Posts by Forbes Washington DC
Texas A&M Forest Service awards $4M to school, nonprofits and more for community forestry projects
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas A&M Forest Service awarded $4 million in grants to 18 Texas cities, schools and nonprofits for community forestry projects. Since 2022, the Community Forestry Grants program has provided funding to help maintain tree canopy across Texas, according to a news release from the forest service. “Texas has 1.2 million acres…
Read MoreMeta employee sues company, says he was targeted for Gaza solidarity
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that the social media conglomerate Meta discriminated against a Muslim employee for his religious beliefs and his expressions of solidarity with civilians living in Palestine. Mohammed Feras Majeed, the former Meta employee, said that his faith calls him to look out for those who are facing struggles.…
Read MoreWhy Jenna Bush Hager Says She’d “Hate” Being At Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Wedding
Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner & More Arrive for Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding Jenna Bush Hager isn’t feeling any FOMO when it comes to Jeff Bezos’ wedding. The Jenna & Friends anchor admitted she had no interest in attending the Amazon founder and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez’s impending nuptials in Venice, Italy, citing the…
Read MoreThe Simpsons’ EP Clarifies Marge Simpson’s Fate After Shocking Death
The city of Springfield can rest easy. Amid the uproar online surrounding the death of The Simpsons’ matriarch Marge Simpson in a flash-forward during the season 36 finale, the show’s executive… Source link
Read MoreJensen Huang Declares Nvidia Has Outgrown Its Chipmaking Roots
Jensen Huang founded Nvidia in 1993. Chesnot/Getty Images Unprecedented demand for A.I. chips has propelled Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalization of $3.8 trillion. But CEO and founder Jensen Huang says the company has already evolved beyond its origins. “We stopped thinking of ourselves as a chip company long…
Read MoreElementary School Teacher Accused of Sexual Abuse, Having Baby With 13-Year-Old Student
Smokey Robinson’s Attorney Slams $50 Million Sexual Assault Lawsuit as “Ugly” Money Grab A New Jersey elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting one of her former students. Laura Caron, 34, was indicted by a grand jury June 17 on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the…
Read MoreThe Slow Biennial: Helsinki’s Gentle Vision for Environmental Art
Gunzi Holmström, From the Dark into the Great Blue Yonder, 2025. Photo: HAM / Helsinki Biennial / Sonja Hyytiäinen We often think of the Nordic countries as exemplars of sustainability in both lifestyle and cultural practices. Finland, in this sense, doesn’t disappoint. It instills this ecological consciousness long before the visitor even sets foot on…
Read MoreAbortion Bans May Be Making Second-Trimester Abortions More Likely
The fraction of people who got an abortion in their second trimester more than doubled in states that enforced near-total abortion bans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, new research has found. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health on Thursday, found that the proportion of abortions that took place…
Read MoreNelly and Ashanti Hilariously Detail Reality of Baby Boy Peeing Everywhere
But in 2013, Ashanti fueled split rumors. “Nelly and I are in the space where I’m kind of like focusing on my career,” she said on Hot 97. “He’s focusing on what he’s doing. There’s a lot of things that happened this year. A lot of things went public more than other things have gone…
Read MoreLawsuit accuses Texas' first assistant attorney general of 'crimes' during Paxton impeachment trial
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses several top leaders at Texas’ Office of the Attorney General, or OAG, of a conspiracy to create official documents in order to defame two former OAG employees. Austin attorneys Judd Stone and Chris Hilton, and their firm Stone Hilton PLLC, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District…
Read MoreDESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies
Sofia Rozaki’s densely symbolic, at times surreal works are animated by a similar interplay of ancient forms and everyday rituals, local and global sensibilities and historical motifs filtered through contemporary visual languages. Her multilayered compositions weave personal and collective narratives with generational touchpoints, opening space to imagine alternative futures while probing themes of identity, memory,…
Read MoreLarry Summers Calls Trump Tariffs a ‘Self-Inflicted Wound’ on US Economy
Larry Summers served as U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1999 to 2001 and the director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010. Getty Images The Trump administration’s tariffs are proving to be a “self-inflicted wound” for the U.S. economy, according to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Speaking in a June 24 fireside chat with…
Read More