20 states sue Trump administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
[Japan Today] - 03/8/2025
Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump's administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown…
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South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years
South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Gene Hackman died of heart disease; his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior, authorities say
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Nissan eyes replacing CEO Uchida: source
Nissan Motor Co is considering replacing CEO Makoto Uchida, a source familiar with the matter said Friday, as the (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Eagle eye
A Steller's sea eagle flies above drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido.
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Disco, reggae on King Charles' Apple playlist
Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones are among artists from around the Commonwealth who have made it onto King (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Two dead, nearly 230 sickened in U.S. measles outbreak: authorities
A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
U.S. gov't cancels $400 million in grants, contracts to Columbia University over antisemitism allegations
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it had canceled grants and contracts totaling $400 million to (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Huge marches held in Belgrade and other Serbian cities as anti-graft protests persist
Protest marches Friday in Serbia's capital of Belgrade and a northern city saw tens of thousands of people respond (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Japan, Britain stress free trade in Tokyo talks
Britain and Japan stressed the importance of free trade in talks in Tokyo on Friday amid an escalating battle of (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Italy's Paris wins World Cup downhill to prevent Swiss sweep, Odermatt closes in on overall title
Dominik Paris prevented a Swiss sweep of the podium by winning a men’s World Cup downhill race on Friday, but the (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
