Month: April 2023

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A sweeping British bill that will dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the U.K. is due to be approved by lawmakers. That’s despite critics’ allegations that it breaks international law. The government says the Illegal Migration Bill will deter tens of thousands of people from

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Harvard University professor convicted of lying to federal investigators about his ties to a Chinese-run science recruitment program and failing to pay taxes on payments from a Chinese university was sentenced Wednesday to supervised release and ordered to pay more than $83,000 in restitution and

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Microsoft and Poland’s officials say that the IT giant has launched a top-notch hub for cloud data storage and processing in central Poland. The cloud region, which is part of Microsoft’s $1 billion IT transformation plan for Poland, consists of three separate physical locations around Warsaw. Microsoft says it will give

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Oregon are advancing a bill that would expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming care to include things like facial hair removal and Adam’s apple reduction surgery. The procedures are currently considered cosmetic by insurers but seen as critical to the mental health

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A company that tears down closed nuclear power plants wants to do in Michigan what has never been done in the U.S.: restore a dead one to life. Holtec Decommissioning International bought the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station last June for the stated purpose of