Behind China’s Balloons, a Push for Business to Serve the Military
The Chinese government has tried to meld its military and civilian innovation, prompting a backlash from the United States.
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George Washington University accused of ‘colluding’ with rightwing pro-Israel group
StadWithUs filed charge with US education department accusing Lara Sheehi of hate speech and discrimination against studentsAn Arab professor and lecturer in diversity has accused George Washington University of “colluding” with a rightwing pro-Israel …
What China’s Military Balloons Show About Its Spying Ambitions
Chinese military scientists have been looking for ways to make them more durable, harder to detect and even to serve as platforms that fire advanced weapons.
George Washington University installs emergency contraception vending machine
Students led effort over concern for reproductive rights after supreme court struck down constitutional right to abortionA vending machine that provides emergency contraception has been installed at a Washington DC university, as colleges contend with …
‘We’re tired of being beaten’: protesters across US call for justice for Tyre Nichols
After video of the brutal beating was released, people gathered to decry the violence and abuse of powerProtests took place in multiple US cities late Friday after police released footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating at the hands of Memphis police.Th…
Capitol rioter who assaulted Brian Sicknick gets near-seven year sentence
Julian Khater pleaded guilty to using chemical spray to attack the Capitol police officer who died on 7 JanuaryA man who admitted using chemical spray to assault Brian Sicknick on January 6, a day before the Capitol police officer died, was sentenced t…
Women’s marches take place across country on 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade – as it happened
More than 200 events in 46 states protest supreme court decision that struck down the federal right to an abortion in USIt’s 4.30pm in Washington DC. We’re closing this blog now, but you can read the Guardian’s story on the women’s march and reproducti…
Brian Walshe charged with murdering his missing wife in Massachusetts
Walshe, 47, was seen on video buying $450 worth of cleaning supplies the day after his wife, Ana, disappearedA Massachusetts man already facing a charge of misleading investigators in the search for his missing wife has now been charged with murder in …
Karon Blake: outrage in Washington DC after Black teen, 13, shot dead
Police say Blake, student at Brookland middle school, killed early on Saturday following ‘interaction’ with unnamed manThe fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Black middle-school pupil in Washington DC has prompted outcry among community members as police …
Federal prosecutors subpoena Giuliani over Trump campaign payments
The order, issued in November, also asks the former mayor to provide testimonyRudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, who helped to amplify Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, has been subpoenaed by federal prosec…