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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced an executive order Wednesday to restrict the use of TikTok on state devices in an effort to reduce cybersecurity risks. “This is a necessary step to ensure the protection of state data and reflects our commitment to keeping Arizonans safe,” Hobbs said in a statement. “My office
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A ridge of building high pressure will push temperatures upwards through this weekend. Temperatures are expected to be 5° warmer by Thursday as conditions remain mostly sunny and dry. A passing low pressure system arriving late Thursday will lead to a brief pause in the warming trend on Friday. This system is also set to
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN Environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2024 as a Democrat. The filing was confirmed Wednesday by his campaign treasurer, John E. Sullivan. Kennedy will officially announce his candidacy on April
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La presidenta de Taiwán, Tsai Ing-wen, advirtió que “la democracia está bajo amenaza” en el marco de su encuentro con el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., Kevin McCarthy, un acto muy esperado que supuso una muestra de solidaridad democrática frente a las amenazas de China. Tsai Ing-wen sostuvo
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls in the U.S. and Canada for two decades has asked a judge in Nevada to toss out a sweeping indictment against him in state court. Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, claims the sexual
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A top group of NASCAR team owners skipped a meeting with series officials with the two sides at an impasse over permanent charters. The charters are a key plank in the business model of the stock car series. Fearing the meeting would be “hijacked”
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By LAÍS MARTINS and LUCAS DUMPHREYS Associated Press BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — A man with a hatchet burst into a day care center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children, authorities said, in an attack that shook the country and put pressure on the government to curb a rising tide of violence. At least four other
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An atheist and secular humanist is suing the agency that runs West Virginia’s correctional facilities. Andrew Miller, who is currently incarcerated at Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail, is accusing the state of violating his constitutional rights by requiring Christian-affiliated programming as a release condition. His
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Dylan Cease battled cold symptoms and control problems, and Tim Anderson got ejected for the first time this season after he thought was quick-pitched. It wasn’t exactly an easy afternoon for the Chicago White Sox. But they’ll take the rather lopsided victory. Cease went five innings
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A Pfizer vaccine to protect older adults and infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has shown what some scientists are calling “exciting” promise in late-stage trials. In one company-funded trial in adults 60 and older, the results of which were published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the
Continue Reading HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who was seriously injured when a police officer opened fire on her and her boyfriend as they sat in a car unarmed has settled a lawsuit over the shooting for about $1.1 million. Stephanie Washington’s lawsuit says she was struck four times when Hamden officer Devin Eaton fired
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a repeal of the state’s 1931 abortion ban, which the Democratically controlled state legislature had passed last month. “This is long overdue,” the Democratic governor, who campaigned on protecting abortion rights last fall, said in a statement on Twitter. The ban’s repeal came a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House didn’t sit well with Tigers star Angel Reese. Prompted by a discussion of Biden’s comments during her Wednesday appearance on “The Paper Route Podcast,” Reese said
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, has announced he will run for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President
Continue Reading WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An appliance delivery man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home. Court records show that a Palm Beach County circuit judge gave Jorge Dupre Lachazo two life sentences, plus another 30-year sentence on
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. It’s offering $8 billion to entice the nation’s industries, engineers and planners to figure out how to produce and deliver clean hydrogen.
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state’s only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist. In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in a protest over abortion restrictions. And in Tennessee, three Democratic House members are facing expulsion
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, informó este miércoles que ya suman 51 las personas detenidas en la investigación de supuestas tramas de corrupción en el sector público. De esta cifra, 34 de los detenidos estarían relacionados con el caso denominado PDVSA-Cripto que involucra a la estatal Petróleos
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a move some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization. NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends
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