"Young people are voting," former President Barack Obama told Trevor Noah of "The Daily Show." "It has been many times remarked how I got thumped during my midterms during my presidency, and part of it was that voting rates were really low."
Читать полностью…As new Twitter owner Elon Musk shakes up seemingly every corner of the company and a legion of engineers and other staffers exit, some users fear a world without their accounts. Here are some steps you can take to preserve information and stay in touch.
Читать полностью…Five days after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed in their off-campus home last weekend, a deep sense of apprehension and grief is affecting the community
Читать полностью…An American Bar Association panel will consider whether to allow law schools to drop a requirement that applicants take the LSAT or another standardized admissions test, amid debate about whether the tests help or hurt diversity in admissions
Читать полностью…France warned the U.S. that its climate and energy law threatens the economies of Europe and urged the Biden administration to enact the law so that subsidies for American electric vehicles do not put European carmakers at a competitive disadvantage.
Читать полностью…Myanmar’s military junta said it will free thousands of prisoners in a mass amnesty, including several foreign nationals whose governments had lobbied for their release
Читать полностью…The public school district in Uvalde, Texas, has a police chief for the first time since firing the previous leader who was on duty during the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting.
Читать полностью…Russia’s international isolation grew Wednesday, as world leaders issued a joint declaration condemning its war in Ukraine that has killed thousands of people and roiled the global economy
Читать полностью…The U.S. Department of Transportation is levying penalties against six commercial airlines that it says were prone to “extreme delays” throughout the pandemic in paying refunds owed to passengers
Читать полностью…After working for Trump family businesses for nearly 50 years, Allen Weisselberg, 75, took the witness stand Tuesday and started testifying for prosecutors in the criminal tax fraud case against two of those companies.
Читать полностью…Breaking News: Authorities in an Idaho town rattled by the deaths of four students said a knife may have been used in the killings. No suspect was in custody.
Читать полностью…The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist, in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli Defense Ministry said.
Читать полностью…In Tuesday's paper:
- Biden: US ‘stands ready’ to work with China
- 3 football players slain in Virginia university shooting
- 82 schools across US have had names erased
- Another court blocks Biden’s plan to forgive student loans
About 48,000 academic employees across the University of California system walked off the job Monday morning, demanding higher pay and improved working conditions, according to the union representing them.
Читать полностью…Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia said that he had tested positive for Covid and that his delegation would cut short its trip to Bali for the G20 summit. He had met with President Biden, who tested negative on Tuesday.
Читать полностью…Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, on Friday formally announced his run for Democratic leader, a bid that, if successful, would make him the first Black man to hold the top party leadership role in either chamber of Congress.
Читать полностью…Operation Warp Speed, the Trump-era program that poured billions of dollars into developing Covid shots, has lost steam as a third pandemic winter begins. Efforts to produce next-generation vaccines are bogged down by bureaucratic and financial problems.
Читать полностью…In the interview, Ronaldo said he felt betrayed by the Premier League club, stated his lack of respect for manager Erik ten Hag, and cast doubt on whether he would return to the team
Читать полностью…Breaking: Meta fired or disciplined employees it accused of improperly taking over user accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes, people familiar with the matter say
Читать полностью…The cost of a New York City taxi ride is expected to increase by nearly 23% by the end of 2022, marking the first taxi fare increase in a decade, according to a unanimous vote held Tuesday by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Читать полностью…Elon Musk recently floated the possibility of someone succeeding him as Tesla CEO and identified a potential successor, a board member said while testifying in a trial over the billionaire’s pay package at the electric-vehicle maker
Читать полностью…Take an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal https://on.wsj.com/3EBt7UO
Читать полностью…China and the U.S. showed how global summits are an arena for great power competition with implications for the war in Ukraine and Asia’s future.
Читать полностью…Democrats reacted to former President Donald Trump’s announcement of another presidential run with a mixture of exhaustion, wariness and bravado. President Biden on Twitter posted a video that laced into his record. “Donald Trump failed America,” he wrote.
Читать полностью…Take an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal https://on.wsj.com/3X0WJlX
Читать полностью…On today’s 5 Things podcast:
1️⃣ Biden pushes China’s Xi to work together
2️⃣ Student loan forgiveness stuck in courts
3️⃣ Human rights rolled back in Iran, Afghanistan
4️⃣ California academic workers strike
5️⃣ Sperm counts down
Listen to the full episode ⤵️
https://t.co/Y1PhkZqQPT
Four college students were found dead in a house near the University of Idaho campus Sunday, setting off a homicide investigation and sending shock waves through the campus of about 11,500 students
Читать полностью…Airlines have paid more than $600 million in refunds to hundreds of thousands of passengers for canceled or changed flights since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Transportation announced.
Читать полностью…President Biden and President Xi Jinping met on Monday, agreeing that neither wanted competition between their two superpowers to erupt in conflict. "We’re going to compete vigorously, but I’m not looking for conflict," Biden said after the meeting.
Читать полностью…As the dust settles from one of the most shocking financial implosions in history, one of the key unknowns is how much customers who can’t access their money can expect to get back from crypto exchange FTX.
The answer may be zero, legal experts say.