Up to 14 schools closed in Portland Public Schools ‘right-sizing’ scenarios
Portland Public Schools announced two scenarios Monday evening that would result in massive changes for Portland’s elementary, middle and K-8 schools, including building closures, program consolidations and changes to school boundaries. Scenario A…
Trump will now pay for controversial ads. But it will not reimburse taxpayers for the millions already spent
Want to bookmark your favorite articles and stories to read or view later? Start your independent membership today. Join us today Already a member? Log in President Donald Trump will not reimburse the federal government for money already spent on a…
Texas University Protest Law Before Federal Appeals Court
A lawyer defending Texas’ new university protest law acknowledged Tuesday that a campus policy banning all speech activity overnight would be difficult to defend under the First Amendment. But students who challenge the constitutionality of the law…
Republican John James seeks to distance himself from Trump during Michigan gubernatorial debate
Republican Rep. John James sought to shine some light between himself and President Donald Trump on Tuesday as he debated his opponent in the Michigan gubernatorial race. Democratic candidate Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state,…
Jaguar finally reveals its biggest bet: the Type 01
“A bold grand tourer that never goes unnoticed, like all the best Jaguars of the past,” Jaguar’s press release says. This is most certainly true: you will see this thing coming. The low roofline, short front and extended rear overhangs, long hood…
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for the detection of cosmic neutrinos
Francis Halzen received the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 6 for his contributions to neutrino physics.Credit: Althea Dotzour/University of Wisconsin-Madison Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work…
Assessing where judges stand as SCOTUS climate case unfolds
The big picture: Justices question whether federal law blocks Boulder, Colorado’s claims under state law. They also question whether the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to let Boulder proceed was a “standalone” action that gives…
Execution date set for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan at military base where he carried out massacre
Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan will be put to death in the same manner and location where he carried out his bloody rampage, officials revealed Tuesday in announcing an execution date. Hasan — who killed 12 U.S. service members, one civilian, and…
Former German intelligence chief arrested on suspicion of treason: NPR
August Hanning, the former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), appears as a witness before the NSA investigative committee at the German Bundestag in Berlin on October 1, 2015. Michael Kappelle/DPA via AP hide caption toggle caption I…
Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘North by Northwest,’ dies at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar and Emmy-winning star best known for playing the grieving sister of a New Jersey dockworker in the Elia Kazan drama “On the Waterfront” and a stylish government agent in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by…