Simone Biles wins record eighth title at US Gymnastics Championships

Simone Biles has won a record eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships less than a month after ending a two-year break from the sport. The 26-year-old claimed the record-breaking crown – 10 years after winning her first – as she posted a total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones. The […]

Pending asylum applications in the US approach 1.6 million, the highest number ever recorded

Nearly 1.6 million asylum applications are pending in US immigration courts and USCIS, the highest number ever recorded, according to analysis of federal data. conducted by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. US immigration courts face a more than sevenfold increase in asylum cases from fiscal year 2012, when there were 100,000 pending […]