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The California couple learned the difficult way to discuss travel plans with strangers can have disastrous consequences, especially when it involves transporting the remains of sea turtles protected in carry-on luggage.More than a year ago, two officers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) returned from San Diego to Northern California to have a conversation with a couple sitting nearby dressed in plain clothes discussing hunting.During the conversation, the couple admitted that they were carrying a sea turtle skull from the East Coast in their luggage. They also mentioned illegal hunting of mountain lions, a specially protected species…

Golfnow and Tee Off, which make up Tee Times’ world’s largest online market, visited its website in March to encourage “Roundup” of Special Olympics, the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities. Those booking T-shirt times with Golfnow or Teeoff during the month will be offered the opportunity to summarise the total cost of a booking into even-dollar figures. For example, if the tea time costs a total of $37.55, golfers may choose to round the cost to $38. The March initiative raised more than $100,000 for the Special Olympics, following Golfnow’s Roundup campaign last year. Cash contributions…

“If you want to talk to Europe, who would you call?” The issue is well-known to stem from former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and refers to the historical incompetence that European political entities coordinate on the united front of the global arena. And despite decades of integration under the European Union, what he speaks for or hopes for Europe is probably less clear than in any point in recent years. The internal rifts of immigration, right-wing nationalism, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Donald Trump’s return to the White House all challenge the concept of Europe. The expected next…

A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s orders the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies to carry out massive shootings of some employees.US District Judge William Alsup said Thursday in San Francisco that the U.S. Department of Personnel Management (OPM) does not have the authority to order federal agencies to fire workers, including probation employees who typically have less than a year of experience.Alsup has ordered the Federal Agency’s Human Resources division to identify probation employees that should be fired in order to withdraw the Jan. 20th and Feb. 14th email supervisors.Alsup said it cannot order…

Alexa PhilipFebruary 27, 2025, 06:35 PM ETCloseCovers Women’s College Basketball and the WNBA previously covered UConn and WNBA Connecticut Sun, and are a Hartford Courant Stanford alumni and Baltimore native, with more experience in Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquilers.The USC Trojans replaced the South Carolina gamecock as one seed in the latest Top 16 obvious and latest Top 16 series ahead of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, as announced on ESPN on Thursday.The UCLA Bruins are skating to second place with the Texas Longhorns in third place, followed by USC, with the Notre Dame Fighting Irishman…

Jonathan McCernan, whose candidate for US President Donald Trump, becomes director of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, is sitting on February 27, 2025, testifying at a confirmation hearing of the Senate Bank, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Annabelle Gordon | ReutersPresident Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Agency on Thursday endured a grill from a Democrat senator, who repeatedly asked him to confirm that he supports his legal obligation to run the institution.In appeal to Senators, including Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren, Jonathan McCernan, a former board member of the federal deposit insurance company,…

In a small town in the Netherlands, there is only one factory that produces the only chip manufacturing machine that produces the type of light found naturally on the planet.Known as EUV, this light is the only way to create cutting-edge semiconductor chips, one of the most valuable and important technologies in the world at scale. The factory is prohibited from selling EUV machines to China.Below we will explain how the chips are made, why they became the focus of the US-China trade war, how Taiwan was drawn into the vortex, and what comes next. The answer is that we…

Bishop of Ireland planting trees to mark silver jubileeCork bishop Croin & Ross, RT Pastor Paul Colton, celebrated 25 years at the Anglican Church by planting trees for the Church of England’s Eucharist forest. During his anniversary, the bishop visited all the parishes and schools of the United parishes he overseen, planting 29 trees in the process. Bishop Colton said his attraction to the trees was returned to his childhood camp on Fota Island, Cork Port, with scouts. “Therefore, it was especially delighted to be invited by Scout to return to Forta and plant trees at the Scout Center,” he…

Unlock Editor’s Digest Lock for FreeFT editor Roula Khalaf will select your favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Global stocks fell on Friday, extending the sharp US market sale after Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose burgeoning tariffs on imports, which added to investors’ concerns about the health of the US economy.The Nikkei 225 Index, which is home to many Japanese exporters, lost 3%, while the Korean Cospi fell 2.7% during morning trading. Hong Kong’s Hang Sen index fell by 1.9%. China’s benchmark CSI 300 index fell 0.5%.The losses in Asia come after the Blue Chip S&P 500 lost 1.6% on…

The Trump administration fired hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US’s outstanding climate research organization. The Guardian learned.On Thursday afternoon, the Commerce Department emailed employees and sent them an email saying they would be blocked at the end of the day. Other government agencies have recently seen massive cuts.The shootings affected employees, particularly on probation. This is a classification that applies to new hires or those promoted to move or new positions, accounting for around 10% of the agency’s workforce.”Most of the probation workers in my office have been with the agency for over…