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HOUSTON: A Black teen who was punished at high school because of the way he wears his hair lost a court battle Thursday when a judge upheld the disciplinary action against him.Darryl George, 18, wears his hair in rope-like strands called locs, which are pinned to his head.Since last August he has been separated from […]
2 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Nikki Haley has suffered a humiliating defeat in the Republican primary in Nevada, despite facing no competition in the absence of Donald Trump. She received fewer votes than “None of these candidates” by a large margin, the Associated Press projected. The state governor had advocated voting in this […]
A federal court in Alabama denied on Tuesday an attempt by the Biden administration to halt litigation against the state’s gender-affirming care ban while appeals courts sort out the proper standard of review to use in the case and related ones. Pausing the case “may indeed be the most efficient way to proceed in this […]
7 December 2023 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: University leaders testify on antisemitism as Jewish students say they have faced threats A major University of Pennsylvania donor has withdrawn a $100m (£79.3m) grant after a controversial appearance in congress by the […]
By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent 4 December 2023 Updated 4 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian targets near Avdiivka Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff has warned that his nation is in danger of losing its war against Russia if more US military aid is not […]
Nio, a Chinese electric car company that competes with Tesla, employs 11,000 people in research and development, but sells a mere 8,000 cars per month. It has invested so extensively in robots that one of its factories employs just 30 technicians to make 300,000 electric car motors a year. Nio offers $350 augmented reality glasses […]
There will soon be no pandas in the U.S. for the first time since 1972, after U.S. zoos’ agreements with China are set to expire by the end of next year. The National Zoo in Washington, D.C. announced that its pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao QI Ji will return to China by December. […]
A Black pediatric surgeon terminated from the Cook Children’s Medical Center lost his suit over conditions put on the renewal of his credentials, after allegedly receiving unfairly late notice of complaints against him. Cook took reasonable action against Patrick Thomas given the volume of complaints, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled […]
Canada beat the U.S. 127-118 in overtime in the FIBA World Cup bronze-medal game, the Americans’ third loss of the tournament. It marked Canada’s second-ever global championship medal after its silver in basketball’s Olympic debut in 1936. The U.S. lost three times at a global championships (Olympics or World Cup) for the first time since […]
When Iga Swiatek, the No. 1 women’s player in the world, took the first set against Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday night, it seemed like business as usual. Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam champion at 22, after all, was the reigning U.S. Open champion, and going into her match against Ostapenko, she had not dropped a […]