Fact checkers say YouTube lets its platform be ‘weaponized’
SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A…
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Brainard vows to help combat inflation as No. 2 Fed official
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in…
Continue ReadingDems switch strategy on voting bill as Biden pushes action
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in Mexico for sex with Minnesota teen in 2000
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl has been apprehended in Mexico 21 years after he fled following his…
Continue ReadingBack in shape: Maine’s famous spinning ice disk says hello
WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — Maine’s rotating ice disk has begun to form again in the Presumpscot River three years after its famous first appearance…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota police confiscate then return reporter’s phone
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a police investigator violated state law by…
Continue ReadingProsecutors add dozens of charges in Wisconsin parade deaths
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have added dozens of charges against a man accused of driving his SUV through a…
Continue ReadingOntario confirms students are returning to classrooms Monday
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Students in Canada’s largest province will return to classrooms Monday, and teachers and staff…
Continue ReadingUN: Yemen’s escalating war spurs hunger and collapse
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Senior U.N. officials say escalating military action in Yemen displaced more than 15,000…
Continue ReadingBiogen tumbles after Medicare lays out Aduhelm coverage plan
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Shares of Biogen have tumbled a day after regulators slapped strict limitations on coverage the drugmaker’s new…
Continue ReadingRonnie Spector, ’60s icon who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as…
Continue ReadingNYC mayor seeking waiver to hire brother for security job
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is seeking approval from city ethics officers to hire his…
Continue ReadingIndiana GOP Rep. Hollingsworth won’t seek reelection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Rep. Trey Hollingsworth says he won’t seek reelection to the southern Indiana congressional seat that he first…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s next in Prince Andrew sex abuse lawsuit?
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge’s ruling against Prince Andrew in a sexual abuse lawsuit is bad news for the British Royal. But it doesn’t say much…
Continue ReadingIllinois judge’s reversal of rape conviction draws anger
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A judge in western Illinois who found an 18-year-old man guilty of sexual assaulting a 16-year-old girl has come under fire…
Continue ReadingYanks’ Balkovec living ‘American dream’ with manager role
By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Balkovec was introduced as manager of the New York Yankees’ Low A affiliate in the…
Continue ReadingGOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an…
Continue ReadingOfficial: Young Dolph slaying suspects have criminal history
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say two of the men arrested in connection with the slaying of rapper Young Dolph…
Continue ReadingOhio justices toss GOP Statehouse maps, order fix in 10 days
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected newly drawn district maps that retained Republican…
Continue ReadingSen. Rounds pushes GOP to get ‘louder’ on false Trump claims
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has repeatedly made it clear that former President…
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