A New Jersey woman who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 has been released from a federal immigration detention center in Texas, where she had been held for more than a year. The woman, Leqaa Kordia, 33, was freed on Monday, about a month after she...
Trump Says US Does Not ‘Need or Desire’ Help From Allies on Iran
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground in Iran, and that the United States did not “need or desire” any help from U.S. allies to open the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump...
Warner Bros CEO to Pocket up to $887 Million From Paramount Deal
Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav is likely to receive up to $887 million after completion of the media company's sale to Paramount Skydance, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. WBD last month agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 billion deal, ending a high-stakes bidding...
Claude Goes Down for Thousands, Downdetector Reports
Claude AI experienced a possible outage Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. More than 6,800 users had reported problems with the platform as of 1:03 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users who reported an issue to Downdetector said that they had...
Senator Wants White House to Answer if TikTok Investors Will Pay $10 Billion to US Treasury
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday asked the White House to answer if investors are paying $10 billion to the Treasury as part of the Trump administration-brokered sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations. Senator Mark Warner cited a Wall Street Journal report that investors in the new...
Likely Meteor Rattled Residents in Ohio, Pennsylvania
A kaboom, a fireball and white streaks in the skies over Pennsylvania and Ohio - seen as far as Virginia and Canada - were probably the signs of a meteorite landing near Cleveland on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service and scientists. Rattled residents dialed 911, and local...
Some Small US Airports May Have to Shut Due to TSA Absences, Official Says
Some small U.S. airports may have to shut due to a shortage of security screeners if a government funding impasse continues, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security said overall absences among Transportation Security Administration airport security officers was 10.2% on Monday, close to...
12,900-Pound Meth Ring Trafficker Sentenced in Fresno to 15 Years
One defendant was sentenced and another pleaded guilty Monday in “Operation Toxic Waste,” a federal investigation into a Mexico-based drug trafficking ring involving 22 defendants and more than 12,900 pounds of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Sergio Pena, 32, of La Puente, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer...
Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in 2024. In a filing in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York City’s corporation counsel argued that Adams should not...
Pipeline Remains Stalled as Kings County Ag Titans Continue Court Battle
A massive pipeline that could move water from north of Lemoore south to Stratford — and beyond — in Kings County is still stuck in its tracks as the region’s largest growers continue to duke it out in court. The pipeline, owned by Sandridge Partners, which is controlled by John...