigators are looking into whether the sexual orientation of “King of the Hill” voice actor Jonathan Joss played a role in his shooting death.
Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance
Read full article: Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidanceThe CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.
Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liability
Read full article: Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liabilityThree decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body.
What to know about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day
Read full article: What to know about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on launch dayThe Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit store shelves on Thursday, eight years after the initial release of Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s popular video-game console.
A Massachusetts student arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice has been released
Read full article: A Massachusetts student arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice has been releasedA Massachusetts high school student who was arrested by immigration agents on his way to volleyball practice has been released from custody.
Governments denounce Trump's travel ban and vow to push back against US
Read full article: Governments denounce Trump's travel ban and vow to push back against USOfficials in some of the 12 countries whose citizens will be soon banned from visiting the United States denounced President Donald Trump’s move to resurrect a hallmark policy of his first term and vowed to push back against the U.S. The ban was announced Wednesday and takes effect Monday.
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
Read full article: Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of livesWhen the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.
Inside a historic church painted with murals that reflect searing social commentary
Read full article: Inside a historic church painted with murals that reflect searing social commentaryWorkers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church near Pittsburgh.
David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
Read full article: David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a DemocratA former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president’s adopted home state of Florida and is running as a Democrat.
California's Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago
Read full article: California's Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years agoRoughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them.
Man accused of yelling ‘Free Palestine’ and firebombing demonstrators charged with attempted murder
Read full article: Man accused of yelling ‘Free Palestine’ and firebombing demonstrators charged with attempted murderA man accused of yelling “Free Palestine” and throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza has been charged with 118 counts including attempted murder.
Consultant behind AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden goes on trial in New Hampshire
Read full article: Consultant behind AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden goes on trial in New HampshireA criminal trial is underway for a political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year.
Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopter
Read full article: Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopterThe Washington Department of Natural Resources has been using one of its firefighting helicopters to haul abandoned boats off an uninhabited island in the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound this week.
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing said he 'had it coming,' according to prosecutors
Read full article: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing said he 'had it coming,' according to prosecutorsSix weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel last December, Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel” and expressed that killing the executive “conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming."
Guatemalan man deported to Mexico returns to US after court orders Trump administration to do so
Read full article: Guatemalan man deported to Mexico returns to US after court orders Trump administration to do soAttorneys for a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico say he has landed in California.
Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center
Read full article: Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas centerA judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials.
What to know about Ramón Morales Reyes, a Wisconsin man falsely accused of threatening Trump's life
Read full article: What to know about Ramón Morales Reyes, a Wisconsin man falsely accused of threatening Trump's lifeA man falsely accused of threatening President Donald Trump’s life faces deportation even as Wisconsin authorities say the Mexican immigrant was framed and is a victim of a violent 2023 attack.
2 arrested with arsenal and Nazi paraphernalia after base robbery were ex-military, prosecutors say
Read full article: 2 arrested with arsenal and Nazi paraphernalia after base robbery were ex-military, prosecutors sayInvestigators say two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included explosives and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former military members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend.
Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation
Read full article: Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputationAn adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.
Reddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user comments to train chatbot Claude
Read full article: Reddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user comments to train chatbot ClaudeSocial media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of millions of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?
Read full article: What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer.
San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship
Read full article: San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from shipLeaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay icon Harvey Milk from a U.S. naval ship.
Federal judge blocks Texas law allowing in-state tuition for students without legal residency
Read full article: Federal judge blocks Texas law allowing in-state tuition for students without legal residencyA federal judge has blocked a Texas law that has for decades given college students without legal residency in the U.S. access to reduced in-state tuition, swiftly ruling in favor of the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration into the country.
22 crew members rescued from lifeboat in North Pacific after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire
Read full article: 22 crew members rescued from lifeboat in North Pacific after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fireAll crew members are safe after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship south of Alaska's Adak Island.
Trump promised to welcome more foreign students. Now, they feel targeted on all fronts
Read full article: Trump promised to welcome more foreign students. Now, they feel targeted on all frontsStudents from around the world say being an international student in American today comes with feelings of fear, anxiety and insecurity that have made them more cautious in their daily lives.
A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them
Read full article: A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify themArchaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and Kansas
Read full article: 1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and KansasDallas authorities say one man has died there after his vehicle became stuck in high water during heavy rain.
From ‘Tudo bem?’ to ‘Gracias,’ a growing share of US residents speak a language other than English
Read full article: From ‘Tudo bem?’ to ‘Gracias,’ a growing share of US residents speak a language other than EnglishNew figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 22% of U.S. residents spoke a language other than English at home.