Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory has been sentenced to three years of probation for failing to protect workers…
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Companies tighten security after a health care CEO’s killing leads to a surge of threats
“Wanted” posters with the names and faces of health care executives have been popping up on the streets of New York. Hit lists with images of…
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the…
Continue ReadingProsecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas will seek the death penalty for two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old…
Continue ReadingOn Gita Jayanti, Hare Krishnas celebrate the birth of the sacred text Bhagavad Gita
Religion News Service (RNS) — When Patita Pavana Das was a sophomore at Indiana State University, he considered his life pretty typical: geoscience…
Continue ReadingTrump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media…
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Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California’s tough vehicle emissions standards
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will take up a challenge related to California’s tough vehicle emissions standards
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to…
Continue Reading OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’
AP Technology Writer A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by…
Continue ReadingMaine’s voter-approved limit on PAC contributions triggers lawsuit in federal court
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of conservative groups are challenging a new Maine law that limits donations to political action…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
Associated Press Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed…
Continue ReadingTrump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction,…
Continue ReadingOpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’
AP Technology Writer A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial…
Continue ReadingA Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The largest seafood distributor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and two of its managers have been sentenced on federal charges…
Continue ReadingPaula Abdul settles lawsuit alleging sexual assault by ‘American Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in…
Continue ReadingDe’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers after his refusal to enter a game, Kyle Shanahan says
AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said linebacker De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of…
Continue ReadingCoach Kyle Shanahan says De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers moving forward after he refused to enter a game
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan says De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers moving forward after he refused to…
Continue ReadingColombia arrests alleged ‘invisible’ cocaine trafficker wanted in the UK
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities say they have arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they characterized as “invisible” due…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group’s plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable…
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