Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Tuesday defended the Trump administration’s budget for her department and its goal of shifting authority over education to the states. McMahon said during a Senate hearing on her agency’s budget that the department “has carefully scrutinized every dollar of taxpayer investment to ensure that it supports clear pathways to success …
The NCAA is still deliberating expanding March Madness on both the men’s and women’s sides to 76 teams for next season — a much-expected development that’s been in the works for years. The NCAA released a brief statement Tuesday in the wake of an ESPN report that cited unnamed sources saying a decision to add …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic. Bongos, rare antelopes known for their striking stripes, have been declared critically endangered due to poaching and diseases. There are less than 100 mountain …
BRUSSELS, April 29 (Reuters) – Meta Platform’ Facebook and Instagram were charged on Wednesday with breaching landmark EU tech rules and must do more to prevent children under 13 from accessing both social networks, EU regulators said on Wednesday. The charges under the Digital Services Act, which requires Big Tech to do more to tackle …
April 29 (Reuters) – Russia has attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region with drones in overnight strikes that also damaged residential buildings and a hospital and left two people wounded, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper, writing on Telegram, said the attack in the south of the Odesa region destroyed …
SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday gave a seven-year jail term to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstructing investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant since his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration. The Seoul High Court delivered the ruling in a televised hearing, the first decision …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California. Jamie Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez admitted to following a Border Patrol agent on Jan. 8 while he was …
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has mandated what it calls “enhanced” security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent to the employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Internal guidance by USCIS directed …
April 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday asked for nominations to the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically has 16 members, last met over …
A powerful storm ripped through the North Texas city of Mineral Wells Tuesday evening and caused serious damage, authorities said. City officials said Tuesday night that several people were injured and two were brought to Palo Pinto General Hospital, but no critical injuries or deaths were reported. The storm appeared to have blown through an …