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By Jessica Schneider, CNN Just days before the midterm election, the Michigan Supreme Court is allowing a new set of restrictions to be imposed on partisan election challengers at polling places across the state. The list of rules was issued by Democratic officials in the state earlier this year, and has been challenged by Republicans
Continue ReadingBy Logan Stefanich Click here for updates on this story SPRINGVILLE, Utah (KSL) — Just a day after a video taken at a Cedar City Walmart depicting teens wearing blackface and dressed as inmates went viral and prompted police and school inquiries, Springville High School suspended a student for wearing racist attire. On Monday, a
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects who are accused of stealing multiple puppies from pet stores. According to police, the incidents occurred “in the very early morning hours” on Oct. 24
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN Business) — En 2019, Netflix señaló en una carta a sus accionistas: “Nosotros… estamos libres de publicidad”. Y agregó que no tener comerciales era una “parte importante de nuestra propuesta de marca”. Sin embargo, todo eso cambió este jueves cuando la plataforma lanzó su plan “Básico con anuncios”, la muy
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A 39-year-old man accused of killing his roommate, a Cathedral City man who was found dead in his apartment, pleaded not guilty to murder today. Joseph Ortega was additionally charged with two felony counts of cruelty to an animal, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to all charges at the Larson Justice
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The NCAA’s name, likeness and image policy has opened the doors for college basketball players to earn a little — and sometimes a lot — of money while they are still in school. There are players who have NIL deals with Gatorade, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dollar Shave Club, even
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By John Miller, Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN An individual has been identified and interviewed in connection with a broad threat to synagogues in New Jersey, according to law enforcement sources, and the FBI in Newark tweeted on Friday that the source of the threat “no longer poses a danger to the community.” The
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Ty Gibbs knew his teammate had to win the final regular-season race to qualify for the Xfinity Series championship. And yet Gibbs still spun Brandon Jones out of the lead on the final lap last week at Martinsville Speedway as Gibbs picked up his sixth
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Workers in central Florida’s tourism industry are pushing to raise their minimum wage to at least $18 an hour, arguing that rising rents and inflation have cut into their ability to make ends meet. Unite Here Local 737 released a report Thursday saying that an adult worker with no dependents would
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — New far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni has used her first visit to European Union headquarters to declare that Italy will be a force to reckon with in EU affairs. It was unclear whether that was a promise or a threat from one of the bloc’s
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom. In a lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle this week, Mercedes
Continue Reading By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana’s attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous” consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients’ confidential medical records. The lawsuit targeting Attorney General Todd Rokita was filed Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Families may not skimp on holiday gifts for their loved ones this year, but they’ll likely slim down their list of recipients, turn to credit cards and dip into savings to afford them, according to an industry forecast Thursday. So who will be on the list? The kids, the grandparents,
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s health agency is weighing whether to challenge a judge’s order demanding the state ramp up services for people with intellectual and development disabilities so more can live outside of institutions. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour this week directed the state Department of Health
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of how the 2020 election was administered, the city’s mayor said Thursday. Kimberly Zapata, deputy
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister has visited immigration facilities on England’s southeastern coast as she grappled with an overcrowding crisis at a migrant facility and an outcry over her claim that the U.K. faced an “invasion” of asylum-seekers. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under heavy pressure to address potentially
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Sam Fossum, CNN Officials from the US Embassy in Moscow met with detained American Brittney Griner on Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “We are told she’s doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances,” Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One. State Department spokesperson Ned Price
Continue Reading By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and LORNE COOK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Turkey to set aside its reservations over Finland and Sweden joining the military alliance. He insisted on Thursday that the two Nordic countries have fulfilled their security commitments to Ankara. Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership in
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family members of Gabby Petito filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab Police Department on Thursday in the latest development in the high-profile case around Petito’s death. Petito was found dead in Wyoming weeks after rural Utah police officers responded to a domestic violence
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and AMY TAXIN Associated Press OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — In an urgent plea as his party faces the potential loss of House and Senate control, President Joe Biden asked voters Thursday to go to the polls to support Democratic candidates, warning that a Republican Congress would reshape America by cutting back
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