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UPenn President Liz Magill Resigns after Contentious Testimony on Campus Antisemitism

The chairman of Penn’s board of trustees announced the resignation of Magill, who will stay on as a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey...

New York AG suggests Trump experts helped push her fraud case forward

New York Attorney General Letitia James said that experts called for former President Trump's defense this week actually helped her legal case alleging Trump and his company falsified business records. “Donald Trump can continue to try to distract from reality. You can continue to call me names,” she said in a video message Friday. “But...

Maine lawmakers press harder for independent Army probe of Lewiston shooting

Maine’s congressional delegation on Friday renewed calls for the Army inspector general to conduct a private investigation into the events that led to the deadliest mass shooting in the state earlier this year. "We believe it is imperative that you, as the Inspector General of the Army, conduct an investigation separate from the ongoing administrative...

Florida school district adding 4-day weekends to combat chronic absences

The Pasco County School District is introducing a new approach to the school calendar in the 2024-2025 school year to combat chronic absenteeism.

Trump campaign slams Casey DeSantis’s push for out-of-state help in Iowa

Former President Trump's campaign called out Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, over her push for out-of-state supporters to participate in next month’s Iowa caucuses. During an appearance alongside her husband on Fox News Friday, Casey DeSantis claimed that people don’t have to be residents of Iowa to participate in the upcoming...

DeSantis seeks to seize momentum from strong debate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is looking to seize on the momentum from his strong performance at the fourth debate as he aims to solidify his place as the No. 2 Republican in the primary. Unlike his past presidential debates, DeSantis avoided fading into the background Wednesday in Alabama and went on offense against Nikki...

Pregnant Texas woman granted abortion calls legal fight ‘overwhelming’

The Texas woman at the center of a legal fight over whether she can receive emergency abortion care called the stresses of the controversy “overwhelming.” Kate Cox was granted an exemption to Texas’ strict abortion laws on Thursday because her fetus has a fatal chromosomal disorder. But, the state Supreme Court paused the order on...

UPenn president Magill resigns in wake of antisemitism controversy

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned on Saturday following criticism of comments she gave in a House hearing this week about rising antisemitism on college campuses. At the hearing Tuesday, Magill and other college leaders controversially said that it would depend on context whether comments calling for genocide of Jewish people would be considered harassment. Those statements brought...

Shohei Ohtani signing with Los Angeles Dodgers

Ohtani broke the news himself on Instagram.

Five things to know about the Texas abortion fight

A Texas judge, the state Supreme Court and its attorney general are at odds with each other over the future of Texas’ abortion laws, calling into question some of the country’s most strict regulations. Here’s what you need to know: One woman at the center of it all This image provided by Kate Cox shows...

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