By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The leaders of more than 30 news organizations around the world signed a letter Thursday to the Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, demanding the release of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. “Gershkovich is a journalist, not a spy, and should be released immediately and without conditions,”
Continue ReadingBy Brett Knese Click here for updates on this story WILSON, North Carolina (WRAL) — Green and orange balloons filled the sky as hundreds of people gathered Thursday night to honor the life of 14-year-old Bernard Williams. The vigil happened along Landfill Road, where sheriff’s deputies discovered the teen’s body on Sunday morning. “Be cautious
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules. The government’s privacy watchdog said Friday that it’s taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy.”
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater. Now, Plaskett is weighing another adjustment: selling off part of his legal right
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By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater. Now, Plaskett is weighing another adjustment: selling off part of his legal right
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Lindsay Isaac and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia could place powerful strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus, on top of the tactical nuclear warheads Moscow is already planning to deploy there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a national address on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Moscow would complete the
Continue Reading By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US troops in Syria attributed to Iranian-affiliated militias, the Pentagon said Friday. A squadron of A-10 attack aircraft are deploying to the region ahead of a scheduled deployment. The deployment of the attack aircraft
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Southwest Airlines has unveiled an “action plan” to prevent another operational meltdown like the one from last December that left 16,700 flights canceled and 2 million passengers stranded over the busy holiday travel season. The airline’s plan calls for increasing the availability of winter equipment and staffing at some airports, investing
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El torbellino de implicaciones políticas, legales e históricas sin precedentes que ha provocado la acusación contra Donald Trump alcanzó un punto álgido este martes luego del arresto del expresidente en Nueva York y su declaración de inocencia ante una corte de Manhattan. Donald Trump fue acusado de 34 cargos en Nueva
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is using International Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday to sharply criticize acts of violence and discrimination against Americans who identify as trans and nonbinary, zeroing in on the growing number of Republican-led bills targeting trans youth. In a presidential proclamation on Thursday and a subsequent statement on
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual report on Social Security and Medicare says the financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions more young people are counting on will run short on funds to pay full benefits within the next decade. The Social Security and
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Minor leaguers ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball ahead of the season’s start Friday. The five-year deal was agreed to Wednesday. MLB owners are expected to vote on the agreement next week. The Major League Baseball Players Association, which in September began representing players with minor league
Continue Reading By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Americans’ Social Security checks will get a lot smaller in 2034 if lawmakers don’t act to address the pending shortfall, according to an annual report released Friday by the Social Security trustees. That’s because the combined Social Security trust funds — which help support payouts for the elderly, survivors and disabled
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — EPA approves California plan to phase out sale of diesel-powered trucks starting in 2024; other states likely to follow.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Friday. The survey results — collected in the days before and after TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress on March
Continue Reading PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Peoria police have arrested a teenager for causing a November car crash that killed five people, including three children. Authorities say Peoria officers located the 17-year-old boy Thursday morning in neighboring Glendale. The teen, who is not being identified because of his age, was booked into jail on five counts of
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan announced in a statement on Friday that he has been “diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serious but curable form of cancer.” The congressman said a “very small tumor” was found in one of his tonsils and he will undergo surgery “to remove the cancer”
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