By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has sued a group of researchers — alleging their work highlighting an increase in hate speech on the platform cost the company millions of dollars of advertising revenue. The suit, filed late Monday night in U.S. District Court
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister is asking neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to do more to prevent militants from crossing the border to stage attacks like the massive suicide bombing earlier this week that killed dozens in a border region. A suicide bomber struck an election campaign rally of a
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By STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (WBBM) — It’s a creative way to call out city hall. A frustrated homeowner is launching his own PR campaign by hanging a banner on his home with the message written in big black letters. “I just wanted to bring attention to it,” homeowner
Continue ReadingBy SABRINA FRANZA Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A security guard died on Saturday blocks away, the day before a reported teen takeover in the South Loop. CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza spoke exclusively to his wife, who wants to know what happened. Jackey Fisher loved being a security guard; his
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Update: The NWS has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Thursday morning through Friday evening. This is due to the possibility of thunderstorms to arrive in the heat of the day. The lightning generated by the storms my ignite the dry grass and brush in the region and lead to rapid fire growth. The Watch
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A little girl heard her neighbor screaming for help and her mom alerted the Philadelphia Fire Department, leading to the neighbor’s rescue early Tuesday morning. The fire broke out on North 57th Street near Wyalusing Avenue in West Philadelphia after 5 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Euclid space telescope, designed to investigate some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, has captured its first glimpses of the cosmos. The spacecraft’s two instruments took the preliminary test images, revealing scintillating starry views that prove everything onboard is in tip-top shape. “After more than 11 years of designing
Continue ReadingSMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 14-month-old girl died after her grandmother left her unattended in a hot car in New York for eight hours. Suffolk County police say the 54-year-old grandmother forgot to drop the toddler off at her day care center in Smithtown on Long Island on Monday and went to work,
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed an executive order targeting transgender rights in Oklahoma. Stitt signed the order on Tuesday, flanked by women from the anti-trans group Independent Women’s Voice. The order directs state agencies to use narrow definitions of “female” and “male” to correspond with the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron is looking to separate himself from the last GOP governor. In a recent speech, Cameron apologized for former Gov. Matt Bevin’s feud with educators. While he didn’t mention Bevin by name, Cameron’s remarks clearly regarded the former governor’s policies. Cameron
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By Lucy Yang Click here for updates on this story SUFFOLK COUNTY, New York (WABC) — A 63-year-old man was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning after he tread water for over five hours. Dan Ho, from Copiague, went for a swim around 5 a.m. at Cedar Beach in Babylon Monday, and was pulled
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has again rejected a military contractor’s effort to toss out a lawsuit filed against it by former inmates of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. The plaintiffs allege that Virginia-based CACI, which supplied interrogators at the prison, was complicit in torture they suffered. The
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE STAHL Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Living liver transplants are complicated surgeries, where the donor gives part of their liver. It comes with some pain and months of recovery, but that didn’t stop one special transplant at Jefferson Health. It’s their happy dance of life for
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By Larissa Liska Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Football practice kicks off Monday for most high school programs in Texas. Temperature will be a major factor, as there have already been nine days at 100 degrees or more so far in July. Corpus Christi ISD is implementing a
Continue ReadingBy Illi-Anna Martinez Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — A German bakery in Corpus Christi is paying it forward. Back in April, KRIS 6 told you about the outpouring community support for JB’s German Restaurant and Bakery after the owner suffered a stroke. Now, the owners want to give
Continue ReadingBy LARRY SEWARD Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — The state of Florida’s agency in charge of confirming appointments to get driver licenses said it cancels approximately 1,000 a day. It is part of a crackdown on groups that hoard and try to sell appointments. Those canceled are all “fictitious
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — The Warner Bros. Film Group has apologized after the Twitter account for its “Barbie” film sparked backlash over its embrace of memes that appeared to depict the character immersed in atomic blast imagery from Universal’s film “Oppenheimer.” The posts sparked controversy in Japan and strong public
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two political allies of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with an alleged effort to access and tamper with voting machines following the 2020 election. A special prosecutor said Tuesday that Matthew DePerno and Daire Rendon participated in a scheme
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — In the continuing investigation of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, authorities have scoured his New York home, leaving a chaotic scene for his family to return to, according to Heuermann’s wife and her attorney. It’s been three weeks since Heuermann was arrested and charged
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s lower house has passed a bill that recommends a three-year prison term for anyone found guilty of disclosing the identity of an intelligence official, a move apparently aimed at stifling criticism of military-backed spy chiefs and agents. The legislation comes amid growing criticism of military and
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