Colette Delawalla launched Stand Up for Science to push back against the Trump’s cuts to medical and scientific research Nineteen days into the second administration of Donald Trump, Colette Delawalla reached her limit. The 30-year-old budding clinical psychologist and mother of a toddler had been eager to finish her dissertation and launch a scientific career … Read more
Ahead of the US’s 250th birthday, the president has launched six mobile museums that celebrate a white, Christian rewriting of the nation’s story George Washington greets you as you enter the truck. The great man, dressed elegantly in a black velvet coat and white cravat, stares out from the 1796 Lansdowne portrait, the lifesize image … Read more
San Antonio seal 4-1 series win over Portland Knicks one game from progressing after win over Hawks Victor Wembanyama had 17 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks as the San Antonio Spurs eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers and won a playoff series for the first time since 2017. De’Aaron Fox had 21 points, Julian Champagnie … Read more
War Secretary Pete Hegseth is slated to defend the Trump administration’s war in Iran amid intensifying questions from lawmakers as he heads to Capitol Hill for the first time since the outbreak of the conflict. Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine will testify before the House Armed Services Committee … Read more
Gunfire erupted near a Seattle community center Tuesday evening while Mayor Katie Wilson was attending a community event with families and children present, police said. Multiple individuals were reported firing shots around 5:30 p.m. in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood near the Yesler Community Center, where Wilson had been speaking, the Seattle Police Department said in … Read more
US suspect held in south-east Asia after genealogical DNA identified him in Tampa-area case involving 7-year-old girl A man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Florida in 1989 was recently arrested in the Philippines, according to authorities. Preserved DNA and genealogical research allowed investigators to identify Young Tom Talmadge, 69, as … Read more
Comey, one of Donald Trump’s political enemies, charged with two felonies. Plus, Disneyland introduces facial recognition Good morning. The justice department filed new criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, on Tuesday. What has he been charged with? Two felonies: making a threat against the president, and transmitting that threat, via social media, … Read more
Republican Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida announced that he will not run for re-election this year. “After much prayerful consideration and discussion with my beloved wife Sandy, I have decided not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives,” he said, according to a Tuesday press release. “It has been an honor and … Read more
Pace of sea-level rise has turned Outer Banks coastal area into a ‘canary in the coalmine’ for other east coast communities Moving house has a more literal meaning on Hatteras Island, the slender hook of land that juts off the coast of North Carolina. After a slew of houses toppled spectacularly into the Atlantic Ocean … Read more
US president said UK monarch agreed Tehran should not be allowed nuclear weapons In his state dinner speech King Charles appeared to suggest to president Trump that the purpose of his state visit was to “put the ‘special’ back into our relationship” – just as Queen Elizabeth II did almost 70 years ago. Charles spoke … Read more
