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Courtesy of Arizona State University/W Scott Mitchell (CHICAGO) — A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her Ph.D at 17. Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was only 10 when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County, majoring in Psychology. In 2020, she earned her Master of […]
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the last few months, JN.1 has been the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, making up the majority of cases. A new variant, however, has taken over and may lead to an increase in cases this summer. KP.2, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant, currently […]
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man who drove a U-Haul truck into metal barriers outside of the White House in May 2023 pleaded guilty on Monday, admitting he carried out the attack fueled by Nazi ideology and an intent to replace the U.S. government. Sai Varsith Kandula, a non-U.S. citizen who was residing in […]
Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — OpenAI announced a desktop version of its conversation bot ChatGPT on Monday as well as the latest iteration of the AI language model that fuels the chatbot. The fresh model offers improved speed and interactive capability when compared with the company’s previous model GPT-4, OpenAI Chief […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley will meet with roughly 100 of her biggest donors who supported her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this week, taking another step toward reemerging back into public life following her defeat at the hands of her chief rival, former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the event […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash tree, a cultural keystone species that’s now under threat from the invasive emerald ash borer. Yet for Stone and other tribal artisans, protecting black ash trees […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in a Miami federal prison, according to sources familiar with the situation. Navarro, the former Trump White House adviser, was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the House Select Committee that investigated […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A key Senate ally to President Joe Biden and the top House Republican on a key foreign affairs committee offered starkly different views Sunday on Biden’s warning that he could suspend some military aid to Israel. In separate interviews Sunday with “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., […]
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he […]