• Tom Cruise touts the power of cinema as he accepts honorary Oscar
    By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -How does a person summarize the 45-year career of Tom Cruise in a four-minute speech? “Mission impossible,” said director Alejandro Inarritu on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated the movie star with an honorary Oscar. Inarritu, who directed Cruise in an untitled film set for release next October, introduced the “Top […]
  • Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump’s visa crackdown
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive, yet there are signs of turbulence as fewer new, first-time students arrived from other countries, according to a new report. Overall, U.S. campuses saw a 1% decrease in international enrollment […]
  • Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US
    From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, driven out by President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Others have moved elsewhere inside the U.S. In many school systems, the […]
  • Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair to be sentenced in federal case
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit is set to appear for sentencing in federal court Monday. Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him in September as part of agreements with […]
  • Indiana lawmaker who opposed Trump’s redistricting push is victim of a swatting
    An Indiana lawmaker who resisted President Donald Trump’s push to have Republicans redraw the state’s congressional boundaries was the victim of a swatting call Sunday that brought sheriff’s deputies to his home. The call, in which someone reported a fake emergency at the Terre Haute home of state Sen. Greg Goode, came hours after Trump […]