10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s order
(AP) — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including a handwritten note by the gunman that said the Democrat “must be disposed of.” The release continued the disclosure of national secrets...
California judge upholds ban on outing of trans students by school districts
(CN) — A federal judge in California has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit filed by religious parents and conservative school districts aimed at blocking a new state law that prohibits school districts from adopting policies that notify parents when a student starts going...
Rubio says US ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks
(CN) — Following discussions with European and Ukrainian officials in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday warned the United States may “move on” from talks to end the Ukraine-Russia war unless progress can be made quickly. Rubio’s comments...
Chinese vent anger at Trump’s trade war with memes, mockery
BEIJING (AFP) — While China’s leaders use their economic and political might to fight Donald Trump’s trade war “to the end,” its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online. The U.S. president’s tariff...
Citing escalating threats, judiciary urges Congress to set aside more cash for court security
WASHINGTON (CN) — The federal judiciary’s policymaking body has warned congressional appropriators that funding for security measures at federal courts isn’t enough to meet rising threats against judges and courthouses. The plea for additional security appropriations,...
Wisconsin Supreme Court backs governor’s veto power after ‘absurd’ 400-year tax extension
MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court said on Friday that the governor’s creative use of his partial veto powers to extend a school tax limit increase by 400 years is constitutional in a majority opinion along ideological lines. The Wisconsin Legislature,...
Free preventive care faces amputation at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (CN) — A cornerstone of the U.S. crusade to end the HIV epidemic could come crashing down at the Supreme Court next week in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care mandate, bringing other services along with it. Under the...
Venice expands its day-tripper tax program in bid to combat overtourism
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk. A...
Bloody Philippines passion play sees final performance of veteran ‘Jesus’
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippines sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarizing Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees. The macabre spectacle, officially...