Monday, 31 March 2025

Battle over trans athletes' participation in girls sports comes to California Capitol

A committee in the California legislature plans to vote on bills Tuesday that would restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls sports

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ICE says a University of Minnesota student's visa was revoked for drunk driving

Federal officials say a University of Minnesota student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of drunken driving, not student protests

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Two NYPD officers are charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker

Two New York City police officers are charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint of an illegal brothel

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Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

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Judge weighs bid to withhold investigation records in deaths of Gene Hackman, wife

A New Mexico court is weighing whether to block the disclosure of an array of records from an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife, Betsy Arakawa

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Sunday, 30 March 2025

Man dies parachuting in Washington state during a BASE jump, sheriff says

A man has died in Washington state when he was parachuting and struck a cliff after his chute failed to fully open

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Driver facing multiple charges in Brooklyn crash that killed mother, two children

Police say a woman is facing multiple charges after she crashed into a family out for a walk in Brooklyn, killing a mother and her two children

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Saturday, 29 March 2025

Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

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Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administra...

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Friday, 28 March 2025

Man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged

A Connecticut prosecutor says a man who told authorities he was held captive in his own home for two decades has asked why his stepmother is not behind bars after being charged with cruelty to persons and other crimes

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California's snowpack nears historic average with more storms on the way

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, with more snow coming as a winter storm aims for the Sierra Nevada

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Thursday, 27 March 2025

A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients

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Georgia lawmakers won't seek student database after deadly high school shooting

Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence

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