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Pressure mounts on City University of New York over anti-Zionist commencement address, with lawmakers, Jewish groups and civil rights outfits hitting college system from both sides

By Aleksandra Michalska and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) -The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of

US Senate passes bill to end debt ceiling stand-off and avoid default  Financial Times Bill to raise federal debt ceiling awaits final passage in Senate  PBS NewsHour Opinion | Biden is delivering on his most far-fetched pledge: Compromise  The Washington Post Kevin McCarthy’s

And the winning word is: A 14-year-old from Florida wins the National Spelling Bee  NPR 14-year-old Dev Shah of Florida wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with final word ‘psammophile’  CNN Florida teenager Dev Shah wins US Spelling Bee with ‘psammophile’  BBC Scripps Spelling

Dev Shah won by correctly spelling “psammophile,” a noun that is used to describe animals and plants that prefer to live in sandy soil environments (Image credit: Nick Wass/AP)

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed in May, with wages coming off the boil, potentially allowing the Federal Reserve to skip an interest rate hike this month for the first time since embarking on its

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse In Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, audiences are introduced to a host of new characters. But the most important one is Miguel O’Hara, voiced by Oscar Isaac in an engaging

At 14, Marie C. Bolden became the champion of what is believed to be the first national spelling competition in the United States. Her victory prompted a backlash.

At 14, Marie C. Bolden became the champion of what is believed to be the first national spelling competition in the United States. Her victory prompted a backlash.

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