A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
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The U.S. experienced negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least half a century, according to a report released by the Brookings Institution....
Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha left her Microsoft job to take an extended career break after maternity leave. She believes being present during her child's early yea...
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI "There's two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work," says Mahir Laul. The 18-year-old took a leave of absence from New York University this past...
The cities building the most homes rely more heavily on immigrant labor. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times The cities that build and remodel the most homes rely the most heavily on immigrant worker...
Stars and Stripes newspaper Ullstein bild via Getty Images The military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, is facing new pressure from the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the o...
Mark Owen welcomes Aida Tavakoli, co-founder of We Are Iranian Students, who offers a window into the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran under a blanket of state-imposed darkness. Her voice, urgent...
War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said....
Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...
From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...
Cassindy Chao now works as a full-time matchmaker. Courtesy of Cassindy Chao Cassindy Chao worked in finance, including at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, but felt she never thrived. She started matchmak...
Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesda...
El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a prison in Costa Rica modeled on his own CECOT mega-jail that rights groups say is the setting for serious...
Families call for release of political prisoners at the brutal El Helicoide jail...
Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado. ADX is often described as the US's most restrictive prison, and it houses some of the most noto...
A teen is turning his passion and drive for helping others, into a longterm mission....
Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call ...
Changes to how customers tip on Uber Eats and DoorDash have led to lower earnings for gig workers, according to a report from New York City. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Uber Eats and DoorDas...
Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...