Acropolis Museum opens ancient Athens neighborhood site below its base
Greece’s Acropolis Museum opened an excavation site underneath its modern building on Friday, allowing visitors for the first time to walk through an ancient Athenian...
California governor proposes $21 billion wildfire fund: media
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a fund of up to $21 billion to help utilities pay for future wildfire damage, according to media reports...
SCOTUS overturns black inmate’s murder conviction
The U.S. Supreme Court, confronting racial bias in the American criminal justice system, on Friday threw out a black Mississippi death row inmate’s conviction in...
U.S. Democratic candidate Warren calls for ban on private prisons
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday called for the elimination of privately run prisons and detention centers at the federal and state level,...
Senate Democrats ask for details on antitrust probes into Big Tech
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration on Friday to disclose details of possible Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department antitrust investigations into Amazon.com...
Trump’s half-cocked and loaded tweet draws barrage of reaction
U.S. President Donald Trump, whose Twitter malaprops often set off a deluge of social media criticism, was targeted on Friday for a linguistic misfire involving...
U.S. to kick off migrant crackdown on Sunday: Washington Post
U.S. immigration authorities plan to launch on Sunday a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally, the Washington...
U.S. Soccer agrees to mediation with women’s team over pay, gender discrimination -WSJ
The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached a tentative agreement for mediation with the women’s national team to resolve complaints in a lawsuit over equal pay...
Wisconsin high court upholds curb on powers of Democratic governor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday upheld a last-ditch Republican move late last year to curb the powers of incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers, ruling...
Missouri orders lone abortion clinic to close; judge keeps it open for now
Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic, but the facility will remain open for now as...