WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution’s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and … Read More
April 21 (UPI) — California’s Department of Water Resources expects to deliver 100% of the state’s requested water supplies this year with reservoirs close to full capacity and snowmelt runoff beginning. After years of drought, it’s the first 100% allocation … Read More
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the biggest and most powerful … Read More
April 19 (Reuters) – Florida education officials voted on Wednesday to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades, expanding on a law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that barred such lessons for … Read More
Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay $787.5m (£634m) – about half of the $1.6bn … Read More
US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood. Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as … Read More
The shooting of a 16-year-old Black boy in Kansas City, Missouri, has sparked national outcry as police investigate whether race played a motivating factor. Ralph Yarl has been identified by his family online as the teenager who was shot after … Read More
DADEVILLE, Ala. – Authorities in Alabama were imploring people to come forward with information Sunday about a shooting that killed four people and injured 28 others during a teenager’s birthday party. The shooting happened at a birthday party in downtown Dadeville at around 10:30 … Read More
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest Thursday of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman in Massachusetts suspected of leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine. Teixeira, 21, is charged with the alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified … Read More
Six people are dead and eight others were injured after a mass shooting Monday atOld National Bank in downtown Louisville, and the city is still working to recover Tuesday. Louisville Metro Police officers responded to reports of an active shooter … Read More