Barzan Majeed is believed to have controlled the trade across the English Channel yet remained free.

Ohio's Republican attorney general ordered state universities to end scholarships that use race-based criteria, saying they're unconstitutional after 2023's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

President Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Students there have mixed opinions about welcoming the president.

A group of students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas is suing the state over the cancelation of AP African-American studies courses.

On the 50th anniversary, BBC News NI speaks to those affected by 1974 bombs which killed 33 people.

It marks the opening of a new route for humanitarian aid to reach the stricken Gaza Strip.

washington — The co-founder of a local reporting initiative in California is being recognized for her work mentoring young reporters and improving community news. Tasneem Raja, who helped set up the Cityside Journalism Initiative in the San Francisco Bay Area, has a long career mentoring reporters and reaching groups typically under-covered by media outlets. The nonpartisan, nonprofit Cityside Journalism Initiative launched at a time when the news media industry was shedding jobs. Its… Read Full Article

The three had been killed in Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October and their bodies taken to Gaza.

The first trucks of humanitarian aid have begun arriving in Gaza using a pier built by the U.S. military. Israel is heckled in the International Court of Justice and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to force President Biden to send military aid to Israel. Ukraine’s defenses are strong, but thinly spread; Russia is making some advances in the East of Ukraine while shelling mercilessly. A look at the Putin and Xi summit in China and what it means. Plus, the U.S.… Read Full Article

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