An Ethiopian church in Washington preserves an ancient language and Orthodox...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During...
View Article10 guards charged over the fatal beating of a New York inmate, including 2...
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old inmate last month — including two charged with murder. It’s the second time a...
View ArticleWorkers’ comp upheld for Covid-19
BOSTON — A utility worker who contracted Covid-19 in February 2021 while on the job is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld an administrative judge’s...
View ArticleCalifornia sues Trump over tariffs
(CN) — California officials announced on Wednesday that they’ve filed a lawsuit to block trade tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. “It’s simple: Trump does not have the authority to impose...
View ArticleParental consent mandate spiked for kids on social media
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CN) — An Ohio District Court judge struck down a law on Wednesday that would have required minors under 16 years old to get parental consent to create social media accounts with few...
View ArticleInterior department proposal could end habitat protections for endangered...
(CN) — The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday proposed a rule that would redefine what it means to “harm” a threatened or endangered species and rescind nearly all their habitat protections...
View ArticleGoogle to settle click-based advertisement class action for $100 million
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge Wednesday preliminarily approved a $100 million settlement between Google and advertisers through the tech company’s Google Ads program, who claim the company...
View ArticleFalse advertisement suit over Nestle glucose drink likely to survive
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge told Nestle at a hearing Thursday morning that she was likely to allow claims to survive against the company over deceptive advertising of a drink it sells that...
View ArticleItaly PM Meloni meets Trump, seeks to repair US-EU relations
(CN) — Amid a massive break in Transatlantic relations, far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Thursday sought to build bridges with U.S. President Donald Trump during a trip to the White...
View ArticleJudge OKs $42.5 million deal over autonomous truck secrets taken to China
SAN DIEGO (CN) — A San Diego federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved an agreement requiring executives of a self-driving freight truck technology company to pay $42.5 million to settle claims...
View ArticleICC opens inquiry into Hungary for failing to arrest Netanyahu
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this...
View ArticleApple calls AirPods hearing damage claims ‘impossible’
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Apple asked a federal judge on Thursday to rule in its favor over claims that a pair of AirPods Pro caused permanent hearing loss to a San Antonio child during an Amber Alert in...
View ArticleOfficials demand answers as crews work to restore power after another Puerto...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews scrambled to restore power to Puerto Rico on Thursday after a blackout hit the entire island, affecting the main international airport, hospitals and hotels filled...
View ArticleFourth Circuit OKs inquiry into Trump’s efforts to return wrongfully deported...
WASHINGTON (CN) — In a sharp rebuke on Thursday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request to further delay an inquiry into the wrongful deportation of a Maryland...
View ArticleColorado man convicted of killing his wife and posing as ex-boyfriend and...
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was convicted Thursday of killing his wife after prosecutors say he posed as her ex-boyfriend and stalked her. With his marriage falling apart, prosecutors said Daniel...
View ArticleEighth Circuit probes Arkansas limits on voter assistance
(CN) — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard a Voting Rights Act case on Thursday concerning the legality of an Arkansas voter assistance provision prohibiting anyone other than an election...
View ArticleEx-New York Times opinion editor grilled on erroneous rewrite in Palin libel...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Former New York Times opinions editor James Bennet shed tears on the witness stand Thursday as he recalled learning that a 2017 editorial on American gun violence that he rewrote for...
View ArticleIRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days after being promoted to acting IRS commissioner, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is out again, according to three...
View ArticleWisconsin refuses to participate in Department of Education’s anti-DEI...
MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction said on Friday that it will not submit a certification request issued by the U.S. Department of Education, which leverages federal...
View ArticleMaine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes
SOLON, Maine (AP) — From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and...
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