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DOJ Delays School Digital Accessibility Rule

Miranda Lacy and Harold Rogers walk around the campus of West Virginia State University, where both completed undergraduate degrees. They consider the campus a second home because staff there worked hard to make sure their education was accessible. Now, they're in a graduate program that they say has failed to make their learning materials accessible

From the Himalayas to Newt Gingrich, the ‘tree-huggers’ prevail

Nepalese people hug trees during a mass tree hugging on World Environment Day in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Niranjan Shrestha/AP hide caption toggle caption Niranjan Shrestha/AP On a recent 80-degree day at Rock Creek Park, an urban national park in the heart of Washington D.C., a dozen children as young as four sank

With Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump’s national GOP redistricting push

An election worker tears off "I Voted" stickers during the Virginia redistricting referendum at Fairfax Government Center, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Fairfax, Va. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP As time runs out before the midterm elections, Virginia took a step on Tuesday to counter and possibly surpass President Trump's

RFK Jr. Faces Weeklong Congressional Hearing Blitz

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday. He has two more congressional hearings on Wednesday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made dramatic, sudden changes to the childhood vaccine schedule without input from

2,500-Year-Old Dacian Golden Helmet Returned to Romania

Dacian gold items, a 2,500-year-old helmet and wristbands, stolen from a museum in the Netherlands and then recovered by Dutch authorities, are presented during a press conference after being returned, at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Andreea Alexandru/AP hide caption toggle caption Andreea Alexandru/AP BUCHAREST, Romania —

Taiwan blames pressure from China for nixed Africa trip

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that he was canceling a planned trip to Africa this week after China pressured three countries not to let him fly over their territory. Lai had been scheduled to visit Eswatini, one of only 12 countries that maintain full diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar revoked

Which direction will Rumen Radev steer Bulgaria?

Is Bulgaria going to be governed by a second Viktor Orban? Or will the rampant corruption in the country finally be tackled? These are the big questions being asked by the media after Progressive Bulgaria, the new party of former President Rumen Radev, won the parliamentary election on April 19 and is set to have

Apple switches CEO: What it means for the iPhone maker

Weeks after Apple's 50th anniversary, the US technology titan announced on Monday that its CEO Tim Cook would step down in September, to be succeeded by hardware engineer John Ternus. Ternus will step into some of the biggest shoes in corporate America. Cook is credited with turning Apple from a $350 billion (€298 billion) company when he started

Hungary: Orban-era LGBTQ rules breach EU laws, ECJ finds

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws introduced in 2021 violated EU laws and values on multiple levels.  The contentious reforms — dubbed "the amending law" in Hungary and introduced under outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party — sought to limit children's access to information about transgender and homosexual
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