After a Canadian theme park shuttered its doors, the beluga whales it housed were at risk of being euthanized. Jared Ochacher reports from San Antonio, Texas, on the rescue efforts. Source link
Johannesburg — South African police said Thursday a ninth woman’s body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, and said it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating. All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality over the last two months, raising concerns that they were carried out…
Hot and dry conditions out west fueled at least 200 major wildfires across the U.S. and Canada. Jonathan Vigliotti reports from Spokane, Washington, and Paul Deanno has the forecast. Source link
Computer science is out on U.S. college campuses, while the new “new” things — faculties like critical thinking and communication — may have a familiar ring. The advent of artificial intelligence is giving a new shine to a liberal arts education, which career experts say nurtures the skills valued by employers as AI increasingly changes…
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a collective bargaining agreement with the agency’s union after the bureau’s director abruptly terminated the agreement over claims the union represented an “obstacle to progress.” Vernon Oliver, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, granted a motion for…
When U.S. intelligence agencies look at attempts by foreign countries to meddle in elections, they draw a distinction between “election influence” and “election interference.” Election influence covers attempts by foreign governments to affect who voters decide to vote for, including by promoting or denigrating certain candidates, spreading false claims or sowing distrust. Election interference includes…
The U.S. hit Iran with heavy airstrikes for the fourth night in a row, aimed at preventing the regime’s new attacks on oil and cargo ships. After President Trump floated the idea of the U.S. acting as a “guardian of the Hormuz Strait” on Monday, he reversed his decision. Ed O’Keefe has the details. Source…
Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence. “I think this is a situation where an otherwise good person, upset by…
The U.S. stock market approached record highs on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached within days. Investors were also cheered by strong corporate profits, with companies ranging from equipment maker Caterpillar to software company Palantir Technologies reporting second-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ expectations. …
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes which killed at least…
