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Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says
LANSING, Michigan — Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election, an ...Read more
Questions swirl over the future of TikTok. Who could own it? How will the platform operate?
TikTok on Wednesday faced a formidable threat to its business, with a new law signed by President Biden that could dramatically change the way the popular video app operates.
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ...Read more
Legislation banning TikTok is coming this week. How will it affect the music industry?
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the popular app, or it would be blocked in the U.S.
While the legislation would have profound impacts across the tech,...Read more
Gov. Kemp signs bill outlawing property squatting in Georgia
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Wednesday criminalizing property squatting after a surge of reports about the practice in Atlanta and Georgia.
The governor’s approval comes amid an increase in national stories...Read more
Qatar will host meeting to discuss Ukrainian proposal to end war
National security advisers and senior officials from around the world are set to meet in Doha, Qatar, this weekend to discuss plans for a summit on Ukraine’s conditions for a settlement with Russia, according to people ...Read more
3 fishermen accused of illegally transporting Alaska crab to Seattle for better prices
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Three fishermen are facing federal charges after being accused of illegally transporting more than 7,000 pounds of crab harvested in Southeast Alaska to Seattle in hopes of getting better prices there...Read more
Ford Q1 profits fall 28% as Ford Blue hit from F-150 ramp-up
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it made $1.3 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2024, a 28% decrease year-over-year, as earnings from Ford's gas-engine and hybrid business tumbled from the ramp-up of the refreshed...Read more
Donald Payne Jr., who filled father's seat in the House, dies at 65
WASHINGTON — Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., a former Newark, New Jersey, city council president who followed his trailblazing father to Congress, has died at age 65, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday.
“With ...Read more
Hurricane center watching blip in Atlantic. No threat but hints at busy season ahead
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is already watching something in the Atlantic, and it’s only April.
The low-pressure area in question is a thousand miles away from inhabited land and expected to dissolve in the ...Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland. Now he's sending them to Bakersfield
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he's sending California Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield, an expansion of a law enforcement campaign launched earlier this year with an effort to tamp down crime in hard-hit...Read more
Universal Studios tram riders were seriously injured in crash, lawyer says
LOS ANGELES — A passenger on a Universal Studios tram car that crashed into a guardrail on Saturday estimates the ride reached speeds up to 20 to 25 mph after the driver apparently lost control of the tram, which is much...Read more
After complaints, National Institutes of Health launches review of Havana Syndrome study
A review board at the National Institutes of Health is conducting an internal investigation of a study about Havana Syndrome that did not find brain damage in patients, following complaints from participants and questions ...Read more
Ashley Judd, Aloe Blacc open up about deaths of Naomi Judd, Avicii in White House visit
Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc visited the White House on Tuesday to promote the Biden administration's newly formed National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and federal action plan, speaking candidly about the deaths of Judd'...Read more
Students shut down Cal Poly Humboldt campus to support Gaza ceasefire, divestment from Israel
After a violent clash with campus and local police Monday night, students at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt have taken over a campus administration building and barricaded themselves inside, demanding ...Read more
Vice Lord gang members convicted of racketeering in latest crackdown by feds in Detroit
DETROIT — Three members of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation were convicted of federal racketeering charges Wednesday, the latest in a years-long prosecution of a violent street gangs blamed for murder, drugs and other ...Read more
Mayor Adams' budget plan restores NYPD funding but keeps $58 million cut to city libraries
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ latest city budget proposal would pump more than $62 million into hiring new NYPD officers — but keep in place a similarly sized spending cut to New York’s public library systems that ...Read more
South Carolina police chief, 9 others arrested in county prostitution sting
Police in Horry County, South Carolina, have arrested 10 individuals, including the police chief of the town of Atlantic Beach, in an undercover prostitution operation, authorities said Wednesday.
The arrests followed a ...Read more
Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho's ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices voiced doubt Wednesday about a strict Idaho law that would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion even for a woman who arrives at a hospital suffering from a serious, ...Read more
Michigan prosecutor issues first charges under new safe storage law after boy, 8, shoots himself in head
WARREN, Mich. — Warren police and the Macomb County prosecutor on Wednesday implored gun owners to secure their firearms after announcing charges against the father of an 8-year-old who shot himself in the head in Warren...Read more
Cirque diver will never walk again after being injured in show, attorney says
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Mitrione is working “doggedly” to improve his mobility. But his days as a stunt diver and stage performer are over.
Mitrione is the Cirque du Soleil artist injured June 28, 2023, during a ...Read more
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