Russian general killed by car bomb near Moscow
BALASHIKHA, Russia (AFP) — An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine. Authorities named the victim as Lieutenant General...
China says wind and solar energy capacity exceeds thermal for first time
BEIJING (AFP) — China’s wind and solar energy capacity has surpassed that of mostly coal-powered thermal for the first time, the national energy body said Friday. China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases that drive climate change, has pledged...
George Santos gets over 7 years for wire fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal judge on Friday ordered ex-U.S. Representative George Santos to serve 87 months, just over seven years, in prison. The 36-year-old former lawmaker for New York’s 3rd Congressional District pleaded guilty to wire fraud and...
UN food program says has depleted all Gaza food stocks as Israel blocks aid
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AFP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks. After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza “is probably the...
Autism is not a disease; it’s a condition
To appoint a fanatic who is neither a doctor nor a scientist as head of a country’s public health is ignorant, stupid and intentional. The closest precedent would be when Josef Stalin appointed Trofim Lysenko to lead the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1940, giving...
Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to decide on contesting, docs show
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Migrants subject to removal from the U.S. under the contested Alien Enemies Act are getting about 12 hours to decide if they want to contest their removal, according to court documents unsealed Thursday — a window the government...
Cap on annual rent increases clears key California hurdle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The rent, many California lawmakers agree, is too damn high. The phrase appeared often during a Thursday hearing as Assembly members examined a bill that would further cap allowable rent increases, include single-family homes in tenant...
Federal judge halts logging plan in Oregon
(CN) — A judge on Thursday put the brakes on a plan to harvest commercial timber on more than 13,000 acres of federal land in Oregon, pending a detailed environmental analysis. U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai found that the Bureau of Land Management failed to...
School voucher bill heads to Texas governor
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — The Texas Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a $1 billion school voucher bill, ending a long-fought campaign by Republicans and sending the matter to Governor Greg Abbott for his signature. After being approved by the Texas House of...