Worcester, Mass., to become sanctuary city for transgender community

Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

The New York Times - 1d

FDA's food safety head resigns over mass layoffs

Jim Jones, the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division, resigned Monday, citing the mass firings of agency staff. According to a copy of his resignation letter viewed by The ...

The Hill - 1d

Judge denies request to temporarily block DOGE's mass firings, access to data

A federal judge denied an urgent request to temporarily block Elon Musk and DOGE from firing employees or accessing records from a half a dozen government agencies.

ABC News - 1d

Trump and Musk speak out in joint interview over mass firings

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are speaking out in a joint interview and defending their efforts to radically remake the federal government. It comes after a federal judge on Tuesday declined ...

NBC News - 1d

Germany marks fifth anniversary of racist mass shooting in Hanau

Yahoo News - 1d

This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses

Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has taken the wraps off her new company, Thinking Machines Lab. Here’s what to know about its goals.

Inc. - 22h

Two Texas teenage girls arrested for 'mass casualty attack' plot

The high school students were planning an attack with pipe bombs and guns, police say.

BBC News - 5h

Woman becomes surrogate for her former teacher struggling with infertility

After struggling with infertility for years, a woman gets a message from her former student offering to be her surrogate. Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" to meet the couple who got a gift from ...

CBS News - Feb. 7

Bencic wins first WTA title since becoming mother

Switzerland's Belinda Bencic beats USA's Ashlyn Krueger in the Abu Dhabi Open final for her first WTA title since becoming a mother.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 8

HHS Has Many Health Equity Offices. What Will Become of Them?

This is a MedPage Today story. Of five major HHS agency offices focused on health equity, only one has taken down its website amid President Trump's executive orders to end federal government ...

ABC News - Feb. 9

Brussels becoming more supportive of Big Tech, says Booking CEO

Also in this newsletter: ruling party to lose outright majority in Kosovo elections

Financial Times - Feb. 10

NHL Rumor Roundup: The Blues Could Become Major Sellers At The Trade Deadline

The St. Louis Blues surfaced in trade speculation and rumors near the end of last week. At risk of missing the playoffs again, will they be sellers and trade their captain?

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 10

The US can’t become the ‘crypto capital of the world’ unless these 6 things change

Crypto advocates may want to pump the brakes after reading President Trump's Jan. 25 executive order

The Hill - Feb. 11

Kevin Durant becomes 8th NBA player to score 30,000 points

The milestone is the latest for Durant, who's been one of the game's most efficient and effective scorers since his rookie season

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 12

First DOGE committee hearing becomes referendum on Elon Musk

The star of the first Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing in the House Wednesday was an individual not in attendance: Elon Musk. Democrats on the panel took intense aim at ...

The Hill - Feb. 12

More than 100 sites across England bid to become ‘new towns’

Sir Keir Starmer claims some will be under construction by end of the current parliament

Financial Times - Feb. 12

RFK Jr. poised to become HHS secretary after clearing key hurdle

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to become the next secretary of Health and Human Services after his nomination cleared a key hurdle on Capitol Hill. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

NBC News - Feb. 13

Marcus Smith can become England’s pinch hitter with a licence to thrill

Fin Smith’s control at fly-half looks the better option but that need not mean the end of the Harlequin’s Test career. All too often, both in life and rugby, people prefer to stick to a certain ...

The Guardian - Feb. 13

McConnell becomes lone Republican to vote against RFK Jr.'s confirmation

President Trump's Cabinet grew on Thursday, with the Senate confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary in a 52 to 48 vote. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

CBS News - 6d

Intel has become a political pawn — but it may not need a Trump deal with TSMC

It’s possible that the Trump administration could make some changes to the U.S. Chips Act.

MarketWatch - 6d

Blackhawks' High First Round Draft Target Becoming Clearer

The Blackhawks should have their sights set on one of the top-4 projected players in the 2025 draft.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Donald Trump has become master of the US Senate | Sidney Blumenthal

By voting in favor of nominees they knew should never be approved, Republican senators became Trump’s subjects. First, before Elon Musk came for everyone, Donald Trump came for the US Senate. When ...

The Guardian - 4d

Klobuchar says Adams has become Trump administration’s 'own political pawn'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has become the Trump administration’s “own political pawn.” “They have literally taken the mayor of New York City, ...

The Hill - 4d

As AI becomes more human-like, what will happen to humanity?

The more we treat technology like a human partner, the more we will understand ourselves as a machine.

The Hill - 4d

How a Harlem Globetrotter Literally Trotted the Globe to Become a Megastar

Polish basketball player Pawel “Dazzle” Kidoń is one of the world’s best ballhandlers in basketball. He fit perfectly with a world-famous team.

The New York Times - 3d

Europe risks becoming ‘assembly plant’ for Chinese battery makers

Bloc needs a regulatory framework to ensure skills transfer from Asian companies, warns report

Financial Times - 2d

Dozens of recruits have died nationwide while training to become police officers

At least 29 recruits have died during basic training at law enforcement academies nationwide in the last decade

ABC News - 2d

More Former N.F.L. Players Are Becoming College Coaches. Is It a Good Thing?

Colorado’s Deion Sanders isn’t the only high-profile N.F.L. alumnus strolling college sidelines. But the depth of the coaches’ experience differs.

The New York Times - 2d

When a Journey Home to Israeli-Occupied Lebanon Becomes Deadly

Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly.

The New York Times - 1d

Chinese film 'Nezha 2' becomes world’s highest-grossing animated movie

Chinese animated blockbuster “Nezha 2” overtook Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” on Tuesday to become the highest-grossing animated film globally.

NBC News - 1d

KFC to become Texas fried chicken in HQ move to low-tax state

Dismay in Kentucky at decision by Yum! Brands to relocate corporate headquarters of fast-food chain. KFC, the fast food chain previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, has come in for some heat ...

The Guardian - 1d

Who is Friedrich Merz, the favorite to become Germany's new chancellor?

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany's chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer and working with major corporations.

CNBC - 5h

Teens fighting New Hampshire's ban on transgender girls in sports target Trump's order next

Two students challenging New Hampshire’s ban on transgender athletes on girls sports teams will also fight President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”

ABC News - Feb. 12

Judge and DOJ attorney get into heated exchange over pronouns and transgender military ban

A judge pressed the Justice Department on a Trump executive order directing the military to stop using preferred pronouns and argued there was no link between pronouns and military readiness.

NBC News - 1d

LGBTQ group calls on NY prosecutor to pursue hate crime charges in death of transgender man

The mother of a Minnesota transgender man who was tortured and killed in upstate New York suggested that his death was preventable if local authorities had "done their jobs."

NBC News - 21m