Alphabet will contribute $22 million toward a new White House State Ballroom under a legal settlement with President Donald Trump tied to his YouTube ban, as demolition images of the East Wing spark public anger. The payment, recorded in federal court in Oakland, will go to the Trust for the...
Ruth Ellis’s grandchildren have asked Justice Secretary David Lammy for a posthumous conditional pardon, arguing the last woman hanged in Britain was abused before she shot her lover, David Blakely, in 1955. They cite assaults, an illegal abortion and a miscarriage, and note the judge told jurors to disregard her...
In NPR’s Far-Flung Postcards, the author seeks respite from Mumbai’s heat and clamor with a family break near Goa and a dawn Vistadome ride on the 12051 Jan Shatabdi Express, departing 5:10 a.m. from the British-era Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. As the sun rose and mist lifted, swivel seats faced...
President Donald Trump rejected a request to meet with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, saying he’ll talk only after the three-week U.S. government shutdown ends. Democrats are withholding support for a Republican stopgap funding bill unless an enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credit, expiring Dec. 31, is extended...
The U.S. military carried out its eighth strike on an alleged drug cartel boat since early September, hitting a vessel in the Eastern Pacific west of Central America on Tuesday night, officials said. There were no survivors; two people were killed, and no U.S. forces were harmed. Defense Secretary Pete...
Preliminary research in Nature suggests Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots may strengthen checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced lung and skin cancers. Reviewing nearly 1,000 cases at MD Anderson, researchers from Houston and the University of Florida found patients vaccinated within 100 days of starting treatment lived longer; vaccinated lung cancer...
Retired by the Trump administration in May, the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database has been relaunched outside government by Climate Central, using the same methods and led by previous administrator Adam Smith, a former NOAA economist. Its first update shows the first half of 2025 is costliest since 1980,...
President Donald Trump rebuked U.S. cattle ranchers, saying they “don’t understand” how tariffs buoyed them and urging them to cut prices. He pointed to a 50% tariff on Brazilian beef and said his team is weighing purchases from Argentina to lower consumer costs. Beef prices have climbed over the past...
President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account Wednesday to urge American cattle ranchers to lower prices, while insisting his tariffs are the reason the industry is “doing so well, for the first time in decades.” He highlighted a 50% tariff on cattle from Brazil and argued that without his...
General Motors will roll out a Google Gemini–powered conversational assistant to its cars, trucks and SUVs starting next year, unveiled at GM Forward in New York. Delivered over the air via the Play Store to OnStar-equipped 2015-and-newer vehicles, it promises more natural voice help, web lookups, and tasks like messaging,...
