By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Maryland say a high school athletic director used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording. They say the clip contained racist and antisemitic remarks and quickly spread on social media. The principal was temporarily removed from his post at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story WILLOWBROOK, IIllinois (WBBM) — Many young Muslim girls did not play sports growing up – as fights to get exceptions for uniform restrictions often requiring a waiver and leading to embarrassment, or even rejection. Thus, the girls felt forced to choose between sports and faith.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has voted to restore rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain content or by offering higher speeds to customers willing to
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By Jim Williams Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — She’s a powerhouse who built a ministry and changed the narrative on a Chicago street corner that was once famous for trouble. Week after week, Sandie Norman heads to the West Side’s Austin community, bringing food, prayer and hope, and as CBS
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposal that would require a majority of votes in five
Continue ReadingBy Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The Department of Justice is threatening to sue the NYPD if its members don’t stop parking police cars on sidewalks and crosswalks. It’s a change New Yorkers with disabilities have been fighting for for years. The scathing letter says sidewalks and
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By Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Looking for love online is becoming more popular, but imagine your match turns out to be a scammer based in another country. A Long Island woman said she lost more than $400,000 in a romance scam – and then was scammed
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By Joan Kennedy (CNN) — There’s a lot of talk about luxury’s rising prices, but it’s at auction that fashion is selling for the most eye-popping of sums. In 2022, a pair of Celine sunglasses owned by Joan Didion sold for $27,000; in 2023 Levi’s once worn by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain fetched $412,750. Last
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops. A law set to go into effect later this year requires food businesses with 15 storefronts or more to post a warning icon next to menu items containing at least
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An asylum seeker from Morocco who went on a vicious rampage following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war has been convicted of murder for stabbing a 70-year-old man in the streets of an English seaside town. Ahmed Alid was convicted Thursday in Teesside Crown Court of stabbing Terence
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The decision Thursday by the New York Court of Appeals reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures. The court found the trial judge prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings. That includes
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken once again. Last week, the chain asked its U.S. and Canadian employees to temporarily select another protein for their work meals to preserve the company’s supply of chicken. The directive applied to both corporate staff and restaurant employees. Newport Beach, California-based Chipotle
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TODAY: Showers continue to pull in from the southwest leading to increased chances as the afternoon rolls on. Highs top out into the mid-60s. TONIGHT: Showers and a few rumbles of thunder linger overnight. Temperatures remain warm, in the 50s. EXTENDED: Friday through Saturday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. We will have scattered storms
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — When Minouche Shafik was announced as Columbia University’s president last year, she was called the “perfect candidate” by the chair of Columbia’s Board of Trustees. Now, some of her own students and professors, as well as the speaker of the House of Representatives, are calling on her
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By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject former President Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and the broad protections he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case, but also reluctant to give special counsel Jack Smith carte blanche to pursue those
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By Larry Madowo and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people and left at least 236 injured, the country’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Thursday. More than 10,000 houses have been damaged and upwards of 200,000 people have been affected, Majaliwa told the Tanzanian parliament in the capital Dodoma.
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine’s entrants in the pan-continental music competition are rapper alyona alyona and singer Jerry Heil. The duo set off from Kyiv for the competition on Thursday. In
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost certainly backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut (WCBS) — Two heroic men saved a little girl that was running into into a busy intersection. The rescue was caught on video. Surveillance video shows the girl running down the street towards a busy intersection earlier this month in East Hartford.
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By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to cardiovascular fitness, you may tend to focus on activities that move you forward, such as walking, running and cycling. Likewise, in weight training, most traditional exercises center on forward and backward motion, occurring in what’s known as the sagittal plane. But there is another plane of movement
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