By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns. The Office of Management and Budget calls the guidance, issued Monday, a “critical step
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has called for stronger public solidarity behind his leadership to significantly increase grain production. The remarks reported Tuesday come as outside experts say North Korea is experiencing a serious shortfall in food, though they’ve seen no signs yet of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, firmó un decreto para honrar al actor estadounidense Steven Seagal con la Orden Estatal de la Amistad. El decreto cita lo que denomina la “gran contribución de Seagal al desarrollo de la cooperación cultural y humanitaria internacional”. ¿Por qué el actor Steven Seagal se unió
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer says actor Cuba Gooding Jr. had consensual sex with a woman who has accused him of raping her in New York City a decade ago. Attorney Gary Becker made the assertion Monday in Manhattan federal court as a judge said a trial on the
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns. The Office of Management and Budget calls the guidance, issued Monday, a “critical step
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature has for years entertained a host of unsupported theories about fraudsters manipulating election results since Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. But lawmakers reached a limit for what they will tolerate last week, when a daylong hearing about elections ended with a presentation accusing
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Esta semana, a nuestros estrenos musicales los encabeza uno de los fenómenos musicales latinos, RBD, quienes lanzaron una nueva versión de uno de sus éxitos. También figuran en el top de nuestra lista la cantante Paulina Rubio, el argentino Tiago PZK, el regreso de Bunbury, entre otros. En Zona
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a leader of a Los Angeles-based fraud operation that stole $18 million in COVID-19 aid money has been extradited from Europe to the U.S., where she could face more than a decade in prison. The Los Angeles Times says police in Montenegro turned over Tamara Dadyn to the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in St. Louis are sharply criticizing the city’s embattled prosecutor after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost her legs in a crash caused by a speeding driver facing felony charges. The remarks
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Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a White House reception marking Black History Month, a forceful declaration that comes after the state of Florida blocked a new advanced course on African American studies from being taught in its high
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A new low-pressure trough has developed off of the coast, pulling a lot of winter weather into the region.
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Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Elon Musk recuperó el título de la persona más rica del mundo, según los cálculos de Bloomberg. El CEO de Tesla había perdido el primer lugar frente a Bernard Arnault, CEO de la marca de lujo francesa LVMH en diciembre de 2022, con lo que Musk quedó como el segundo en
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An investigation of a Bend man allegedly selling drugs at the Hunnell Road homeless encampment led to his arrest during a traffic stop Saturday and the seizure of hidden drugs, and a subsequent raid on a northeast Bend apartment at which a second man was arrested.
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Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Pamela Brown, CNN The Department of Energy’s low-confidence assessment that Covid-19 most likely originated from a laboratory leak in China is still a minority view within the intelligence community, three sources familiar with the intelligence community’s findings tell CNN. While the FBI has also assessed — with
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Tesla may receive over $300 million in tax abatements over the next two decades for a massive new expansion of its northern Nevada facility, the product of a 2014 deal for when the company first came to the area on the promise of new
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