More than 1 million foreign nationals, including people from nations reeling under terrorism, have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the Biden administration. As of Sept. 30, roughly 1,095,115 foreign nationals from Afghanistan, Haiti, Venezuela, and Lebanon, among others, were granted TPS, according to a new report by the Co...
Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence software that can determine the timing of a stroke. It also can determine whether treatment is feasible with twice the accuracy compared to conventional methods. Researchers from Imperial College London, Technical University of Munich in Germany and University of Edinburgh in Scotland col...
A House committee has voted to publicly release a report detailing the findings of its investigation into former congressman Matt Gaetz. The Ethics Committee secretly held a vote earlier this month. The report is expected to be released after lawmakers wrap up their final votes of the year and leave Washington for the holiday break. […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the Knox County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee to stop photographing Muslim women without their hijabs during booking procedures. It follows a lawsuit by Layla Soliz, a Muslim woman whose uncovered photo was taken and published online after her arrest during a peaceful Free Palestin...
The US Senate has approved a massive $895 billion defense spending package. The legislation cleared the U.S. House on Wednesday. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Some Democrats in both chambers voted in opposition due to a last-minute amendment by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. The 2025 defense [&...
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from TikTok on a law that could ban the social media app in the US. The court gave the company and prosecutors until Dec. 27 to file their initial briefs ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10. At issue is whether the law violates […]
A congressional report warns the climate crisis is significantly endangering the U.S. housing and insurance sectors. With 2023 on track as the hottest year on record and disasters exceeding $1 billion in losses, the report highlights skyrocketing insurance premiums and growing uninsurability in high-risk states such as Florida and California. ...
The only orthopedic specialist in Gaza, Dr. Saeed Joudeh, has been killed by an Israeli quadcopter strike. The fatal attack occurred while Joudeh was traveling between Al Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals to address critical staff shortages. The Ministry of Health confirmed Joudeh succumbed to a direct head injury in the strike. This comes just ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A former senior State Department official has accused the US of lacking a policy on Palestine, adding that its actions are largely based on Israeli preferences. Mike Casey, who resigned as deputy political counselor on Gaza in July, voiced criticisms in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. “We don’t have a policy [...
ANKARA (AA) – Iraq has said that it is sending back Syrian army soldiers of the ousted Assad regime to their country. Interior Ministry spokesman Miqdad Miri said that the process of returning the Syrian soldiers to their country will be carried out after coordination with Syrian authorities. According to media reports, over 3,000 Syrian [&hel...
