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US students held for two weeks in Denmark following dispute with Uber driver
Two US college students were arrested and detained for two weeks in Denmark after an alleged altercation with an Uber driver, local police said Tuesday.
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
The Trump administration announced Monday that it would freeze $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in ...
Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House
Tensions are rising across American academia as the Trump administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts at Harvard University after its leaders refused to make key policy ...
US autism rate continues to rise, CDC says, pointing to greater awareness and better screening
A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among US children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...
Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says
Hamas is “studying” an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would see 10 hostages released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, an official with the militant group ...
As he lionizes a strongman, Trump flexes power over the law, top colleges and the media
Only three months into his new term, President Donald Trump is escalating a battle against institutions that challenge his strongman instincts, including the courts, the legal profession, elite ...
Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court
Four journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six months in a penal colony on Tuesday, after they were accused of working for a ...
‘Nonsense’: CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checks Stephen Miller’s claim about mistakenly deported man
CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale fact-checks Stephen Miller’s claims about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was deported to El Salvador on March 15. The Supreme Court ruled that ...
In Iran talks, Trump envoy stresses verification of nuclear program, omits demand for dismantlement
US envoy Steve Witkoff has said that moving forward, talks with Iran would be about verification of its nuclear program, stopping short of calling for Tehran to dismantle it altogether.
Tariffs on toilet paper? Europe threatens tit-for-tat levies on a range of US goods if trade talks fail
The European Union has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on American toilet paper, soybeans, eye makeup and hundreds of other products if trade negotiations with the United States aren’t ...
Boeing shares fall on report that China has halted its deliveries as part of trade war
Shares of Boeing fell in early trading Tuesday following a report that China has halted delivery of its jets to airlines in that country as part of the escalating trade war between the country and the ...
IRS employees expect to learn their layoff fate around Tax Day, their busiest time of the year
Internal Revenue Service workers are expecting to soon learn their employment fate, coinciding with Tuesday’s tax-filing ...