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By BARBARA ORTUTAY and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump ‘s personal account, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders”
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump ‘s personal account, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders”
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Analysis of fossils found in the far north of Canada has revealed that two previously unknown species of ancient near-primates lived above the Arctic Circle some 52 million years ago, according to new research. The now-extinct creatures belonged to a part of the primate family tree that branched off before the
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Public Works Director Margaret Anderson Kelliher announced that starting tomorrow — Thursday, Jan. 26 at 9 p.m. — Minneapolis will go to one-sided parking. The heavy snow accumulation has narrowed city streets, which pose a safety hazard when emergency vehicles cannot
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s impulsive and sometimes inflammatory usage of Twitter took center stage Wednesday in a trial focused on whether he misled investors with his 2018 tweets indicating he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private, a proposal that rapidly unraveled.
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad says it hauled in 9% more fourth-quarter profit even though it carried less cargo because it received more money for fuel surcharges and higher shipping rates. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Wednesday that it earned $1.02 billion, or 49 cents per share. That
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Some Desert Hot Springs High School band students are trying their hand at a different kind of art. Students spent the morning working on four murals on plywood. Local artist Piper Scott worked with the students to create their masterpieces. “It’s pure, just understanding, it’s going to leave a legacy. You know, kids in the future are
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy’s NFL career started with the moniker of “Mr. Irrelevant” and the weeklong trip to Newport Beach to celebrate the player picked last in the draft. With one more win, Purdy’s rookie season in the NFL will end on the brightest stage
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta reinstates former President Donald Trump after two-year suspension following Jan. 6 insurrection.
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The IOC has made clear it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes. That’s in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to exclude Russians entirely in Paris in 18 months’ time. The International Olympic Committee cites its “unifying mission” during
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Alejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN) — Meta, la empresa matriz de Facebook, dijo el miércoles que decidió restablecer las cuentas del expresidente Donald Trump en Facebook e Instagram en las próximas semanas, después de suspenderlo tras el ataque al Capitolio del 6 de enero de 2021. “Nuestra determinación es que el riesgo [para la seguridad
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state lawmaker in Oregon is using thousands of pages of redacted documents he sought for more than a year to launch legislation demanding more accountability and oversight of a primate research facility with a long history of complaints. Incidents at the Oregon National Primate Research
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla on Wednesday posted record net income in the fourth quarter of last year, and the company predicted that additional software-related profits will keep its margins higher than any other automaker. The Austin, Texas, maker of electric vehicles and solar panels said it earned $3.69 billion
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — With his athletic build and bald head, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes cuts an imposing figure. To some, his actions from the bench are more intimidating. De Moraes has been aggressively pursuing those suspected of undermining Brazil’s fragile democracy, investigating former
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A Holocaust survivor was swindled out of his life savings by a woman he met on a dating website, prosecutors allege in the latest romance scam targeting the elderly. Peaches Stergo, a 36-year-old Florida woman also known as Alice, was arrested Wednesday on one count of wire fraud for allegedly duping
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is showing its support for protesters in Iran. Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan resolution Wednesday expressing solidarity with people in Iran who have been risking imprisonment and even death to protest the country’s theocracy. The protests began in September after the death of 22-year-old
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says a former state parole board chair violated state policy and law in her handling of cases at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Miyares said Wednesday at a news conference that Adrianne Bennett could have faced criminal charges for falsifying
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in north-central Mexico have confirmed that a U.S. resident was among four people who were killed in the state of Zacatecas around Christmas. The state prosecutors office confirmed the identity of the man as José Melesio Gutiérrez. The man’s employer, the Cincinnati, Ohio firm Champlin Architecture, said he “died tragically
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s impulsive and sometimes inflammatory usage of Twitter took center stage Wednesday in a trial focused on whether he misled investors with his 2018 tweets indicating he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private, a proposal that rapidly unraveled.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s impulsive and sometimes inflammatory usage of Twitter took center stage Wednesday in a trial focused on whether he misled investors with his 2018 tweets indicating he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private, a proposal that rapidly unraveled.
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