• Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan

    Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan

    Apr 02, 2024 10:39 PM EST

    ... residence that houses his mosque into a makeshift overnight shelter for migrants, many of them men from his native Senegal. Islamic institutions in the Big Apple are struggling to keep up with the needs of the city's migrant population as an increasing number of asylum seekers come from Muslim ...

  • College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say financial aid can numb sticker shock

    College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say financial aid can numb sticker shock

    Apr 02, 2024 07:38 PM EST

    ... student aid program because it has an endowment worth more than $50 billion, the largest of any university. The sticker prices don't always provide apples-to-apples comparisons because some colleges include costs like health insurance and travel expenses, while others don't. And some colleges that last year ...

  • 20 years ago, people thought Google's Gmail launch was an April Fool's Day joke

    20 years ago, people thought Google's Gmail launch was an April Fool's Day joke

    Mar 31, 2024 07:21 PM EST

    ... who rarely see the need to purge their accounts, just as Google hoped. The digital hoarding of email, photos and other content is why Google, Apple and other companies now make money from selling additional storage capacity in their data centers. (In Google's case, it charges anywhere from $30 ...

  • What to know about Truth Social, Trump's social media platform

    What to know about Truth Social, Trump's social media platform

    Mar 26, 2024 06:25 PM EST

    ... Meta's own reporting. However, the site fares better than rivals in the so-called “alt-tech” space, such as Parler, which just returned to Apple's app store this week after being offline for more than a year, or Gettr, which had less than 2 million visitors in February ...

  • News Wrap: Moscow terror attack death toll rises to 139

    News Wrap: Moscow terror attack death toll rises to 139

    Mar 25, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    The European Union launched new antitrust probes into Apple, Google, and Meta today. Regulators say the tech giants may be violating a new Digital Markets Act which aims to help consumers move freely between competing services and not be cornered by so-called gatekeeper companies. Margrethe Vestager, Antitrust Commissioner, European ...

  • March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Mar 21, 2024 11:25 PM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department and 16 state attorneys general sue Apple for maintaining a monopoly. With a vote to avoid a government shutdown set for Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson works to keep his chaotic majority intact. Plus, an Arizona lawmaker talks about why she publicly announced ...

  • How Hong Kong's new security law could impact different communities

    How Hong Kong's new security law could impact different communities

    Mar 19, 2024 02:20 PM EST

    ... confession. Still, the diocese acknowledged citizens have an obligation to ensure national security. During one legislative discussion, officials were asked whether residents keeping copies of Apple Daily newspaper at home would be considered as possessing a seditious publication — an offense punishable by up to three years in jail. Security minister ...

  • Massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri as storm threatens tornadoes

    Massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri as storm threatens tornadoes

    Mar 14, 2024 02:03 PM EST

    ... centimeter) hail in Geary County near Junction City and Fort Riley, Wolters said. Descriptions of the hail ranged from the size of golf balls and apples, to softballs and baseballs. Alex Sosnowski, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, previously said the predicted hail was deemed "gorilla hail" because it had the potential ...

  • Under 'Don't Say Gay' settlement, Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity

    Under 'Don't Say Gay' settlement, Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity

    Mar 11, 2024 10:01 PM EST

    ... sex couples, “as they are not instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity any more than a math problem asking students to add bushels of apples is instruction on apple farming,” according to the settlement. “What this settlement does, is, it re-establishes the fundamental principal, that I hope all ...

  • Aramco announces $121 billion profit in 2023, Saudi oil giant's 2nd highest on record

    Aramco announces $121 billion profit in 2023, Saudi oil giant's 2nd highest on record

    Mar 10, 2024 06:09 PM EST

    ... traded under $82 a barrel on Sunday. Aramco has a market value of $2 trillion, making it the world’s fourth most valuable firm, behind Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA respectively. Aramco stock traded slightly up on the Tadawul at $8.64 a share Sunday. Saudi Arabia’s vast oil resources ...