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Employee Says She Was Fired After Raising ICE Contract Concerns

Masked agents stand at an intersection during an ICE immigration enforcement operation in St. Paul, Minn. on Jan. 31, 2026. Some employees of Thomson Reuters, which has a major presence in the Twin Cities, became concerned about the company's contracts to supply data to ICE as the Trump administration's immigration surge in Minnesota intensified. Octavio

How 4 Design Tricks Hook Kids and Adults to Screens

What makes a person keep playing a video slot machine? Some of the same features that make children stay on social media apps or video games for too long. Paige Stampatori for NPR hide caption toggle caption Paige Stampatori for NPR In two landmark cases, social media companies have been found liable for endangering and

3 things to know about Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh

3 things to know about Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh Kevin Warsh speaks during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2025. Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee

Gunman shoots several tourists at historic pyramids in Mexico

Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. Eduardo Verdugo/AP hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Verdugo/AP MEXICO CITY — An armed man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian

Cuba Confirms U.S. Meeting, Demands Energy Blockade Lifted

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, attends a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 16, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP HAVANA — Cuba's government on Monday confirmed that it had recently met with U.S. officials on the island as tensions

Japan Ends Ban on Lethal Weapons Exports

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at her office in Tokyo Monday, April 13, 2026, after holding telephone talks with her Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif. Keisuke Hosojima/AP/Kyodo News hide caption toggle caption Keisuke Hosojima/AP/Kyodo News TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its

Virginia Primary Election Results 2026

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The Onion Agrees to Take Over Infowars

In this photo illustration, The Onion website is displayed on a computer screen showing a satirical story titled "Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars'" on Nov. 14, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images The satirical website The Onion has a new deal to take over Infowars

Sudan’s three-year war deepens child and hunger crisis

"The reality for children in Sudan is growing darker hour by hour," Eva Hinds, spokeswoman for the UN's children's agency (UNICEF), said last week as the country's civil war entered its fourth year.  The conflict broke out in April 2023 between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) following the collapse of a

Is To Lam’s Vietnam turning into Xi Jinping’s China?

To Lam, the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party, became the country's president this month following a unanimous vote in the country's National Assembly. The move notably went against informal norms that have long shaped elite politics in Hanoi. For decades, the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) has tried to avoid concentrating too much power in
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