Massachusetts 911 outage was caused by computer firewall, not a cyberattack, officials say
By Sydney Bishop and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An outage that shut down the 911 system in Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday was…
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New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in…
Continue ReadingSurvivors of New Hampshire motorcycle crash that killed 7 urge a judge to keep trucker off the road
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Relatives and friends of seven motorcyclists who died in a 2019 crash urged New Hampshire officials not to allow…
Continue ReadingThe Senate just passed a critical clean energy bill to pave the way for more nuclear
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided Congress can agree on one thing: the US needs more nuclear to…
Continue ReadingOne of Rishi Sunak’s bodyguards arrested over alleged bets on UK election date
LONDON (AP) — One of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s police bodyguards has been arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain’s national…
Continue ReadingBoeing committed ‘the deadliest corporate crime in US history’ and should be fined $24 billion, victims’ families say
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Families that lost loved ones in two Boeing 737 Max crashes said on Wednesday that the company…
Continue ReadingThe leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and…
Continue ReadingMan, 72, killed and his wife wounded in knife attack at Nebraska highway rest area
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and his…
Continue ReadingAstronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black…
Continue ReadingJapan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and New Zealand agreed Wednesday in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their…
Continue ReadingFirewall to deter cyberattacks is blamed for Massachusetts 911 outage
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — State officials say a firewall aimed at thwarting hackers is to blame for a 911 outage in…
Continue ReadingNew York requiring paid break time for moms who need to pump breast milk at work, under new law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York moms returning to work after giving birth will now get paid break time when they need to pump breast milk at their…
Continue ReadingCzech police arrest a man who wounded a motorcyclist and 2 other people with a knife in Prague
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police say they have arrested a man who wounded a motorcyclist in the neck with a knife in Prague. Two other people were…
Continue ReadingKazakh government critic in hospital after being shot in Kyiv
By Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — A Kazakh government critic with a following of more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube…
Continue ReadingMass arrests in Kenya as angry citizens protest against tax hikes
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Protests have erupted in parts of Kenya, with hundreds detained by police as citizens rejected planned tax…
Continue ReadingUS chipmaker onsemi will invest $2 billion in a chip production facility in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) — The U.S. chipmaker onsemi is planning a multi-year investment of up $2 billion in its production facility in the Czech Republic. The…
Continue ReadingWhat’s known, and not known, about the partnership agreement signed by Russia and North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong…
Continue ReadingPutin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’
By Simone McCarthy, Manveena Suri, Lucas Lilieholm and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up…
Continue ReadingShip attacked by Houthi rebels believed to have sunk in Red Sea
By Niamh Kennedy and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A Greek-owned coal carrier appears to have capsized in the Red Sea days after it was struck…
Continue ReadingThe Philippine vice president resigns from posts in Marcos’ Cabinet as alliance flounders
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has resigned from her posts of education secretary…
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