Appeal starts for school leader fired over ‘New Butt’ book Posted April 16, 2022 A Mississippi school district has begun a hearing for an assistant principal who was fired after reading a book called “I Need a New Butt" to sec…
Tesla opens ‘Gigafactory’ near Berlin, its 1st in Europe Posted April 15, 2022 Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened its first European factory Tuesday on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their …
Japan lifts power outage warning, but supply outlook fragile Posted April 14, 2022 Japan's government lifted a warning of potential blackouts for the Tokyo region Wednesday (March 23, 2022) as weather and conservation efforts improved, but the s…
US holds Chinese goods, cites possible North Korean labor Posted April 13, 2022 The U.S. customs agency says it is holding imported goods from Chinese sports brand Li Ning after an investigation indicated they were made by Nort…
Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies Posted April 12, 2022 NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky imag…
Irish regulator fines Facebook for privacy law violations Posted April 11, 2022 Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe's privacy law. The regulator…
Endangered rhino born in Czech zoo, named Kyiv Posted April 10, 2022 A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine's capital Kyiv in honor of that country's resistance
Qatar makes play into padel with new sports tour investment Posted April 9, 2022 Qatar's investment in sports has extended to the ownership of Paris Saint-Germain launching a new global tour for the squash-tennis racket game o…
Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale Posted April 8, 2022 The downtown Nashville, Tennessee record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close …
Ex-biotech executives sentenced for Genentech trade theft Posted April 7, 2022 Two co-founders of a Taiwan biotechnology company were sentenced Tuesday for plotting to steal trade secrets from Genentech in a $101 million scheme, prosecutors …