Students speak out after some colleges ban TikTok from campuses
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Grace Featherston, a senior theatre education major at the University of Texas at Austin, received an email Tuesday notifying her that TikTok was being restricted at the university, she went
Trial resumes for David Barnes, American detained in Russia
Courtesy Carol Barnes (NEW YORK) — Over the last two months, following lengthy periods of detention in Russia, Americans Brittney Griner, Sarah Krivanek and Taylor Dudley were all allowed to return home — but Alabama native David
$2.5 billion more U.S. military aid headed to Ukraine, but no tanks
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has announced another huge military aid package for Ukraine, totaling $2.5 billion and including close to 150 more armored vehicles — but not the tanks that Ukraine has been requesting.
New law aims to increase women in positions of power across Sierra Leone
President Julius Maada Bio/Twitter (LONDON) — A new law designed to increase the number of women in positions of power in both private and public sectors came into force in Sierra Leone on Thursday. More than a
Supreme Court says it failed to identify who leaked draft abortion opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said it has been unable to determine who leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last May. After a probe that
Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' film shooting
Jason Marz/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,”
Reports of children poisoned with marijuana edibles spike in Mississippi, state medical center says
Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state’s poison control
Lesion removed from Jill Biden's left eyelid was noncancerous, doctor says
Official White House Photo by Erin Scott (WASHINGTON) — A small lesion removed from first lady Jill Biden’s left eyelid last week has been found to be noncancerous, White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said Thursday. In
New law aims to increase women in positions of power across Sierra Leone
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — A new law designed to increase the number of women in positions of power in both private and public sectors came into force in Sierra Leone on Thursday. More than a year after
Family of 6-year-old who shot teacher speaks out for first time
Jay Paul/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The family of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting a teacher at his Virginia elementary school is speaking out for the first time. The family said the “firearm our son