White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters and answer their questions Monday. The briefing comes as President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have seen increasing calls for a Gaza cease-fire in recent days, even as their positions have in some ways diverged. The Biden administration has urged the Israeli leadership not...
The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to establish a temporary alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officials said Sunday. “This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore,” Coast Guard Capt. David O’Connell, the federal on-scene coordinator for the...
The Settlement Administrator Angeion Group announced Friday a proposed settlement with several U.S. colleges and universities over alleged deceptive tactics in giving out financial aid. The preliminary proposal includes ten schools in one case and and 17 in a second. The schools include big names such as Yale University, John Hopkins University and the...
Microsoft will begin selling its Teams video conferencing app separate from its Office software globally after making the change in Europe in August, the company announced Monday. Microsoft 365 and Office 365 will offer suites that do not include Teams and a stand-alone version of Teams to customers globally, the company said in a...
A former Defense Department investigator told CBS News's "60 Minutes" that he believes Russia is behind the mysterious attacks on U.S. personnel across the world known as "Havana syndrome." Greg Edgreen, a retired Army colonel, told the network there was consistently a "Russia nexus" during his time running the investigation into Havana syndrome, including from...
As the Kansas Legislature approaches a three-week-long spring break, lawmakers scramble to address tax cuts, funding for disability services and immigration issues.
A Texas federal court has chosen not to adopt a recent policy aimed at curbing "judge shopping." The decision was announced by Chief U.S. District Judge David Godbey.