WASHINGTON — U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that employers posted 8.5 million vacancies...
Do Calls for University Divestments Really Work?
Protesters nationwide are rallying around a common chant: "Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest." Their plea is for universities to divest from companies that have business ties or investments in Israel, in light of the country's invasion of Gaza. This call for divestment is not a...
Biden’s Historic Marijuana Shift Is His Latest Election Year Move for Young Voters
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden may eventually ban TikTok, but he's moving to give something back to the young people who dominate the popular social media app — a looser federal grip on marijuana. Facing softening support from a left-leaning voting group that will be crucial to his reelection hopes...
Protesters Urge Olympic Officials to Limit Israel’s Paris Games Role
PARIS — Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered near the Paris Olympics organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday and called for limiting Israel’s participation at the Summer Games in the French capital. About 300 people attended the rally at the headquarters of the Paris Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the...
The Latest | In Israel, Blinken Pushes Hamas to Agree on Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday to press for a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war, saying “the time is now” and warning that Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to reach an agreement to halt the war in Gaza. Blinken greeted the...
What Marijuana Reclassification Means for the United States
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for recreational use. The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated...
Utah Cat With a Fondness for Cardboard Takes Surprise Trip to California in an Amazon Box
Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, a feverish search, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to her...
The Latest | Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at 2 Arizona Campuses
Police at two campuses in Arizona have cleared out encampments and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters. Several people were arrested by police in riot gear early Wednesday at the University of Arizona in Tucson after President Robert Robbins directed school officials to “immediately enforce campus use policies.” And about 20 people were...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Vows to Force a Vote on Ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job. Speaking outside the...
Protesters Clash at UCLA After Police Arrest 300 Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators in New York City
LOS ANGELES — Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that...