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HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said on Friday that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement that it will no longer have […]
Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated when Texas passed HB 1181, an age-verification law. It passed in June 2023. A high-stakes battle over pornography, child safety and free speech is heating up across the nation, with more than a half-dozen states passing age-verification laws aimed at halting minors from accessing Pornhub […]
Woman with hands raised in the classroom Fg Trade | E+ | Getty Images Still, the budget reflects the president’s policy priorities as he seeks re-election in November. “With these investments, we can deliver an excellent education to all students, improve learning conditions, build pathways to college and careers, and increase postsecondary education affordability and […]
By Lina ZeldovichFeatures correspondent Allen Creative/Steve Allen/AlamyA wooden walkway now juts out over the marshy flats where Fort Mose was built in 1738 (Credit: Allen Creative/Steve Allen/Alamy) Nearly 200 years before slavery was abolished in the US, Black freedom-seekers journeyed south instead of north to a place that promised freedom. In October 1687, a dugout […]
A flurry of holiday sales saw Shopify Inc. end 2023 with strong revenue growth and profits even as consumers continued to grapple with inflation. The Ottawa-based supplier of e-commerce software reported Tuesday a fourth-quarter profit of US$657 million compared with a loss of US$623 million a year earlier. The firm, which keeps its books in […]
By Will Vernon and Mike Wendling BBC News 8 February 2024 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: The moment Carlson asks Putin if he would release detained US reporter President Vladimir Putin has said he believes a deal can be reached to […]
American Girl is dedicated to racial equity, and as part of that commitment, they’re providing free books written by Black women and featuring Black heroines. According to the company’s website, the books aim to “educate, empower, promote understanding, spark important . . .
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. ‘Black Men In America’: Trymaine Lee and Charles Coleman Jr. spotlight the strength of the Black vote11:32 Resident of a town founded by formerly enslaved people fights to keep its history alive10:04 The History of Ralph Bunche, the first person […]
Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images Tourists take pictures of the Temple of Osiris, a rock formation, at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. CNN — What could be better than five days of free entry all US National Park Service sites? Well, you’ll get six chances in 2024. The NPS has upped the ante for next year […]
Large piece of fat ham hock in black-eyed peas with collard greens and mashed potatoes and a slab of cornbread. (Warren_Price/Getty Images/Canva/Danielle Buckingham) It was 2014 when I decided I was going to become a vegetarian. I was in my junior year of college, and I was trying to commit to a healthier lifestyle. It […]