CNN By Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott banning the short-form video app from state-managed electronic resources. The move makes it impossible for users of TikTok to access the app, even on personal devices, if they
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When the call came into Nashville Electric Service’s customer service line, it was pretty routine at first. “Thanks for calling, this is Raven, who am I speaking with?” asked the representative. “My mother’s NES check was intercepted,” the caller said. “We
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Facebook
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
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By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WSMV) — Employees at a Tennessee urgent care have not been paid in four months. Their boss told WSMV4 they would see four months of paychecks in their bank accounts Tuesday. Chattanooga employees at Advance Care Medical said Josh Constantin, the man in
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has ordered a prominent French priest to cease his psychotherapy practice following allegations he sexually abused men in his therapeutic care. The Rev. Tony Anatrella advised the Vatican for years on matters of sex and homosexuality and is the author of more than a dozen
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi sigue celebrando la victoria histórica en Qatar 2022, pues este miércoles se cumple un mes desde que Argentina levantó la copa y se coronó en el Mundial de la FIFA. El argentino tomó sus redes sociales para enviar un emotivo mensaje de celebración y agradecimiento al cumplirse
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Cal Ripken and Cooperstown are connected again. Ripken’s eponymous tournaments for youth baseball players have merged with Cooperstown All Star Village under a new agreement with the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. Josh Harris and David Blitzer have become majority investors in the deal announced
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — The Detroit Pistons are playing a game in Paris on Thursday night. But two nights before the game, the Pistons were the spectators and the City of Lights played for them. The Pistons had a team party at the Paris Opera House to highlight their trip
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said it
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said it
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day went online to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, and items belonging to the woman with her DNA were found at a trash processing facility, a prosecutor said at his arraignment Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — Since Russia invaded Ukraine almost 11 months ago, many Ukrainians had fled to Dnipro. The city with a prewar population of nearly 1 million seemed relatively safe compared to to other areas in Ukraine’s war-torn east. But a Russian missile that struck an apartment building and
Continue ReadingBy Kalie Strain Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — On Friday, a jury ruled that Gateway Psychiatric Group and Dr. Gordon Robinson will have to pay $5 million to a woman who said her daughter’s death was due to being over-prescribed Vyvanse, a drug used to treat attention deficit
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN It was a ho-hum end to 2022 for spending in America. US retail sales continued their fall in December, dropping by 1.1% as inflation remained high, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. That’s the largest monthly decline since December 2021, and practically every category (except for building materials, groceries and sporting goods)
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — 5 inmates escape St. Francois County Jail in Farmington Tuesday night as the incident was reported around 10:22 p.m. A vehicle was reported stolen from the Centene Center parking lot around 7:15 Tuesday evening. It is believed the escapees stole
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Julia Louis-Dreyfus isn’t against playing Selina Meyer again, but a major political shift would have to happen first. In an interview with Variety, the actress was asked about rebooting her hit HBO series “Veep.” (HBO is owned by CNN’s parent company.) The star said that she’s been pitched doing that
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Party City filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, weighed down by competition and years of financial losses. The largest party goods and Halloween specialty retail chain in the United States said in a regulatory filing that it reached an agreement with debtholders to cut its $1.7 billion debt load. The company said
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Jackson, CNN A woman and boy were killed by a polar bear that had been chasing residents in a tiny, remote community in Alaska, state troopers said Tuesday. The bear had chased residents after entering the western Alaska town of Wales before attacking the woman and boy, an Alaska State Troopers dispatch report
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… While we are looking at a fairly mild morning, our cloud cover has thickened and the winds have already started to pick up. Both are signs of the advancing cold front that will bring us mixed showers for much of our day. Highs will be in the upper 30’s to low
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