It is a message that was drilled into bicyclists when they were children learning to ride for the first time: Wear your helmet so that you do not crack your skull.
Editors at Northwestern University’s campus newspaper apologized Sunday for its coverage of student demonstrators, which they said was invasive and “hurt students,” spurring a swift backlash from professional journalists and a broader reckoning over reporting practices and diversity in newsrooms.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday invited billionaire Bill Gates to meet so she could allay his worries about her plans to raise taxes on the wealthy and explain “exactly how much” he would pay.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday invited billionaire Bill Gates to meet so she could allay his worries about her plans to raise taxes on the wealthy and explain “exactly how much” he would pay.
Kenneth Cuccinelli, one of the Trump administration’s top immigration officials, set off a controversy this week with comments about “The New Colossus,” the 136-year-old sonnet at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
A man in North Carolina died on Monday after he went swimming in a lake and was infected by Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled organism known as the “brain-eating amoeba.”World7 Aug 2024
Two police officers in Gretna, Louisiana, were fired Monday, four days after one of them referred to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “vile idiot” on social media and suggested that she should be shot.
Two police officers in Gretna, Louisiana, were fired Monday, four days after one of them referred to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “vile idiot” on social media and suggested that she should be shot.World7 Aug 2024
Two police officers in Gretna, Louisiana, were fired Monday, four days after one of them referred to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “vile idiot” on social media and suggested that she should be shot.World6 Aug 2024
Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for portraying Chewbacca in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died at his home in Texas on Tuesday. He was 74.World6 Aug 2024
Residents of Louisiana woke up last week to news of an odd security breach in Baton Rouge, the capital: A man apparently had found his way into the governor’s mansion, and then fell asleep on a couch inside.World6 Aug 2024
A man accused of setting fire to three predominantly black churches in a southern Louisiana parish was charged with hate crimes Monday, adding to the three charges of arson that were filed last week.
A man accused of setting fire to three predominantly black churches in a southern Louisiana parish was charged with hate crimes Monday, The Associated Press reported, adding to the three charges of arson that were filed last week.
Adnan Syed, whose murder trial was dissected on the hit podcast “Serial,” was denied a new trial on Friday by Maryland’s highest court, which reversed a court decision from last year.World6 Aug 2024
On a trip to Costco about four years ago, Jailine Peña López, now 18, asked her mother to buy her a little white table and a little red chair.World6 Aug 2024
After its first spaceflight in December, Virgin Galactic sent the same vessel past the edge of the atmosphere for a second time Friday. This time, the rocket plane went higher and faster than before — and it had three crew members on board instead of two.World6 Aug 2024
After its first spaceflight in December, Virgin Galactic sent the same vessel past the edge of the atmosphere for a second time Friday. This time, the rocket plane went higher and faster than before — and it had three crew members on board instead of two.World6 Aug 2024
A man who had apparently fallen asleep in his car at a Taco Bell drive-through was killed in a barrage of gunfire by six police officers this month in Vallejo, California. Police said he had a gun in his lap and that he appeared to reach for it, but his friends and relatives are calling for the officers’ body camera footage to be released.World6 Aug 2024
After hundreds of text messages between a police lieutenant and a right-wing organizer were made public last week, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, has called for an independent investigation of the Portland Police Bureau.
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