Between 2022 and 2025, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Islamophobia Index increased by 8 points. The Center for the Study of Organized Hate found that online Islamophobia was widespread throughout Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race in New York City. … Continued
By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two … Continued
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawyers for the 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk are due in court Thursday as they push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. Related … Continued
P.J. Fleck extolled attributes and virtues of the 31 incoming freshman players signed to the Gophers’ 2026 recruiting class last Wednesday. He even shouted out notable things about some of their parents and siblings. For instance, Tolleson, Ariz., receiver Rico … Continued
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must release Abrego Garcia from … Continued
Trapped between two fires I’m writing as a Minnesota resident, Somali American, and former Republican candidate (2024). I’m not writing to attack either party. I’m writing because Minnesota increasingly feels trapped between two fires. On one side, we have Democratic … Continued