A bill to make daylight saving time permanent and end Americans' biannual clock reset has passed the House for the first time in its history, setting up a fresh test in a Senate that blocked similar legislation just last fall.
Nevada's governor was pulled over by a Las Vegas police officer in May for allegedly failing to stop at a red light before making a right turn in his pickup truck. He wasn't ticketed after identifying himself.
The European Union (EU) is considering banning social media for children, following similar efforts seen in the United Kingdom and Australia to restrict children's access to social media platforms. On Monday, a 156-page report given to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested restricting access to social media for children under the age of...
A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in St. Augustine, Fla., on Tuesday following an incident involving federal immigration officers. Four people inside a car at a Wawa gas station ran off on foot following "an encounter" with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a parking lot at...
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund “a mistake” in what the senator described as a courtesy meeting before Wednesday’s hearing to review Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department. According to Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when outrage over...
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The American public’s trust in major institutions is near an all-time low, according to a recent Gallup poll. The survey, which the firm conducted from June 1-15, found that 27 percent of 1,001 respondents had either a great deal of confidence or average confidence in 14 core U.S. institutions. That is 1 percentage point lower...
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Anthropic on Tuesday launched a free version of its chatbot geared specifically towards teachers, as a growing number of educators utilize artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. In a release, the company said its Claude for Teachers platform will provide K-12 teachers in the U.S. access to a library of teaching skills and a direct...