By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission should investigate Apple and Google over what they initially told consumers about how their information would be used for advertising purposes, according to a group of US lawmakers warning that the loosely regulated data industry could result in particular harms to abortion-seekers. In a letter dated
Continue ReadingNational runner-up North Carolina will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30. North Carolina is a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning. The two conferences announced the 14 matchups for the 24th edition of the three-day event. The ACC leads 12-8 with
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By CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women’s abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it. This is America’s new Supreme Court, moving swiftly, rejecting the incrementalism of Chief
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Two members of a loose-knit group of dissident artists have been sentenced to prison in Cuba. The prosecutor’s office said Friday that Maikel Castillo was sentenced to nine years for attacks and defamation against the country’s institutions while Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara got five years for insulting
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals and Australia has set a world record in the mixed 4×100 meters freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Budapest. American star Ledecky won the 800 freestyle final for the fifth time at the worlds
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Kôr Community Land Trust is committed to designing homeownership communities that fit the needs of our priority population homebuyers – Black, Indigenous, and People of Color earning less than 80% AMI, with family housing needs. That’s why we are asking for interested homebuyers to share their feedback on our community designs. This input will
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling by the US Supreme Court comes at an economic cost to the nation, economists have warned. Friday’s decision to end the federal constitutional right to an abortion is widely thought to be more ideologically and politically motivated, rather than driven
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Changes are coming at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, sparked by frustration with years of flat revenue and what some portray as heavy-handed management in the wake of sex-abuse scandals that upended the movement in America. At their keynote addresses at this week’s
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Washington is facing additional charges in connection with the 2021 shooting. Guillermo Raya Leon of Salem, Oregon, was arraigned in Clark County Superior Court Thursday on amended information in the death of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown, The Columbian reported.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee began its work under deep political skepticism. A lingering question was what more could be said about the Capitol riot. The answer, it turns out, is quite a lot. The committee’s public hearings are showing just how close
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $3.35 to $107.62 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $3.07 to $113.12 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for July delivery rose 12 cents to $3.88 a gallon. July heating oil rose 2 cents to $4.36 a gallon. July natural gas fell 2
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has approved the cancellation of federal student loan debt for another 45,000 public sector workers over the past few months, according to the Department of Education, on top of the 100,000 borrowers previously deemed eligible. These workers qualify for student loan debt cancellation due to the changes the
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Fourteen House Republicans on Friday joined with Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill to address gun violence, the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The bill was approved in the House by a tally of 234 to 193 and will now go to President
Continue ReadingBy KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story SANGER, California (KFSN) — Drivers couldn’t believe their eyes when a local gas station rolled back prices. The line of cars went on for blocks at a Sanger station that listed gas at $1.85 a gallon. The gas listed at $1.85 was for e85 fuel
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Andrew Millman and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Ali Alexander, the leader of the “Stop the Steal” group who helped to organize rallies before the US Capitol attack, testified to a federal grand jury on Friday in the Justice Department’s sweeping investigation into the January 6, 2021, insurrection. CNN spotted Alexander entering and exiting
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The mega Artemis I rocket may be launching on its trip to the moon in August, according to NASA officials. The Artemis team has had time to review data collected from a successful fourth attempt of a final prelaunch test conducted Monday and determined that no more wet dress rehearsals are
Continue ReadingNYON, Switzerland (AP) — The latest fallout for soccer from Russia’s war on Ukraine sees UEFA block Sheriff Tiraspol from hosting European games in its breakaway home region in Moldova. Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk came to play Sheriff in Champions League games last season in Transnistria region that borders Ukraine. But the
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