By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The government has rested its case in the trial of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes. The move came after prosecutors spent more than two months trying to prove Holmes bamboozled investors, patients and business partners into believing that her startup,
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on Texas’ ban on abortion after roughly six weeks. The court said on its website Friday that the justices are planning to issue at least one opinion Monday, the first of its new term. There’s no guarantee the
Continue Reading GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — In a story published November 17, 2021, about an election security probe, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the story summary the county where the elections clerk works. Tina Peters is the elections clerk for Mesa County, not El Paso County.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. booster campaign is getting a lot simpler now that regulators have opened extra vaccine shots to all adults. The Food and Drug Administration’s Dr. Peter Marks says the new approach will streamline booster decisions as COVID-19 cases begin rising again across the country. The
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers returned the remains of a Palestinian teenager who was killed in October, only to be told by the family that it was the wrong body. The macabre mix-up on Friday, which the army called an “unfortunate mistake,” is likely to draw attention to
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By David Williams, CNN A federal grand jury has indicted a former college instructor on charges in connection to a string of fires set over the summer in Northern California as firefighters battled the Dixie Fire — the second largest wildfire in the state’s history. The five-count indictment alleges that Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, of
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s media regulating authority has again lifted a ban on the popular Chinese video-sharing service TikTok, this time after four months. It was the fourth time in the past 15 months that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority imposed and lifted such a ban. Pakistan first blocked TikTok in October 2020 over widespread complaints about
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The jury reached the verdict after four days of deliberation.
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN After more than 25 hours of deliberations, a 12-person jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all five charges he faced after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, were killed, and Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, was wounded.
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted on all charges in the fatal shooting of two men and wounding of a third during a night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. Among the counts the 18-year-old from nearby Antioch, Illinois, faced were one count of reckless
Continue Reading By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide shortage of long-haul drivers. The California Truck Driving Academy in Inglewood has seen annual enrollment grow by almost 20% since last year, and has expanded to offering night classes. Experts credit the
Continue Reading By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide shortage of long-haul drivers. The California Truck Driving Academy in Inglewood has seen annual enrollment grow by almost 20% since last year, and has expanded to offering night classes. Experts credit the
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Kyle Rittenhouse habló este viernes luego del veredicto del jurado que lo exoneró de todos los cargos. “El jurado llegó al veredicto correcto. Actuar en defensa propia no es ilegal. Creo que llegaron al veredicto correcto y me alegro de que todo haya salido bien”, dijo Rittenhouse en un tráiler promocional
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Un grupo de inversores en criptomonedas llevó la noción “Nosotros el pueblo” escrito en la Constitución de Estados Unidos al siguiente nivel. Reunieron dinero para tratar de comprar una copia rara del documento y afirmaron haber recaudado US$ 40 millones para hacerlo. Pero a pesar de la enorme cantidad de dinero
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis have returned home after abandoning their journey to reach the European Union through Belarus, after they got stopped at the Polish border in a standoff that turned tense. Khari Hasan Kalo returned Thursday to northern Iraq with his wife, three young children and
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