• Family of Colorado antisemitic attack suspect taken into ICE custody and has visas revoked, source says
    2025-06-04

    An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by on the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. Photo by ELI IMADALIAFP via Getty Images The family of the Egyptian national charged with attemp...

  • Lee Jae-myung elected S. Korea's president
    2025-06-04

    Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, gestures while standing next to his wife Kim Hye-kyung, as he greets his supporters in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2025. REUTERSKim Hong-Ji SEOUL -- Lee Jae-myung of South Korea's major...

  • Chinese, German scientists discover super-Earth planet in Sun-like star's habitable zone
    2025-06-04

    [PhotoYunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences] KUNMING -- For centuries, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has intrigued humanity, and now a joint discovery by Chinese and German scientists may offer a significant clue. Based on the Transit Timing Variation TTV tec...

  • Trump FEMA Boss Baffles Staff With Bonkers Hurricane Comment
    2025-06-03

    Photo Illustration by Thomas LevinsonThe Daily BeastGettyDHS Donald Trump’s FEMA chief left his staff scratching their heads when he said he was unaware that the U.S. has a hurricane season. David Richardson, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sparked confusion and ...

  • ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home
    2025-06-03

    HOUSTON AP — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress call. When offic...

  • South Korea goes to the polls to elect new president after Yoon crisis
    2025-06-03

    Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos following Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul during the presidential election that will place liberal Lee Jae-myun...

  • Bill Gates says most of the $200 billion he's pledged to donate will go to Africa
    2025-06-03

    Bill Gates is revealing his plans for the $200 billion he intends to give away through his foundation over the next 20 years, vowing that much of the money will go to Africa. Gates, who earlier this month told "CBS Mornings" about his plans to donate the bulk of his fortune, disclosed his intenti...

  • Boulder attack suspect charged with federal hate crime, said he 'wanted to kill all Zionist people': Court documents
    2025-06-03

    The man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails in an "act of terrorism" during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, injuring 12 people, has been charged with a federal hate crime and state charges including 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to court documents. The s...

  • Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
    2025-06-03

    Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed The Kaktovik lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National wildlife refuge in Kaktovik, Alaska, on 15 October 2024. Photograph: Lindsey WassonAP Millions of acres of Al...

  • Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard
    2025-05-30

    BOSTON AP — A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs extended the block she imposed last week with a temporary restraining order, which allows the Ivy ...

  • Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town
    2025-05-30

    A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern Switzerland -- flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten ...

  • How a Small Wine Importer Took On Trump’s Tariffs
    2025-05-30

    Business owner Victor Owen Schwartz teamed up with a libertarian legal group to fight in a landmark case Victor Owen Schwartz was preparing linguine and clams for dinner Wednesday night when he spotted an email from his lawyers with some good news. “I wasn’t shocked,” said Schwartz. “I thought we w...

  • Miao community crafts rainbow zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival
    2025-05-30

    As Dragon Boat Festival draws near, the Miao community in Taijiang county is busy preparing its signature five-colored zongzi. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Zongzi, a palm-sized food made with glutinous rice and traditionally eaten during Dragon Boat Festival, takes on bright colors in Gu...

  • Popular ice cream chain to close 500 stores due to bankruptcy
    2025-05-30

    Thrifty Ice Cream is closing all of its locations. The 500 ice cream counters located within Rite Aid stores across the United States are set to close following the pharmacy chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month, according toThe Street. Despite the outlets closing, Thrifty Ice Cr...

  • Global aid cuts put children's lives at risk
    2025-05-30

    Children look on inside the UNRWA Siblin Training Centre, where displaced Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are being hosted, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Sidon, Lebanon, October 29, 2024. [PhotoAgencies] Children around the world are in crisis. Every day, ...