NPR boss once called the First Amendment a 'challenge' and 'reverence for the truth' a distraction

Controversial videos of Katherine Maher discussing her views on "the truth" and the First Amendment have resurfaced as the new NPR CEO continues to face online backlash and scrutiny. At the Atlantic Council's 360/Open Summit in June 2021, Maher, then the CEO of Wikimedia which oversees Wikipedia, discussed efforts to …...Read More

This Passover has 'bitter taste,' says Los Angeles-based author, as Hamas hostage crisis continues

This year, with dozens of hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza, the Jewish holiday of Passover has an especially poignant meaning, activist and actress Noa Tishby told Fox News Digital. Tishby is a New York Times bestselling author as well and Israel's former Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization. …...Read More

Jay Leno, RHOC star, 'Iron Chef' personality and rock band member have all been squatters

You may have heard of high-value homes and properties belonging to celebrities being taken over by squatters, but did you know that a handful of celebs used to be squatters themselves? Several celebrities have openly spoken about, or in certain cases been caught, squatting in the past. These celebrities formerly …...Read More

Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Kristin Paniptchuk’s water broke on Christmas Eve at her home in the western Alaska Inupiat village of Shaktoolik, and then she began to bleed profusely. The local clinic in the tiny village of 200 people on the Bering Sea couldn’t stop the bleeding or the contractions …...Read More

A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai's airport

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. The state-run WAM news agency called …...Read More

Despite security risks, plans to open Paris Olympics on River Seine remain unchanged and on track

PARIS (AP) — As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,500 athletes through the heart of the French capital …...Read More

How many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York's Plaza Hotel

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle was organized by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship program that is …...Read More

Judges orders Pennsylvania agency to produce inspection records related to chocolate plant blast

Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner sided Tuesday with the federal safety board …...Read More

Gun control bills await final passage as Maine legislative session nears its end

The Maine Legislature moved in fits and starts toward adjournment on Wednesday, with unfinished business including final votes on a series of gun safety bills that were introduced after the deadliest shooting in state history last fall. The Senate was awaiting an enactment vote on the governor’s gun safety proposals …...Read More

Large volcanic eruptions, tsunami warnings rock Indonesian island

Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia’s Center …...Read More