Housing shortage, soaring rents squeeze US college students

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year lastRead More

Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amidRead More

Tenn. center that hosted 1996 Olympics events burns down

COPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — A fire early Tuesday destroyed Tennessee’s Ocoee Whitewater Center, which served as the host site for paddling events during the 1996Read More

Police searching for 3-month-old baby kidnapped from his grandmother’s home in San Jose, California

(CNN) — Police and the FBI are searching for a three-month-old baby who they say was kidnapped in San Jose, California, as the infant’s grandmother was unloadingRead More

GM to offer electrified Corvette as early as next year

General Motors says it will offer an electrified Chevrolet Corvette as early as next year. President Mark Reuss said in a statement on LinkedIn MondayRead More

Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden administration from ending Title 42 Covid border restrictions for migrants

(CNN) — A federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border. The Biden administration had been on trackRead More

Putin gets what he didn’t want: Ukraine army closer to West

WASHINGTON (AP) — The longer Ukraine’s army fends off the invading Russians, the more it absorbs the advantages of Western weaponry and training — exactlyRead More

Administration expands availability of COVID antiviral pill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to reassureRead More

Musk’s ‘free speech’ push for Twitter: Repeating history?

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is spending $44 billion to acquire Twitter with the stated aim of turning it into a haven for “freeRead More

Iran court sentences 2 students to 16-year prison terms each

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A court in Iran has sentenced two students to 16-year prison terms each on charges of endangering national security, the judiciary’sRead More