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By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Wyoming district court judge has temporarily blocked a state abortion ban that went into effect over the weekend, count documents show. Judge Melissa Owens of the Teton County District Court granted the restraining order Wednesday, blocking enforcement of the anti-abortion law while the court considers a legal
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Shou Zi Chew is getting ready for his inaugural trip to Congress. The TikTok chief executive has, for the last week, participated in near-daily, multi-hour prep sessions, CNN has learned, as he readies to face a bipartisan grilling on Thursday from lawmakers on a number of issues, most notably data
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Shou Zi Chew is getting ready for his inaugural trip to Congress. The TikTok chief executive has, for the last week, participated in near-daily, multi-hour prep sessions, CNN has learned, as he readies to face a bipartisan grilling on Thursday from lawmakers on a number of issues, most notably data privacy
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed another boy of the same age and left five young women injured. News reports Wednesday didn’t say whether any charges have been filed against the arrested teen. Police say the shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. Monday
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, ripping roofs off a line of commercial buildings and sending the debris twisting into the sky and across a city block, injuring one person. The National Weather Service sent teams to
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It all started on a late morning on a highway. A camera panned to the cab of a large semi-trailer truck. The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day’s growth of beard. Next to him was a mysterious hitchhiker in expensive clothes that were
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Nick Watt, CNN A man who is accused of shooting and killing a Los Angeles bishop in February pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday hearing. Carlos Medina, the 61-year-old husband of the housekeeper for Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, remains in custody on $2.03 million bail. The defense team is “in the
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman was arrested on charges of setting fire to a building in Wyoming that was being renovated to house the state’s only full-service abortion clinic, authorities said Wednesday, hours after a judge temporarily blocked a ban on abortion that went into effect a few days
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police are searching for a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland, stirring fears of violence in northwestern Punjab state where there’s a history of bloody insurgency. Police have accused Amritpal Singh, a 30-year-old preacher, and his aides
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police are searching for a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland, stirring fears of violence in northwestern Punjab state where there’s a history of bloody insurgency. Police have accused Amritpal Singh, a 30-year-old preacher, and his aides
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian government watchdog is giving former President Jair Bolsonaro five working days to return to authorities a set of jewels he received from Saudi Arabia in 2021. All nine members of the government watchdog voted Wednesday in favor of requiring Bolsonaro to turn the jewels
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, who pushed ambitious projects that included purchasing a coal mine, building an aerial tram into the Grand Canyon and reaching a water rights settlement with Arizona, has died. Shelly died Wednesday morning at a medical center in Gallup, New Mexico, after a long illness
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked Wyoming’s new abortion ban. Wednesday’s decision means abortion is legal again in Wyoming. The new ban took effect Sunday, making abortion illegal in Wyoming despite earlier rulings by Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens that blocked a previous ban. Owens’
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys before Sunday’s Pride Night game against Vancouver because of security concerns involving a Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQ rights in the country. The decision was made by the NHL organization following
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN Studies Weekly, a publisher that provides educational periodicals for Florida’s K-6 grades, revised one of their lesson plans for the 2022-2023 school year to take out race as the reason Rosa Parks was told to change her bus seat and why she was subsequently arrested. The initial text, which reportedly said
Continue ReadingCNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN Confidence in the US economy ticked up in March, despite the sudden turmoil in the banking industry, according to the latest report from the Conference Board. The business group’s Consumer Confidence Index increased to 104.2 in March from an upwardly revised reading of 103.4 the month before. Economists were expecting
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, met with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and other leading Wall Street CEOs on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter told CNN. The meeting comes as the banking industry remains in turmoil following the biggest bank failures since 2008. Brainard, the director of
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL and MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writers LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drew Timme and Jaime Jaquez Jr. grew up in different states, yet often came across each other at AAU tournaments, sometimes as roommates. The two fancy-footworking forwards with fantastic facial hair will be reunited Thursday night in the desert, when Gonzaga meets
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