/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/H4TTT5TRWZPJLCWUIKWPMWMA6E.jpg "EXCLUSIVE: Biden nominee to head FAA quits after Republican criticism")
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is withdrawing his nomination to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after Republicans criticized him as unfit to serve as the top air traffic controller. Last year, Biden nominated Denver International Airport CEO Bill Washington to serve as FAA administrator. A spokesman for Washington at the…
Nick Lloyd Webber, the eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, has died following an 18-month battle with gastric cancer. He is 43 years old. The legendary theater composer announced the news on Saturday, saying his son had died earlier in the day in Basingstoke, England. On Thursday, Lloyd Webber posted on Instagram that Nick was…
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/UCVBIQAVMZIK7D7A6MJFU2MD34.jpg "Internet Archive’s digital book lending violates copyright, US judge rules")
March 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ruled that an online library run by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, infringed copyright by lending digitally scanned copies of books from four major U.S. publishers. The Rule U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan came up with a closely watched case on Friday that tested…
LOS ANGELES — The union representing 30,000 education workers reached a tentative agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District on Friday following a three-day strike earlier this week that closed hundreds of campuses and canceled classes for 422,000 students. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents support workers in the district,…
Feb. Paul Russabagina is seen sitting with some of his co-defendants as he pleaded not guilty to charges of alleged links to an armed group at the Supreme Court in Kigali, Rwanda, 17, 2021. On Friday, the Rwandan government said it had commuted his sentence. Simon Wolfhardt/AFP via Getty Images Hide title Change the title…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke during a press conference at the Pentagon last week. Alex Wong/Getty Images Hide title Change the title Alex Wong/Getty Images US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke during a press conference at the Pentagon last week. Alex Wong/Getty Images The U.S. is retaliating after a drone strike in Syria killed…
ESPN News Services12:43 AM ET3 minutes of reading Drew Timme shined with 36 points in Gonzaga’s win over UCLA Drew Dimme scored 36 points in Gonzaga’s win over UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight. Las Vegas — Julian Strather hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to answer UCLA’s Amari Bailey’s 3-pointer to lift…
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A Medicaid expansion deal North Carolina got final legislative approval Thursday, ending a decade-long debate over whether the politically divided state should accept federal protections for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. North Carolina is one of several Republican-led states to begin considering expanding Medicaid after years of staunch opposition. Voters…
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer filed a complaint after the actress was photographed in court Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up for our free US Evening Headlines email A retired optometrist who took actor Gwyneth Paltrow to trial in a ski crash has said he can…
For the first time in recent memory, the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting on interest rates, which begins on Tuesday, is shaping up to be an anchor bite. Will the Fed back its inflation-fighting rhetoric and raise interest rates again, despite setbacks from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank? Or does it prioritize financial stability in…
