By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Activists are declaring a victory this week as they fight a Republican-backed law allowing Nebraska taxpayer money to be used for private school tuition. But both sides acknowledge that the battle is just beginning. Opponents said Wednesday that they’d gathered nearly twice the roughly 60,000
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La muerte de un estudiante de la Universidad de Carolina del Sur que intentaba entrar a una casa que no era la suya en su propia calle fue considerada un homicidio justificado y no se presentarán cargos, dijo la policía. “La determinación se basa en varios factores que incluyen
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Department of Energy said Thursday it plans to fuel the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles with $12 billion in loans and grants. Hard on the heels of President Joe Biden’s goal to spur the sale of EVs in the United States, the Energy Department
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a rule intended to require people selling firearms at gun shows and on the internet to conduct background checks on potential buyers, in an effort to curb the so-called gun show loophole. The proposal comes a little more than a year after
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said Thursday the union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against General Motors and Stellantis, a new sign of how far apart the union and the automakers remain as they negotiate a new contract only two weeks before a
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press First a shooting, then a storm. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his leadership at a critical moment for his presidential campaign, with the Republican moving to cast aside the culture warrior and show the country that he can govern through crises. The
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris (CNN) — The Fulton County, Georgia, judge overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants says that all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised. The ruling, however, would be subject to change and would
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man newly transferred to Oregon’s psychiatric hospital managed to escape while fully shackled and then drove off in a stolen van, the Oregon State Police said Thursday. Christopher Pray, who was previously charged with attempted murder and other crimes, was last seen driving south on
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man newly transferred to Oregon’s psychiatric hospital managed to escape while fully shackled and drove off in a stolen van, the Oregon State Police said Thursday. Christopher Pray, who was previously charged with attempted murder and other crimes, was last seen driving south on Interstate
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals. The airline said Thursday that it completed upgrading about 190 planes over the summer. Some aviation experts worry that interference from new 5G wireless signals could interfere with critical equipment on planes. Other
Continue ReadingSabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024, citing a law that protects and preserves the shipwreck as a gravesite. The expedition has been organized by RMS Titanic Inc., a company that owns the exclusive salvage rights to the remains of the Titanic.
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In an urgent appeal to wealthy Republicans who had assembled in Milwaukee ahead of the first GOP presidential primary debate, top brass for the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told donors they needed an injection of $50 million over the next four months, according
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Over a span of four days, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made two different false claims about what he wrote in his own 2022 book. At the first Republican presidential debate last Wednesday, Ramaswamy claimed rival candidate Chris Christie was not telling the truth when Christie said Ramaswamy
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024 presidential elections. The de-facto nomination — which will be formalized later — suggests that Mexico’s next president will quite likely be a woman, as former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads most
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The White homeowner accused of wounding a Black teen who went to the wrong Kansas City address in April will stand trial for the shooting, a Missouri judge ruled Thursday. The ruling came after a preliminary hearing in which a dozen witnesses testified and multiple exhibits were admitted into
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator has agreed to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live. According to a plea agreement filed Thursday, Republican Rep. David Cole of Huntsville will
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un recluso considerado “extremadamente peligroso” escapó de una prisión en el condado de Chester, Pensilvania, en la mañana de este jueves, según funcionarios locales. Danilo Cavalcante, de 34 años, logro huir de la cárcel del condado de Chester alrededor de las 8:50 a.m. de este jueves, según la Oficina de la
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, Nimi Princewill and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and instructed police to expel him, after ordering the diplomat last week to leave the country. In the letter shared by local media on Thursday and attributed to the Nigerien Ministry
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In response to North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on two men and a Moscow-registered firm accused of supporting North Korea’s ballistic missile program. Treasury sanctioned Russia-based Jon Jin Yong and Sergei Kozlov, who it said worked together
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