By Brian Fung, CNN Former senior national security officials, including two ex-CIA directors and a past NSA director, are backing Apple’s app store practices as the iPhone maker fights a critical antitrust case. The nearly two-dozen security experts and former US officials argued Thursday in a court filing that proposals to force open Apple’s mobile
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The California National Guard is leaving the FIND Food Bank after two years of service. The National Guard has been helping the FIND Food Bank distribute food to the Coachella Valley. Guards arrived at FIND in March 2020. It was part of a nationwide effort during a historic hunger crisis and dire volunteer shortage following
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina’s Hubert Davis is relying on experience from his playing career and lessons from Hall of Fame mentors in a field of NCAA coaching giants surrounding him at this week’s men’s Final Four. Davis’ experience includes being a Tar Heels player in the Final
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of California renters facing eviction will be able to stay in their homes for at least the next three months. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis signed a law on Thursday that extends eviction protections for anyone who has applied for state assistance. Kounalakis signed
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation. Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Sarah Boxer, CNN Khrystyna Pavluchenko strokes the tiny hand of her newborn, Adelina. She had anticipated the profound joy of becoming a mother for the first time — but not the guilt. “(That’s) because I left,” Pavluchenko says, choking on tears, as her hours-old child sleeps in the crib next to
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Ethan Cohen, CNN A New York judge has blocked the state’s new congressional map, which would have given Democrats the advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional seats, from going into effect for violating the state’s constitution. Judge Patrick McAllister ruled Thursday that the map “was unconstitutionally drawn with
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer A small American Indian tribe is supporting a Connecticut city’s attempt to retain funding put in jeopardy by its continued use of a Native American mascot and imagery for its schools’ athletic teams. The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, which has just over 100 members in Western Connecticut, passed a resolution
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland State has extended athletic director Scott Garrett’s contract through June 2026. Garrett has been in charge of the Vikings’ athletic program since 2019. Garrett’s original four-year contract was set to expire in 2023. The extension comes as Cleveland State is doing a national search for a new men’s basketball coach. Former
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ownership of a shuttered pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia has been transferred with the goal of finding new tenants. A nonprofit arm of West Virginia University took control of the facility Thursday. It formerly was owned by Viatris. The generic drug maker laid off 1,500
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonia Moghe and Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge is holding Donald Trump in civil contempt after the state’s attorney general’s office said he did not comply with a subpoena for documents as part of its investigation into the former President’s company. Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump failed to abide by his
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Early results show Amazon workers in Alabama rejecting union bid for a second time, but outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome. In Bessemer, early vote results showed a tight race, with 993 “no” votes edging out 875 “yes” votes. The National
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Lviv, Ucrania (CNN) — El Ejército de Rusia dice que ha pasado a una nueva fase de su llamada “operación militar especial” en Ucrania, afirmando que está cambiando su enfoque a la región de Donbás en el este de Ucrania. ¿Es esta reagrupación de fuerzas una maniobra, que permite a las maltrechas fuerzas
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Los precios de las viviendas en EE.UU. se han disparado a nuevos niveles y continúan subiendo, al punto que ahora algunos investigadores y economistas indican que han visto señales de que se está gestando una burbuja inmobiliaria. Los precios de las viviendas aumentan más rápido de lo que las fuerzas del
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and mastered Baked Alaska is virtually impossible to get this week. The first NCAA men’s Final Four without pandemic restrictions in three years is being held in New Orleans. And the tourism-dependent city
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and mastered Baked Alaska is virtually impossible to get this week. The first NCAA men’s Final Four without pandemic restrictions in three years is being held in New Orleans. And the tourism-dependent city
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN A child’s doll lies curb side, covered in dirt and debris, in the war-torn Kyiv suburb of Irpin. There’s not a sign of the child who owned it, or of any of the residents of the building next to it, which was shattered to
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality by tackling the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible to receive reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and
Continue Reading By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee shared the lead in The Chevron Championship at 6-under 66 after morning play in the first round of the major tournament’s final edition at Mission Hills. Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit and 2013 winner Inbee Park were among the afternoon
Continue Reading By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee shared the lead in The Chevron Championship at 6-under 66 after morning play in the first round of the major tournament’s final edition at Mission Hills. Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit and 2013 winner Inbee Park were among the afternoon
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