South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country’s foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues over foreign policy that the Trump administration describes as
US Senate Democrats push for answers on strike targeting Iran girls’ school, civilian casualties
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Nearly every U.S. Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a “swift investigation” of airstrikes on a girls’ school in Iran
Los Angeles school superintendent denies wrongdoing and asks for his job back during federal probe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools who’s on paid leave during a federal investigation released a statement Wednesday denying any wrongdoing and asking to be reinstated as head of the nation’s second-largest
Federal distrust prompts some Democratic states to protect polling places, election records
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate
‘Dances With Wolves’ actor to be sentenced in Las Vegas for sexually assaulting Indigenous girls
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse was expected to be sentenced Wednesday morning for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls, drawing to a close a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country. The sentencing of
US February budget deficit flat at $308 billion as tariff revenues not yet hit by court ruling
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. budget deficit for February was nearly flat with a year earlier at $308 billion as growth in receipts and outlays were largely even, with receipts from President Donald Trump’s tariffs
Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are finally going back to South
Homeland Security restarts Global Entry program after travelers faced long airport lines
The Department of Homeland Security restarted the Global Entry program on Wednesday, a little over two weeks after it halted the service for travelers because of the partial government shutdown. Global Entry allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers to
Progressive states revive push to tax the rich as wealth disparity deepens across the US
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Chuck Collins figures he won life’s lottery by inheriting vast sums of money through his great-grandfather Oscar Mayer’s processed meat company, but rather than fight to protect every dime Collins has helped push
Microsoft backs Anthropic, urging a judge to halt Pentagon’s actions against AI company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is throwing its weight behind Anthropic in asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk. Microsoft, in a legal filing,