Four Louisiana-led projects are among the top 10 finalists for a $50 million award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Futures Challenge. The prize seeks to boost resilience, sustainability, and public safety across the Gulf Coast, and Louisiana institutions have emerged as clear frontrunners.
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is preparing for a special leadership election in October following the resignation of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru after less than a year in office. The race to replace him is expected to be highly competitive, with multiple party heavyweights and rising stars vying for the top job.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) slashed job numbers by 911,000 in its latest revision covering April 2024 to March 2025, drawing immediate fire from the White House and conservative leaders. The correction marks the largest downward revision on record and calls into question the reliability of the Biden administration’s economic reporting.
A 62-year-old Texas woman has been arrested after a butt-dialed voicemail reportedly linked her to the cover-up of a murder involving a flight attendant. Fort Worth police charged Joni Thomas with tampering with evidence in the death of 47-year-old Rana Nofal Soluri, a flight attendant who was reported missing in March.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Armed Services Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister, less than 24 hours after the National Assembly voted out his predecessor, François Bayrou. The move marks Macron’s third prime ministerial appointment in a year, deepening concerns about France’s democratic direction and highlighting the president’s refusal to return power to the people through new elections.
Israel launched a surprise airstrike on Hamas targets in Doha, Qatar, early Tuesday after Hamas rejected a final ceasefire deal and claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in Jerusalem that killed six Israeli civilians. The strike targeted senior Hamas leadership reportedly involved in the hostage negotiations, killing several individuals, including the son of a Hamas negotiator and a Qatari security officer.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), called the "Nation's Report Card," revealed that high school seniors' scores in math and reading are at record lows.
A Texas A&M dean has been removed after they promoted material shared by a professor relating to transgenderism, prompting a student to raise concerns that the content violated the law.
