Bill to block high-speed rail from altering Texas roads heads to subcommittee
A bill authored by East Texas State Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) to stop high-speed rail projects from altering state ...
In-N-Out is raising prices on this secret menu workaround
That item is typically priced around $5.50 in California, according to SFGate. Savvy In-N-Out goers figured out that ordering ...
Korean commission finds adoption program rife with abuse, highlighting AP investigation
A South Korean commission found the country violated its children’s human rights by facilitating a foreign adoption program ...
New York girls basketball coach fired for hair-pulling incident with player apologizes
The Northville Central School District announced the firing of highs school girls basketball head coach Jim Zullo following a ...
Capitol Context: As Austin ‘district’ plan fails, a check on Washington, D.C.
A proposal to turn the City of Austin into the ‘District of Austin’ — essentially under state control — failed this week in ...
New 3D technology could soon bring surgeons closer to patients in Africa’s most remote regions
Charles Owusu Aseku has traveled across Ghana and beyond in search of care for the large growth of tissue called a keloid on ...
What is Eid al-Fitr and how do Muslims celebrate the Islamic holiday?
Muslims around the world are bidding farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and will soon start celebrating the ...
They fled Syria years ago. Now, they spend their first Ramadan back amid nostalgia, relief and loss
When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy. But as the time came to return ...
Betts hits winning 3-run homer in 10th as Dodgers beat Tigers 8-5 for first 4-0 start since 1981
Mookie Betts hit a game-winning, three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Dodgers to an 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers ...
No longer sick, Dodgers’ Mookie Betts hits a pair of ‘160-pound homers’ as he works to gain weight
Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight he dropped while ...
DOJ creating path for people with criminal convictions to own guns again
The Justice Department plans to create a process for those with criminal convictions to restore their gun rights, sparking alarm it will return firearms to those convicted of violent crimes.
Kenyan UN peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the Central African Republic, spokesperson says
The United Nations on Saturday condemned the killing of a Kenyan peacekeeper in an ambush of a patrol in the east of the Central African Republic. Florence ...