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A major University of Pennsylvania donor withdraws grant after Congress hearing about antisemitism on campus.

Rick Scott says Chinese garlic grown in sewage is unsafe and poses a threat to national security.

Police say bystanders stopped the arson attempt and “saved an important part of American history”.

Employers added a better-than-expected 199,000 jobs in November, despite efforts to cool the economy.

The president’s son allegedly evaded at least $1.4m in taxes while funding an “extravagant lifestyle”.

The American rapper faces court on drugs charges three years after being pardoned by Donald Trump.

Mr Biden allegedly spent a fortune on “various women”, “adult entertainment”, luxury hotels and cars.

Officials said being denied “several” jobs at various colleges may have been a motive for the shooting.

Kate Cox sued Texas to have an abortion after her foetus was diagnosed with a lethal condition.

Senators are at a stalemate, as some Republicans insist the aid be tied to sweeping US immigration and asylum reforms.

The chain, opening its first location in Illinois this week, will offer coffee and other specialty drinks.

The Republican candidate mentioned several fringe ideas during Wednesday’s debate.

Videos of actors like Elijah Wood posted on Cameo have been used to spread falsehoods about Ukraine.

Ira “Ike” Schab, now 103, was aboard the USS Dobbin when the US naval base was bombed.

Waning interest in Ukraine and mounting border concerns give the party a potent political weapon.

Jamal Bowman pulled the fire alarm during a crucial vote in a congressional building.

Senate Republicans blocked a $110bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and humanitarian efforts in Gaza.

The singer bought Aultmore House in 2006 but has not visited in at least four years

Time is running out for DeSantis, Christie, and Ramaswamy to break away from the pack.

A Scottish rugby player has helped refine the ‘brotherly shove’ – a move pundits call ‘undefendable’.

The actor has been missing from the public eye since April 2023, as he battled an undisclosed life-threatening condition.

Mayor Valérie Plante said she is “out of danger” and will reduce her workload in the coming days after the incident.

Independent and third-party nominees could siphon voters from the Democrats and the Republicans.

A huge explosion destroys at least one home in Arlington, Virginia as police carried out a search warrant.

Here’s what our main takeaways are from the long-awaited trailer for the gaming blockbuster.

Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne team up 20 years after Sideways for The Holdovers, about a misanthrope under the mistletoe

Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia.

Macaulay Culkin unveils his Hollywood star and says the honour is meaningful to him as a father.

Sandra Day O’Connor spoke to the BBC in 2006 about becoming the first female US Supreme Court Justice.

As the party’s majority falls to just three votes, Democrats eye a chance to win a special election.

The hulk of the ‘Africa’ is found on the bed of Lake Huron in Canada by filmmakers looking for mussels.

Former foreign policy giant Henry Kissinger has died aged 100.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.

The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.

A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night’s deadline for the court to act approaches.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn’t have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.

Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that “was not fit for a diseased animal.”

China’s economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.

A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.

The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.

McDonald’s, which has been focusing on upgrading its core items to boost sales, is rolling out a series of changes designed to improve its signature burgers.

Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing.

A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice.

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Canada’s “Sixties Scoop” saw thousands of indigenous children forcibly removed from their families.

The campaign is based on efforts around a similar case involving a British journalist fifty years ago.

After being labelled “patient zero”, a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.