US Prosecutors: China-based Canadian Stole Tesla Secrets
A Canadian resident of China has been arrested in the United States for allegedly stealing electric car manufacturer Tesla’s trade secrets and conspiring to sell them to undercover law enforcement officers. Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, the operator of a China-based business that sells technology used in electric vehicles, was arrested Tuesday in New York, federal prosecutors […]
Appeals Court: Keep N.C. Confederate Monument
A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld a trial court judge’s decision to side […]
Economist/YouGov Poll: Trump Up by 10 Points With Independents
Former President Donald Trump is up 10 points over President Joe Biden among independent voters, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov. When asked who they would support in a presidential rematch between Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Biden, the Democrat incumbent, 44% of those surveyed say they would vote for Trump, […]
Scientists: Gray Whales Making Comeback
A nearly five-year study has concluded that an “unusual mortality event,” wherein thousands of gray whales died, has ended. According to the Fisheries branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), during an event from Dec. 17, 2018, to Nov. 9, 2023, scientists estimate that in one population — the eastern North Pacific gray […]
Speaker, Schumur Say Spending Deal Reached
The top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached a deal to keep the government funded through the rest of the fiscal year that began in October, setting off a race to pass it before a weekend shutdown deadline. The last sticking point was funding for the Department of […]
Hong Kong Nears Vote on Law That Could Further Quash Dissent
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special session that lasted Tuesday. It […]
North Korea’s Kim Supervised Nuclear Rocket Launcher Tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed to target South Korea’s capital as he vowed to boost his war deterrent in the face of deepening confrontations with rivals, state media said Tuesday. The report came a day after South Korea and Japan said they detected […]
Morning Consult Poll: Trump, Biden Tied at 43 Percent
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are tied among registered voters in the latest Morning Consult survey on this year’s presidential election. Trump and Biden, expected to be their party’s nominee, receive 43% support in the Morning Consult poll. Another 9% of voters say they would vote for someone else, and 5% offered […]
Blinken: US Support for Philippines ‘Ironclad’ in South China Sea
Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” Tuesday to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces after clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken, the latest high-level official to visit the United States treaty ally, met […]
Supreme Court Weighs Convicted Border Drug ‘Mule’ Appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider a California woman’s bid to overturn her conviction for smuggling drugs across the U.S.-Mexican border in a legal dispute over her defense she acted unwittingly as a “blind” drug mule. The justices will hear arguments in Delilah Guadalupe Diaz’s appeal after a lower court refused to […]