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Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments

Explosions have been heard in Saudi Arabia's capital and at the Riyadh airport where flights were halted

October 08, 2026

Education|Health|Science

Sexual assault survivors’ stories may shift over time – a psychologist explains why it doesn’t mean they’re lying

The brain’s acute response to the trauma of sexual assault can block a person’s ability to accurately assess what they experienced.

October 09, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance|Health|Technology

Trump online: A burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric

In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday,

October 09, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud

October 08, 2026

Federal budget deficit climbs to $2 trillion as fiscal jitters multiply

October 09, 2026

Education|Europe

Massive demonstrations. Injured teenagers. French students say they’re just getting started.

October 07, 2026

Business|Economy|Education|Technology

Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities

The US suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcers and software maker Adobe from a key green-card program on Thursday while opening probes

October 08, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Temple University opens Essential Needs Hub offering food, clothing and wellness resources

October 09, 2026

Education|Europe|Political

French students keep up protest pressure with some demonstrations hit by violence

French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday in the latest wave of nationwide protests

October 08, 2026

Education|Europe

Police fire tear gas at barricaded Paris high school as student protests show no sign of ending

Students in northeastern Paris gathered Thursday to protest outside a high school, with police responding using tear gas

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Health

Family demands answers after video display board falls on boy at Florida school, killing him

October 09, 2026

Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation

A witness says explosions have rocked Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, including a blast at the international airport

October 08, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Technology

CNN, MS NOW and Politico press judge to keep Trump White House ban blocked

A lawyer for CNN, MS NOW and Politico urged a federal judge on Thursday to extend their protection against being barred from the White House by US President Donald

October 08, 2026

Venezuela's Maduro charged in US with ordering torture of opponents, Americans

US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and

October 08, 2026

Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

October 08, 2026

Turkey says Russia, Ukraine increasing attacks in Black Sea ahead of winter

Intensifying attacks by Russia and Ukraine ahead of the winter are further endangering navigational safety in the Black Sea, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Entertainment

One Virginia high school student dead, one injured in shooting on Wednesday

October 08, 2026

Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally

October 08, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment

Michelle Obama honors Opal Lee's legacy at 100th birthday event

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Europe

Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

A 15-year-old former pupil wearing a helmet-mounted camera killed one employee and injured two others at a Polish

October 08, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features

AI models will refuse to say whether a person’s face looks gay or straight, but they will alter images of faces to fit stereotypes of gay and straight.

October 08, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance|Science|Technology

AI use lifts participation in WorldQuant contest

Hedge fund WorldQuant said on Wednesday registrations for this year's flagship global quant research contest have almost doubled from a year earlier, as increased adoption of AI has

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education

Protesters at Cornell speak out on handling of alleged gang rape

Students and faculty were among those gathered Monday at the "Justice for Survivors" rally to protest against Cornell University's handling of the alleged gang rape of Jane Doe in 2024.

October 07, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Europe

Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high school protests

Thousands of young people have been arrested in France during protests demanding better school funding, drawing criticism that police tactics are excessively violent and are politicizing young protesters

October 08, 2026

Crime|Education

Jane Doe is getting death threats as pressure builds from Cornell sexual assault investigation

October 07, 2026

Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education

Cornell gang-rape accuser was 'misled' about criminal investigation, her lawyer says

A lawyer for the woman who says she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity says she was “misled” by authorities about the status of the criminal investigation in the weeks after she first went to police

October 08, 2026

Education|Europe|Political

French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in

October 08, 2026

Education

HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it

An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black college and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri

October 08, 2026

Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

Some of the guardrails for children that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product do not work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children

October 08, 2026

Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says

Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee

October 07, 2026

Arts|Economy|Education

Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black university

CHICAGO, Oct 7 (Chicago) - Seven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by

October 08, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Entertainment

Trial begins for a man accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth 14 years ago

The trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago is finally getting underway

October 07, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Entertainment

Pressure mounting on Cornell administration, president over handling of alleged gang rape

Cornell University’s administration and president are facing mounting pressure over the school’s handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape that has thrust it

October 08, 2026

Education|Entertainment|Sports

Hurricane Isaias could impact Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attend

Hurricane Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend, just before a major college football game between Georgia and Alabama

October 08, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks grow

Teens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hours,

October 07, 2026

Education|Political|Science|Technology

Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teens

Florida asked a state judge on Wednesday to order changes to Instagram and Facebook to better protect young users, pressing ahead with a lawsuit accusing parent

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Food

Women take on growing role in California agriculture as next generation enters industry

October 07, 2026

Crime|Education

Inside rape culture’s strong grip

October 07, 2026

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Off-grid solar power is spreading across Brazil’s Amazon, helping remote communities prepare for severe drought while replacing costly, polluting diesel generators

October 06, 2026

Arts|Education|Europe

Belgian student protests against education costs echo France

Hundreds of students, inspired in part by student unrest in neighbouring France, have taken to the streets of the eastern

October 07, 2026

France suspends use of stun grenades to police student protests

The French government said on Wednesday it was pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests, after a 15-year-old

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Interview

Costa Rica's Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief, sources say

An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca

October 07, 2026

Education

Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a $70,000 fee for international students who are seeking to work in the United States

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Europe|World

‘We should be listened to’: French students demonstrate in nationwide school protests

Over what started as a demonstration in support of teachers striking has now snowballed into a national crisis in what is France's biggest student protests in decades. Students in Paris tell CNN why they are participating in the protests that have rocked the country.

October 06, 2026

Crime|Education|Europe

Ten injured in knife attack at Polish school

Ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, a regional governor

October 07, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why

Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Science|Technology

AI can help with academic research but doesn’t always get it right – here are some tips to check the information you receive

AI is quickly changing. These tips from university librarians can help people keep pace with the shifts as they approach their research.

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Health

Minnesota law enforcement leaders call for unified gang task force amid spate of gun crimes

October 07, 2026

Once shunned, Myanmar's military-backed leader gets red carpet welcome in Malaysia

Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Malaysia on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as the military-backed leader once

October 07, 2026

Crime|Education

Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

October 06, 2026

Crime|Education|Political

Special prosecutor close to naming outside lawyers to handle Cornell investigation

October 07, 2026

Crime|Education

Washington resident conspired with Canadian school shooter before attack, officials say

Federal authorities say a 30-year-old from Washington state conspired with an 18-year-old to commit a February mass shooting at a school in Canada

October 07, 2026

Education|Entertainment|Health|Sports

Missouri freshman offensive lineman Johnnie 'DJ' Jones is hospitalized, needs a heart transplant

Missouri freshman offensive tackle Johnnie “DJ” Jones needs a heart transplant and is hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

October 07, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education

Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school’s handling of sex assault claims

Cornell University trustees have announced that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will review how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints

October 06, 2026

Education|Sports

Longhorns and Sooners bring dominant defense and sputtering offense to Cotton Bowl rivalry

Top-ranked Texas and Oklahoma square off in their annual rivalry bringing two of the most talented, dominant defenses in the country to the Cotton Bowl

October 07, 2026

Republicans to spend $5 million in South Carolina Senate race as Trump plans trip there

The primary Senate Republican super PAC is sending reinforcements to South Carolina as President Donald Trump prepares to visit and boost Sen. Darline Graham

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Europe

French riot police fire tear gas as more than 250,000 rally nationwide for school funding

More than a quarter of a million people have marched in cities across France in support of school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron

October 06, 2026

The world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives say

The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum

October 06, 2026

Information released about cybersecurity incident involving South Carolina schools

October 07, 2026

Bulgaria's leader says drone attack hits 2 commercial vessels, and Ukraine's president blames Russia

Bulgaria’s prime minister says that two commercial vessels have been struck by drones in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea

October 06, 2026

Crime|Education

Cornell hires ex-Justice Dept official Yates to review rape claims response

Cornell University has hired a top former US Justice Department lawyer for an internal investigation of how it handled a student's allegations that she was gang-raped,

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Environment|Health

Parents alarmed as elevated lead levels reported in water serving Georgia schools

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Environment

‘They’re seen': Kentucky students help locate unmarked graves at St. Louis Cemetery

October 07, 2026

Business|Education|Finance|Political|Sports

ACC's Phillips touts league's health amid questions of possible departures, realignment in future

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips says he isn't worried about four member schools supporting changes to the Protect College Sports Act

October 07, 2026

Crime|Education

Former Kentucky high school student suing school district, several employees and ex-teacher who abused her

October 07, 2026

Crime|Education|Health

'It honestly broke my heart': Witness helps injured kids after deadly Florida bus crash

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Europe

Unprecedented student protests are rocking France. Here’s why they’re angry

October 06, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Political|World

Israeli documentary ‘NAZA’ opens in the US, reigniting debate over the war in Gaza

The Israeli documentary "NAZA" is opening in U.S. theaters, reigniting debate over America's military support for Israel

October 06, 2026

3 Boston middle school students taken to hospital after ingesting "unknown substance"

October 06, 2026

Economy|Education|Health|Political

Why older lawmakers may wait too long to step aside

Many older incumbents are on the ballot for the 2026 midterms, adding to America’s debate over the wisdom of aging politicians delaying their retirement.

October 06, 2026

Business|Economy|Education|Finance|Technology

Latest Trump Account changes: What families need to know now

July 04, 2026

Arts|Education

Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

The winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday in Oslo.

September 29, 2023

Nolan Wells' family seeks federal probe after grand jury declined to indict anyone for his death

The family of an 18-year-old Black man whose body was found on a Mississippi barrier island following a Fourth of July trip with friends called on

October 06, 2026

Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Sports

A crowd of students protests Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

Cornell students, professors and others are thronging a campus plaza to protest the university’s response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024

October 05, 2026

Crime|Education

Cornell police tried to get phone records in Jane Doe’s sex assault investigation. Her lawyer says records never got to DA

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment

SCAD unveils finished 11-acre backlot with working sets and soundstages

October 06, 2026

Education|Opinion|Sports

The ACC's quest for respect in football is eternal. The fight is starting early in 2026

Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi is frustrated with the ACC's lack of respect in college football polls

October 06, 2026

2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crash

Authorities say a school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning

October 05, 2026

Education|Health|Interview|Science

California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics

October 06, 2026

Arts|Economy|Education

Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard

A federal appeals court has heard arguments over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University

October 06, 2026

Arts|Education

Sacramento artist brings Latino history to life with elaborate Southside Park mural

October 06, 2026

Mexico demands evidence of alleged cross-border shots after US ambassador comments

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her government has requested evidence from US authorities regarding

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education

Teenager's hand blown off as French school protests enter third week

A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said,

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education

Supreme Court declines First Amendment case of students forced to remove ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Travel|World

Peru prison inmates sew 'pope dolls' ahead of pontiff's visit

Behind the steel bars of Lima's Chorrillos Women's Prison, the rhythmic clatter of sewing machines and the snip of scissors mark a rush to meet a deadline.

October 05, 2026

A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?

The lengthy campaigns to protect kids on social media offer some lessons for those looking to protect children using artificial intelligence

October 02, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Opinion

Whether it’s banning books or preventing Macklemore from touring, silencing artists often backfires

A large-scale study of library circulation finds that attempts to censor books often boost their readership.

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment

PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education

US appeals court weighs Trump's block on Harvard research funding

US President Donald Trump's administration asked an appeals court on Monday to let it terminate more than $2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University, a major

October 05, 2026

Crime|Education|Europe|Political

Teenager has hand blown off during French school protests, official says

A 15-year-old protesting against France's dilapidated and understaffed schools

October 05, 2026

Business|Education|Technology

Why it’s more important than ever to jump-start entrepreneurial careers from the college classroom

Hands-on learning about building a business is something students of all majors can benefit from.

October 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Finance|World

Pope Francis' diaries to be published next month, revealing reflections on Vatican years

Pope Francis' journal entries from his time in the Vatican and years before will be published this fall

October 05, 2026

Germany at risk of violent conflict with Russia, intelligence chief says

Germany is at risk of entering a violent conflict as Moscow steps up an increasingly aggressive "shadow war" against European democracies, its head of

October 05, 2026

Middle East oil exports top pre-war levels for part of September but tanker attacks increase

Gulf oil exporters topped pre-war levels for about half of September, shipping data showed on Monday, though attacks on tankers and logistical constraints

October 05, 2026

Crime|Education|Interview

Calls for accountability grow amid a renewed investigation: Catch up on the Cornell alleged gang rape case

October 05, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes police to court over Epstein files arrest

Britain's judicial office said on Monday a court hearing would take place on Thursday after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles,

October 05, 2026

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base

October 05, 2026

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