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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations, acting in a dispute related to California’s nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by fuel producers who object to a waiver
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press (CNN) — Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit on
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing shift into a for-profit company. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, Homero De la Fuente and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refused to play when asked during the team’s Thursday night 12-6 loss against the Rams as Los Angeles eked past San Francisco to keep its playoff hopes alive. A day later, head coach Kyle Shanahan said he doesn’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education. That could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. The council on Friday criticized “the increasing erosion” of human rights under the Taliban,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of conservative groups are challenging a new Maine law that limits donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections. The federal complaint filed on Friday was expected. Supporters of the recently approved referendum fully expected a legal showdown over caps on individual contributions to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed with them, posed for photos and exchanged gifts. The visit to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City on Thursday came one day before her 35th birthday and fresh off her Eras Tour.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction, balking at the prosecution’s suggestion of preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies. They called the idea “absurd.” The Manhattan district attorney’s office is
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By John Fritze and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether religious affiliated entities like Catholic Charities should be exempt from state unemployment taxes, taking up its first major religion case in more than a year. The Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin told the high court that the state’s
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from Estonia to Finland, killing all nine on board. One passenger was Henry W. Antheil Jr., an American diplomat who
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing shift into a for-profit company. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued
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Closing statements are scheduled Monday in the trial of a woman, her father and boyfriend accused of luring a 29-year-old man to a Cathedral City park for an ambush that led to him being stabbed 30 times because the woman falsely claimed he had raped her. Rena Lizette Alaniz, 24, of Thousand Palms, Carlos Antonio
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a selected list of White House intrusions and security breaches. Facts The White House grounds include 18 acres of land. That and the adjacent 52-acre Ellipse to the south belong to President’s Park, a national park. The Secret Service is in charge of White House security. According to the
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The commander of a Miramar-based helicopter squadron has been fired nine months after a San Diego County helicopter crash that killed all five Marines aboard the aircraft. Lt. Col. Nicholas J. Harvey, who headed Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, was relieved of command last month “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump was searching for a new FBI Director after firing James Comey in 2017, he wanted among other things someone who looked the part of America’s top law enforcement official. Christopher Wray, a 50-year-old Yale-trained lawyer, was at the top of the list
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Por CNN Español La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) reiteró este viernes su condena al asedio denunciado por seis miembros de la oposición venezolana asilados en la Embajada de Argentina en Caracas llevado a cabo por las fuerzas de seguridad del Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro. “La presencia intimidatoria de personal armado, los cortes de
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the show. Abdul filed a notice of settlement of the case in Los Angeles Superior
Continue Reading Por Jimena De La Quintana, CNN en Español La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, dijo el jueves que lamentaba que dos casos “vinculados a su entorno personal” sean los temas que “marquen la agenda de un país”. En un mensaje a la nación y acompañada de su gabinete, la mandataria señaló que estos casos son
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Kinebrew Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — The Neighbor’s Pub in Santa Cruz hosted a soft opening downtown last Thursday, hoping to be a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. Less than a week later, on Tuesday, the Pub was vandalized. No one was hurt. “The people
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said linebacker De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers moving forward after he refused to enter a game after losing his starting job. Shanahan said the team is still working through the options of how to deal with Campbell, who
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