APRIL 12, 2023
FILE - A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
National Public Radio is quitting Twitter...
APRIL 12, 2023
An electric vehicle charges at a charging station in Detroit. The Biden administration is proposing strict new auto pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032. ((Nam Y. Huh / AP))
The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as...
APRIL 11, 2023
The Colorado River near Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border, March 13, 2023. - Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
Federal officials are proposing a plan to cut water allotments to states dependent on the Colorado River system to combat dwindling water levels on one of the country's most important bodies of water.
The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau...
APRIL 11, 2023
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the...
APRIL 11, 2023
FILE - An NYSE sign is seen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wall Street is drifting Tuesday, April 11, with stocks and bonds making only modest moves ahead of reports later in the week with the potential to move markets.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NEW YORK — Wall...
APRIL 11, 2023
Eeconomist Sanjeev Sanyal
Noted economist Sanjeev Sanyal on Monday backed the artificial intelligence, calling it "a great social leveller". "Those who merely invested in learning the right jargon and accent, rather than ideas, will get weeded out," said Sanyal, who is also the Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. "Why is this a bad...
APRIL 11, 2023
A judge rejected a request by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to remain free on bail. - Getty
Elizabeth Holmes' request to remain free on bail was denied on Monday by a US judge.
The judge described Holmes' one-way ticket to Mexico as a "bold move" and "ill-advised."
The Theranos founder is expected to begin serving her sentence...
APRIL 11, 2023
Less than a year after the US Supreme Court ended legal protection for abortions nationwide, clinics that provide reproductive health care across the United States are bracing for more restrictions on the care they provide to women.
If a judge’s ruling takes effect Friday, it may soon be illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, the first in a...
APRIL 10, 2023
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Reading, Pa. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. - Matt Rourke, AP
The Biden administration Monday announced a $5 billion program to accelerate the development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
Like Operation Warp Speed, which developed and distributed vaccines in the early days of the pandemic,...
APRIL 10, 2023
The leak of a trove of classified U.S. military documents, some of which began to spread on chat platforms in recent weeks and more of which have emerged since, has spooked officials around the world — none more so than in Washington, as the defense and intelligence establishment scrambles to assess the damage and the Justice Department...
