FBI serving search warrants at Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent’s home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home. Federal officials in Los Angeles were serving the warrants Wednesday as part of an ongoing
FDA vaccine advisers to meet in March on flu strain selection
Feb 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday its advisory committee is set to meet on March 12 to discuss and make recommendations on the strain composition of flu vaccines for use
Senator urges US House to take new vote on aviation safety bill
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to take a new vote on aviation legislation that failed by one vote after opposition by
Discord postpones age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns about their privacy. The global rollout of the system is now delayed to
Trump’s return to office has seen sweeping changes to immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promoted his immigration and border security record during his State of the Union address, highlighting how the number of migrants arriving at the southern border plummeted since he returned to office
Larry Summers to resign from Harvard, New York Times reports
Feb 25 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard at the end of the academic year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, amid the continuing fallout from his ties
Rubio begins talks with Caribbean leaders amid Cuba worries
By Simon Lewis BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Feb 25 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Caribbean on Wednesday and began talks with leaders in the region who are warning that a growing
Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day in Colorado. The unanimous ruling is a
US to end health aid to Zimbabwe after funding talks collapse
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States has said it will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after negotiations collapsed on a U.S.-proposed funding deal that the African nation rejected in part over a requirement to share
U.S. Surgeon General nominee Means says she backs vaccines, with parental conversations
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general and an ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that