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Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths - 2025-05-13T02:04:14-04:00
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.

Chiefs superfan 'ChiefsAholic' sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma prison - 2025-05-13T01:56:12-04:00
A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced Monday in an Oklahoma courtroom to serve 32 years in state prison for robbing a Tulsa-area bank.

Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S. - 2025-05-13T01:18:24-04:00
The decision comes after the acting IRS commissioner resigned over a deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification.

Michael Jordan joins NBC as the network revives its NBA coverage - 2025-05-12T21:00:31-04:00
It has been over 20 years since NBC had rights to broadcast NBA games. Its last run was during the 90s, which coincided with Michael Jordan's reign over basketball.

Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews - 2025-05-12T20:10:11-04:00
The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors.

Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE - 2025-05-12T19:08:05-04:00
DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.

A trove of forgotten Nazi documents is found in Argentina's Supreme Court basement - 2025-05-12T19:06:42-04:00
Inside boxes found in the basement were documents "intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina," the court said. Supreme Court president Horacio Rosatti has ordered a review.

Texas Lottery faces scrutiny amid jackpot controversies and leadership shakeup - 2025-05-12T17:05:15-04:00
The lottery recently banned online couriers, but some state legislators are considering more regulation.

The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer. - 2025-05-12T16:30:39-04:00
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.

Gérard Depardieu faces verdict in sexual assault trial seen as #MeToo test - 2025-05-12T15:58:00-04:00
Women's rights advocates say the case is about whether France's justice system is truly ready to reckon with sexual violence.