By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok is challenging Montana’s first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for people to use the social media app in the state. It’s the second lawsuit since the ban was adopted. Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the law Wednesday expecting a legal fight. The law,
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended his order that temporarily stops the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice from appointing judges in the capital city of Jackson and the county where it’s located, both of which are majority-Black. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate’s new order could
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Maryland’s governor is condemning a man who says he was protesting gun control laws by openly carrying an assault rifle near school bus stops in Anne Arundel County. Law enforcement says the man was not breaking any laws. The man said he was “just showing people it’s legal.” A
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A popular Orlando restaurant that regularly features drag shows filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, less than a week after he signed a bill that targets drag performances. The lawsuit filed in Orlando federal court by the owner of Hamburger Mary’s Orlando
Continue Reading HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Investigators are looking into the possibility that fuel issues may have caused a small plane to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing two people on board. Sarah Sulick, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter was equipped with an additional fuel
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he had a productive debt ceiling discussion with President Joe Biden late Monday at the White House, but no agreement yet as Washington strains to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time
Continue Reading BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials are planning a new state park along a scenic gorge near the Canadian border. The Legislature recently approved $6 million for a campground in the Pembina Gorge, which will be within 1 mile of the Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area’s trailhead. Because of its proximity to Winnipeg, Canada,
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to lessen his sentence so he can eventually get out of prison. Jesse Osborne’s lawyer asked Judge Lawton McIntosh
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Todd Haynes’ “May December” is a delicious and disquieting drama laced with comedy and camp that premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival. Natalie Portman stars as an actor researching an upcoming film that’s to dramatize a scandal from 20 years earlier. She
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FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A small college in Missouri will add football and women’s flag football programs as part of its plan to grow enrollment. William Woods University’s enrollment is about 2,100. Athletic director Steve Wilson says fewer than 1,000 attend classes on campus. Football will add up to 125 more students and flag football
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By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The man who died inside a Georgia county jail last year had been living in conditions akin to a “torture chamber” before ultimately dying of complications stemming from severe neglect to his mental and physical health, according to the man’s family attorneys and an independent medical review. The independent
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Four years ago on this exact Monday, portions of Central Missouri would see very different conditions from those experienced earlier today. A EF-3 tornado would make its way through Jefferson in the late night hours. Going back even further to 12 years on May 22, 2011, an even stronger tornado would rain down portions of
Continue Reading MADISON, Mo. (AP) — The driver of a semi has died after his vehicle struck a train in rural northeastern Missouri. The accident happened Sunday afternoon near the town of Madison in Monroe County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 65-year-old Russell Minnis of Higbee, Missouri, was traveling on U.S. 24 and failed to stop
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Sunday garage fire in the 700 block of Holt Street in Mexico, according to a Monday press release from the Mexico Public Safety Department. Crews responded a house fire call at 10:49 a.m. Sunday. The garage had significant fire, heat and smoke damage, according to the
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Police are investigating a shooting in south Columbia after officers were called to a robbery.
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One of the fraternity members accused in the alleged hazing incident that left Danny Santulli disabled took a plea deal on Monday.
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing says that he “died due to severe neglect.” Lashawn Thompson died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t get involved in a dispute over a California animal cruelty law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state. That leaves in place a lower court ruling dismissing the case.Foie gras is made from the enlarged livers of force-fed
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A major New York City hospital is facing allegations that hospital officials ignored a star physician’s rampant sexual abuse of patients for more than a decade. A civil suit filed by 19 former patients allege that Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan knew Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was abusive toward his
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Social media company TikTok Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights and is based on “unfounded speculation” that the Chinese government could access users’ data.
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