By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez sued the Post in July, saying the paper barred her from reporting on sexual misconduct after she spoke publicly
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Young transgender athletes in Utah have been banned from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams after GOP state lawmakers on Friday overrode a veto from their Republican governor to enact the controversial measure. HB 11 had been vetoed earlier this week by Gov. Spencer Cox, who questioned the need for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The full Shohei Ohtani experience will be on display when the Los Angeles Angels take the field on opening day. The two-way star was picked to be the team’s starting pitcher for the April 7 opener at Angel Stadium against the Houston Astros. He’s also expected
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A six-member coroner’s jury is considering whether four Seattle police officers who fatally shot 19-year-old Damarius Butts in 2017 complied with the law and department policy. The Seattle Times reports the jury on Friday after two weeks of testimony was instructed by Inquest Administrator Michael Spearman and sent into deliberations with a
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez sued the Post in July, saying the paper barred her from reporting on sexual misconduct after she spoke publicly
Continue ReadingBy Senait Gebregiorgis Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A 59-year-old maintenance worker was brutally beaten to death by a man with a shovel at a mosque Thursday, deputies said. Investigators in Seminole County say the suspect showed up to the Husseini Islamic Center on Hester Avenue in unincorporated
Continue ReadingBy Tom Lehman Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — It’s been a violent several weeks in Harrisburg. At one point, there were eight shootings in eight days. Mayor Wanda Williams said the city plans to unveil a new crime strategy as early as next week, though she said there’s one
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump and his two adult sons have agreed to sit for depositions in May and June as part of a class-action lawsuit alleging they collaborated with a fraudulent marketing company. The former President agreed to be deposed on June 16 while Eric Trump will sit for questioning on
Continue ReadingFAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia jury has acquitted a police officer charged with misdemeanor assault after firing a stun gun at a Black man who’d been acting erratically. Fairfax County Police Officer Tyler Timberlake was charged with assault in June 2020 after bodycam video showed him arriving and quickly firing his stun gun
Continue ReadingBy WLKY Digital Team Click here for updates on this story FRANKFORT, Kentucky (WLKY) — The Kentucky General Assembly moved forward with a bill banning transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports, sending the measure to Gov. Andy Beshear and leading to an LGBTQ+ rights group to speak out in opposition. Senate Bill 83 says,
Continue ReadingCNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business On March 14, the same day Russia banned Instagram, Russian tech entrepreneur Alexander Zobov announced he would soon launch a local version of the popular photo and video sharing app called Rossgram. Zobov and his team “were already prepared for this outcome of events in advance and decided not
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business TikTok has been hit with another lawsuit from former content moderators who claim the job traumatized them. Ashley Velez and Reece Young, former contract content moderators for TikTok, allege that their work involved reviewing “unfiltered, disgusting and offensive content,” including “child sexual abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide, and murder,”
Continue ReadingBy Ray Brewer Click here for updates on this story Massachusetts (WMUR) — Four of five activists who tried to stop a coal train in Bow in 2019 have been found guilty of criminal trespass and railroad trespass. Defense attorneys said the state failed to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, but prosecutors said
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The women’s basketball program that Jeff Walz has built at Louisville over the past 15 years resembles in so many ways the juggernaut Pat Summitt built at Tennessee, with one important exception: winning a national championship. The Lady Vols piled up eight of them. The
Continue ReadingBy WLKY Digital Team, Gladys Bautista Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — After a few setbacks, Louisville’s new outdoor safe space for the homeless in the city is getting ready to open. Since it was envisioned last summer, city leaders have been working with advocates to bring the idea to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Richard Bland is having quite a ride at the Dell Technologies Match Play. He didn’t realize he would be in the 64-man field until a runner-up finish in Dubai two months ago. That meant having to cancel plans for the second time to take his
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En las últimas semanas, los superyates han aparecido en los titulares por las razones equivocadas, a medida que cada vez más embarcaciones vinculadas a los oligarcas rusos son incautados temporalmente. Algunos de los superyates más grandes y caros del mundo, como el Sailing Yacht A, valuado en más de US$ 500
Continue ReadingBy Abigail Ogle Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma family has waited six years for justice after their son – a beloved young Tinker Air Force Base employee – was hit and killed in a wrong-way crash. Tyler McWhorter of Chandler always loved planes. “When he was young,
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Montgomery Click here for updates on this story EL RENO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A woman who was only spending a weekend in jail faces charges in the death of another inmate. She could be looking at life behind bars. The death happened at the Canadian County Jail on March 5. The inmate in
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers desperately wanted to land quarterback Deshaun Watson. But when the three-time Pro Bowler snubbed the Panthers’ overtures and refused to lift his no-trade clause for Carolina, it left the team back at square one searching for that elusive franchise quarterback. Panthers general
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