A decade after outcry, SeaWorld launches orca-free park in UAE, its first venture outside the US
U.S. theme park chain SeaWorld, which has been mired in controversy in recent years over its treatment of killer whales and other marine mammals, has opened a massive new aquatic life park in the United Arab Emirates
2023-06-16 14:18
European Commission Urges Germany, Others Not to Dig In on Stricter EU Debt Rules
European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni urged governments to set aside rigid positions on the reform of the bloc’s
2023-06-16 14:17
California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive 'superbloom' of wild mustard
Among the most prominent of blooming plants that are seemingly everywhere in California this year following an unusually wet winter is the highly flammable wild mustard that threatens to fuel wildfires
2023-06-16 12:58
Biden is returning to his union roots as his 2024 campaign gears up
Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall
2023-06-16 12:17
Xi to Meet Bill Gates During First China Visit Since 2019
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet Bill Gates on Friday, state media reported, as part of the the
2023-06-16 11:47
What are junk fees and how might Biden tackle them?
The president says airlines, banks, hotels and concert vendors are playing Americans "for suckers".
2023-06-16 09:58
Governor signs public funding bill for new A's stadium in Vegas, growing global sports destination
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed into law a $380 million public financing package to help build a Major League Baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip
2023-06-16 09:51
China’s Spying in Cuba Picks Up Where the Soviet Union Left Off
For half a century, America’s top geopolitical rival used a spy base in nearby Cuba to steal US
2023-06-16 09:15
Energy Department among federal agencies breached by Russian ransomware gang
U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments
2023-06-16 06:50
Fired Amazon union organizer in Alabama reinstated after filing a complaint, union says
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said Thursday a union organizer who was fired by Amazon was reinstated by the company after she filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board
2023-06-16 06:45
Donald Trump scores rare legal win as DA drops golf course tax probe
A prosecutor has closed a multiyear investigation into whether former President Donald Trump, or his company, misled authorities to reduce taxes on properties they own in the New York City suburbs
2023-06-16 06:29
Indiana attorneys allege poor treatment against man accused of killing two girls
Attorneys for an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls six years ago argued before a judge Thursday that the man has been mistreated at the prison he is housed in, requesting relocation to a different facility
2023-06-16 06:18