By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System has joined a number of universities across the country in banning the popular social media app TikTok on school devicies. UW System officials made the announcement Tuesday. A number of other universities have banned TikTok in recent weeks, including Auburn, Arkansas
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota. Congress also recently banned TikTok from most U.S. government-issued devices over bipartisan concerns about security. TikTok is
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Dan Heching, CNN Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died Thursday, hours after being hospitalized following an apparent cardiac arrest, her mother said. She was 54. “Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Envision Bend, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, announced this week the hiring and naming of key leadership positions and event details for the upcoming Community Vision Summit on Feb. 7. Envision Bend is looking forward to an impactful year with new leadership, the unveiling of research themes from broad community input at
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — The Port St. Lucie Police Department’s drone program is grounded, for now. Sgt. Matt Reynolds said the drones they currently have are DJI drones and are not on the newly approved manufacturer list. A new Florida law bans government
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By Amanda Dukes Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — It’s been five days since deputies descended on Wekiva High School after a teen was shot outside the school’s gym during a basketball game. It happened around 9 p.m. Friday as Wekiva played Edgewater High School. Investigators have released few
Continue ReadingBy Abbie Petersen Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Tuesday marked five years of business for a Benson cookie company, Baked After Dark. But unfortunately, it will also be their last. The owner says with the high price of ingredients they just can’t keep going anymore. Frosting their infamous cinnamon
Continue ReadingBy WTAE Staff Click here for updates on this story ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A man was rescued after being trapped in a trench during an 8-hour ordeal in eastern Pennsylvania. It happened Wednesday in Allentown, Lehigh County. A private contractor and his co-worker were working on sewer lines in the backyard of a home
Continue ReadingBy Barry Simms Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A Baltimore seafood business is cleaning up damage left behind in an attempted ATM theft. Within just about two minutes just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, the thieves parked a Kia Soul and tossed a brick into and walked through the glass door
Continue ReadingBy Gustavo Valdes and Nicole Chavez, CNN Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order this week barring the use of the term “Latinx” in official state documents, saying the government should use “ethnically appropriate language.” Sanders, a Republican who gained national recognition as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, signed several
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking to Canada to help his country wean itself off fossil fuels from places such as Russia. Kishida is in Ottawa Thursday for his first visit as Japan’s head of government, as part of a tour of other Group of Seven countries. Japan holds the
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California says it will sue the companies that make and promote much of the nation’s insulin. Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Thursday. The lawsuit accuses insulin manufacturers Eli Lilli, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi of keeping prices too high. It also blames pharmacy benefit
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California says it will sue the companies that make and promote much of the nation’s insulin. Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Thursday. The lawsuit accuses insulin manufacturers Eli Lilli, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi of keeping prices too high. It also blames pharmacy benefit
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Macht Click here for updates on this story CALAVERAS COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A tornado with 90 mph winds touched down in Calaveras County during Tuesday’s early morning severe weather and caused extensive tree damage, the National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. Straight-line 75 mph winds near Oakdale in Stanislaus County caused property
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past. Scientists have taken a fresh look at the unique amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872 as belonging to a
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a deficit of $85 billion in December, bringing the total deficit to nearly $1.42 trillion for the 2022 calendar year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The government, which runs on a fiscal year that starts in October, is running a deficit of $421.41 billion for its fiscal
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Mientras las autoridades ucranianas afirman que continúan las “feroces batallas” en Soledar, una ciudad clave en el este de Ucrania, imágenes satelitales muestran cuánta destrucción se ha infligido en la zona desde el verano. Las fuerzas rusas están “sufriendo grandes pérdidas” en su intento de tomar Soledar, según la viceministra de Defensa
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal jury has heard testimony from a woman whose civil lawsuit accuses a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers of protecting a sex-trafficking ring they had used as clients. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, sobbed uncontrollably Thursday as she testified
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and North Carolina have become the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company. Democratic Wisconsin
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El tornado que atravesó Alabama esta tarde probablemente estuvo en tierra durante al menos 80 kilómetros y causó daños en siete condados en todo el estado, dijo a CNN el meteorólogo del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Gerald Satterwhite. “Estuvo en el suelo durante bastante tiempo”, indicó Satterwhite. “Fue un tornado bastante
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