By Holly Yan, Melissa Alonso and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado jury has awarded $3.76 million to a grandmother whose house was damaged and ransacked after Denver police relied solely on Apple’s “Find My” app and stormed the wrong home, according to court documents. Ruby Johnson, now 78, still suffers from “severe physical
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer TikTok once again finds itself in a precarious position. This time, it comes in the form of legislation that would ban the popular social media platform if it doesn’t break ties with ByteDance, its Beijing-based parent company. On Thursday, a House panel unanimously approved a bipartisan bill that would
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district sued by the state has updated its policy requiring staff to notify parents that a student is using a different pronoun or bathroom designated for another gender and now will only mention that a child has requested a change
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district sued by the state has updated its policy requiring staff to notify parents that a student is using a different pronoun or bathroom designated for another gender and now will only mention that a child has requested a change
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — A floating pier and causeway that will be used to deliver critical humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza is expected to take at least one month or possibly as long as two for the US military to build and become fully operational, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Testimony has ended for the week in the trial of the father of a Michigan school shooter. James Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Prosecutors say his gross negligence was a cause of the
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow desperately needed aid to reach 25 million people. Ramadan is expected to begin on or around Monday, depending on the sighting of the crescent
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors of abuse and their advocates remain deeply skeptical of leaders’ intentions to address the scandal in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Recent events have deepened
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already shut down both of the country’s international airports. They were in Haiti for
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper rescinded an executive order from 2021 on Friday that established guidelines for allowing college athletes to profit from their fame. The executive order originally came as the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to make money off the use of their name, image and likeness
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans had demanded but never expected President Joe Biden to say the name Laken Riley during his State of the Union address. But the Democratic president said it. The death of the Georgia nursing student has become a rallying cry for Republicans on border
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Alyssa Naeher always lets her actions do her talking. And boy, the softspoken U.S. goalkeeper’s actions can sure be loud. The 10-year national team veteran and two-time Women’s World Cup winner had one of the strongest games of her career Wednesday night at the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup.
Continue ReadingBY FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The State Department has accused Zimbabwean authorities of harassing and detaining officials from the U.S. development agency USAID before deporting them last month. The State Department said the officials were in Zimbabwe to assess the country’s development and governance situation with the permission of the host
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A progressive Democrat and a Republican who briefly worked in Donald Trump’s administration have entered the district attorney’s race in Fulton County, Georgia, where the former president is being prosecuted. That office is held by Fani Willis, a Democrat who’s awaiting a judge’s decision
Continue ReadingBy AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Oprah Winfrey, who hosted the award-winning “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Personal Birth date: January 29, 1954 Birth place: Kosciusko, Mississippi Birth name: Oprah Gail Winfrey Father: Vernon Winfrey, a barber Mother: Vernita Lee, a maid (parents never married) Education: Tennessee State University,
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana has dropped his reelection bid, citing defamatory rumors and a death threat against him that caused him to send law enforcement officers to check on his children. This is the second time Rosendale has dropped
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have agreed to a one-year extension with right tackle Colton McKivitz to keep him under contract through the 2025 season. McKivitz’s agents at AMDG Sports said Friday the deal for 2025 is worth $7 million with about $4.5 million
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo. Personal Birth date: February 5, 1985 Birth place: Funchal, Portugal Birth name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Father: Jose Dinis Aveiro, a gardener Mother: Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook Children: with Georgina Rodriguez: Alana Martina, 2017;
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials said a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state’s rural west. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona State Land Department announced late Thursday that Fondomonte Arizona
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