Wyden, Booker introduce bill to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation this week that prohibits advertising networks and…
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Argentina’s former detention and torture site added to UNESCO World Heritage list
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a…
Continue ReadingLive Updates: World leaders convene for Day 1 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Welcome to the United Nations. Over the course of the next week, leaders from scores of countries will take the marbled dais…
Continue ReadingSacramento prosecutor sues California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento’s top prosecutor is suing the city’s leaders over failure to cleanup…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of…
Continue ReadingOne Palestinian dies and Israel shuts down main crossing with Gaza after outbreak of border violence
By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials say the Israeli military has killed a 25-year-old…
Continue ReadingAmazon delivery driver saves Michigan man from kitchen fire
By Yasmeen Ludy Click here for updates on this story PORTAGE, Michigan (WXMI) — Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes…
Continue ReadingTransfers are fueling some of college football’s biggest success stories as teams embrace the portal
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Clemson, the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion, has one player on its depth chart who arrived…
Continue ReadingUkraine complains to WTO about Hungary, Poland and Slovakia banning its food products
By JAMEY KEATEN and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Ukraine is filing a complaint at the World Trade Organization against Hungary,…
Continue ReadingMinnesota professor dismissed over showing Islamic art can proceed with lawsuit, judge rules
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An art professor can proceed with her lawsuit against a private Minnesota university that fired her for showing early…
Continue ReadingNigeria’s opposition appeals election verdict, asks court to sack president
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main opposition candidates in this year’s presidential election appealed a…
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OHSU nurses vote to authorize strike if no contract deal is reached
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced Monday that OHSU nurses have voted to authorize a strike, KGW reported. The…
Continue ReadingTexas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women is slain by cellmate while serving life sentence
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women over two years, preying on them so he could…
Continue ReadingClimate change made storm that devastated Libya far more likely and intense, scientists say
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Scientists say climate change made the devastating storm along the Libyan coast up to 50 times more likely and 50%…
Continue ReadingRare cache of pink diamonds formed when a supercontinent broke apart, study says
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Pink diamonds are extremely rare and coveted — a now-closed mine in Australia has been the source of 90% of the…
Continue ReadingUK inquiry: Migrants awaiting deportation are kept ‘in prison-like’ conditions at a detention center
LONDON (AP) — A British inquiry has found that migrants awaiting deportation suffered physical and verbal abuse at a government-run detention…
Continue ReadingDutch caretaker government unveils budget plan to spend 2 billion per year extra to fight poverty
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The caretaker Dutch government says it will spend an extra 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) per year to tackle poverty.…
Continue ReadingRay Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the…
Continue ReadingNigeria gay wedding suspects freed on bail, lawyer says
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A Nigerian court has freed on bail more than 60 people arrested last month during a police raid on a suspected…
Continue ReadingAlmost 50 children from occupied Ukrainian regions arrive in Belarus, sparking outrage
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian state media have reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Belarus…
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