Haiti is reeling from gang violence, hunger and instability, prompting the UN to warn against sending people back., Haiti is reeling from deadly gang violence, hunger and instability, prompting the UN to warn against sending people back. The Dominican Republic says it plans to expel as many as 10,000 HaitianContinue Reading
Texas officials are seeking to reverse the gender marker changes that trans people have already legally obtained on their driver’s licenses and state IDs, according to a letter that the head of the state’s Department of Public Safety sent to the Texas attorney general. Transgender Texans used to be ableContinue Reading
CBS said that its moderators would largely leave fact checking up to the vice presidential candidates in Tuesday’s debate. Journalist Bill Adair said the network sent a powerful message, though., Read More from NPRContinue Reading
Vice President Harris consoles a woman as she toured damage from Hurricane Helene in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Augusta, Ga., on Oct. 2. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP AUGUSTA, Ga. — Vice President Harris took a pause from the campaign trail on Wednesday to visit a neighborhoodContinue Reading
The search for more affordable medications might cause people to access dangerous counterfeit drugs sold as genuine products by online pharmacies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Wednesday., Read MoreContinue Reading
Voting in Katmai National Park’s famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year’s competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Scientists have captured drone footage of behavior never before seen along the coast of the South American country, threatened by both climate change and pollution. By Humberto Basilio In six years studying orcas off Chile’s coast, marine biologist Ana García-Cegarra had never witnessed anything like what she saw in MayContinue Reading
Jamie McDonald has provided meals in Ukraine and Turkey as a volunteer with World Central Kitchen. Now, he’s partnering with the global charity led by José Andrés to feed residents in Asheville. (Image credit: World Central Kitchen)Continue Reading
Euan Semple has begun blogging again (yeah!) and posted how he is enjoying comment on blogs via email. I am enjoying using email for commenting on other people’s writing rather than commenting on their blogs. I am even using it to pick up on Mastodon posts. Commenting became a messContinue Reading
A message on the Bank of America app states, “Accounts Temporarily Unavailable. Some accounts and/or balances are temporarily unavailable.”, NEW YORK (PIX11) — Some Bank of America users reported problems accessing their funds online Wednesday. Some online services appear to be down, according to Downdetector. A message on the BankContinue Reading
Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Tehran threatens a crushing response if Israel hits back., Inside Story Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Tehran threatens a crushing response if Israel hits back. Iran has carried out a major missile attack on IsraelContinue Reading
Once bustling with busy streets, Beirut’s southern suburbs have become a ‘ghost town’., People check the site of an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo] In Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, smoke was rising from buildings hit by overnight strikes while young men on mopeds spedContinue Reading
Vice-presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance faced off Tuesday night in their first and only debate ahead of November’s election. The debate started with a focus on the Iranian missile attack on Israel before moving on to the climate crisis, immigration policy, abortion rights and more. One of theContinue Reading