UTA will partner with Rice to develop flood warning system for Hill Country
The University of Texas at Arlington was awarded a $4 million grant from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office to help develop a ... Read More
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Trump's quip about sending warship to take Cuba struck a nerve on the island
Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel ramped up his rhetoric this weekend, calling the current U.S. administration “fascist,” after President Donald Trump suggested, apparently in jest, that he could send a U.S. aircraft ...Read more
University of California, unions and state lawmakers back $23 billion bond to counter Trump's funding cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he began canceling federal grants that helped fund research across University of California campuses. The university system estimates that ...Read more
They boarded a luxury Antarctic cruise. Then hantavirus took a deadly toll
Hantavirus is suspected of spreading aboard a luxury cruise ship, killing three passengers and sparking new concerns as a once obscure disease, with an extraordinarily high death rate, rises amid changing climate ...Read more
The Pussycat Dolls announce 'heart-breaking' changes to PCD FOREVER Tour
The Pussycat Dolls have made the "heart-breaking decision" to cancel "all but one" of their North American tour dates due to poor ticket sales.
The chart-topping girl group - which includes Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley ...Read more
Meryl Streep's rep reveals why she won't attend the Met Gala
Meryl Streep never attends the Met Gala because "it has never quite been her scene".
The 76-year-old actress plays Miranda Priestly, a demanding fashion magazine editor, in the Devil Wears Prada film franchise, but she's ...Read more
Boxing star responds to Olivia Rodrigo's Saturday Night Live quip
Jake Paul feels "proud" of Olivia Rodrigo.
The 23-year-old pop star recently joked about Jake's boxing career during her Saturday Night Live monologue, and Jake has now taken to social media to respond to Olivia's ...Read more
Pulitzer Prizes honor Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown for Epstein reporting
Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown on Monday was honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board for her groundbreaking and impactful investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the people and institutions ...Read more
DOJ sues Minnesota over climate lawsuit, says it intrudes on federal authority
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota over the state’s lawsuit that aims to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change.
It’s the latest legal challenge to the state’s case, which alleges that ...Read more
House Democrats' campaign arm takes side in contentious California Central Valley race
Democratic officials are drawing criticism after a surprising move to elevate a preferred candidate in California’s 22nd Congressional District with less than a month before the primary election.
The Democratic ...Read more
Minnesota Legislature: Senate Democratic Farmer-Labor Party passes assault weapons ban bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Democratic-Farmer-Labor majority in the Minnesota Senate passed a gun control package Monday that includes a ban on so-called assault weapons and limits on magazine capacities.
Its passage comes ...Read more
Massachusetts Senate candidates Deaton, Moulton agree to debate ahead of primary, as incumbent Markey remains silent
BOSTON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton and Democrat candidate Seth Moulton agreed Monday to an inter-party debate ahead of September’s primary — as incumbent candidate Sen. Ed Markey remained quiet on ...Read more
'Book of Mormon' status uncertain after theater fire
NEW YORK — “The Book of Mormon” faces an uncertain future following a Monday morning blaze that damaged Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre.
“Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the cast...Read more
Musk agrees to pay $1.5 million over SEC Twitter stake case
Elon Musk agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by failing to properly disclose his growing stake in the social media company.
An ...Read more
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs laws banning 3D-printed guns, creating new overtime rules for ag workers
DENVER — Coloradans will no longer be able to make 3D-printed guns and agricultural workers will have to work 56 hours in a week before they qualify for overtime under a pair of bills signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis ...Read more
NC lawmakers gave autism nonprofit $2 million. Much went to a former colleague
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman won $2 million in state funding for a nonprofit in High Point that provides services for people with autism and other disabilities in 2023. Since then, ...Read more
Musk's lawyer pushes OpenAI's Brockman to give back $29 billion
OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman testified that his stake in the startup is now worth almost $30 billion, prompting an attorney for Elon Musk to ask why he had not donated the bulk of his earnings to the ...Read more
Florida man accused of abusing boy, 5, to 'beat gay' out of him
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Polk County man who told deputies he was trying to “beat the gay out of” a 5-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated child abuse for hurting that child, who suffered a fractured wrist and ...Read more
NYC public schools get lousy grade on protecting student privacy
NEW YORK — NYC public schools suffer from glaring omissions in student data privacy policies, a new audit by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found, raising fresh concerns about the embrace of artificial intelligence in ...Read more
Moore touts Md. for foreign investment, announces new global partnerships
Gov. Wes Moore on Monday pitched Maryland as a “natural home” for foreign investment during a panel at an international business conference, as his administration announced a series of new partnerships aimed at ...Read more
Alberta vote nears as separatists claim 301,000 signatures
CALGARY, Canada — Alberta, the major oil-producing province of Canada, is one step closer to a referendum on independence after leaders of a separatist group said they’ve gathered more than enough signatures to force a...Read more
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