UAE launches instalment payment option for MoHRE service fees and fines via ‘Tabby’ | World News
UAE introduces Tabby instalment payments for MoHRE fees and fines nationwide. UAE’s Ministry of Human…
Ohio construction workers found a kitten trapped inside an excavator; now she has her own hard hat and a job working with them | World News
A routine day at a construction site in Barberton, Ohio, turned into an unexpected animal rescue when workers discovered a tiny kitten trapped inside an excavator. The crew at River Reach Construction heard persistent meowing coming from a Komatsu machine and soon realised that the cries were coming from somewhere inside the heavy equipment. Supervisor…
Meet Nimaya Williams, the North Carolina junior who completed free college-planning steps and became one of only two students nationwide to receive a $40,000 BigFuture scholarship
Nimaya Williams, the North Carolina junior (Image Credit: Cumberland County Schools) For many high-school students, preparing for life after graduation can feel overwhelming. College applications, career choices, financial planning, and scholarship searches can all seem like separate challenges, especially for students who are still figuring out what they want their future to look like. For…
47-year-old California pastor makes college football roster 30 years after an injury ended his career, inspired by a video of a 60-year-old player | World News
A 47-year-old California pastor has returned to college football nearly three decades after an injury ended his playing career, after his son showed him a video of a 60-year-old man playing the sport. Justin Buzzard, a pastor, husband and father of three, has made the San José City College Jaguars roster as a defensive end…
A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa | World News
A San Francisco woman has given a glimpse of what home cleaning could look like in the age of humanoid robots after hiring one for $30 an hour to work inside her apartment. Gianna Capezio booked a one-hour cleaning visit from San Francisco startup Tau Robotics, with the humanoid robot vacuuming, making her bed and…
A Kentucky county closed a 225-acre golf course after it averaged only 9,000 to 10,000 rounds a year; the site is now becoming one of the county’s largest new public parks, with 70% preserved as greenspace
From golf fairways to a 225-acre public park: Kentucky’s former Fox Run Golf Course is getting a new life, with 70% of the property preserved as greenspace. A former golf course in Kentucky is being transformed into a sprawling 225-acre public park featuring hiking and biking trails, climbing structures, a dog park, interactive water features…
An Oregon high-school junior remembered feeling lost during her first research internship, so she built a free student-led platform to help other teens find mentors and publish research
Riya Velhal, Founder & President of StratScholar (Image Credit: StratScholar) For many high-school students, becoming interested in research is easier than figuring out how to actually begin. Finding a mentor, understanding research methods, and knowing how to publish or share completed work can be difficult without the right guidance. Riya Velhal, an Oregon high-school junior,…
Texas Roadhouse says claims of white employees discussing spitting in Black customers’ food in a Facebook group are ‘completely unfounded’
Texas Roadhouse said they investigated and found no such private Facebook group where white staff discuss about spitting in the food of Black guests. Texas Roadhouse clapped back at the viral social media claim that its white servers were discussing spitting in Black customers’ food in a private Facebook group as a hoax and confirmed…
‘We got this wrong’: Target says sorry for Halloween costume that looked like racist caricature, pulls it down from collection
Target said sorry for its Halloween costume (left) after backlash that it looked like caricature. Target acknowledged and corrected its mistake after one of its children Hallowen costume triggered a massive outrage. The retain giant said it had pulled down the costume from sale after social media users pointed out that the circus clown evoked…
Foreign students must make an official request for authorization: ICE issues new memo as colleges pause CPT program; American students will also have to complete training
ICE explains why CPT is not meant for only international students. As US universities started pausing CPT (Curricular Practical Training), which is a temporary work authorization for F-1 students, triggering confusion over the future of international students in the US, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued another memo clarifying and doubling down on the new restrictions….
H-1B contracting firms under stricter scrutiny in new regulation: ‘Why no new regulation for H-2B who work at Mar-a-Lago’
Social media commentators raised a question as to why there are so many new rules for H-1B visa program but none for H-2B Among a bunch of new changes that the Donald Trump administration is bringing to the H-1B visa program, the Department of Homeland Security also wants to provide greater scrutiny of third-party placements….
