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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

A federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against two of President Trump’s critics, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.In an unusual turn of events, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia, was unlawfully appointed when she brought the cases shortly after Trump handpicked her for the post.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Laura Kelley, Miami-Dade County Democratic Party chair, (second from the left) joins others to support a resolution in favor of reinstating temporary protected status for Venezuelans in February in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images No Republican presidential candidate in history did better with Latinos than Donald Trump did in 2024. But there are lots of signs that support has evaporated. Democrats won big victories earlier this month in elections across the country – with large margins among Latinos. Poll after poll has shown Hispanics declining in support for Trump since he was sworn in…

The Pentagon said it is probing allegations of misconduct against Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) after he appeared in a video urging troops to disobey unlawful orders. In a social-media post Monday, the Defense Department said it had begun a review of the allegations to determine further actions, which could include recalling Kelly to active duty to initiate court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Politics / November 24, 2025 The incoming mayor has improbably charmed Donald Trump and given himself some political breathing room. But nobody should get too comfortable. Ad Policy President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Friday, November 21, 2025. (Evan Vucci / AP) Like all autocrats, Donald Trump is surrounded by cronies who yearn for him to bestow a smile on them. Aspiring heirs such as JD Vance, a whole crew of White House underlings, sycophants such as Laura Loomer, and even Trump’s own…