London — Some 500 British police officers conducted raids on facilities linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) group Wednesday morning, arresting ten people on suspicion of various offenses including modern slavery, forced marriage and sexual assault. Police from across the northwest of England executed warrants at three addresses, including AROPL’s headquarters in…
Iran’s parliament passed a resolution early this week that would increase punishments for Iranians who interact in any way with foreign media outlets, organizations or individuals. If the legislation is approved by higher authorities as expected, any contact with U.S. media entities, foreign embassies or institutions — whether it takes place inside or outside Iran…
The Israeli military has ordered a criminal investigation into the killing by its forces of 5-year-old Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl whose death in Gaza sparked international outrage after a recording of her final, heart-wrenching moments speaking to paramedics was heard around the world. In a statement Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces acknowledged for the…
Rio de Janeiro — Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said Monday that it had suspended livestreams in Brazil after criticism that it failed to protect children and adolescents. The move came in the wake of a suicide case. Brazil’s government, under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the country’s Supreme…
For incoming freshmen at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it’s hard to imagine a more mortifying first day. All the seniors surround their cars and don’t let them out until they do one specific thing: give their mothers a goodbye kiss. “We hold the car, we hold the car door, preventing it from…
A bird strike may have been the cause of an incident in which a passenger was nearly sucked out of a broken window aboard a Ryanair flight in Europe last month, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report Thursday. According to the NTSB, on the morning of July 10, the No….
A fetus with a rare heart defect being carried by a surrogate from Alaska must receive lifesaving care after birth, a Texas court ruled Tuesday after state Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the case. The surrogate, McKenna West, was about 20 weeks pregnant when the fetus was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a…
Jason Arday, the sociologist who made history as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, has resigned from the university after weeks of mounting accusations of plagiarism and fabrications in his biography. Arday, who joined Cambridge in 2023 at the age of 37, became one of Britain’s most high-profile academics after sharing an extraordinary life story. He…
Several schools in three states will launch the new academic year with a new security measure: drones equipped with pepper spray, strobe lights and other features that their manufacturer says can be used against an active shooter within seconds. The schools, located in Colorado, Florida and Georgia, will be the first to add drones from…
She can command a stadium crowd, but spend some time with Shania Twain and you’ll see she may be most herself with the horses. “I just love being with them,” she said. “I ride in my pajamas in the mornings! … It’s just a great escape.” Shania Twain and Seth Doane riding in Hyde…
