By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican leaders in the statehouse have promised to address declining literacy rates with legislation that would hold back thousands more third graders who don’t pass the state’s literacy test. Introduced in Senate Bill 1, the measure cleared one chamber of the General Assembly following a vote
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer People do not need to wear lead aprons or thyroid collars when getting X-rays at the dentist. That’s according to the American Dental Association. The new recommendation is just that, however. State rules may dictate if people have to wear the aprons, and some states still require them. Experts
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — It’s a strange moment to be an American feminist who cares deeply about women’s rights beyond her own country’s borders. On one hand, there is so much to be heartened by: expansions of women’s rights in much of the world, feminist protests galvanizing women across continents, abortion rights on the rise, necessary
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for what the government called the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and for possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. Joshua Schulte’s sentence was announced Thursday in Manhattan federal
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By Clare Foran, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN A sweeping tax bill that passed the House in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote on Wednesday is swiftly running into obstacles in the Senate, throwing into uncertainty the fate of a major piece of legislation that would expand the child tax credit and restore key business tax
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Moberly man has been charged with several felonies after he was accused of assaulting someone in a parking lot and taking their belongings. Jayden Kuhne was charged on Thursday with second-degree robbery, stealing and third-degree assault. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $40,000 bond, according
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and carjacking in the death of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Tennessee. The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office says Miguel Andrade entered the plea Thursday in a Memphis courtroom. He was then sentenced
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Nearly one year later, adult-use marijuana has made nearly $2 billion in Missouri. With a 6% state sales tax, Missouri racked in around $120 million.
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in California have revealed a sweeping set of legislative proposals aimed at providing reparations for state residents who are descendants of enslaved Africans. The California Legislative Black Caucus announced the 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package Wednesday, which lists 14 measures, including providing a formal apology for “human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African slaves
Continue ReadingWEST CALN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a central Pennsylvania neighborhood. But it’s not yet known if there were any injuries. The crash in West Caln occurred around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft when it went down just minutes after taking off
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Meta Platforms Inc. tripled its profit and posted sharply higher revenue in the final quarter of 2023, boosted by a rebound in digital advertising as well cost cutting and layoffs in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the “year of efficiency.” The Menlo Park, California-based company said Thursday that it
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By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Wednesday’s emotional Senate Judiciary Committee hearing grilling tech CEOs focused on Silicon Valley’s failures to protect kids online. But it also spotlighted Congress’ own glaring — and longstanding — inability to pass any meaningful legislation to rein in tech platforms. According to more than a half-dozen front-line participants in the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Las autoridades de Bolivia anunciaron este jueves que más de 1.000 vehículos y 1.174 pasajeros han sido perjudicados por los bloqueos de carreteras que se mantienen desde hace 11 días en varios puntos del país. En conferencia de prensa, el ministro de Economía y Finanzas Públicas de Bolivia, Marcelo Montenegro, aseguró
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Funcionarios estadounidenses creen que hay indicios de que a los dirigentes iraníes les preocupa algunas de las acciones de sus grupos respaldados en Iraq, Siria y Yemen, según varias personas familiarizadas con los servicios de inteligencia de EE.UU., a medida que los ataques de los grupos amenazan con perturbar la economía mundial
Continue Reading By Riley Gutiérrez McDermid and Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Apple has finally ended its losing streak. The company reported its first sales growth in a year on Thursday, boosted in particular by record revenue from its App Store and other services. But it’s still encountering difficulty in China. The earnings report comes one day
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog and lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds hold on the rest of the day with a chance for a few sprinkles, but we stay above freezing overnight as morning temperatures fall to the low 40s. A
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Warm weather has forced the federal officials to suspend the annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades. Isle Royale is an island in Lake Superior just south of Thunder Bay, Canada. Researchers have been tracking the island’s wolf and moose
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta’s “year of efficiency” paid off in a big way. And it offered a sweetener for investors, sending its stock surging. The tech giant on Thursday reported that profit from the three months ended in December grew more than 200% year-over-year to $14 billion, exceeding Wall Street
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The storm that pummeled California this week was fueled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended over the Pacific to near Hawaii. Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky. They occur globally but are especially significant
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Very few teams in the NFL have had head coaches as coordinators on each side of the ball. One happens to be the Kansas City Chiefs, where Andy Reid’s offense has benefited from the experience of former Bears coach Matt Nagy and his second-ranked
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