By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The son of an Ethiopian chemistry professor who was killed during unrest in the country last year has filed a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook’s parent company, alleging that the social media platform is fueling viral hate and violence, harming people across eastern and southern Africa. Abrham Meareg Amare claims in the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding themselves under fresh legal scrutiny. Tom Brady, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and baseball Hall-of-Famer David Ortiz are just some of the big names facing lawsuits from investors as the crypto world crumbles in the wake of
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding themselves under fresh legal scrutiny. Tom Brady, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and baseball Hall-of-Famer David Ortiz are just some of the big names facing lawsuits from investors as the crypto world crumbles in
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot is dropping several of its pursuits for January 6-related phone records, according to court filings this week, as the panel winds down before it expires at the end of this year. The committee sent out dozens of subpoenas seeking call
Continue ReadingBy HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Danny Rocco knows the job he’s taken as the football coach at Virginia Military Institute will be harder than any of his three previous head coaching positions. He need look no further than his 9-0 record as a coach against VMI to see it. Rocco’s challenge will be
Continue ReadingBy Emma Lockhart Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK) — President Joe Biden signed historic legislation Tuesday that ensures all states recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed by other states. The legislation is a safety net for couples in case the Supreme Court takes up a case challenging the legality of
Continue ReadingBy DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch The fantasy playoffs are here and these scoring stars have a vast sample size to bolster their likelihoods to pay off for you in Week 15. These are the best bets to score.
Continue ReadingBy Elliott Polakoff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK) — Unless a federal appeals court steps in, a Trump-era policy on asylum seekers will expire. Title 42 was implemented during the pandemic as a way to quickly reject people seeking asylum to limit the spread of COVID-19. But now, some worry
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Survivors of the Club Q mass shooting directly tied Republicans’ rhetoric to the massacre at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub and detailed their experiences on the night of the shooting, in prepared testimony read before the House Oversight and Reform committee Wednesday. “To the politicians and activists who accuse LGBTQ people of
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza and Sophie Tanno, CNN One week into her presidency, Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte is battling to contain widespread protests that erupted after the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. She is the country’s sixth president in less than five years. Boluarte announced Tuesday the government will set up a crisis management
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House has passed sweeping legislation that would overhaul the state’s property insurance system, which has struggled due to insolvencies, high costs and major storms. The Republican proposal previously approved by the Senate Tuesday comes during the GOP-led Legislature’s second special session
Continue ReadingBy JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has banned the popular social media app TikTok from devices owned by the state government’s executive branch, joining several other Republican governors who have done so citing the platform’s Chinese ownership and growing national security worries. Burgum announced the executive order
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Yang Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — Hospitals and health care workers are being pushed to the max in New York as the so-called ‘tripledemic’ leads to a surge in flu, COVID and RSV cases. About 100 nurses gathered in the cold night air outside New
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of attacking the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there was “evil in Washington” and he was looking to harm Pelosi because she is second in line for the presidency, a San Francisco police investigator testified Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker withdrew his request Wednesday seeking pardons for two individuals at the center of one the nation’s most notorious sexual abuse trials of the 1980s. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said that there didn’t appear to be enough support on the eight member Governor’s Council
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story RED HOOK, Brooklyn (WABC) — A massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, leaving several people injured and some evidence destroyed. The fire appears to have started at an 8,000 square-foot warehouse on Columbia Street
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Former Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller escaped sanctions when a report from the Independent Accountability Resolution Process largely accepted the program’s self-imposed penalties stemming from a NCAA rules violations case that dates back to 2017. Arizona’s athletics program was put on three years of probation through 2025. The school
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ellen DeGeneres has issued a statement regarding the death of her former talk show’s longtime DJ and co-executive producer, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, saying on Wednesday that she’s “heartbroken” over his passing. “I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light,” she wrote on Instagram. “He was my family, and I loved him
Continue ReadingBy LOU KESTEN Associated Press It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic. Some major releases got delayed (2023 could be a doozy), but enough crossed the finish line to keep gamers happy. Indie developers held up their end, delivering innovative challenges and fascinating stories.
Continue ReadingBy LOU KESTEN Associated Press It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic. Some major releases got delayed (2023 could be a doozy), but enough crossed the finish line to keep gamers happy. Indie developers held up their end, delivering innovative challenges and fascinating stories.
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