Wednesday, April 24, 2024

US

TikTok Announces ‘Zero Tolerance’ For Anti-semitism, Hate Speech, Bigotry

NEW YORK (JNS) - The video-sharing social-networking service TikTok has expressed that it has “a zero tolerance stance” on accounts linked to anti-Semitism and other forms of bigot...

Amazon Wins FAA Approval To Deliver Packages By Drone

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting an Amazon packaged delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had granted Amazon approval...

Appeals Court Keeps Michael Flynn Prosecution Alive, Permits Judge To Scrutinize Justice Dept. Request To Dismiss It

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, ruling Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department's ...

Manipulated Video Of Health Care Activist Ady Barkan And Joe Biden Talking Police Reform Tweeted By Gop Congressman

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - A video of a discussion between health care activist Ady Barkan and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was doctored to make it appear that Biden had agr...

State Police Returning To Portland Following Deadly Shooting

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters a...

New Jersey To Resume Limited Indoor Dining

TRENTON, N.J. — Indoor dining will resume Friday with limited capacity in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy announced. Restaurants will only be able to have 25% capacity under the ne...

Protester Killed In Portland As Mayor, Trump Trade Blame

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and President Donald Trump engaged in a real-time argument Sunday as the president sent a flurry of critical tweets about Ted W...

Dems Seeking To Compel In-Person Election Security Briefings

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Racing the political clock, frustrated Democrats on Sunday searched for a way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about fore...

Gunman Who Shot 2 Officers Arrested After 12-Hour Standoff

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city's south side remained in critical condition Sunday, police said...

Sources: US Stops Ex Colombia Warlord’s Deportation To Italy

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MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has blocked the scheduled removal of a former Colombian paramilitary boss to Italy and now intends to deport him to his South American homelan...

United Says It Will Drop Widely Scorned Ticket-Change Fees

NEW YORK (AP) - United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States. “Whe...

Kentucky AG Has Received Ballistics In Breonna Taylor Case

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general has received a long-awaited FBI ballistics report in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Daniel Came...

What Does Walmart See In TikTok? Millions Of Young Shoppers

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart may be the world's largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon's online dominance. Could TikTok, a fast-growing 3-year-old a...

1 Killed As Trump Supporters, Protesters Clash In Portland

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters cl...

Update: China Restaurant Collapses During Birthday Party, Killing 29

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BEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts ended at a two-story restaurant in a northern Chinese village that collapsed during a local resident's 80th birthday celebration, leaving 29 people de...

WATCH: Trump Supporters, Counter-protesters Clash In Portland

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fights broke out in downtown Portland Saturday night as a large caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump drove through the city, clashing with counter-...

Biden, Aiming At Trump, Says He Won’t Use Military As ‘Prop’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said on Saturday that as president, he would never use the military “as a prop or private militia” and accused President Donald Trump of employing U.S. ...

Trump’s Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Hill

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move tha...

Kenosha Police Union Gives Its Version Of Blake Shooting

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Kenosha police union on Friday offered the most detailed accounting to date on officers' perspective of the moments leading up to police shooting Jacob Bla...

NYC Tenants Say They Were Misled Into RNC Video Appearance

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NEW YORK (AP) — Three of the four residents of New York City public housing whose criticisms of Mayor Bill de Blasio were used in a video at the Republican National Convention said...