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North Korea fires ballistic missiles after U.S., South start annual drills

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea after South Korean and U.S. troops began their large annual combined drills, Seoul said.

CBS News - 2d

Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.

The New York Times - 2d

New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system.

NBC News - 1d

DOJ lawyers decline to let OMP's acting director testify about mass firings

The Trump administration could be sanctioned after the DOJ declined to make a top administration official available for sworn testimony regarding the recent mass firings.

ABC News - 1d

A Muslim Athlete Needed Modest Sportswear. Now She Sells It to Others.

Seeking balance between religion and comfort while playing basketball, Kiandra Browne realized there was a need for better apparel. Her small business is helping fill it.

The New York Times - 6d

GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs

Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, House GOP leaders are serving up a plan Democrats will despise.

Politico - 4d

Trump downplays infighting between Elon Musk, Marco Rubio, other officials

President Trump is backing a House Republican plan to avert a government shutdown next week. He also played down reports of in-fighting in his Cabinet with advisor Elon Musk. Nikole Killion has the ...

CBS News - 4d

Saquon: Other star RBs also 'need to get paid'

Eagles star Saquon Barkley wants his two-year, $41 million extension to serve as a catalyst for what until recently was a depressed RB market.

ESPN - 2d

Trump Looms Over Greenland’s Election, but Voters Have Other Concerns

President Trump keeps saying he wants to “get” Greenland. On Tuesday, Greenland votes for a new parliament that could shape its future relations with the United States.

The New York Times - 2d

Gabbard says security clearances canceled for top Biden officials and others

The revocations are the latest in a campaign to punish and cut off access to people who the president alleges "weaponized" the nation's court systems against him.

CBS News - 2d

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.

The New York Times - 2d

Trump’s Tariffs and the Backlash From Canada and Other Countries, Explained

After a fresh wave of tariffs from the United States, Canada and the European Union said they would impose billions in levies on U.S. goods.

The New York Times - 10h

‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing

Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001. A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing ...

The Guardian - 4d

Andrew Gutman, Leonardo Barroso rally Fire to 3-1 victory in home opener for Dallas

Defenders Andrew Gutman and Leonardo Barroso scored two minutes apart late in the second half of Barroso’s league debut and the Chicago Fire spoiled FC Dallas’ home opener with a 3-1 victory

ABC News - 4d

NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run

N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable run to the Atlantic Coast Conference ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Fired special counsel: 'I don't think we have watchdog agencies anymore'

The ousted head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said his removal by President Trump is among a series of firings that have taken a wrecking ball to oversight of his administration. Special ...

The Hill - 2d

DOGE’s AI App Replacing Fired Federal Workers Proves ‘About as Good as an Intern’

After mass firings at the General Services Administration, DOGE issued remaining staff an app to take up the excess work — but severely limited its use to a handful of repetitive tasks.

Inc. - 2d

Stepmom held man captive for decades until he set house on fire, officials say

A Connecticut man alleged to have been held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades escaped the small room he had been locked away in by setting their house on fire, ...

NBC News - 4h

Jurassic-era trees have grown in Tasmania for millions of years. Now they face their biggest threat: fire

Pencil pines grow for more than a thousand years each, and only in Tasmania. As lightning fires become more common, humans must mobilise to protect them – or lose these ancients forever. Get our ...

The Guardian - 4d

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after U.S. and South Korea begin military drills

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, hours after South Korea kicked off its annual joint military drills with the United States. South Korea's military says it has ...

CBS News - 2d

Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted. Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage ...

The Guardian - 1d

Job Applicants Are Hounding Me on Social Media

And three other tricky workplace dilemmas.

Inc. - 2d

Steelers signing Darius Slay: Former Pro Bowl CB joining Pittsburgh after departure from Eagles, per report

Slay is moving to the other side of the state

CBS Sports - 8h

China returns fire in Trump’s trade war

Tariff salvo on US agricultural goods, Greenland goes to the polls and investors discover if buying Lego is still fun

Financial Times - 3d

Fired Federal Workers Face a Sluggish Job Market

Unemployment is low, but there isn’t much room to move around — especially for those with highly government-specific skills.

The New York Times - 3d

A fire at a homeless shelter in Brazil kills 4 people

Yahoo News - 2d

NOAA set to fire 1,029 more employees

Staffing levels at the nation's already hobbled weather, climate and oceans agency could take a further nosedive in the days ahead. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will ...

The Hill - 2d