Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE
The White House says it is withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead ICE, ensuring that an agency at the forefront of President Trump's domestic agenda will remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for at least a while longer.
ICE agent appears in Minnesota court to face charges in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
Christian Castro, a federal immigration officer, made his first court appearance in Minnesota since he was booked Wednesday into a local jail. Castro faces multiple state and federal charges in connection with a shooting during the immigration surge in Minnesota.
This spring Jessie Diggins retired as one of America's most successful winter Olympic athletes at age 34. She's relaxing by entering 100-mile trail running races and navigating what comes next.
To prevent deaths in childbirth, Kenyan moms turn to an AI powered chatbot
Many questions come up during pregnancy. Is swelling normal? Are avocados safe to eat? For folks in Kenya who don't have a search engine at their fingertips, a chatbot is offering a lifeline.
A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?
The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in.
'American Scoundrel' traces Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthyism to Trump
In Kai Bird's biography of Cohn, he looks at how the lawyer taught Trump how to deny, delay, attack, sue and countersue, never admit defeat, side-step paying bills and avoid a paper trail.
Greetings from Beijing, where baozi are worth the wait in line
The popular fluffy steamed buns are filled with pork, vegetables, tofu — and in one trendy Beijing shop, chocolate and red beans.
U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran, including a school attack
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab.
The Fed raises interest rates. And, EU proposes Canada become an 'associate member'
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in years. And, the European Union has proposed that Canada become its first-ever "associate member."
Pressure on global chokepoints drives Asia's increased use of Arctic Trade Routes
Asian nations began pilot voyages over a decade ago to find routes to Europe and the Middle East that were faster and less vulnerable to chokepoints. The ongoing war has added impetus to those efforts.
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Remains found after wildfire identified as mother-of-three missing since 2019
A 56-year-old man is arrested after the remains of Joanne Sheen were found in London almost seven years after she went missing.
Charles 'sounded giddily elated' after Diana died, Earl Spencer claims
Buckingham Palace has strongly pushed back against claims in a new book by the late Princess of Wales's brother.
War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
US fans with Ed Sheeran tickets left 'torn' over Macklemore controversy
With Sheeran's next gig this weekend, some ticket holders said they were in two minds about going.
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
British woman rescued in Malawi shootout that left four suspected kidnappers dead
Police exchanged fire with the suspected kidnappers, who were armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol.
New wild cat species discovered - with only one known living member
A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.
Watch: Can humpback whales experience grief?
Rare footage captured by researchers off Australia's Gold Coast suggests humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die.
Badenoch says she is bringing in lawyers to challenge government after Tory-run council's 94% tax hike
A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.
Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Muslim cleric who praised Osama bin Laden
The award was handed out last week, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production
It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
AI coding agents' 0-click RCE flaw could hand attackers keys to the kingdom
Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option
960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom
DoE seeking fault-tolerant quantum computer ... by 2028
Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record
Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar
Eve's dropping in on Alice and Bob
China's Salt Typhoon backdoors Latin American orgs with new snooping malware
Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…
Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool
Why go through the hassle of reading a study for yourself when you can turn it into an AI agent and tell it to reproduce the analysis for you?
London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes
City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data
Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank
Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
Grassroots coalition asks politicians to choose voters over Big AI's $140M machine
QuitGPT-led pledge targets Leading the Future's push for lighter regulation ahead of the midterms
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Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI
Planned 2029 debut could make this Apple’s first enterprise server in decades.
Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them
Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection.
Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.
Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping
Also: Laika Studios debuts a stunning full-length trailer for its stop-motion feature, Wildwood.
Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers
New system-level tools bring Arm chipsets, Android APKs into the Steam ecosystem.
California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex
The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure.
Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls
Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis.
The Specialized Diverge 4 Pro makes rough gravel your playground
The Diverge 4 Pro is happiest when the road gets ugly.
It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.