Tag: Fame and power

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

Mahmoud Khalil is shown on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. Ted Shaffrey/AP NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia...

Driving while high is hard to detect. States are racing to find a good tool

Colorado State Trooper Ron Krasnisky shows the department's oral fluid drug screen testing device, used during a pilot program that ended earlier this year. The system uses a saliva collection device to test impaired drivers for marijuana use as...

Postal workers conducting the census is part of a Trump pitch for a USPS takeover

A U.S. Postal Service employee unloads mail at a facility in 2022 in Houston. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Trump administration's talk of transforming the U.S. Postal Service has ensnared another one of the country's oldest institutions — the census. During a recent interview, Fox News...

Mark Carney to be Canada’s next prime minister

Mark Carney speaks during his Liberal leadership campaign launch in Edmonton, Jan. 16, 2025. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP Mark Carney, the former central banker-turned-centrist politician, triumphed over Chrystia Freeland in Sunday's Liberal Party leadership race, paving the way for...

Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery

Elena (left) and Vadim live on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that has long struggled with fentanyl and other drug use. Both told NPR they have survived their drug use in part due to naloxone,...