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Montana lawmakers pass bill to ban TikTok
[ad_1] TikTok logo displayed on a cellphone. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images Montana legislators approved a bill on Friday that would…
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World News
How TikTok and its parent company spent over $13 million on struggling lobbying campaign
[ad_1] TikTok and its parent company combined to spend more than $13 million on lobbying federal government officials since 2019 — an effort that…
World News
US Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — Israel’s ties to the Jewish American community, one of its closest and most important allies, are about to be put to…
Breaking News
Iowa school district agrees to deal with racial harassment
[ad_1] OTTUMWA, Iowa — A southeast Iowa school district failed to protect a Black student from pervasive racial harassment and now must take steps…
Breaking News
Vandalism at Missouri elementary school includes a swastika
[ad_1] Police in Springfield, Missouri, are investigating after vandals spray-painted a swastika during a vandalism spree at an elementary school that is under construction…
US News
Minnesota board accepts anti-drug aid for minority students
[ad_1] FARIBAULT, Minn. — A southern Minnesota school district voted Monday to accept a $1.1 million state grant meant to help curb drug use…
World News
Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by Beijing
[ad_1] TORONTO — The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said Monday it was the target of a cyber attack sponsored by China. The human…
Breaking News
Global survey: workplace violence, harassment is widespread
[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS — The first attempt to survey the extent of violence and harassment at work around the globe has found that workplace…
US News
EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. What they haven’t named yet is a…
Breaking News
Protesters near White House demand ‘Free China!’
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — About 200 protesters lit candles and shouted “Free China!” two blocks from the White House on Sunday in a show of…
Finance
As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job
[ad_1] Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules. Anglin, the founder of an infamous neo-Nazi website,…
Technology
As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job
[ad_1] Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules. Anglin, the founder of an infamous neo-Nazi website,…
Entertainment
George Clooney, Gladys Knight among Kennedy Center honorees
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Performers such as Gladys Knight or the Irish band U2 usually would be headlining a concert for thousands but at Sunday’s…
World News
AP PHOTOS: Pageant celebrates transgender life in India
[ad_1] GUWAHATI, India — Anilya Boro may not have won the crown at India’s Miss Trans NE pageant this year, but having her parents…
Breaking News
Nebraska man gets prison for leaving noose for coworker
[ad_1] LA VISTA, Neb. — A former employee at the Oriental Trading Co. has been sentenced to prison for leaving a noose on a…
Breaking News
Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81
[ad_1] DETROIT — Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died…
US News
Man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for cross burning
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors pleaded guilty to a…
World News
Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code
[ad_1] HAVANA — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations warned Friday could further limit free expression…
Breaking News
Wounded officers sue Sig Sauer, say gun goes off by itself
[ad_1] CONCORD, N.H. — Police and federal law enforcement officers are among 20 people from multiple states saying they were wounded by a popular…
Finance
Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post
[ad_1] Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second…