A 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney has faced charges that were dismissed by a court, a state government minister has said. Newspapers have also reported that the boy was accused of threatening to shoot fellow students. The boy is the third Australian child to be accused of a […]
Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world, yet it is running out of water. It’s a slow-motion disaster decades in the making, caused by a litany of issues including human-induced climate change. Residents are deeply concerned about the impending water crisis. In Mexico City, many treat every drop of water with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity during the presidential debate to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade, something his campaign sees as a major motivator for voters. That’s not what […]
Two of four incumbent members of the Utah State Board of Education, all Republicans, appeared to lose their re-election bids in Tuesday’s primary election. Incumbent Brent Strate, who ran to return to the District 3 seat in portions of Davis and Weber counties, was defeated by Rod Hall, a youth pastor, who received about 55% […]
Filipino soldiers involved in a clash last week with Chinese coast guard have been awarded medals. Their vessels came under attack last week while delivering supplies in the disputed South China Sea. The award ceremony is unlikely to ease tensions with China in the contested region. Filipino soldiers who reportedly used their bare hands to […]
Larger class sizes and a potential squeeze on quality extras await many Minnesota students this fall following the latest wave of annual school district budget cuts. Federal COVID aid expires in September and the impact will be especially harsh in Minneapolis and St. Paul under 2024-25 budgets approved this month. But few school systems have […]
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. We’re in the final stretch of the Supreme Court term, with Donald Trump’s immunity appeal still undecided and the court ending this week with the long-awaited Second Amendment ruling in United States v. Rahimi. The justices upheld a commonsense law that was only in doubt because of the GOP-appointed […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, has died at 94. Pressler, who died June 7, was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, has died at 94. Pressler, who died June 7, was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, died June 7. He was 94. Pressler was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, then of […]
The family of one of the hostages rescued in an Israeli operation over the weekend has said that he experienced psychological abuse over the hands of his Hamas captors during the eight months that he was held in Gaza. Andrey Kozlov, 27, was rescued alongside Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan and Shlomi Ziv during a raid on […]
For such an extravagant pay package, you would expect Musk’s full attention – which Tesla doesn’t have – Apu Gomes/Getty Images Tesla’s shareholders will be offered a free tour of a Tesla factory, perhaps a blue tick on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, or even a trip in one of his space rockets. […]