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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can enforce its ban on critical race theory in classrooms, ruling the First Amendment doesn’t give students the right to compel the state to offer its instruction in public schools.A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction issued against the ban, one of several changes adopted under an education overhaul that Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed in 2023.The prohibition is being challenged by two teachers and two students at Little Rock Central High School, site of the 1957 desegregation…

CNN  —  A huge fire has consumed the main stage of Belgium’s world-famous Tomorrowland festival, days ahead of its planned opening on Friday. “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” festival organizers said in a statement Wednesday evening. “We can confirm that no one was injured during the incident.” Video showed thick plumes of black smoke rising from the festival grounds in Boom, Belgium on Wednesday. Fireworks could also be seen and heard going off in the distance. The festival’s main stage has almost completely burned down, according to…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:35 AM ET, Wed July 16, 2025 Windstar Cruises’ annual Christmas in July sale is going on now through the end of July, offering guests an opportunity to enjoy all-inclusive upgrades on select trips with just $50 per person deposits. The Christmas in July promotion is eligible for over 300 Windstar voyages departing through March 31, 2026.Travelers who book under the promotion can enjoy savings up to $1,350 per couple with the free all-inclusive upgrade package, which features unlimited select beer, wine and cocktails, prepaid gratuities and complimentary Wi-Fi. “You don’t have to wait for December to…

Just five days after opening up orders on its Reachy Mini robots, AI developer platform Hugging Face says it has logged $1 million worth of sales. That’s not a bad start for a company that’s just recently expanded into robotics, and is largely known for letting developers download open source AI models off the internet. On this episode of Equity, Hugging Face co-founder and chief scientist Thomas Wolf breaks down where he sees the company’s robotics going. While other startups tackling robots for the home — such as Figure and 1X — want their robots to offload some of your…

CNN  —  The liquid rule for carry-on bags could be the next airport security measure to be overhauled. Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, hinted at a possible policy change on Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit hosted by The Hill and NewsNation in Washington. “But I will tell you — I mean the liquids — I’m questioning. So that may be the next big announcement is what size your liquids need to be,” Noem told NewsNation’s host Blake Burman. Noem’s comments came shortly after DHS rolled back a rule in place for nearly two decades requiring…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police officers conducting a welfare check at a gated home on Monday discovered two bodies inside with gunshot wounds. The victims were identified as Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol,” and her husband, Thomas Deluca. A day later, police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the killings. Here’s what to know about the case. Welfare checkOfficials said someone who hadn’t heard from Kaye and Deluca in several days requested that police check out their residence on a tree-lined block in the upscale Encino neighborhood, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest…

The U.S. Department of State reissued its Level 4 travel advisory for Haiti on Tuesday.The updated guidance comes after the addition of a terrorism indicator. It reminds Americans to avoid travel to the Caribbean destination due to a variety of threats, among them kidnapping, crime, terrorist activity, civil unrest and limited health care. “In July 2023, the Department of State ordered nonemergency U.S. government employees and their family members to leave the country due to security risks,” according to the State Department. “Haiti has been under a State of Emergency since March 2024. Crimes involving firearms are common in Haiti.…

Rex Salisbury, the solo GP behind Cambrian Ventures, fondly recalls the time he fell in love with fintech. The year was 2015; he had recently left his job as an investment banker to try his hand at engineering at a mortgage startup in San Francisco. “That’s when you had companies like Stripe, Plaid, Credit Karma, Wealthfront starting to scale,” he told TechCrunch. “Lending Club had just done their IPO, and was trading really well.” Investors’ excitement for fintech grew exponentially in the following years, reaching a fever pitch in 2021. Things calmed down noticeably a year later, however, as interest…

The new “I Know What You Did Last Summer” pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. It even has some of the same stars.“It’s 1997 all over again. It’s so nostalgic,” says Freddie Prinze Jr., who stars in both, this time around. Responds another returning star, Jennifer Love Hewitt: “Nostalgia is overrated.” Freddie Prinze Jr., right, a cast member in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” poses with his wife, Sarah…

The U.S. State Department updated its travel advisory for Egypt this week, lowering it from Level 3 (reconsider travel) to Level 2, advising Americans to exercise increased caution in the African country this summer.Like most destinations around the world, U.S. officials continue to warn of threats such as terrorism, crime and health.  Is Egypt Safe to Visit?Based on the latest travel guidance from the U.S. State Department, the short answer is yes, Egypt is safe to visit.However, the July 15 travel advisory notes that some areas have an increased risk and recommends travelers avoid the following regions:The Northern and Middle…