Author Mac Barnett named new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature i s a prolific, best-selling author of children’s books who hopes to use his two-year term to promote the wonders of ...
Film director found guilty of sexual assault in France’s first big MeToo trial
A Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adele Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big MeToo trial.
Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation into the country’s policies, claiming that a ...
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy award for narrating Sunday school audiobook
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award.
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has ...
Trump administration’s push for a federal funding freeze is back in court
A planned Trump administration freeze on federal funding is heading back to a Washington courtroom on Monday. A judge is ...
USAID staffers are instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to ...
Blast in an upscale residential area in Moscow kills 1 and leaves 4 wounded
A blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow killed one person and wounded four others on Monday morning, Russian news agencies reported, citing emergency officials. Those ...
USAID leaders escorted out of building after blocking DOGE access to secure systems
Officials said USAID members were eventually unsuccessful and DOGE teams were able to gain access to some of the agency’s classified information, including intelligence reports.
Britain’s Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky
Keir Starmer travels to Brussels on Monday, becoming the first British prime minster to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago. Starmer ...
Faced with Trump’s threats over Greenland, Denmark’s leader seeks support from her EU partners
Denmark’s prime minister insisted on Monday that Greenland is not for sale and called for a robust response from her European ...
Lindsey Vonn faces more criticism for competing at age 40 than Tom Brady, Lewis Hamilton
When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40, he wasn’t considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen ...