Author: Antoine Sánchez

Faculty at the University of Southern California voted to censure the university’s president and provost on Wednesday, citing the leadership’s poor handling of pro-Palestine student protests and decision to effectively cancel commencement. The USC Academic Senate voted 21-7, with six abstentions, for censuring President Carol Folt and Provost Andrew Guzman. Faculty were specifically critical of…

Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta on Wednesday denied a request by former Cambodian leader Hun Sen for talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since a…

Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a vote to remove Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers have quickly turned it down. Despite resistance from high-level Republicans tired of the political upheaval, Greene of Georgia proceeded with her unlikely attempt. Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee leader, and other Republicans have advised Greene against the effort. However, Greene, one of Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, wants to criticize Johnson after the passing of a foreign aid package with funds for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Democrats, led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, announced they would vote to postpone Greene’s attempt, essentially saving Johnson’s position, for now.

The House approved a one-week extension of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) authority on Wednesday, a short-term patch that leadership brought to the floor as the Senate struggles to find a path forward on a five-year reauthorization bill ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline. The chamber cleared the legislation in an 385-24-1 vote, sending it to…

The FDA is preparing in case the current strain of avian flu circulating in the U.S. jumps to humans on a large scale, the agency’s commissioner told senators Wednesday. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told the Senate Appropriations Committee that while the threat to humans is low and milk products are safe,…

The Biden administration will announce new measures on Thursday to more quickly screen asylum applicants for possible public safety or national security risks. The proposed rule would essentially move up these screenings to an earlier stage in the asylum process, increasing the chances that migrants posing a potential threat would be swiftly removed from the country.

WarnerBros. Discovery (WBD) leadership is seeking further job cuts as a cost-saving effort, as per a recent report. WBD, the owner of CNN, Max, TNT, and various other media assets, is considering reducing its streaming budgets by hundreds of millions of dollars, as reported by Bloomberg. The company also intends to…

A Horsham Township man was sent to jail after he admitted to charges that he possessed and disseminated child pornography while using his cellphone.

David Adams-Wright, 21, who lives on the 5700 block of Rodman Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to serious charges of having a gun without a permit, possessing stolen property, and being involved in a plan to receive stolen property related to an incident in Norristown in July 2023.

Green-rumped parrotlets can be caretakers–or killers.