By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The governor of Texas, one of the world’s fastest-growing regions for artificial intelligence infrastructure, directed state regulators on Monday to penalize data centers that fail to disclose details about their water consumption. Texas, which halted t
With college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks. The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports as the industry stru
Abbott Laboratories will pay $385 million to resolve claims tied to an investigation of contamination at a baby formula factory in Sturgis, Michigan, the largest in the country, which led to the supply shortages in 2022. Problems at the facility prompted a lawsuit by the Justice Department and recal
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that the man, Umar
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with murder in the hanging of a Black woman in Mississippi pleaded not guilty Monday at his first court appearance. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in the state’s capital city, Jackson, on Aug. 3. On Friday, po
Sept 14 (Reuters) – Hollywood designer Bob Mackie, known for making stars such as Cher and Elton John sparkle, died on Monday at 87, according to a post on his official Instagram account. His career spanned five decades and included designing a Barbie doll clothes collection. Born in 1939 into a mid
By Dietrich Knauth Sept 14 (Reuters) – Bayer’s Monsanto unit urged a Missouri judge on Monday to approve its $7.25 billion proposed settlement of lawsuits alleging that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, saying there is no other way to resolve the litigation that has weighed on the German company
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sued Columbia University on Monday, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group and retaliated against them when they reported it. The university’s “deliberate indifference” led to the doxing of multiple
MIAMI (AP) — A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country. Alex Saab is scheduled to appe
MIAMI (AP) — An 85-foot (26-meter) crane towering over a construction site in an upscale Miami neighborhood toppled onto a passing vehicle Monday morning, setting it on fire and injuring the driver and three construction workers, officials said. The collapse occurred shortly after 8 a.m. in the city
MARFA, Texas (AP) — Landowners, ranchers and business owners in the Big Bend region of Texas along with a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the region’s landscape and heritage are suing to stop the Trump administration’s plans to build a wall and other border infrastructure through the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify next month before a Florida grand jury as part of a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump, one of his lawyers said Mond
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A sexual assault trial starts Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology is part of a “SICK conspiracy.” Trump was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic’s Dario Amodei,
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help “unleash” Amer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There’s something about the American road trip. It brings to mind visions of cars the size of boats, the glory days before seat-belt laws and pit stops at the world’s largest fill-in-the-blank. It has been memorialized in books like Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and satirized
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders over the weekend about misuse of artificial intelligence. “The only control or ‘gu
California Gov. Gavin Newsom does not like being on Donald Trump’s side on any issue. But when it comes to transgender girls and women in sports, particularly at the school level, the Democrat said he largely agrees with the Republican president. Newsom, one of his party’s leading White House prospe
VIENNA (AP) — Iran on Monday condemned the exclusion of the head of its Atomic Energy Organization from the annual gathering of the United Nations nuclear agency in Vienna saying that it constitutes “a serious breach” of Tehran’s rights as a member nation. “By obstructing our full and effective part
By Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway Sept 14 (Reuters) – U.S. media pioneer Oprah Winfrey will stage a series of live performances at the Las Vegas Sphere in 2027 that she says represent the culmination of decades spent encouraging self-discovery and personal growth through television, publishing
ALAMO, Texas (AP) — A segment of border wall erected in late July stands incomplete along the edge of a wildlife refuge in Alamo, Texas, after a lawsuit halted work. Lush public land in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a corridor for hundreds of thousands of birds and butterflies migrating
WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Flash flooding brought on by heavy rains prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area Sunday. The National Weather Service said the hardest-hit areas appeared to be northern New Jersey, parts of New York’s Westchester County and a s
By Tim McLaughlin, Lisa Baertlein and Julie Ingwersen Sept 14 (Reuters) – Railroad fuel surcharges on U.S. grain shipments have more than doubled over the past year, rippling through the farm belt and raising transportation costs as many farmers also struggle with higher production costs. The averag
MIAMI (AP) — Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier’s planes loaded with Amazon packages careened off a Miami runway last week and killed five people. The Boeing 767 came in fast on Sept. 6 and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters)
VIENNA (AP) — The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is not expected to attend the annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations in Vienna for the first time in years because he is banned from international travel, an official briefed on the matter said. Mohammad Eslami’s exc
TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Filmmaker Alex Gibney made his marathon documentary “Musk,” about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk, to prompt discussions about reclaiming power from “tech oligarchs,” he said in an interview on Sunday. The Oscar-winning documentarian is at the Toronto Interna
Sept 13 (Reuters) – Leaders of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts say it is on the brink of bankruptcy and could close as early as Tuesday, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The leaders, installed by U.S. President Donald Trump, argue that putting the president’s name on its fa
Kushner Says US Used Israel’s Isolation After Doha Strike To Secure Gaza Deal By The Media Line Staff President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said US negotiators capitalized on Israel’s international isolation after its failed September 2025 strike against Hamas leaders in Doha
WASHINGTON – (AP) President Donald Trump is not backing down on his promise to deliver a five-thousand-dollar payment to American adults if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in November. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the proposal will require congressional approval—but he is pledg
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago. Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders i
