Foreign students ask judge to halt pre-graduation immigration purge
ATLANTA (CN) — Over a hundred international college students asked a federal judge on Thursday to allow them to resume their studies and work while the court determines whether the government abused its power in suddenly terminating their immigration records....
The great spectacle of Green Bay’s first NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CN) — Round one of the 2025 NFL Draft kicked off on Thursday, hosted for the first time by the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. In the perfect storm of light beer and pull tabs, they even let in a few Chicago Bears fans. “You’re gonna see a lot of...
Trump pardons Vegas pol and wire fraud convict Michele Fiore
LAS VEGAS — Michele Fiore, the former Las Vegas council member and Nye County justice of the peace convicted last year on wire fraud accusations, announced Thursday that she’d been pardoned by President Donald Trump. Fiore faced a May 14 sentencing in federal court on...
Judge tentatively dismisses Visa from Pornhub sex trafficking lawsuits
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday tentatively dismissed claims against Visa Inc. and the former owners of Pornhub from a group of lawsuits by women who were minors when sexually explicit videos of them were posted on the website. U.S. District Judge...
From banning tech to ending sister-city ties, US states have at least 240 anti-China proposals
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers across the U.S. have introduced at least 240 anti-China proposals this year, aiming to ensure public funds don’t buy Chinese technology or even T-shirts, coffee mugs and key chains for tourists. They’re also targeting...
Ex-Twitter exec gets go-ahead for $20 million severance suit against Elon Musk
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge advanced claims from a former chief marketing officer of what was then Twitter that she is owed $20 million in back pay. Leslie Berland, who served as the social media platform’s chief marketing officer for seven years when...
Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend
(AP) — Jurors in the second murder trial of Karen Read heard conflicting evidence Thursday about her relationship with her boyfriend, the Boston police officer she’s accused of killing. Prosecutors say Read backed her SUV into John O’Keefe, 46, in 2022 after...
A carnivorous ‘bone collector’ caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey
NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It creeps along spiderwebs, feeding on trapped insects and...
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funds to schools with DEI programs
(CN) — A federal judge on Thursday kneecapped the Trump administration’s efforts to pull government funding from K-12 public schools with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by ruling that those efforts amount to “textbook viewpoint discrimination,”...