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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter.The National Institutes of Health halted the funding to the private university in North Carolina, said the person who spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Education Department sent a joint letter alleging racial preferences in Duke’s hiring and admissions. Duke is the latest institution…

Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  Outgoing flights from United Kingdom airports were disrupted by air traffic control technical problems on Wednesday, according to several airports. Airports across Britain – including Edinburgh Airport in Scotland, Newcastle Airport in north England, and Gatwick Airport in London – posted to X that flights from their transport hubs were suspended. More airports posted that flights were delayed. Inbound flights were still able to land, London’s Gatwick Airport said. Monitoring site Flightradar24 showed that no flights were taking off from UK airports at one point, though planes were later seen departing from several hubs.…

NEW YORK (AP) — A comic novel about a cynic’s struggles to connect with others has won a $10,000 award named for a widely-respected author and editor, the late Gabe Hudson.Kate Greathead’s “The Book of George” is this year’s recipient of the Gabe Hudson Prize, which is administered by the literary publisher McSweeney’s. “The Book of George” was praised by The Associated Press reviewer Kendal Weaver, who called Greathead “a gifted storyteller who reels off dialogue filled with wit and humor so well it makes page-turning a pleasure.”Hudson, who died in 2023 at age 52, was a creative teacher, a…

Customers enter a Starbucks coffee shop in New York, US, on Monday, July 28, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWall Street is seeing early signs that Starbucks’ turnaround is taking hold, despite a quarterly earnings miss and another quarter of shrinking same-store sales.”The focus for Starbucks’ third fiscal quarter was less on the results (which were below Street expectations) and more on proof points on the pace of the potential recovery ahead,” William Blair analyst Sharon Zackfia wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.The company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday evening. Its…

Rail Europe has introduced one-way summer fares to and from Paris, which start at approximately 19 euros or approximately $22, with first-class fares starting at 29 euros, or about $34.The offer applies to bookings made between July 29-31, 2025, for travel from August 4-14 on TGV INOUI high-speed trains. “Whether you are planning to soak up the culture, romance and cuisine of the French capital – or heading south to the coast, the countryside or the Alps – this limited-time promotion offers unbeatable value,” Rail Europe said.“Direct connections link Paris with regions such as Brittany, La Rochelle, the Loire Valley,…

Meta recently released a new video editing app for creators called Edits. The new app is designed to rival ByteDance’s CapCut, a popular short-form video-editing app used by many creators.  Meta first shared that it was working on Edits back in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores when the TikTok ban momentarily went into effect. Although the app has since come back online and is available to download, TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains uncertain, so Meta is ready to capitalize on CapCut’s possible absence in the future with its new Edits app. We’ve created this…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — No matter the time on Martha’s Vineyard, a shimmering glow will be powered by the star presence of Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers like Issa Rae, Mara Brock Akil and Michelle Obama who are shaping culture on their own terms.For two-plus decades, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival has been a cultural reunion, a summer sanctuary and a safe haven where some of the industry’s most influential voices converge in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. This week marks the return of the 23rd annual nine-day celebration, which kicks off Friday with a stacked slate that includes appearances…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:25 PM ET, Tue July 29, 2025 After a rocky few years, Boeing appears to be turning a corner.The plane manufacturer has just announced reduced quarterly losses following its most significant delivery of airplanes since 2018, according to CNBC. The company lost $176 million in the three months ending June 30. But that’s down from $1.09 billion in losses from one year earlier. At the same time, Boeing’s revenue increased a substantial 35 percent to $22.75 billion from $16.87 billion.The upbeat news follows a string of years marked by crisis and setback including two fatal…

Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  The founder of pro-Palestinian activist group has won the right to challenge the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. London High Court Judge Martin Chamberlain granted Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori permission to seek a judicial review Wednesday, saying that it was “reasonably arguable,” that the ban had disproportionately interfered with the group’s right to freedom of expression, assembly and association under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The UK-based group, which aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, was proscribed earlier this month…

The 2025 Acura ADX is all-new this year, and it takes its place as Acura’s smallest and least expensive crossover SUV. If you think Acura’s RDX or MDX are too big or too expensive, the entry-level ADX could very well satisfy. Among many rivals the ADX faces, one of the most well-established models is the 2025 BMW X1. The X1 arrived in BMW dealerships more than a decade ago, and BMW released this latest third-generation X1 for the 2023 model year. Similar to how Acura positions the ADX, the X1 is the entry point to BMW’s extensive lineup of SUVs.The…