Ebola death toll in Congo rises to at least 930, including dozens of health workers
Listen to article • 0:00 minBUNIA, Congo — The death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak has risen to at least 930, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Monday, with…
Trump immigration officials seek to mend frayed ties with business as arrests spike
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Markwayne Mullin is cultivating a relationship with business groups whose concerns about losing workers to aggressive immigration enforcement…
Elon Musk has a moral right to his trillion-dollar net worth
Elon Musk earned every penny of his trillion-dollar fortune and has a right to keep and use it for his own benefit. He earned his fortune by being enormously successful…
Letters — Extremism, IRS, church and state, liberal arts
Ananna Anu carried a sign calling for paid sick time when members of Democratic Socialists of America joined a Black Clergy Rally at City Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church in…
Refugee resettlement isn’t a choice between security and compassion — it’s a test of our values
Listen to article • 0:00 minIn the days after Sept. 11, 2001, as the country reeled from the deadliest terrorist attack in modern American history, some inside the U.S. government…
Can cities make deals to lessen data center downsides? A Caltech professor says yes
Professor Adam Wierman at Caltech in Pasadena on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Long before data centers became fodder for national discourse and…
Andy Burnham is declared leader of Britain’s Labour Party, will become prime minister on Monday
Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party’s new leader and the country’s next prime minister, during ‘Labour’s Special Conference’ in central London, Friday July 17, 2026. (Henry…
ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
By JACK BROOK, MICHAEL R. SISAK, AMANDA SWINHART and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press/Report for America AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man…
Planning Commission considers how — and if — data centers should be built in Philly
Listen to article • 0:00 minAn information-only presentation about data centers before the Philadelphia Planning Commission provoked a firestorm of controversy Thursday, with more than a dozen community groups and…
US weekly unemployment claims fall to 208,000, fewest in 10 weeks
By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in 10 weeks as U.S. layoffs remain historically low. The…