The Washington Times stories: Nationalen-usWed, 29 Apr 2026 23:16:23 -0400The Trump administration opened an investigation Wednesday into whether Stanford University violated federal anti-discrimination law with a program to boost teachers who aren't White or Asian-American. Valerie RichardsonWed, 29 Apr 2026 23:16:23 -0400Three family members were charged for allegedly assaulting a journalist who writes for a conservative organization during a protest against immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Hannah FingerhutWed, 29 Apr 2026 19:40:58 -0400A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Louisiana sheriff whose office came under investigation after 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail in an audacious escape that happened on her watch. Jack BrookWed, 29 Apr 2026 19:27:13 -0400A Romanian man was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison for organizing a wave of swatting calls and bomb threats against dozens of U.S. government targets, including members of Congress, cabinet-level officials, federal judges and the heads of federal law-enforcement agencies, according to prosecutors. Michael KunzelmanWed, 29 Apr 2026 19:14:48 -0400Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor did not act randomly. Leah WillinghamWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:55:26 -0400Animal refuge groups said Wednesday that they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles at a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business that was the site of a violent clash earlier this month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray. Scott BauerWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:46:39 -0400The behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh worsened over time from marijuana use, family members told deputies after his arrest three years ago for punching his brother in the face and kicking his mother in the back. Mike SchneiderWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:29:26 -0400The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping short of the warrant requirement that critics have demanded. Joey Cappelletti and Lisa MascaroWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:27:24 -0400Vicious winds burst through the front door of Christopher Hester's duplex apartment, then started ripping the roof apart. Hester and his wife grabbed their dog and ducked into a hallway to the sound of breaking glass, furniture hitting the walls and a howl like a monstrous vacuum cleaner. Julio Cortez and Russ BynumWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:21:26 -0400Justice Department officials moved Wednesday to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in firearm policy pushed by Second Amendment supporters in President Donald Trump's base. Alanna Durkin RicherWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:16:36 -0400NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has weighed in on a 20-year-old space debate and said Pluto should be considered a planet again. Brad MatthewsWed, 29 Apr 2026 17:06:52 -0400Key conservative voices on Wednesday urged Republican-led states in the South to take the Supreme Court's invitation to redraw their legislative maps to delete Democrat-leaning Black-majority districts and replace them with GOP seats. Stephen Dinan and Mary McCue BellWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:43:40 -0400Perched in a tower atop a hill, Matthew Douglas climbs a staircase and emerges from a hatch on the roof, where a heavy glass ball in a metal cradle has burned a thin streak into a strip of paper, recording the previous day's sunlight. Laura Martin Agudelo and Alex Megerle/ MIT Graduate Program in Science WritingWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:33:32 -0400Alabama has a scholarship waiting for suspended guard Aden Holloway depending on the outcome of his marijuana case, coach Nate Oats said Wednesday. Kennington Smith IIIWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:22:05 -0400Five middle school students are being hailed as heroes after they took control of a runaway school bus and helped save their driver's life when she lost consciousness behind the wheel last week. The Washington Times AI News DeskWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:51:54 -0400An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan was convicted on Wednesday of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport, but a jury couldn't agree on whether he bears some responsibility for that attack during the U.S. military's chaotic withdrawal from the country in 2021. Michael KunzelmanWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:22:48 -0400The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York. Associated PressWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:22:05 -0400Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on a London street on Wednesday, in what police called an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in the city's latest antisemitic attack. Jill LawlessWed, 29 Apr 2026 14:48:52 -0400Transponders that might have helped pinpoint the location of a fire truck that collided with a landing Air Canada jet in New York will soon be installed on ground vehicles at the region's three major airports. Bruce ShipkowskiWed, 29 Apr 2026 14:43:06 -0400The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a network of pro-life pregnancy centers in New Jersey, can challenge the state's move to force it to disclose donor information. Alex SwoyerWed, 29 Apr 2026 13:52:33 -0400