Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco grapples with grant fallout
A small community-focused arts and culture center in San Francisco’s Chinatown is reeling from the combined effects of being dropped, ghosted and confused by three major federal funding bodies.
Alaska high schoolers’ ‘Hadestown’ production brings the house down
In Anchorage, enthusiasm has spread for a high school production of the musical Hadestown. It’s led to an extended run, packed shows, and an invite to perform on the city’s biggest stage.
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
The judge gave Khalil until April 23 to request a stay of his deportation and said that if his attorneys miss the deadline, she will order him deported either to Syria or to Algeria
Jillian Lauren: What we know about police shooting of Weezer bassist’s wife
Jillian Lauren suffered a non-life-threatening injury this week when police shot her in her yard after they say she pointed a gun at them. Details about the incident in Los Angeles are still emerging.
What you need to know as the May 7 Real ID deadline approaches
Driver’s licenses and IDs that are not Real ID-compliant will no longer get you through U.S. airport security once the law takes effect in a few weeks, but full enforcement may not start right away.
A former hostage struggles with the return home
Paul Whelan was part of the largest prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War. He says bureaucracy in the U.S still has him imprisoned.
Morning news brief
Facing pressure from world markets President Trump blinks on tariffs, businesses welcome that temporary tariff relief, a former top cybersecurity official is targeted by Trump as a private American.
A federal court has ruled that the administration can fire probationary workers
In a win for the White House, a federal appeals court has ruled that the administration can once again fire thousands of probationary federal workers who were just reinstated. It’s the latest jolt in a painful back and forth for employees at scores of …
Higher prices may be slow to come down even if tariffs go away, economists say
If there’s no quick armistice in the tariff war launched by President Trump, American consumers will be footing the bill, most economists agree. But if tariffs end, prices might be slow to come back down.
Trump brings the weight of the presidency on a perceived enemy — and a private American
With an executive order targeting the government’s former top cybersecurity official, Chris Krebs, President Trump has brought the weight of the presidency and DOJ down on a perceived enemy — and a private American.
When Things Fall Apart
Climate disaster, political unrest, random violence: Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls “a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness.” But is that actually true — or the way it has to be? Today o…
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