A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday dissolved his temporary freeze on the Trump administration’s unprecedented offer for millions of federal workers to resign, allowing the controversial “fork in the road” program to proceed. U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. had temporarily halted the administration’s offer of mass buyouts to millions of federal workers last...
Climate impacts can increase the prevalence of diseases in coffee crops, reducing overall yields for farmers. Studies have shown that the arabica bean — which makes up roughly 60% of all coffee produced globally — is particularly vulnerable to climate change. And while U.S. coffee producers in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, California and elsewhere sell homegrown...
Teddi Mellencamp, former star of the “‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” revealed that doctors have found multiple tumors on her brain. Mellencamp wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she’d been experiencing “severe and debilitating headaches” for the last several weeks. The headaches were so unbearable that she required hospitalization Tuesday, she said. “After...
The Trump administration is considering tapping into Department of Defense funding to hire contractors, a move that would vastly expand the scale and scope of immigrant arrests and deportations in the U.S., according to three sources familiar with the matter. The defense contracts would allow civilian-run companies to quickly and rapidly expand temporary detention facilities,...
President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., listed on her questionnaire for a Senate committee that she worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic when she was in her early 20s, according to a copy of the document reviewed by NBC News, although she also made it clear to senators she does...
Amazon issued an apology Wednesday after actor Mandy Moore posted in anger that a delivery driver left a package at her in-laws’ home that was destroyed in the Los Angeles area fires. Moore posted an image of a single box in front of a pile of debris that once made up her husband’s parents home....
Actor Scarlett Johansson is urging lawmakers to regulate the use of artificial intelligence after her likeness was used without her consent in a fake viral video that appears to show a handful of celebrities protesting the rapper Ye. The video, which has circulated across X and Instagram, shows doctored clips of celebrities — including Johansson,...
A New Jersey man whose wife was killed by a hippo during an African safari has filed a lawsuit alleging that their tour operator was negligent in failing to keep her safe. Craig Manders says in the suit that he witnessed the horrifying death of his wife Lisa, 70, who was killed in Zambia last...
The New Jersey governor’s race is providing an early test for Democrats trying to navigate the thorny issues of immigration and border security following Donald Trump’s victory, and those issues are already dividing the party’s candidates. “Those national issues are going to loom large in this gubernatorial race,” N.J. Democratic Party Chairman LeRoy Jones said....
Maná made history Wednesday as the first Spanish-language rock band nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is something almost impossible to imagine. We are very grateful for this honor,” the Mexican rock band said in a statement posted on its Instagram...