• The Independent

    Finance and business moguls held Zoom with Eric Adams urging him to bring in police on Columbia protesters

    A private WhatsApp group of high-profile, powerful financiers, business leaders and CEOs received briefings from Israeli officials, and discussed shaping public dialogue around Israel crisis

  • Associated Press

    California's scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur opens to around-the-clock travel as slide repair advances

    A section of California's scenic Highway 1 leading to the famous Big Sur coast reopened to around-the-clock traffic Friday after stabilization of a storm-triggered rockslide that dropped a chunk of one lane into the ocean and hampered tourism. The gap has yet to be closed, but after placement of steel and concrete into the cliff, a temporary signal system was activated to allow alternating north-south traffic on the undamaged lane, according to the California Department of Transportation. “Highway 1 is the jewel of the California highway system and our crews have been working non-stop for the last month and a half so Californians can have unrestricted access to this iconic area of our state,” Caltrans Director Tony Tavares said in a statement this week.

  • Associated Press

    Iran arrests 260 people, including 3 European citizens, for spreading 'satanism and nudity'

    Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. The report said the suspects were arrested on Thursday night in Shahryar County, west of the capital of Tehran, for “spreading the culture of satanism and nudity.” Gatherings where unrelated men and women are seen together are illegal in Iran and considered a sin under Islamic law.