By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of Fort Calhoun, a one-stoplight town where people tend not to worry if they forget to lock their doors at night. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell,
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Nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center will picket tomorrow to demand that Tenet Health address what union officials call chronic issues that jeopardize patient care in the neonatal and emergency intensive care units. The picketing will take place from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Desert Regional Medical Center, 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, according
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Black man who was shocked, beaten and hogtied face down on a sidewalk pleaded for breath during his arrest in Washington state and the three police officers charged in his death did not respond to his pleas, a prosecutor told the jury in closing arguments
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith may use data during Donald Trump’s election interference trial next year to show jurors when the former president was using Twitter on January 6, 2021, according to a court filing. Prosecutors with the special counsel’s office said in a court filing Monday that they anticipate
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new federal charge has been filed against a man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside a synagogue in upstate New York. Mufid Alkhader was arrested Thursday after shots were fired outside Temple Israel of Albany. Federal prosecutors initially charged the 28-year-old with possession of a firearm by
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH B. FREDERICK, JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters searched a mound of rubble after a corner of a Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves. There were no reports of injuries as of early evening Monday. But authorities said they would keep
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas are asking a full federal appeals court to revisit a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP leadership has pulled a pair of surveillance law bills from the floor, according to GOP sources, as Speaker Mike Johnson was facing backlash from his conference over the two-bill approach. The GOP has been divided over how to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A prosecutor trying three Tacoma, Washington, police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis is making her closing arguments. She told the jury Monday that two officers knocked Ellis to the ground, punched, choked and shot him with a Taser. Ellis responded with the words: “can’t
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A judge today rejected a bid by more than two dozen Southland cities for an injunction blocking Los Angeles County’s use of a “zero-bail” system, but the cities were given time to amend their complaint. The legal challenge to the zero-bail system was filed in September, just days before it took effect on Oct. 1.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN West Palm Beach, FL (CNN) — Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump’s private club quit his job. Within days, the former president did something he rarely did – Trump called the former employee on his cell phone to ask why
Continue ReadingBy Tara John and CNN en Espanol, CNN (CNN) — The United States announced visa restrictions on nearly 300 Guatemalan citizens on Monday due to what it described as “anti-democratic actions” of officials and “other malign actors,” accused of attempting to annul the election won by President-elect Bernardo Arévalo. The visa restrictions include “over 100
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Congo is warning the Security Council that tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi. Special representative Bintou Keita’s warning on Monday came shortly before the ambassadors from Congo
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A Desert Mirage High School student was awarded a prestigious scholarship to attend her number one choice of college. Karen Magaña was awarded the QuestBridge Scholarship. As part of the full academic scholarship, Magaña will receive $83,000 a year for the next four years to cover all tuition and housing costs. Magaña committed to attending Pomona College
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing is promoting a woman to one of its top jobs, putting her in the discussion about possible successors to current CEO David Calhoun. Boeing said Monday that Stephanie Pope will become executive vice president and chief operating officer on Jan. 1. Pope has spent nearly 30 years at Boeing, and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A combination of heavy rain, snow, and wind is bringing threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast. It’s part of the same storm system that killed six people in Tennessee. National Weather Service teams are assessing damage as emergency workers and community members deal with the aftermath of several
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Prosecutors say in a court filing that former U.S. Rep. George Santos is in plea negotiations to settle his federal criminal fraud charges. Santos is scheduled to appear in federal court on Long Island for a hearing in the case Tuesday. He acknowledged in an interview that aired Sunday that
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three
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