
The Guardian - 26 min 3 sec ago
The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back Students and faculty heading back to US colleges and universities from summer break are returning to bruised institutions reeling from the Trump administration 's unprecedented campaign to bend higher education to its ideological will, and are bracing for more uncertainty ahead. At the University of Utah, the Black student union has lost its funding...

The Guardian - 26 min 6 sec ago
Gavin Newsom has an incredible knack for doing the right thing in the most annoying way possible If this Clickhole article is to be believed (it shouldn't be), California's governor is looking to get a job in comedy. The reality is a bit less appealing: Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the U S. His office has ramped up social media attacks on Donald Trump, his policies, and, predictably, his bugnuts tweeting. I have witnessed the rise of Gavin Newsom firsthand: from his tenure as mayor...

NPR - 38 min 20 sec ago
The rainbow crosswalk in front of Orlando's Pulse nightclub was removed by Florida transportation officials. The crosswalk was a memorial for those killed in a 2016 mass shooting at the gay bar.

NPR - 38 min 44 sec ago
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina completely disrupted schooling in New Orleans. When families returned to the city, a growing number of charter schools promised to send every student to college.

The Guardian - 1 hour 25 min ago
Camp at Fort Bliss base on US-Mexico border described as dangerous misuse of military land and resources' Prominent Democratic lawmakers and legal advocates have called for the new immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss military base to be shut down amid accusations of lack of external oversight and concerns over access to legal services. Camp East Montana began full operation last weekend as a sprawling tent facility across acres of military land in the eastern part of El Paso, on the US-Mexico...

Nation Review - 1 hour 55 min ago
Gas is expected to hit $8 per gallon due in part to the closure of two major oil refineries that were regulated out of existence.

The Independent - 2 hours 50 min ago
The US President told reporters Putin wanted to come to the competition very badly'...

ABC News - 4 hours 3 min ago
Erik and Lyle Menendez have both been denied parole by a California board after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion...

The Independent - 4 hours 14 min ago
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active, has resumed erupting...

Newser - 5 hours 50 min ago
It probably seemed like an excellent idea. But a 40-year-old man who tried to go down a children's tube slide in Vermont head first has learned a valuable lesson. As the Vernon Fire Department recounts , the mercifully unidentified man got hopelessly stuck about halfway down on Saturday. What's worse, it...

New York Times - 6 hours 33 min ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom has affirmed the vast majority of parole recommendations he receives.

New York Times - 6 hours 59 min ago
The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, where Erik and Lyle Menendez are serving their sentences.

New York Times - 7 hours 16 min ago
A photo provided by the California prison system shows Lyle Menendez participating in his parole hearing via video on Friday from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

Newser - 7 hours 26 min ago
A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. The driver apparently became distracted, lost control and overcorrected before the bus went into the...

ABC News - 7 hours 55 min ago
California could become the first U.S. state to require restaurants to disclose common food allergens in each menu item under legislation being considered by state lawmakers...

ABC News - 7 hours 55 min ago
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has resumed its eruption by shooting an arc of lava high into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor...

Sky News - 9 hours 15 min ago
A man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration has been released from federal custody for the first time since March.

Los Angeles Times - 9 hours 15 min ago
A day after denying release for his younger brother, Erik, a California Parole Board ruled that Lyle Menendez should also remain in prison for gunning down his parents with a shotgun in 1989.

The Independent - 9 hours 24 min ago
Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, including a high school student...

NBC News - 10 hours 28 min ago
An explosion at a Louisiana oil plant prompted evacuation orders in the area, including a school. No injuries were reported after the massive fire and explosion at the plant about an hour and a half outside of New Orleans.

NBC News - 10 hours 29 min ago
Volunteers used colorful chalk to restore a rainbow crosswalk in Orlando, Florida which honored the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. The crosswalk had been painted over as part of the Trump administration's latest effort to remove politically-tinged street art. NBC News' Marissa Parra reports on the community effort to bring it back, speaking to a survivor of the shooting.

NBC News - 12 hours 6 min ago
Jake and Rebecca Haro were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder after they claimed their 7-month-old son Emmanuel was kidnapped outside a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa, California.

NPR - 12 hours 53 min ago
The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, D.C., in its mission to crack down on crime. Experts say it's difficult to draw conclusions from that about public safety.

Nation Review - 15 hours 31 min ago
The words these progressives use to convey their contempt for their neighbors are actually secondary.