WATCH: Princess Kate attends St. Patrick's Day parade in London
The princess handed out sprigs of shamrock to Irish Guards and enjoyed a Guinness stout. Source link
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts
Despite the deadly storms over the weekend, one of the core government facilities tracking severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, is listed on the website of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as one with a planned office closure. The Storm Prediction Center — one of several entities housed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma … Read more
Trump claims Biden’s pardons for Jan. 6 committee are ‘void.’ Legal experts disagree
President Donald Trump is taking aim at one of his predecessor’s final acts in office: preemptive pardons for members of the House Jan. 6 select committee. In a late-night social media post, Trump claimed without evidence President Joe Biden used an autopen to sign the pardons and so he considered them “hereby declared VOID, VACANT, … Read more
HHS appears to delete Surgeon General gun violence advisory webpage
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) that included an advisory on gun violence. In June 2024, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory declaring gun violence to be a public health crisis in America, calling for an … Read more
Israel hits Gaza with ‘extensive strikes,’ killing dozens and ending ceasefire
Israel hit Gaza with a series of “extensive strikes” overnight Tuesday, vowing to open the “gates of hell” because Hamas has not released the remaining hostages. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces is targeting Hamas terrorists throughout the region and will act with “increasing military force” … Read more
Miami Open: Sonay Kartal misses out on main draw a week after reaching last 16 at Indian Wells | Tennis News
Great Britain’s Sonay Kartal has been knocked out in qualifying for the Miami Open a week after reaching the last 16 at Indian Wells. Kartal impressed in California, ousting top-20 player Beatriz Haddad Maia en route to the fourth round before being beaten by world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets. However, the 23-year-old … Read more
Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation
Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a person familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. The two companies were close to securing a deal at a $23 billion valuation last summer, but the transaction failed to materialize. This time, the price being discussed is higher, the person … Read more
Trump hangs a copy of Declaration of Independence in Oval Office
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared on social media. The Republican president’s official account on X showed two images Monday of a framed copy of the historical document hanging on the wall not far from the president’s desk. … Read more
60 feet below in a 3-foot-wide tomb: Freed Israeli hostage details conditions of Hamas captivity: Reporter’s notebook
Editor’s note: This reporting contains graphic descriptions. GAZA — The fighting may have stopped, but not Hamas’ digging. Every day from 5 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, the team that guarded Israeli hostage Tal Shoham used a type of electric demolition hammer to carve additional miles of tunnel from the soft Gaza clay, … Read more
Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil describes night of his arrest in new court filing
The night federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil on Columbia University’s campus, the Palestinian activist feared he would be immediately deported, according to a sworn declaration included in a new court filing by his attorneys. Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia last spring, was detained on March 8. He was taken from his … Read more