Iowa City police are investigating a shooting that injured multiple people early Sunday near the University of Iowa campus after officers responded to reports of a large fight downtown. Police were called at 1:46 a.m. to the 100 block of East College Street, where officers arriving on scene heard gunfire, according to the Iowa City Police Department. “At this time, […]
Eight children were killed in a shooting early Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana. The suspected gunman later died after police shot and killed him in neighboring Bossier Parish, authorities said. Officers responding just after 6 a.m. found an extensive crime scene spanning multiple homes. Ten people were shot during what police described as a domestic disturbance. Eight […]
Thousands of people applied to be air traffic controllers after the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration rolled out a campaign aimed at recruiting video gamers. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, D.C. that 6,000 people applied since the hiring window opened at midnight Friday. The portal closed […]
Federal officials ordered a massive emergency release of water from a major Upper Basin reservoir as the Colorado River system reels from one of the worst snowpack years on record, deepening tensions among Western states already locked in unresolved negotiations over the river’s future. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will release up to one […]
The Trump administration extended a waiver letting countries buy sanctioned Russian oil, days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would not be doing so. On Friday, the Treasury Department posted on its website a license authorizing the delivery and sale of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia through May 16. This waiver replaces […]
Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that comments he made criticizing global abuses of power were not aimed at President Donald Trump, dismissing suggestions that the two leaders are engaged in a public feud. Speaking to reporters while flying to Angola, the third stop on his Africa tour, the American-born pontiff said his recent address warning of a […]
Utah has become the first state to let an artificial intelligence system renew certain prescriptions without human oversight, a move officials say could relieve pressure on strained clinicians, but medical groups warn may erode critical safeguards in patient care. In January, Utah announced a first‑of‑its‑kind partnership with Doctronic, a New York–based startup whose autonomous AI […]
Iran has again closed the Strait of Hormuz, with a military spokesperson saying Saturday the waterway is “under strict control of the Iranian Armed Forces and will remain in its previous operational state.” On Saturday morning, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said there were attacks on a tanker and a container ship in the […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to accelerate the review and clinical testing of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, arguing that existing treatments have failed many Americans with severe mental illness, particularly military veterans. The order instructs the Food and Drug Administration to prioritize review of psychedelic drugs that have already […]
The man who one day hopes to take your job is now designing your consolation prize — and he wants the federal government to pay for it. Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday proposed that the federal government establish a universal high-income program, a plan he first suggested in 2023 but never fully endorsed until […]
