A federal judge said the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University was likely unconstitutional
New Orleans jail, site of a brazen inmate escape, faces flooding and plumbing failures
The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a sheriff called “ongoing and severe plumbing failures."
Another teen arrested in deadly hit-and-run of bicyclist posted on social media
Another teenager has been arrested on murder and other charges in connection with a deliberate hit-and-run that targeted a bicyclist on his way to work
Fired federal tech staffers file retaliation claim to a panel whose chairwoman Trump also fired
A group of roughly 80 fired federal employees are appealing their terminations to an administrative body in charge of protecting the rights of federal employees from partisan political practices
Ex-Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man pleads guilty to aggravated assault
A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault and won’t serve any additional time behind bars
Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students
Harvard University is holding it commencement Thursday
Missing family’s boat found in Alaska waters along with human remains
Officials say that nearly a year after a search was suspended for a family of four missing after the boat they were on capsized in waters off Alaska, the vessel along with human remains have been found
More than a long face: horses use ‘rich repertoire’ of expressions to interact
Facial movements help horses communicate signals such as difference between aggression and play, researchers find They might get asked by bartenders about their long faces, but horses pull a variety of expressions when interacting with each other, researchers have found. While facial movements can help members of the same species...
Doctors fear ‘devastating consequences’ for pregnant people after RFK Jr order on Covid-19 boosters
The US health secretary decided to remove booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule Advocates for pregnant people said they are alarmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unprecedented and unilateral decision to remove Covid-19 booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule. A vaccine’s inclusion on the schedule is important for...
RFK Jr threatens ban on federal scientists publishing in top journals
US health secretary calls leading medical journals such as Lancet ‘corrupt’ and pushes to create state-run alternatives Robert F Kennedy Jr has threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, which he branded “corrupt”, and to instead create alternative publications run by the state. “We’re...