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Are the Trump moves to dismantle USAID a preview of the future for other public servants?
USAID was founded in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy as a way to exert American strength abroad and had only accounted for less than 1% of the federal budget before the Trump administration began ...CBS News - 4d -
Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S.
The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozens of its newspapers, prompting some to publish shorter editions or not print at all.The New York Times - 4d -
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How This Entrepreneur Turned Social Media Star Built His Public Speaking Confidence
These steps can help you structure and deliver the best speech possible.Inc. - 4d -
Postal Service worker pleads guilty to stealing $300,000 worth of money and collectibles
A U.S. Postal Service at the Costa Mesa Post Office stole at least 20 checks that were together worth approximately $284,000.NBC News - 4d -
Watch: Thousands of baby turtles released in Brazil
The project aims to boost numbers of threatened tracajás turtles in Amazonas state.BBC News - 4d -
How many Super Bowls have the Philadelphia Eagles won?
The Philadelphia Eagles have won one Super Bowl trophy and made five appearances to the Big Game in franchise history. They will take on the Kansas City Chiefs today.CBS News - 4d -
‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools
Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home. As Russian tanks advanced into Ukraine in ...The Guardian - 4d -
Boy saves thousands of sweet tubs from landfill
Teddy has collected the plastic confectionery tubs because he wants to help save the planet.BBC News - 4d -
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes in the western Caribbean
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for the Cayman Islands as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were cleared of the threat.NBC News - 4d -
U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
A judge halted parts of the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the agency. A verdict might not come for weeks or even longer as thousands are left in limbo.The New York Times - 4d -
CFPB Workers Protest New Leadership
Russell Vought is now at the helm of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Inc. - 4d -
7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Near Cayman Islands
The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck south of the Cayman Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning across much of the Caribbean was lifted.The New York Times - 4d -
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How Trump, Musk and Bezos could preserve humanity from an asteroid strike
At the moment, humanity has all of its eggs in the planet Earth basket.The Hill - 5d -
'Strike of a lifetime' - an own-goal that belongs in FA Cup folklore
Manchester City come from behind to knock League One Leyton Orient out of the FA Cup but Jamie Donley produces the strike of a lifetime for the Londoners.BBC News - 5d -
Even if France’s budget doesn’t tackle the public deficit, let’s give thanks it exists | Agnès Poirer
Politics have sunk so low since Emmanuel Macron’s snap election, we’re just grateful when foretold catastrophes don’t materialise. Houra! Or rather, hurrah! On Monday, the French government, led ...The Guardian - 5d -
Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important
German voters go to the polls on 23 February in a pivotal vote focused on immigration and the economy.BBC News - 5d -
Thousands of Syrians in limbo as UK Home Office freezes asylum claims
Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK. More than 6,000 Syrians in ...The Guardian - 5d -
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.The New York Times - 5d -
‘It’s a gut punch’: how the California wildfires affected film and TV workers
Nearly 8,000 below-the-line Hollywood workers were in evacuation areas with over 300 losing their homes, a further blow to an industry already struggling. When Sandra French returned to her beloved ...The Guardian - 5d -
Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
A last-minute lawsuit means Trump's efforts to dismantle the overseas aid agency have been put on hold.BBC News - 5d -
What's next for USAID workers amid Trump changes
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development employees on leave. However, the White House still has the agency ...CBS News - 5d -
Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now
A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.CBS News - 5d -
Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave
The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aidFinancial Times - 5d -
Fire Destroys Ohio Farm Building Holding Thousands of Chickens
The facility in western Ohio was licensed to house about 280,000 young hens raised to lay eggs. The destruction came amid egg shortages linked to an avian influenza outbreak.The New York Times - 6d -
Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees
A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.NBC News - 6d -
Many workers would take a pay cut to work from home — some would forgo at least 20% of their salary
Workers cite the work-life balance afforded by hybrid or fully remote jobs as the biggest benefit.CNBC - 6d -
DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers
“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.Wired - 6d -
Thousands block Athens traffic to protest delays in Greek rail disaster inquiry
Several thousand high school and university students have blocked traffic in central Athens in an anti-government protest against delays in an investigation into a 2023 rail disaster that claimed ...ABC News - 6d -
Pakistan to Force Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of the Capital
The order, giving Afghans until March 31 to go elsewhere in Pakistan, came on the heels of President Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions to the United States.The New York Times - 6d -
A Professor Put Her Class on TikTok. Thousands Enrolled in a Digital H.B.C.U.
A video welcoming students to Leah Barlow’s African American studies course inspired Hillmantok, a virtual university of free TikTok lectures from Black academics and experts.The New York Times - Feb. 6 -
Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84
He marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle-exchange programs to slow the spread of AIDS.The New York Times - Feb. 6 -
Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest
President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm.The New York Times - Feb. 6 -
Trump's aid freeze will worsen Sudan famine and cost lives, workers say
Some of the humanitarian aid USAID provided went to the African nation of Sudan. For two years now, its people have been caught in the middle of a civil war between two warlords. Debora Patta got a ...CBS News - Feb. 5
