By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The ride-hailing service Uber says all its services are operational following what security professionals are calling a major data breach. It says there is no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data. But the breach, apparently by a lone hacker, put the spotlight on an increasingly effective
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has rolled out a framework for fighting climate change that shows his proposed direction on the environment if he wins a second term. It’s a sweeping plan that would slash carbon emissions and speed the switchover to electric vehicles. Walz announced it
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has rolled out a framework for fighting climate change that shows his proposed direction on the environment if he wins a second term. It’s a sweeping plan that would slash carbon emissions and speed the switchover to electric vehicles. Walz announced it
Continue ReadingCLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — Three teenagers were arrested Friday in Clackamas County, Oregon, after a school resource officer was alerted to a social media video post showing them holding what appeared to be a gun in a school restroom, authorities said. Deputies arrived within two minutes at Clackamas High School and arrested two teens who
Continue ReadingCLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — Three teenagers were arrested Friday in Clackamas County, Oregon, after a school resource officer was alerted to a social media video post showing them holding what appeared to be a gun in a school restroom, authorities said. Deputies arrived within two minutes at Clackamas High School and arrested two teens who
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La desaparición de la abogada María Belén Bernal en la Escuela Superior de Policía ubicada a las afueras de Quito desató un enfrentamiento verbal entre autoridades y representantes de instituciones de seguridad y generó el repudio de la población que exige justicia por el hecho. La Policía de Ecuador reportó
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional rights. The lawsuit filed by Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based nonprofit
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Phantom of the Opera” — Broadway’s longest-running show — is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York. The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and
Continue ReadingCLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — Three teenagers were arrested Friday in Clackamas County, Oregon, after a school resource officer was alerted to a social media video post showing them holding what appeared to be a gun in a school restroom, authorities said. Deputies arrived within two minutes at Clackamas High School and arrested two teens who
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Jorge Engels, CNN A man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting two women in the queue for Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state in London on Wednesday, the Crown Prosecution Service told CNN. A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday that the man was charged with two
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess After over 17 hours of deliberations, the jury in the trial of the son of Robbie Montgomery, reality TV star and owner of Sweetie Pie’s restaurant, who was charged with commissioning a murder-for-hire plot that killed his teenage nephew in 2016, issued a guilty verdict. James Timothy Norman, 41, was found guilty
Continue ReadingBy Anjali Patel Click here for updates on this story BOONE, North Carolina (WLOS) — This weekend, all eyes are on Appalachian State University in a way they’ve never been before. College football’s premier pregame show, ESPN’s College GameDay, is in Boone for the first time in the show’s history, spotlighting the Mountaineers’ Sun Belt
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A goal in stoppage time by 37-year-old Álvaro Negredo has given Cádiz a much-needed 1-0 win at Valladolid in the Spanish league. It was Cádiz’s first goal of the season and its first victory after it lost the first five games by a combined score of 0-14. The goal by the veteran
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Acusan a un hombre que presuntamente agredió sexualmente a dos mujeres en la fila para despedirse de la reina Isabel II el miércoles en Londres, dijo el Servicio de Fiscalía de la Corona a CNN. Un portavoz del Servicio de Fiscalía de la Corona dijo el viernes que el hombre fue
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers defensive backs talked boldly before the season about the possibility of being the NFL’s best secondary. It didn’t take long for them to get a reality check. The Packers are preparing for Sunday night’s game with the Chicago Bears while trying
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Queen Elizabeth II has been remembered and honored with touching tributes as the English Premier League resumed after a two-week break prompted by the death of the long-serving monarch with wins for Fulham and Aston Villa. Fulham scored three goals in six minutes in the second half in a
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state, killing 10. The National Transportation Board said Friday it will work with the Navy to collect the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter. The effort is expected
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state, killing 10. The National Transportation Board said Friday it will work with the Navy to collect the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter. The effort is expected
Continue ReadingMAINZ, Germany (AP) — Hertha Berlin was just seconds from claiming its second Bundesliga win in coach Sandro Schwarz’s return to former club Mainz. But Mainz defender Anthony Caci scored in the last minute of injury time for 1-1 to prolong Hertha’s winless streak against the team to seven games. Schwarz was given a warm
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Dango Ouattara has scored again as Lorient extended its best start in the French league by beating promoted Auxerre 3-1. The Brittany club has six wins in eight matches and moved level on points with leader Paris Saint-Germain. PSG has one match in hand and travels to Lyon on Sunday. Ouattara has
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