Former Joe Gibbs Racing exec embroiled in trade secrets case can keep new job
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CN) — Joe Gibbs Racing cannot force its former competition director to resign his new position as the team’s trade secrets case proceeds toward trial, a federal judge decided. In a 35-page order on a preliminary injunction issued shortly before...
Justice Department drops criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Department of Justice announced on Friday it was ending its criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro indicated...
Warming El Niño set to return in mid-2026: UN
GENEVA (AFP) — The El Niño weather phenomenon, which pushed global temperatures to record highs the last time around, is expected to return in mid-2026, the U.N. said Friday. The United Nations’ weather and climate agency said El Niño conditions could well...
EU preps ‘blueprint’ for mutual aid clause amid Trump worries
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The EU will lay out a “blueprint” for how its mutual assistance clause works if a country is attacked, Cyprus’ leader said Friday, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on the U.S. commitment to NATO. Attention has increased on...
London’s Jewish community on edge amid attacks
LONDON (AFP) — Despite heightened security measures, Jewish residents in northwest London remain on “high alert” after a spate of arson attacks on synagogues and community sites in recent weeks. So far there have been no casualties. But since the first...
Bienvenidos a mi país
Most countries have more than one national language. Switzerland has four: German, French, Italian and Romansh; a fifth, Schwiizerdütsch, a widely used group of Swiss German dialects. Canada’s national languages are English and French. Belgium has three: Dutch, French...
Adriatic shipwreck shows signs of waterproofing and repair with novel materials
(CN) — Repairs for necessary items in life are often a pain, entailing extra time, attention and detail to ensure a lasting fix. That may be even more true if the repairs involve seafaring vessels from approximately 2,200 years ago. Or that is what scientists have...
Arson, murder convict asks Arizona appeals court for meeting records to clear his name
PHOENIX (CN) — An Arizona man seeking to clear his name of a decades-old murder conviction asked a state appeals court Thursday to allow him access to records he says could uncover a conspiracy against him. Louis Taylor — who spent 42 years in a state...
Hawaii court weighs whether banana workers proved pesticide exposure
HONOLULU (CN) — Thirty years ago, six Costa Rican banana plantation workers said they were exposed to a banned pesticide that left them sterile and caused miscarriages. Now, they’re asking the Hawaii Supreme Court how much evidence a plaintiff must show to...