Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable
EPA fires employees who publicly criticized agency policies under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump
Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife
Tennessee authorities say a cold case investigation reveals that a sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about an organized crime-busting law enforcement officer actually killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies
Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer
Most categories of crime have continued to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd
Federal judge issues order blocking Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States
Execution date set for Florida man who fatally stabbed married couple during 1990 robbery
A Florida man who fatally stabbed a married couple during a robbery is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis
Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools
Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes experiencing engine trouble dumped fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods east of Los Angeles
Workers are facing dangerous heat — even inside fast-food restaurants
Not long ago, Guillermina ran into a coworker at her doctor’s office. The two women work together at a McDonald’s near San Jose, California. When Guillermina asked what her coworker was doing at the doctor, she responded that she’d been feeling ill, adding, “You know how hot it gets in...
Disasters destroyed their homes. Then the real estate ‘vultures’ swooped in.
When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and home made it through unscathed. When he turned...
Szoboszlai’s sublime dummy something more than a cog in Liverpool’s red machine | Barney Ronay
Rio Ngumoha took the headlines for the winner at Newcastle but the Hungarian’s contribution was a thing of beauty Tech types will often talk in reassuring terms about the future co-evolution of humanity and machines. This is not a headlong rush towards a moment of doom-laden singularity, where one day...