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International visitors soon will face higher prices, potentially totaling hundreds of dollars, to visit U.S. national parks.Beginning Jan. 1, an annual pass will cost $250 for nonresidents compared with $80 for U.S. residents, the Interior Department said Tuesday. Nonresidents currently pay the same rate as U.S. residents to visit parks. There is no change in the cost for U.S. citizens.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Activism / November 25, 2025 “Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state and national level. Ad Policy A person is detained by US Border Patrol agents on November 19, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The man sustained injuries to his face while agents wrestled him to the ground, after he tried to run. Federal Agents are carrying out “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” an ongoing immigration enforcement surge across the Charlotte region.(Ryan Murphy / Getty Images) United States Border Patrol gave city leaders in Charlotte, North…

Voters arrive at the Buck Creek School to vote on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in rural Perry, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — in their effort to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives next year. This is the first time, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says, that it’s had a program specifically dedicated to engaging rural voters. Suzan DelBene, who chairs the DCCC and represents Washington’s 1st Congressional…

Politics / November 25, 2025 Zohran Mamdani needs a civic program to complement his affordability agenda Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani poses for a group photo at “The Cost of Living Classic” soccer tournament on October 19, 2025, in New York City.(Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) It was hard to miss the civic spirit spilling out of Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral campaign. You could find his canvassers gathering at parks, playgrounds, and plazas; at 5:30 pm on weekdays or noon on weekends; huddled under the awnings of Dunkin’ Donuts or lingering outside independent coffee shops; and in…

Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft will fly again early next year. This time it won’t be carrying astronauts.Starliner ran into a string of technical problems during its June 2024 debut flight carrying NASA astronauts, prompting the agency to leave the crew members on the International Space Station for months before a SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle brought them back to Earth. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

The mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria caught the world’s attention over a decade ago when 276 high-school students were abducted from Chibok, sparking the #BringBackOurGirls campaign on social media. The phenomenon returned to the limelight this month with another mass abduction and President Trump’s threats to intervene over what he said was the persecution of Christians in one of Africa’s most strategic nations.The reality is, the kidnappings never really abated.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Sen. Mark Kelly waits to speak during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Pentagon said Monday it is investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot and NASA astronaut, for possible violations of military law after he appeared in a video with other Democratic lawmakers urging active duty military and intelligence personnel to refuse “illegal orders.” In the case of Kelly, the Pentagon put out a statement saying that it had “received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.),” and…

Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an admissions requirement five years ago? Now arrives the dispiriting result: Many freshmen at one of its top public universities can’t do middle-school math.The University of California, San Diego, is widely considered one of the nation’s top public universities, ranking sixth in U.S. News & World Report. So a new analysis by its joint faculty-administration committee of its student preparation may reflect a broader decline in academic rigor and standards.“Over the past five years, UC San Diego has experienced a steep decline in the…

Politics / StudentNation / November 24, 2025 Amid the administration’s war on higher education, The Stanford Daily’s lawsuit targets federal statutes that allow deportation and visa revocation based on political speech. Ad Policy Stanford students and activists outside of the White Memorial Plaza in March 2025.(Tayfun Coskun / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and…

The Justice Department on Monday said it would settle its lawsuit against apartment-pricing company RealPage, which it had accused last year of enabling landlords to illegally coordinate rental-price increases.The settlement, which requires court approval, would close one of the biggest antitrust cases that enforcers filed during the Biden administration, marking one of the first complaints against technology middlemen blamed for playing a role in price increases that pinch consumers.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link