Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced those who willingly work to repel migrants as sinners, calling out restrictive immigration laws, border militarization and rejection as tools that endanger migrants. Francis opened his weekly address — usually heavy on theology — with a call to think about both people who “are crossing seas and deserts to reach...
Nine people have now died in a listeria outbreak linked to recalled Boar’s Head deli meat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update on Wednesday. The announcement adds six additional confirmed fatalities since the CDC announced on Aug. 8 that three people had died in connection to the outbreak. At...
Just 10 percent of Americans in a new survey say homeownership is easy to achieve, even as 89 percent see owning a home as essential or important to their vision of the future. According to a Wall Street Journal/NORC poll taken in July, U.S. adults have a difference between their wishes and their expectations on...
Yelp sued Google on Wednesday, accusing the tech giant of violating antitrust law by abusing its monopoly over search to give itself an advantage in local search services and advertising. It argues that Google has diverted traffic away from competitors, like Yelp, and toward its own “inferior” local search product. “This is a case about...
A top Chinese general on Thursday told White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan that the U.S. must stop its "collusion" with Taiwan, during a high-stakes meeting in Beijing. Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, told Sullivan that Taiwan "is at the very core of China’s core interests, the bedrock of...
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing backlash for doing a pre-taped, joint interview with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, instead of on her own.
College athletes at the University of Montana are reportedly being offered thousands of dollars to make videos "spreading the word" about Sen. Jon Tester, emails show.
2013—In a challenge to a California law that prohibits mental-health counselors from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” with clients who are minors, a...