A coalition of Texas Democrats and education activists is pushing to upend the states takeover of Houston Independent School District, which has seen the once-troubled school system reach new academic heights. In June 2023, the Texas Education Agency announced the appointment of a nine-member Board of Managers and the selection of a new superintendent. ...

Everyone arguing about whether Ilhan Omar was 17 or 18 in 2000 is arguing about the easier question. The harder question is 1995: whether the man who naturalized was legally her father. On October 12, agents from Homeland Security Investigations searched Omars Washington home on a warrant signed by Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh and left ...

France witnessed a violent weekend as protests over rising living costs and underfunded public services escalated into riots and looting. Burning e-bikes, torched vehicles and smoke-filled streets marked the unrest in Paris and other cities. Hundreds of shared bikes and scooters were damaged, causing an estimated 400,000 in losses to one operator. ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz of civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least four people, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy scrambled to ensure more American and European help during a visit to Norway. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who along with Jared Kushner has tried without success...

John Turturro discusses his role in "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York," in theaters Friday, with Tatiana Maslany as his estranged daughter.

In a letter outlining 42 questions, UEFA gives FIFA until November 2 to release documents on Infantinos aborted plans.

The protests have further polarised the French and turned the youth into a key, angry, voting bloc.

A COP secretly photographed his ex having sex through a window and shared the photos online before murdering him and his new boyfriend, a court heard. Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, who stands trial for the double murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, is accused of shooting the couple with his police pistol before stuffing their...

A MAN has been killed and three others injured after a giant rock tumbled down a cliff and crushed their car near the Costa del Sol. The tragedy struck as severe thunderstorms and torrential rain battered holiday hotspots across Spain, triggering terrifying flash floods and leaving at least four people dead. The alarm was raised...

ONE of Vladimir Putin's drones has killed a mother and her baby - still in her stroller - at a park in Kharkiv. Inna Maryukhna, 28, and her daughter Angelina were out for a walk when the Russian Shahed struck, after Ukrainian air defences failed to shoot it down in time. The one-year-old died on...

NORTH Korea has released "proof of life" pictures of Kim Jong-un following wild social media claims the tyrant had died from a brain haemorrhage. A flurry of bombshell rumours yesterday claimed the despot, 42, had suffered a huge bleed, fallen into a coma, and been rushed to hospital in China. Hours after the sensational claims,...

Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term.

As Eleanor Holmes Norton retires, D.C. prepares for a new delegate. A look back at her decades-long congressional legacy.

A federal appeals court has reinstated the lawsuit of SW Nashville EB Owner, LLC against the city of Nashville regarding a stalled building permit. The developer faced an indefinite delay on their application, purportedly linked to prospective road developments, resulting in losses exceeding $8.2 million while the property remained undeveloped. The court's ...

Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn.

Prime Minister Sbastien Lecornu said Tuesday some areas would remain under curfew after a weekend of violent rioting.

Hong Kong authorities will focus on incorporating infrastructure monitoring into the first phase of its AI-powered urban management system, while exploring its expansion into public services in later stages. Officials also told a Legislative Council meeting on Tuesday that government arms were encouraged to develop their own databases before connecting them ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for 30 days by the Portuguese Football Federation. This suspension is accompanied by a fine of 255.

The state takeover of Halk TV, one of Turkeys most widely watched news channels, represents far more than an isolated confrontation between the authorities and an independent broadcaster. For Milena Buyum, Amnesty Internationals Turkey campaigner, it is part of a broader erosion of media pluralism, characterized by the appointment of state trustees, the ...

South Korea's top military officer on Tuesday ordered troops to strengthen their operational posture in the Demilitarized Zone and respond firmly to any North Korean provocations.

A taxi driver-turned-apocalyptic preacher has been found guilty murdering 191 people, most of them children, in one of the worst cult atrocities of recent history.

Donald Trumps trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st US state have helped PM Mark Carney rally support in Alberta.

A country need not run out of money to find itself in a debt crisis. It only has to run short of US dollars to pay for its energy. At the recent International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, the IMF, which expects global economic growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 3.4 per cent the next, cautioned that energy-importing and lower-income ...

Two Singaporean men lost their positions in the armed forces after they were convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Former army captain Chaw Chia Jun, 41, was sentenced to 17 months jail on Tuesday, while his co-accused Owen Toh Wei Song, a former navy cook, was jailed for 12 months on September 22, according to CNA. Singapores Ministry of Defence ...

Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing raised less than expected in its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), as investors weighed potential US trade restrictions on its optical modules business amid the citys cautious appetite for mega listings, analysts said. The company has started taking investor orders for a Hong Kong listing, offering 113.7 ...