A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California just hours after it rang in the new year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS reported Monday that the 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck about 12 miles south of Ranchos Palos Verdes just before 8:30 a.m. local time. The USGS also noted that the earthquake had a depth...
Jan. 1 each year is public domain day, welcoming a new batch of works that lose copyright protection. This year, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter the United States’s public domain and be free for copying, sharing and remixing. Long-awaited works entering public domain this year include Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” which features the...
Khalistan is almost entirely a demand in the Sikh diaspora. The separatists constitute a small minority of the Sikh diaspora, but wage a strident campaign that seeks to sanctify violence.
The Israeli Supreme Court struck down a key piece of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul Monday, after divisions over the reform were largely put on hold while the country focused on its war with Hamas. The controversial judicial reforms were passed over the summer by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. The measure would prevent judges...
Despite objections from the NAACP, a federal judge is allowing Mississippi to create a state-run court in Jackson — the state capital where the majority of residents are Black. Attorneys from the NAACP filed a lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and state officials last year, arguing that a new state-run court unfairly targets Jackson residents...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will enter 2024 facing fresh questions about his future atop the GOP conference after a roller coaster year. Over the past year he contended with health troubles, a challenge from the right and former President Trump becoming the favorite to be the GOP presidential nominee again. McConnell has long...
Haley missed an elementary opportunity to demonstrate that, as a candidate, she not only understands U.S. history but also the history of her home state and her political party.
Nine people were injured in Manhattan early Monday morning when a driver trying to escape police struck them just blocks away from the Times Square New Year’s Eve festivities. Detectives said the 44-year-old man drove away to escape after officers responding to a crime on the corner of 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue attempted to...
In a year-end report, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts spoke on his "go-slow" approach to dealing with matters concerning artificial intelligence.