US DOJ Says Yale Medical School Admissions Favor Black and Hispanic Students
May 15 By Kanishka Singh The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that admissions practices at Yale University’s medical school were biased in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants, citing findings of a probe as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on diversity policies at…
U.S. Reports No Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Outbreak, Monitors 41
May 14 By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, but 41 people, including 18 quarantined…
Boeing Shares Drop 4% After Trump Announces China Orders Just 200 Jets
May 13 By David Shepardson and Dan Catchpole China has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News Channel on Thursday, a number that was far fewer than analysts had expected, and the planemaker’s shares fell. Details of the deal…
US Border Patrol Chief Quits, Adding to Turnover Among Immigration Officials
May 12 By Ted Hesson U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks abruptly resigned on Thursday, an agency spokesperson said, adding to turnover in recent months among top immigration officials in President Donald Trump’s administration. No reason was given for the departure of Banks, the top…
Musk Accused of ‘Selective Amnesia,’ Altman of Lying as OpenAI Trial Nears End
May 10 By Deepa Seetharaman, Jonathan Stempel and Juby Babu A lawyer for Elon Musk hammered at the credibility of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday, near the end of a trial over whether to hold the ChatGPT maker and its leaders responsible for allegedly…
Allied assistance in defeating fascism in Europe
May 10 By Dylan White Part 3. A bridge across time: the memory of the Alaskan alliance. Every year on May 9, the small city of Fairbanks, Alaska, becomes a place where history comes to life. The monument in Fairbanks commemorates the participants of the…
Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, but Not Anthropic
May 1 By Mike Stone and Chris Sanders The Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with seven AI companies to deploy their advanced capabilities on the Defense Department’s classified networks as it seeks to broaden the range of AI providers working across the…
Switzerland Probes Alleged Pacts to Avoid Keyword Bidding on Google and Bing
April 30 By John Kruzel Switzerland’s competition commission has opened an investigation into suspected anti-competitive pacts in which travel companies and online casinos agreed not to bid against each other for search engine keywords. The probe focuses on alleged agreements among the companies to avoid…
US Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in New Jersey Case
April 29 By John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Wednesday with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” in New Jersey that is trying to impede a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices. The justices, in a…
Some Groups Ask US Trade Agency for New Duties, Import Bans to Fight Forced Labor
April 29 By David Lawder Pro-tariff and human rights groups asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to impose new import bans, duties and quotas to combat forced labor practices in China and other countries and to press trading partners to adopt U.S.-style enforcement mechanisms. Some…
Exclusive-US Orders Chip Equipment Companies to Halt Some Shipments to China’s No. 2 Chipmaker Hua Hong
April 28 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Department of Commerce last week ordered multiple chip equipment companies to halt certain tool shipments to China’s second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong, its latest action to slow the country’s development of advanced chips, according to two people familiar with…
Disney Chair Says CEO Will ‘Rise to the Occasion’ in Trump-Kimmel Spat
April 28 By Dietrich Knauth It’s the job of Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro and his team to decide the group’s response to the row between the White House and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Disney Chair James Gorman said on Tuesday. U.S. President…