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Apple, Google Restore TikTok App After Assurances From Trump

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Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are restoring ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok to their app stores on Thursday following assurances in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.

The two companies had removed TikTok in the U.S. last month to comply with a law passed in 2024. In a Jan. 20 ...Read more

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Warning of 'life-threatening' debris flows as torrential rains, flash floods hit LA County

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LOS ANGELES — The biggest rainstorm of the season slammed into Southern California on Thursday, bringing with it flash floods, severe thunderstorms and the possibility of “life-threatening” debris flows just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across L.A. County.

The National Weather Service issued flash flood and ...Read more

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GOP budget framework gets over initial hurdle in House

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WASHINGTON — The House Budget Committee voted along party lines Thursday evening to approve a fiscal framework that inches Republicans closer to their prized “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill that would increase military and border security spending while cutting taxes and slashing domestic and social programs.

House leadership struck ...Read more

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Republicans threaten Georgia cities who don't comply with immigration crackdown

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ATLANTA — Republican state lawmakers say if local governments try to protect immigrants with “sanctuary” policies, the state should strip them of their immunity to being sued.

The Georgia Senate approved Senate Bill 21 in a 33-18 vote Thursday, which if passed into law would remove protections that cities and counties currently have ...Read more

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Acting Manhattan US Attorney Danielle Sassoon resigns after Trump DOJ ordered her to drop case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams

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NEW YORK — Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday, three days after President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice asked her to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, a source told The New York Daily News.

The stunning development came amid widespread speculation as to whether she would follow through ...Read more

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Some federal funding still frozen despite court orders, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's administration reports

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BOSTON — A judge’s restraining order has not prevented the Trump administration from holding up grant funding allocated for several programs in Massachusetts, according to the Healey administration.

Bay State Gov. Maura Healey’s staff says the Trump administration continues to defy the courts by withholding grant funds allocated for rape ...Read more

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Washington state leaders tell Trump to 'follow the damn law,' vow to shield state

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SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday reiterated his vows to shield the state from "chaos" coming from the Trump administration, including the freezing of congressionally approved federal funds.

At a news conference, flanked by more than 20 other state officials, Ferguson said $162 million in federal money remains inaccessible, ...Read more

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Analysis: White House visit by India's Modi becomes mini trade summit

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WASHINGTON — It was billed as a working visit, but it might as well have been a trade summit between two of the world’s economic giants.

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an evening news conference in the White House East Room, hailed a new “framework” that the American leader contended would “...Read more

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In fraud trial, St. Paul school official says meal reports from Feeding Our Future site don't add up

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As she sat in the witness stand and looked over the meal count forms for one of Feeding Our Future’s busiest food distribution sites, the head of child nutrition at one of Minnesota’s biggest school districts noticed too many things that didn’t add up.

Every box of Feeding Our Future’s forms was filled. There were no math errors. The ...Read more

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Trump dismisses Seattle-based US attorney as part of nationwide purge

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SEATTLE — Tessa Gorman, appointed U.S. attorney for Western Washington last January after serving three years as interim, has been dismissed at the direction of President Donald Trump.

Emily Langlie, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, confirmed Gorman was terminated this week amid reports of a purge of top federal ...Read more

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Ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan's state pension suspended following conviction

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CHICAGO — Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction.

Timothy Blair, executive secretary of the Illinois General Assembly Retirement System, said Thursday he “sent the letter out today” to notify Madigan the pension system ...Read more

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Igloo recalls over 1 million coolers amid reports of fingertip amputations

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Igloo is recalling more than 1 million coolers amid numerous reports of injuries, including fingertip amputations.

The voluntary recall applies to the company’s 90-quart Flip & Tow Rolling Coolers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a press release Thursday. The affected coolers have a tow handle with “IGLOO” printed on ...Read more

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'Not equipped mentally': Trump rips Mitch McConnell after votes against Cabinet picks

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump laced into Mitch McConnell for his mental acuity and accused him of letting the Republican Party “go to hell,” unleashing a rhetorical tirade against the Kentucky senator hours after he voted against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health department.

“I feel sorry for Mitch ... He wanted ...Read more

Jack the Ripper victim's family demands investigation after alleged DNA ID of killer

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Nearly six years after DNA analysts claimed to identify the notorious London serial killer known as “Jack the Ripper,” a victim’s family is demanding a police investigation into the claims.

The 2019 scientific paper identified Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant, as the man responsible for at least five murders in London’s Whitechapel ...Read more

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DeSantis takes action on immigration without going after businesses

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers weighed how to respond to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, they considered everything from mandatory death penalties for migrants who are in the country illegally to barring them from receiving in-state college tuition.

There’s one topic that was off the table, ...Read more

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California, other states sue over Elon Musk's virtually 'unchecked' power in White House

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California joined more than a dozen other states Thursday in suing the Trump administration over Elon Musk's informal role as the president's personal budget adviser, denouncing as unconstitutional the tech billionaire's assumed authority to slash at the federal budget and zero out federal agencies.

"There is no greater threat to democracy than...Read more

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Is Michigan's 24-hour abortion waiting period legal? Judge to decide in new trial underway

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DETROIT — A trial has begun in a case that challenges Michigan abortion-related laws, including a 24-hour waiting period, with testimony focused on whether they place an undue burden on women seeking the procedure in the state.

The bench trial is taking place in Michigan's Court of Claims in Detroit, where Northland Family Planning Center is ...Read more

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NYC Mayor Adams announces executive action to allow ICE on Rikers after Trump border czar meeting

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NEW YORK — After meeting with President Donald Trump’s top border official, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday he’s taking executive action to allow federal immigration agents to “operate” on Rikers Island — a move that appears to fly in the face of New York City’s sanctuary laws.

Adams made the startling ...Read more

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'What if I can't go?': Florida repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students

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MIAMI — Maria has always been the type of person to plan ahead.

At only 18, she’s plotted a careful plan to become a mental health professional. The high school senior from South Florida has already racked up credits in community college that she can apply to her bachelor’s degree. She dreams of becoming a forensic psychologist so she can...Read more

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Semitruck overturns on Florida roadway, spilling 'large volume of beer,' officials say

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A Florida roadway was closed for several hours after a semitruck overturned and spilled a “large volume of beer,” officials said.

Cases of Busch Light beer poured out of the truck after the wreck, which happened at about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 13 on Interstate 75 near a rest area in Ruskin, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

The ...Read more