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Federal Judge Orders Legal Funds for Solo Migrant Children to Be Restored
The order for the funds’ temporary restoration came after nonprofit groups challenged the government’s decision to cut funding for legal services for unaccompanied children arriving in the United ...The New York Times - 2d -
QVC is betting on TikTok to help revive its live shopping business
QVC Group, the owner of the QVC and HSN TV networks, is teaming up with TikTok Shop for 24/7 live shopping streams in an effort to revive its business.CNBC - 2d -
Shiga Headlines Japan's 2025 World Championship Roster
Japan's 2025 World Championship roster will enter the tournament as decided underdogs. They'll look, for the first time in years, not to maintain a spot in Group A, but to avoid relegation to the ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
60 Minutes Sports: "Harry"
In 2013, Harvard crew coach Harry Parker reflected on his long career while preparing a group of rowers, and fighting his last race against cancer.CBS News - 2d -
4 GOP senators vote with Democrats to undo Trump tariffs on Canada
A group of Republican senators voted along with Democrats on Wednesday for a resolution to undo President Trump's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, dealing an embarrassing blow to Trump. The ...The Hill - 2d -
TikTok’s potential Wall Street owners
Plus, private equity groups push to change part of the UK’s proposed carried interest tax and British conglomerate Jardine Matheson begins a new eraFinancial Times - 2d -
Vikings projected to draft CB in latest ESPN mock draft
The Vikings need some younger pieces in the secondary as they look to build that group back up. Field Yates throws them a bone in a big way.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Organ donor for ailing brother to be temporarily released from immigration detention
The group helping the Venezuelan immigrant who's donating a kidney for his brother with end-stage renal disease said ICE's temporary release is a "victory" for compassion.NBC News - 1d -
The Country Was Fake. But Its Land Grab in Bolivia Was Real.
Emissaries of the “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive holy man, were deported after negotiating 1,000-year deals with Indigenous groups.The New York Times - 1d -
Oil Producers Follow Trump’s Tariffs With a Surprise Increase
Saudi Arabia and other members of the OPEC Plus group accelerated their program to put more oil on the market, adding to a sharp fall in prices.The New York Times - 1d -
Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Legal Rationale for Tariffs on China
A nonprofit group said the president misapplied a law in imposing those levies and portrayed its filing as the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration over its tariffs.The New York Times - 1d -
Key Evidence Thrown Out in Jolt to ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Conspiracy Case
Defense lawyers had argued that diaries by a former adherent of the OneTaste group were tainted by the way they were prepared and edited for a Netflix documentary.The New York Times - 22h -
Traders betting Fed will cut rates at least 4 times this year to bail out economy
Data from the CME Group on Friday showed raised odds the federal funds rate will fall to 3.00% to 3.25%, down from 4.25% to 4.50% where it is currently.CNBC - 15h -
Thousands rally against Russian Wagner mercenaries in Central African Republic
Thousands have protested plans of Central African Republic's president to run for a third term with the backing of Russian-led mercenaries from the Wagner groupABC News - 14h -
Survivor of migrant center fire that left 40 dead in Mexico remembers it 'every day'
Groups representing the families as well as victims' relatives say that none of the criminal cases against 11 defendants, including eight officials, have gone to trial.NBC News - 11h -
Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs
The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.The New York Times - 9h -
Supreme Court Asked to Keep Pause on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Immigrant groups and Democratic states pushed back on a Trump administration request for the Supreme Court to allow curbs on birthright citizenship to go into effect in some places.The New York Times - 8h -
Companies pause US IPO plans as Trump tariffs tank markets
Market for public listings had begun to show some signs of life but fallout from levies has forced groups to hold offFinancial Times - 8h -
Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside
Demanding an end to the war, hundreds pressed the militants to relinquish control of the enclave, a rare demonstration against a group that has suppressed dissent with violence.The New York Times - 8h -
Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Charley Hull eliminated from LPGA's Match Play event in Las Vegas
After three days of group play, eight of the top 10 seeded players have been eliminated before the weekend, including the defending champion.Yahoo Sports - 1h -
"Buena Vista Social Club" serenades Broadway
In 1996, a group of elderly, mostly forgotten Cuban musicians recorded an album that became a critical and commercial phenomenon worldwide. Now, the Grammy Award-winning album has inspired a ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Ocean dumping – or climate solution? An industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries ...ABC News - Mar. 21 -
U.S. Institute of Peace lays off most staff members
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, current and former employees told NBC News.NBC News - 6d -
Columbia alumni rip up diplomas to protest activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
Group of Sipa graduates demonstrate against government’s jailing of graduate student, who spoke up for Palestinians. A handful of alumni from Columbia University’s school of international and ...The Guardian - 5d -
Musk visits Wisconsin ahead of critical election
Elon Musk is supporting the conservative candidate for Wisconsin's open state Supreme Court seat. Several groups aligned with Democrats accuse Musk of trying to buy the seat. The election there is ...NBC News - 5d -
Trump says planned April 2 tariffs will 'start with all countries'
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a smaller group of 10 to 15 countries with ...NBC News - 5d -
London Police Arrest Gaza Protest Planners at Quaker House
Quakers in Britain said the raid, in which six youth activists unaffiliated with the religious group were arrested, “clearly shows what happens when a society criminalizes protest.”The New York Times - 5d -
Man United target Dean Huijsen reportedly prefers a move to Real Madrid
Manchester United target Dean Huijsen would prefer a move to Real Madrid according to reports.The Red Devils are keen to add another centre back to their group this summer as Ruben Amorim has moved ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Trump labels pro-Palestine protesters accused of vandalising Turnberry as ‘terrorists’
US president says he hopes those responsible for spraying ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ on his Ayrshire golf course will be ‘treated harshly’. Donald Trump has described members of a pro-Palestine group ...The Guardian - 4d -
Russian authorities move to lift the terrorist designation for the Taliban
Russia’s Supreme Court says it received a petition from the prosecutor general’s office to lift the ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban, who were outlawed two decades ago as a terrorist groupABC News - 4d -
Packers banking on internal improvement from pass-rush, won't chase DL during draft
Regardless of how the 2025 NFL draft plays out, the Green Bay Packers are hoping for a big jump internally to power improvement from the pass-rushing group next season.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
NTSB investigating close call between Delta flight, Air Force jets near DC
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Monday it is investigating the close call between a commercial Delta Air Lines flight and a group of Air Force jets flying near Reagan ...The Hill - 4d -
Restaurant chain Hooters files for bankruptcy protection to enable founder-led buyout
Restaurant chain Hooters of America filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas on Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group ...NBC News - 4d -
Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force
Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko Haram. Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west ...The Guardian - 3d -
Democrats sue over Trump election overhaul order
The Democratic National Committee (DNC), aligned groups and party leaders filed a lawsuit on Monday over President Trump's March executive order, which would overhaul elections. Trump's order would ...The Hill - 3d -
Judge rules Alabama can't prosecute people who help women travel for abortions
A federal judge ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people or groups who help women travel out of state to get abortions. "It is one thing for Alabama to outlaw by statute what happens in its own ...The Hill - 3d -
Supreme Court sympathetic to claim brought by Catholic charities over tax exemptions
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a claim brought by Catholic-affiliated charitable groups that they were wrongly denied religious exemptions from a state tax that funds unemployment ...NBC News - 3d -
House Republicans torpedo Johnson effort to block proxy voting for new parents
A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leaders on Tuesday over their effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents — thwarting other party priorities in the process and ...The Hill - 3d -
Top movie theater lobbyist calls for a minimum of 45 days before films hit streaming
Cinema United trade group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary called on studios to extend most films to a 45-day theatrical window before home video and streaming, arguing that a baseline is needed to ...Los Angeles Times - 3d -
Live updates: Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race; GOP's Randy Fine wins Florida special election
A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership’s effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents and delivering a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) The gambit drew ...The Hill - 3d
