When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore‚ a Democrat‚ agreed to film an advertisement for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s “Disagree Better” initiative‚ he knew just who he would ask. It was a Republican from the western side of his state‚ Mayor Jack Coburn of Lonaconing‚ who Moore had visited shortly after assuming the governorship. The town was having a water crisis at the time. Moore said when they first met‚ the mayor said‚ “‘Can you do me a favor?’ He said‚ ‘Turn 360 degrees.’ So I turned 360...

Insert all appropriate caveats: It’s only one poll‚ the margin is probably an outlier‚ and we don’t select presidents through national opinion polls. But the latest Marquette Law School Poll national survey has some absolutely eye-popping numbers in a hypothetical match-up between President Biden and Nikki Haley‚ currently a distant second in the GOP presidential primary.

A spacecraft built and flown by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines sailed around the moon on Thursday to attempt the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever entirely by the private sector. The six-legged robot lander‚ dubbed Odysseus‚ was due to begin the final descent from lunar orbit with a blast of its main engine about an hour before landing‚ with touchdown anticipated at 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 GMT) on Thursday‚ according to the...

A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination‚ a judge ruled on Thursday. Darryl George‚ 18‚ has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because the district‚ Barbers Hill‚ says the length of his hair violates its dress code. The district filed a lawsuit arguing George’s long hair‚ which he wears in...

“Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” Those words‚ from CBS icon Edward R. Murrow‚ came to mind this week after I spoke with journalists at the network. There is trouble brewing at Black Rock‚ the headquarters of CBS‚ after the firing of Catherine Herridge‚ an acclaimed investigative reporter. Many of us were shocked after Herridge was included in layoffs this month‚ but those concerns have increased after CBS officials took the unusual step of...

Last spring‚ the White House proudly rolled out new proposed regulations on tailpipe emissions as part of its effort to speed up the country’s embrace of electric vehicles. The rules were supposed to be finalized next month. Now officials are backtracking. “Instead of essentially requiring automakers to rapidly ramp up sales of electric vehicles over the next few years‚ the administration would give car manufacturers more time‚ with a sharp increase in sales not required until after 2030‚”...

Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that enables them to sing underwater. The discovery‚ published in the journal Nature‚ has also revealed why the noise we make in the ocean is so disruptive for these ocean giants. Whale song is restricted to a narrow frequency that overlaps with the noise produced by ships.

Vice Media will stop publishing content on its website and lay off several hundred staffers as the beleaguered outlet makes “fundamental changes” to its “strategic vision” under its new private equity owner‚ Fortress Investment Group‚ chief executive Bruce Dixon announced Thursday in a memo to staff. “This decision was not made lightly‚ and I understand the significant impact it will have on those affected‚” Dixon told staffers in the memo‚ obtained by CNN‚ adding that employees impacted by...

Roughly half of college graduates end up in jobs where their degrees aren’t needed‚ and that underemployment has lasting implications for workers’ earnings and career paths. That is the key finding of a new study tracking the career paths of more than 10 million people who entered the job market over the past decade. It suggests that the number of graduates in jobs that don’t make use of their skills or credentials—52%—is greater than previously thought‚ and underscores the lasting...

Republicans are facing another political headache in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade‚ this time involving in vitro fertilization procedures‚ that could spell disaster for the party heading into the 2024 election. The latest hurdle comes out of Alabama after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are legally children and that the destruction of embryos constitutes a crime under the state’s “wrongful death of a minor” law. ...