AP Business Writer TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky. The details are among redacted portions of Kentucky’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The disputed Western Sahara remains the driving force behind Morocco’s foreign policy, King Mohammed VI said in a rare speech on Friday. The decades-long conflict over the northwest African territory has long been a key priority for Morocco and influenced its relations with its potential and existing allies. In
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of three people jailed in Las Vegas following a deadly Nevada and Arizona shooting rampage in Thanksgiving 2020 has pleaded guilty ahead of trial. His lawyer and a prosecutor say Christopher McDonnell could face life in prison following his plea on Thursday. His plea agreement does not require
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit alleging that Virginia officials are violating federal election law by striking names from voter rolls within 90 days of the Nov. 5 election. It is the second lawsuit to be filed against Virginia over the state’s systematic program.
Continue ReadingThe NFL and its players association say the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game. The league and the NFL Players Association said Friday they reviewed reports from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant and booth spotters and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — An apparent road rage shooting during rush hour traffic in Los Angeles has killed one person and injured another. The shooting, which was reported Thursday just after 4 p.m., closed down the northbound lanes of the Interstate 5 freeway running through northeast Los Angeles for nearly eight hours. The California Highway
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of the Arkansas governor’s travel and security records that were shielded from public view has found no violations in how the money was spent. The report by Legislative Audit released Friday was the second part of an audit that initially focused on a $19,000 lectern purchased
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A lawyer for news organizations has urged the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay to unseal the plea deal struck with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others. Attorney David Schulz told the military commission judge Friday that the public has a constitutional right to follow
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a slew of stepped-up security measures, including military aircraft to transport the former president in the race’s final stretch, amid growing threats from Iran. The campaign’s highly unusual request includes special armored vehicles for Trump typically reserved for sitting presidents, expanded temporary flight restrictions
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Minnesota man accused of causing a 2023 car crash that killed five young women of federal firearm and drug offenses. Derrick John Thompson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was found guilty on Friday of illegal possession of a firearm and fentanyl following a five-day trial. He still
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Johnson; Homeland Security Secretary
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Witnesses could bear-ly believe the surprise visitor that appeared at the Connecticut governor’s estate. A black bear scaled the fence Saturday as human passers-by did a double-take. Joanna M. Kornafel says she and her family wondered at first whether what they were seeing was real. But it was, and she photographed
Continue ReadingMAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The attempted murder trial of the man charged with injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack in New York has been put on hold. An appellate judge in Rochester issued a stay late Friday halting proceedings until the court considers a defense request to move the trial. Jury selection
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. Army soldier made a surprise sentencing-day request to receive the maximum 40-year prison sentence for trying to help the Islamic State group kill American troops. But a judge on Friday rejected his ask and gave him 14 years behind bars instead. Cole Bridges and two of
Continue ReadingAVALON, Calif. (AP) — An airport official says that the pilot in a Southern California plane crash that killed all five people aboard did not have clearance to take off. Catalina Airport’s general manager told the Orange County Register Thursday that the airport does not allow flights after sunset because it’s not equipped for nighttime
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to consolidate the two sex crime cases that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces in New York into a single trial. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argue in new court filings that the cases have significant overlap. Weinstein’s lawyers in their own
Continue ReadingBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities said the wife of the pilot of a plane landed the aircraft safely in California after he suffered a medical emergency. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that real estate broker Eliot Alper was flying a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 90 with his wife, Yvonne Kinane-Wells, from Henderson, Nevada, to Monterey,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton. Unlike two years ago when Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage that shut down the Tampa Bay Rays’ spring home in Port Charlotte, no teams have reported Milton causing serious issues that
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer The advertisement on “The View” this week, preceded by a warning from ABC, was shocking: condemning celebrities for supposedly promoting abortion rights and showing images of dead fetuses. It’s a manifestation of a wider anti-abortion campaign that makes use of a federal law that forbids broadcasters from turning it down. The campaign
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes. New CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff in a memo Friday that the
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