A professor at the University of Washington slammed the school's DEI policies, including a rubric scoring a potential professor's DEI strategy in the classroom.

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of haunted hollows and game-day glory.

Your conversation might take a strange turn when 'Jesus' says something that’s just not true or makes up a Bible verse or reference that doesn’t exist.

President Donald Trump danced with Malaysian performers during his five-day Asia tour, where he oversaw a peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand.

Political divergence on Capitol Hill is trickling down to corporate America

From the drip catchers of coffee pots to the typewriter she used for her first works, the International Booker prize-winning writer reflects on the hidden significance of everyday items

Drip catcher
The carpet hangers disappeared from the rear courtyards when wall-to-wall carpeting and vacuum cleaners were introduced – when the Persian carpets had been bombed away, when there was no money to buy new ones, when the men who used to carry the rolled-up carpets down the stairs for cleaning had been killed in the war.

The shop where I used to take my tights to get them mended when they had a run in them, back when I was a little girl – a shop called “Run Express” – disappeared when the Wall came down and the west was able to sell its cheap tights in the east.

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Analysts say president’s war on Russia’s fossil fuel revenues is a chance to bring peace to Ukraine and profit to US

Donald Trump’s stated mission to broker peace in Ukraine could come down to this simple question: can the US president convince the world to stop buying Russia’s fossil fuels?

Last week, Trump imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to damage Moscow’s ability to fund its war machine.

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One’s a Keir Starmer believer, the other’s a reluctant Labour voter. Could this GP and teacher agree on public sector pay rises and Andy Burnham?

Joe, 33, Brighton

Occupation GP

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Bet $5 on Giants vs. Eagles in Week 8 and get $200 in bonus bets win or lose.

The writer/director has a wildly entertaining new memoir out.

No, baby! There are plenty of things women are told not to do while pregnant — but a few of those old-school “rules” have been debunked. Want to take a bath? Exercise? Go for it. Other rules, though, exist for a reason — and one OB-GYN is warning women not to follow a TikToker’s lead...

Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade

A supposedly temporary yellow line marking Gaza’s ceasefire is taking an increasingly physical form as the precarious truce shows signs of stalling, with potentially dramatic consequences for Palestine’s future.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops have started installing yellow concrete markers every 200 metres to delineate the area remaining under Israeli control during the first phase of the ceasefire.

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Keir Starmer vows to deport Hadush Kebatu after he is detained in Finsbury Park area of north London

London police said Sunday they arrested a convicted sex offender and asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison in a blunder that has embarrassed the government.

Bird flu outbreak hits third Georgia commercial poultry operation this year, affecting 140,000 chickens as state officials work to contain HPAI spread.

Just $500 for a cloud couch? A gift sent from Heaven.

• England, 172-2, bt New Zealand, 168, by eight wkts

• Jones hits unbeaten 86 but Ecclestone hurts shoulder

England finished the group stages of the World Cup with a dominant eight-wicket win against a limp New Zealand, after bowling them out for 168 in 38.2 overs.

Sophie Devine’s final ODI ended in disappointment after she departed caught behind to Nat Sciver-Brunt on 23, sparking a collapse which saw New Zealand lose their last five wickets for 13 runs.

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The NFL Week 8 slate features the fewest amount of games that we’ll see in any week this season, which means the spotlight will be unavoidable for some teams. The Jets head to Cincinnati to face the Bengals in a game at least one side’s fanbase would love to be overlooked. Gang Green is still...

From Lassie’s farm to outer space, she became TV’s ultimate mom.

Progressive powerhouse trio, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, unites to energize New Yorkers for Zohran Mamdani with nearly a week until Election Day.

A Colorado Springs high school senior claimed viewpoint discrimination after her school rejected her Christian-themed design for a personalized parking space.

“Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl Hines tells Fox News Digital how she's embraced major life changes, strengthened friendships and navigated her husband's political journey.

In her new book Having it All, Corinne Low outlines how stubborn expectations around work and home fail to accommodate working women

When Corinne Low gave birth to her son in 2017, everything seemed to be lining up. A tenure-track economist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, she was working in a career she had long dreamed of. Her husband, stepchild and baby lived in New York City and the two-hour commute to Philadelphia was inconvenient but sustainable. She was embarking on a journey to do it all: a working mom, supporting her family with a career she loved.

As track repairs tripled her commute time, things suddenly felt like they were falling apart. Instead of getting home in time to put her baby son to bed, Low found herself sobbing while breast pumping in an Amtrak bathroom.

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Living with elderly grandparents has helped Zach and Luna with the cost of living crisis – but not their sex life
• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

Sometimes I wear fluffy cat ears and crawl under Zach’s desk while he’s writing his thesis

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