California reject bill to crackdown on how utilities spend customers’ money
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A crackdown on how California utilities spend customers’ money has failed to pass the…
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Supreme Court denies request by Arizona candidates seeking to ban electronic vote tabulators
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate…
Continue ReadingNearly 100 Belarus political prisoners have severe medical problems, rights group says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says that nearly 100 political prisoners in Belarus who were incarcerated in a severe crackdown on…
Continue ReadingA White author calculated just how much racism has benefited her. Here’s what she found
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The…
Continue ReadingMore than 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, says Gaza Civil Defense
By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A mass grave with more than 300 bodies has been uncovered at a hospital in the…
Continue ReadingThe EU ratchets up pressure on TikTok’s new rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is demanding TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests three people on suspicion of spying for China
By Chris Stern, Stephanie Halasz and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Three people in Germany have been arrested under suspicion of spying for…
Continue ReadingCelebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the…
Continue ReadingCaitlin Clark will reportedly sign a sneaker deal with Nike
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Caitlin Clark is reportedly set to wear her own signature Nike sneaker in the WNBA. Clark…
Continue ReadingImagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand…
Continue ReadingEuropean Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in…
Continue ReadingDiver pinned under water by an alligator figured he had choice: Lose his arm or lose his life
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with…
Continue ReadingRussia convicts the spokesperson for Facebook owner Meta in a swift trial in absentia
By The Associated Press An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company…
Continue ReadingExpress files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announces store closures, possible sale
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
Continue Reading‘Heart-breaking’: Refugees once detained offshore by Australia warn the UK government not to push through its Rwanda policy
By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — “They stole six years of my life, and I committed no crime,” writer Behrouz Boochani tells CNN from New…
Continue ReadingArmenia asks UN court to throw out Azerbaijan’s claim alleging racial discrimination
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Armenia have asked the top U.N. court to throw out a case filed by…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court allows soccer promoter’s antitrust suit over FIFA policy on league matches to proceed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a soccer promoter’s antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation…
Continue ReadingTennessee Gov. Lee admits defeat in school voucher push
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has conceded defeat on his push to enact…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
By NICK PERRY, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were…
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