A group of armed men abducted a high-ranking member of the Haitian government in one of the few places thought to be safe in the country’s capital, a source told The Associated Press on Saturday.  The source said the group abducted James Boyard, the cabinet director of the Defense Ministry, who was a respected security […]

Claude users hoping to continue testing out the app’s latest artificial intelligence models, Fable and Mythos, are starting their weekends upset after the U.S. government ordered the company to suspend access.  On Friday, the U.S. government issued an export control directive suspending all access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models by any foreign […]

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues its efforts to stop the screwworm from infesting more animals, the Federal Drug Administration is doing its part.  The FDA issued an emergency approval for an over-the-counter drug that treats dogs and cats for the pest. The USDA is tracking at least 11 confirmed cases of the pest […]

In a matter of weeks, student loans will look different for some borrowers as the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan officially ends on July 1 after years of legal challenges. That means many will have to act quickly to take advantage of other options. What was the SAVE plan? The SAVE plan […]

New York City’s taxi drivers’ union is worried about the potential property destruction and violence that could follow a potential Knicks championship win. Several cities have dealt with lengthy cleanups and criminal charges as fans flooded streets in celebration, and for one city, a full-scale riot. Celebrations have flooded social media, showing Knicks’ fans elated […]

Pakistan said on Saturday it is preparing for the electronic signing of a peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran that could be finalized within the next 24 hours. In a social media post, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the parties were “closer to a peace deal than ever before” and that technical-level talks […]

In the early hours of Saturday morning, crews worked to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center in Washington, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal that would’ve blocked the removal.  The administration added Trump’s name in December after the center’s board of trustees unanimously agreed to rename it. […]

President Donald Trump said that U.S. forces carried out a strike that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of the cartel Tren de Aragua. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he ordered U.S. Southern Command to conduct what he described as a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” against […]

The Justice Department has given the greenlight to Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a merger with major implications for the media industry and consumers.  Among them: television news outlets CBS News and CNN could soon be housed under the same roof — with Bari Weiss at the head of the table […]