Hollywood Inc.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
World & Nation
A lawsuit by a group of Palestinians in Gaza and American relatives accuses the State Department of giving Israel a pass when it comes to a U.S. law.
AI & Technology
EVgo Inc. has announced via a press release the closing of its $1.25-billion guaranteed loan facility from the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office under its Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program to support EVgo’s forthcoming efforts to build convenient, reliable public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
Politics
Federal law enforcement and swing-state election officials both reported bomb threats to polling stations Tuesday, saying they believed the threats originated in Russia.
The U.S. State Department has announced new sanctions on Russian state media, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand in hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
Climate & Environment
The Republicans charge the California Air Resources Board with ‘a failure to provide complete transparency’ about consumer costs stemming from new environmental policies under discussion.
The Biden administration has announced criminal charges, the seizure of internet domains and sanctions related to Russian disinformation efforts.
Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China, landed Wednesday night in Texas.
The judge, as expected, imposes no penalty. The outcome in Trump’s felony case cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of jail or a fine.
California
County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation, according to new research by Harvard University economists — but inmates remain frustrated by poor levels of treatment care even at facilities that have undergone the process.