By Brian Fung, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it would resume posting automated transit alerts to Twitter on Thursday after the social media company backtracked on a plan to charge public service accounts for access to the platform. In a statement Thursday, MTA Acting Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara said Twitter had tried
Continue ReadingBy ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor on Thursday signed a bill that will require schools to notify a parent if a student requests a name or pronoun change at school, one of the final bills approved in a legislative session that had targeted LGBTQ+ people in the state, especially
Continue ReadingBy Joel Lopez Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — Two Palm Beach County teachers said they’re ready to move out of the state after the passage and expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “In Palm Beach County, I feel fine and generally safe, but it’s
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke and Clare Duffy, CNN Apple on Thursday reported that its revenue fell 3% to $94.8 billion for the first three months of the year, as consumers scale back spending on smartphones and computers due to looming recession fears. The company’s revenue was slightly better than what Wall Street had expected, but it
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The language that adolescent girls use in texts and on social media reflects day-to-day changes in their moods, new University of Oregon research shows. Those linguistic clues could be used to build digital tools that can identify when someone is struggling and connect them with timely support. A team of adolescent
Continue ReadingBy CBSCOLORADO.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story LOVELAND, Colorado (KCNC) — Darion Ray Sexton pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to a hate crime in connection with a fire he intentionally set to a church in Loveland earlier this year. Police in Loveland arrested Sexton, 22, after the fire at the
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — San Francisco civic leaders are excoriating PG&E over what they say is the company’s failure to keep them informed during and after a five-day power outage in the city’s northeast neighborhoods. In a letter sent to PG&E Wednesday, Mayor London Breed,
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story OTSEGO, Minnesota (WCCO) — Investigators are looking into what caused an explosion at an unoccupied home in Otsego. It happened around 8:30 a.m. Thursday near the 17000 block of 53rd Street Northeast. The house was unoccupied, but the explosion was so loud that people living
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Una serie de tiroteos en Moultrie, Georgia, la mañana de este jueves han dejado “varias personas muertas”, confirmó la Oficina de Investigación de Georgia (GBI, por sus siglas en inglés) a CNN. La agencia indicó que uno de los incidentes ocurrió en una instalación de McDonald’s. “Estamos atendiendo varias escenas a pedido
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers have sent to the desk of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis a slate of bills that will alter the lives of transgender people in Florida — including their access to health care and everyday amenities. DeSantis, who is nearing a likely campaign for president in the coming weeks, is expected
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum, who came within a whisker of defeating Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018, was acquitted Thursday of lying to the FBI in a corruption case that also involved illegal use of campaign contributions. But the federal jury hung on charges that
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The choking death of a man at the hands of another New York subway rider was setting off powerful reactions Thursday, with some calling it a criminal, racist act even as authorities reserved judgment on the killing. New York has become one
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would allow South Carolina to buy the drugs needed for lethal injection without revealing the name of the company who sells them will soon be heading for the governor’s desk. The state Senate on Thursday approved minor changes the House made in the
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The convictions on historically rare seditious conspiracy charges against leaders of the Proud Boys extremist group mark another major victory for the Justice Department in its massive prosecution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jurors on Thursday found former Proud Boys national
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican secretary of state has set the battleground state’s 2024 presidential primary for March 12. That rebuffs Democrats, including President Joe Biden, who wanted Georgia to be an early nominating state. The Democratic National Committee already tapped South Carolina for the party’s opening slot and proposed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has long had a problem with piracy and brand counterfeiting, but this week it reached a new height: fake Coca-Cola. Mexico City prosecutors said they had raided a property in a rough neighborhood on the city’s east side and found thousands of bottles bearing the Coca-Cola brand. Most
Continue ReadingBy Taneisha Cordell Click here for updates on this story STOW, Ohio (WEWS) — The heavy rock chords AJ Garduño strums almost daily with ease have become the soundtrack of his life. “It’s very loud, very aggressive,” he said. “It sounds fantastic.” The Stow-Monroe Falls High School senior was diagnosed with autism at three years
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden laid the groundwork for future sanctions targeted toward the current violence in Sudan that has left hundreds dead and sparked a humanitarian crisis that poses “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” according to the administration. The executive order
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nebraska will play Oregon State in a men’s basketball game at the Sanford Pentagon on Nov. 18, the second time in five years the Cornhuskers have played in the venue. Sanford Sports announced the matchup Thursday and said ticket information would be released later. The Pentagon has hosted more than
Continue ReadingBy News 5 Staff Click here for updates on this story MEDINA, Ohio (WEWS) — Last month, News 5 told you how a community stepped up when a beloved musician went silent after his guitar was stolen, and because of the kindness, Rick Gaudet was able to show that love right back in a number
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