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1 person dead after vehicle crashes into an Oregon health club, police say

PORTLAND, Ore. — One person is dead following a fiery crash at a health club early Saturday in Portland, Oregon, and evidence of an explosive device was found in the vehicle, police said. Little information was immediately available from the…

A.I. Shakes Up China’s Entertainment Landscape

new video loaded: A.I. Shakes Up China’s Entertainment Landscape transcript Back transcript A.I. Shakes Up China’s Entertainment Landscape New A.I. tools are changing China’s entertainment industry and transforming one of its most popular genres: the microdrama. A.I. is changing China’s…

Man charged with murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Australian girl

The girl’s death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared. Source link

New nonprofit owners of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette slash jobs

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which will begin operating the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday, has made cuts to the newsroom staff. The Venetoulis Institute’s deal to acquire the newspaper’s assets, owned by Block Communications since 1927, was announced last…

Voters will judge Trump on the economy

Trump’s strikes on Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have driven oil prices up, with a barrel of Brent crude, a major oil benchmark, hitting a four-year high of $126 on Thursday. It has since fallen…

FEMA tells court it is offering jobs back to employees who were let go in January

An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts the agency did not renew in January, reversing a controversial decision…

Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip

It is unclear how he reached Eswatini. China described his visit as a “stowaway-style escape farce”. Source link

D.C. resident went to several areas in Washington area while contagious with measles, officials say

A person with measles traveled to several places in the Washington area while contagious, regional health agencies said, and people could have been exposed. The patient is a District of Columbia resident, according to DC Health, and the individual had…

Oil tanker hijacked off coast of Yemen and taken towards Somalia

Somali piracy, which was on the decline since 2011, has surged again since late 2023, when Houthi rebels began attacking ships in the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. The attacks forced international navies to instead tackle the Houthi threat,…

Nebraska becomes first state to impose Medicaid work requirements before OBBB deadline

Nebraska became the first U.S. state to impose Medicaid work requirements eight months before the deadline set in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The new rules, enacted Friday, apply to people who qualified for Medicaid under an expansion…