The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation’s first religious charter school after the US Supreme Court deadlocked over the case. The justices were evenly split, voting 4-4 in a ruling on Thursday. The tie affirms a lower ruling from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,…
Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said he has been fully cleared in his comeback from having leg surgery to repair two broken bones. “I’m rolling with the boys and it feels like I’m back to being myself again,” Hutchinson said Thursday at the team’s training facility, where he is participating in offseason workouts. “I…
Iran has said it will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites in remarks that set a fraught backdrop for the fifth and probably most important round of talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, issued the warning on…
Several people are believed to have died after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego on Thursday morning. No residents were seriously injured, but there was “more than one fatality” among the passengers on board, Assistant Fire Chief Dan Eddy said. Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the…
A pile of US pennies is seen in this photo illustration in Washington, DC, February 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The beleaguered U.S. penny is living on borrowed time. With the cost of making the cent coin rising and President Donald Trump looking for ways to reduce unnecessary spending, the U.S….
Former Buffalo Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam was one of a handful of players whom the Dallas Cowboys added in trades this offseason (wide receiver George Pickens and quarterback Joe Milton were among the team’s other acquisitions), and the 2022 first-round draft pick feels “blessed” to be in Dallas. “I feel like the energy here [in…
Sarah Jo Marcotte, an educator from Vermont, holds a sign that reads “Here for my students!! Cuts Hurt.” outside of the U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images ‘Good news for students’ In the injunction on Thursday, the judge pointed out that the staff cuts led…
Meet the new Old West Nevada became a state in 1864 — months before a saloon in a town called Genoa posted a wanted sign for Abraham Lincoln’s then-unknown assassin, four years before the transcontinental railroad stitched the state to the rest of the country, and five years before the first major silver strike in…
Several people are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles. The crash killed the plane’s passengers, Dan Eddy, the assistant San Diego fire chief, said at a Thursday morning news conference. The…
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Sir Jony Ive, the hugely influential British designer responsible for the look of Apple’s most iconic and successful products, is joining OpenAI. Boss Sam Altman said he was “thrilled” to be partnering with the man he called the “greatest designer in the world”. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is…
