Alabama Public Television (APT) has refused to broadcast a cartoon which shows a same-sex wedding. The first episode of the 22nd series of children’s programme Arthur features the character Mr Ratburn marrying his partner, Patrick. But APT instead ran an old episode, and announced it had no plans to show the premiere. Programming director Mike […]
The parents of a military cadet who died in a skiing accident can use his frozen sperm to produce a child, a judge has ruled. West Point cadet Peter Zhu, from California, died after sustaining a skiing injury in February. The 21-year-old’s parents got court permission to have his sperm retrieved and frozen at the […]
Officials say the boy died on Tuesday after being hospitalised for a fever, chills and headache. A 16-year-old unaccompanied migrant boy from Guatemala who fell ill has died while in the custody of the United States government. Officials said on Wednesday the boy was transferred to an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelter in Texas on […]
THE richest black man in America stunned a group of graduating students at the weekend by promising to pay off all their student debt. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” announced Robert F Smith, to scenes of jubilation at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr Smith’s gift to […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – InterDigital Wireless Inc said on Monday (May 20) that it can license its 5G network technology to Huawei Technologies despite the threat of a US ban on selling chips and software to the Chinese telecommunications firm, and patent attorneys said Qualcomm likely also can do so. InterDigital and Qualcomm are the […]
Talk of war with Iran seemed to subside in Washington over the past week. As is his wont, US President Donald Trump lambasted media coverage of his administration’s moves against the regime in Tehran. But in doing so he also seemed to push back against an aggressive agenda set by his national security adviser John […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of attendees at a conference in Toronto on Monday that Canada’s thriving technology sector is a result of the country’s openness to immigrants and he hopes Canadians will continue to view immigration positively. Trudeau was the first keynote speaker at the four-day conference, called Collision, which is being held […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US government on Monday (May 20) temporarily eased some trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, a move that sought to minimise disruption for the telecom company’s customers around the world. The US Commerce Department will allow Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to purchase American-made goods in order to maintain existing […]
The Game Plan What to do Take the stairs up in a nondescript building in Midtown West, enter a library with a rectangular stage in the middle and take a seat along the perimeter. You’re here for a meeting of the Drunk Shakespeare Society, self-described as “a drinking club with a Shakespeare problem.” Turns out […]
The White House has directed one of its former legal advisers not to testify to a congressional committee about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Department of Justice and White House both released statements on Monday arguing that Donald McGahn was under no obligation to give evidence. The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee has issued a […]