By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise. The announcement Thursday comes as it moves to comply with upcoming European regulations aimed at giving consumers the choice to use alternative app stores. The overhaul,
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them. “We’re scrutinizing whether these ties enable dominant firms to exert undue influence or gain privileged access
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them. “We’re scrutinizing whether these ties enable dominant firms to exert undue influence or gain privileged access
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Volleyball has been the No. 1 sport in girls participation in the United States for almost a decade. More than 90,000 fans showed up for an outdoor match in Nebraska’s football stadium last summer, and the NCAA semifinal and championship matches set attendance and television
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Volleyball has been the No. 1 sport in girls participation in the United States for almost a decade. More than 90,000 fans showed up for an outdoor match in Nebraska’s football stadium last summer, and the NCAA semifinal and championship matches set attendance and television
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, Betsy Klein and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko Kishida, at the White House this April for an official state visit and state dinner, the White House announced Thursday. “The visit will
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Time isn’t inverting: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is coming back to movie theaters for a week in IMAX 70mm and on other large-format screens. The limited re-release of Nolan’s mind-bender starring John David Washington will begin on Feb. 23, Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday. The showings will also feature new
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Time isn’t inverting: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is coming back to movie theaters for a week in IMAX 70mm and on other large-format screens. The limited re-release of Nolan’s mind-bender starring John David Washington will begin on Feb. 23, Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday. The showings will also feature new
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has announced that he has quit his party, accusing the country’s ruling party of hijacking the organization and causing the axing of his members of parliament and councilors. Nelson Chamisa, 45, who was leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change party, was
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise, but the new choices opening up to consumers and app developers will only be available within Europe to start. The announcement Thursday comes as Apple moves
Continue ReadingWXYZ, CNN By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four people at a Michigan high school in 2021, took the stand in her manslaughter trial Thursday and testified it was her husband’s responsibility to store their son Ethan’s gun safely. “I just didn’t
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo, fresh off his Oscar nomination, has joined the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” to play the pop star’s domineering father, Joe Jackson. Lionsgate announced Thursday that Domingo has been cast in Antoine Fuqua’s currently-in-production film. On Tuesday, Domingo was nominated for best actor by the Academy Awards for his
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another Trump White House official convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack has been sentenced to four months behind bars. Peter Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the drafting of a convention that codified and committed
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their likely
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four municipal police officers are dead following an ambush-style attack on a road in Mexico in the north-central state of Guanajuato. The four belonged to the municipal police force of the city of Celaya. The department said Thursday the officers died late Wednesday on a rural road near Celaya. The identity
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 21-year-old Black man has filed a lawsuit accusing police officers in Kentucky’s largest city of wrongful arrest and excessive force. Attorneys for Jahmael Benedict say in a lawsuit filed this month that officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department arrested him last year as he walked along a sidewalk in
Continue ReadingWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a truck driver who authorities say crashed into a Massachusetts police officer and a utility employee, killing them. A prosecutor says Thursday that 54-year-old Peter Simon, of Woodsville, New Hampshire, has an “unbroken chain” of criminal conduct going back to 1996. Authorities say that after
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems. Haleon’s recall covers eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MATT O’BRIEN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant completed its $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The job cuts represent about an
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