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Washington — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to lift lower court orders blocking deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the wartime Alien Enemies Act.The Justice Department made the request for emergency relief just days after a federal appeals court in Washington declined to let the administration resume the deportations of people believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador under the wartime authority.”This case presents fundamental questions about who decides how to conduct sensitive national-security-related operations in this country — the President, through Article II, or the Judiciary, through [temporary…

A Pony.ai robotaxi drives on a public road in a suburb in southern Beijing on July 11, 2024.China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — In the latest step toward building a revenue-generating robotaxi business, Chinese start-up Pony.ai said it has obtained China’s first permit to charge fares for fully driverless taxis in core parts of a business district of Shenzhen.The city is a coastal tech hub in southern China, sometimes dubbed the country’s Silicon Valley.The license allows Pony.ai to charge fares for rides — without any human staff inside — in key parts of the district…

About 300,000 electricity customers in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, were without power early Sunday as a spring storm brought freezing rain and sleet to the Great Lakes region.Ice from the storm covered tree branches, snapping some power lines on Saturday, and created hazardous driving conditions. A National Weather Service office in Michigan posted photos on social media of trees weighed down with icicles.More than a million people in parts of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Wisconsin were under an ice storm warning early Sunday. Up to an inch of ice was forecast to accumulate in…

German war crimes investigators are reaching “the final stages of Nazi persecution” with the youngest potential perpetrators now 97 years old.

BANGKOK: Ravaged by four years of civil war, Myanmar is ill-prepared to cope with the destruction brought by the massive earthquake on Friday (Mar 28). The 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar has killed more than 1,600 people and destroyed thousands of homes. But the bloody conflict sparked by the 2021 military coup has brought the country’s infrastructure, healthcare system and power network to their knees. Here are some of the challenges facing relief efforts in Myanmar: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS The United Nations (UN) and aid agencies have warned that millions were already facing a dire humanitarian crisis before the quake,…

The cabinet comprises 23 ministers from diverse backgrounds amid global calls for greater inclusivity.Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced a transitional government, appointing 23 ministers in a new broadened and diverse cabinet. The cabinet announced on Saturday included Yarub Badr, an Alawite who was named transport minister, while Amgad Badr, who belongs to the Druze community, will lead the agriculture ministry. “The formation of a new government today is a declaration of our joint will to build a new state,” al-Sharaa said in a speech marking the formation of the government. The government will not have a prime minister, with…

The American conservative movement has long worked to put the nuclear family at the center of cultural and economic life. Lately, it has added a twist. It wants to make those families bigger.As fertility rates have declined, a “pronatalist” cluster on the right wing has been making the argument that public policy should encourage more childbearing. With President Trump’s return to office, this group appears to have gotten closer to the center of power than ever before.Broadly speaking, they want measures like more support for families with several children; speedier and cheaper options for higher education that would allow Americans…

Atlanta Police are investigating a shooting near State Farm Arena during Friday’s March Madness Sweet 16 game between Michigan State and Ole Miss, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. The victim is reportedly in intensive care. The shooting happened just a few minutes before tipoff and left a 42-year-old man from Charlotte, North Carolina, hospitalized.  An Atlanta Police vehicle  (Getty Images)”The victim was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is currently in ICU,” said Lt. Andrew Smith, commander of Atlanta’s homicide unit.JASE RICHARDSON SHINES AS MICHIGAN STATE TOPS OLE MISS, MOVES ON TO ELITE EIGHT State Farm Arena Jan. 1, 2021, in…

An Oregon judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a rural city at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments from enforcing camping restrictions unless certain conditions are met.Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Sarah McGlaughlin ruled Friday that the city of Grants Pass must increase capacity at locations the city approved for camping and ensure the sites are physically accessible to people with disabilities.If the city fails to meet those conditions, the judge’s order prohibits the city from citing, arresting or fining people for camping on public property. It also prevents the city from forcing people…

One person has been injured and residents have been forced to flee after a bus crashed into a house in a major city’s western suburbs.