A tech revolution in rural India: Training poor women in STEM | Women’s Rights
Kandabari, India – On a sunny morning in Kandabari village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, a group of students is learning to…
Romance scammers ‘expert manipulators,’ prosecutors warn in indicting W. Va. man in $96,000 scam
Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors said on Friday they indicted a 52-year-old West Virginia man for taking $96,000 from a woman in what they…
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates Adnan Syed murder conviction
Maryland's Supreme Court Friday upheld a state appellate decision and reinstated Adnan Syed's murder conviction. Syed's case was featured in the 'Serial' podcast. The state…
California tries again to ban plastic grocery bags
Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will…
Venezuela hit by nationwide power outages, government blames saboteurs | Energy News
In the wake of last month’s contested presidential election, officials have been quick to blame opponents for disruptions.Most of Venezuela woke up to a power…
Buying sex from a minor could be a felony under bill headed to Newsom
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Friday approved legislation to crack down on child prostitution and allow prosecutors to charge anyone who purchases sex from a minor…
Brazilian supreme court justice orders suspension of X across country
X faces a ban in Brazil after failing to name a legal representative in the country. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Aug.…
Doug Emhoff as ‘first gentleman’? Here’s what that would mean
The world’s Jewish population peaked 85 years ago at an estimated 16.6 million. After the horrors of World War II, that number was down to…
More than $200m: How Kamala Harris is winning the small donors battle | US Election 2024 News
Since Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic presidential frontrunner – and then the party’s official candidate – following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race…
Polls: Harris leads Trump in post-DNC afterglow
With just over two months left until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris has taken a slight lead over former President Trump in national polls…
Dallas police officer shot, killed in patrol car; shootout injures 2 responding officers
1 of 2 | A Dallas Police Department officer was killed in the line of duty late Thursday night, while two responding officers were shot…
Family of store manager killed by LAPD gets $9.5-million settlement
The city of Los Angeles will pay nearly $40 million to settle three lawsuits alleging abuses by the LAPD, including a case brought by the…
Power begins to return to parts of Venezuela after mass outage | Elections News
Nicolas Maduro’s government has blamed sabotage for the nationwide power outages.Power has begun to return to some parts of Venezuela after its capital Caracas and…
First Harris-Walz interview scores 6.3 million viewers on CNN
CNN’s much-anticipated sit-down interview with the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minn. Gov. Tim Walz averaged 6.3 million viewers Thursday,…
Storms in Northeast, Gulf, scorching heat in Northwest on tap for holiday weekend
Possibly severe storms with damaging winds are forecast for Labor Day weekend across the Northeast, Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Appalachians as millions of holiday travelers…
Trump’s politicking at Arlington should disgust all of us
Former President Trump did something breathtakingly cynical, certainly immoral and probably illegal the other day. In other words, it was Monday.Trump used an appearance on…
Is Israel’s war on Gaza spilling over into the occupied West Bank? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli forces conduct largest military operation in the Palestinian territory in decades.On Wednesday, Israeli forces launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank.…
California to pay $350,000 to settle harassment suit against treasurer
California taxpayers will pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who alleged that Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is now running…
What we know about ‘pauses’ in Gaza fighting & polio vaccine drive | Newsfeed
NewsFeedA series of pauses in fighting are due to begin this weekend in Gaza to allow vaccination against polio, which has returned to the Strip…
Neighbor arrested in missing California couple’s disappearance
1 of 3 | Police in California have arrested a man in connection with Daniel Menard, 79, and Stephanie Menard, 73, who disappeared from their…