Analysis finds victims’ compensation program is awarding less money to fewer people, although budget has increased Victims of violent crime in California are finding it increasingly hard to get support from the state, a new analysis has found, a development that has locked some of the most vulnerable people out of funds to help cover crime scene cleanup, relocation costs, funerals and therapy. California established the nation’s first victims’ compensation program in 1965, aimed at helping victi
Five major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials. (Image credit: Thos Robinson)
Hantavirus is typically spread through contact with rodent feces, urine or saliva. But cases on the MV Hondius cruise ship point to an unusual means of transmission.
President Donald Trump during a small business summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4, 2026.
New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs attends his arraignment hearing at Dedham District Court, in Dedham, Mass., on Feb. 13, 2026.
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The brothers and their parents were taken into federal custody earlier this year during a required immigration check-in. The story caught the ear of a country music icon. (Image credit: Brenda Bazán for NPR)
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The Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, on Saturday.
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Nominations for 2026 Tony Awards announced
Guardian - World · Oct 8
US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”. The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump’s previous broads
