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The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it
One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away ...
The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops
The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has ...
Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he’s a foreign head of state?
Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...
Cities tied to George Floyd mark the 5th anniversary of his death
Religious services, concerts and vigils are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis ...
Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy
The Trump administration’s efforts to block international students from Harvard could come at a hefty price — and not just ...
Whitecaps fall to Loons in Max Clark bobblehead night
Fans were lined up outside before the gates could open ahead of Max Clark's bobblehead giveaway. (May 24, 2025) ...
In their words: How recent presidents have honored America’s fallen on Memorial Day
From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation’s capital to the American burial ground in Normandy, France, presidents ...
The Democrats’ path back to power might start in places like this Appalachian town
Janet Lynn Stumbo leaned on her cane and surveyed the two dozen or so voters who had convened in a small Appalachian town to ...
Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts and dwindling medication
A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti’s prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it ...
Israel says it has intercepted a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday. The missile triggered air raid sirens in Jerusalem and other areas. There were ...
The US has world-class scientific talent. The rest of the world is hoping to lure that away
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants — and governments and universities ...
Massive Russian drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 7 people, officials say
A massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine for a second consecutive night, killing at least seven people and injures dozens, officials said early Sunday. The ...