By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is abandoning its plans to launch a controversial tool that would check iPhones, iPads and iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) following backlash from critics who decried the feature’s potential privacy implications. Apple first announced the feature in 2021, with the goal of helping combat child
Continue ReadingBy Jim Keithley Click here for updates on this story WESTBROOK, Maine (WMTW) — A family in Westbrook is looking for the good Samaritan who made a little girl’s Christmas wish come true. On a front porch in Westbrook, you might find 3-year-old Madasyn Dotson with her new best friend, Minnie Mouse. How the two
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Gallman and Andy Rose, CNN The FedEx driver accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand delivered her Christmas present — Barbie dolls — before the girl’s disappearance, her mother said Thursday. Maitlyn Gandy called for stricter screening policies for delivery drivers at a news conference. On an easel beside her was the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs promoted veteran defensive tackle Brandon Williams to their 53-man roster on Thursday and there’s a chance the longtime Baltimore Ravens run-stopper will play when they visit the Denver Broncos this weekend. The Chiefs waived defensive tackle Taylor Stallworth earlier this
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed outfielder Jason Heyward to a minor league deal and invited him to spring training. The 33-year-old was released by the Chicago Cubs earlier this offseason. Heyward put up the worst offensive numbers of his career last season and battled injuries. He batted .204 and had
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Minnesota Vikings can clinch the NFC North with a win or a tie at Detroit. That suddenly seems like a challenging task. The Lions have won four of five games to surge into the playoff picture as a wild-card contender. Minnesota beat the Lions 28-24 in September at home and
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain lower for the week after five straight losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Thursday and the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 1.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. U.S. crude oil prices settled lower, marking their lowest point of the year. Activision Blizzard fell 1.5%
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Tesla Inc., down 60 cents to $173.44. Investors are worried that the electric vehicle maker could suffer financially because of CEO Elon Musk’s focus on Twitter. Landstar System Inc., up $1.88 to $170.24. The transportation services company increased its stock buyback
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump does not plan to appeal to the Supreme Court a lower court order that put an end to the special master review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Last week, a federal
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Subway token booth agents won’t be stationary for much longer. NYC Transit announced Thursday that beginning early next year, station agents will move out of the booths to engage directly with riders. Agents have started training in a number
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant obtained Thursday. Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, told investigators that Athena
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Supreme Court has reinstated a progressive prosecutor on a criminal burglary case after a judge removed her when he was dissatisfied with a plea deal her office reached. Thursday’s ruling faults Circuit Court Judge James Plowman for removing Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Two people have been rescued from an elevator at the Target store at Bronx Terminal Market. Dozens of shoppers at the Bronx Terminal Market watched as first responders put extensive confined space rescue training to work to save two
Continue ReadingBy David Close and Emma Tucker, CNN A year-long investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform revealed on Thursday that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder established a “culture of fear” within the NFL organization and attempted to intimidate witnesses from cooperating with investigators. The 79-page report found “sexual harassment, bullying, and other toxic
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ke Huy Quan is trying hard not to cry. He’s been crying a lot lately. Quan tends to get emotional any time he contemplates his sudden reversal of fate. Every since “Everything Everywhere All at Once” opened in theaters earlier this year, 51-year-old Quan —
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Towson High School parents are calling for better communication from police and school leaders after recent emailed threats to staff. Students and their parents expressed their safety concerns to school leaders and county police Wednesday night in an emergency meeting. The
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being told it would eliminate problems caused by “uncontrolled manufacture” of the drug. Illegal production of marijuana has instead exploded. Oregon lawmakers, who have heard complaints from police, legal growers and others, are now
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Back-to-back-to-back systems will make their way across the United States over the next few days, with the last — and largest — storm bringing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and the potential for tornadoes. While wintry weather is spreading into the Plains Thursday and will push into the upper Midwest on
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Back-to-back-to-back systems will make their way across the United States over the next few days, with the last — and largest — storm bringing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and the potential for tornadoes. While wintry weather is spreading into the Plains Thursday and will push into the upper Midwest
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The relatives of three Baltimore firefighters killed in a vacant house collapse this year, and a firefighter who was seriously injured, plan to sue the city and the State of Maryland, their attorneys said. Miller and Stern Lawyers said in a
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