ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members passed a bill Monday to revive a commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors, a move Democrats warn is aimed at disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The House voted 95-75 along party lines for House Bill 881, sending it to […]
The Westwood Regional School Board may reinstate a policy that outlines protections for transgender students, but the move is on hold for now to give board members more time to consult with the board’s attorney. Policy 5756, while not mandatory, has been adopted by school districts across the state since an anti-discrimination law was passed […]
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – PayPal is launching new artificial intelligence-driven products as well as a one-click checkout feature, the company said on Thursday as its chief executive tries to inject new life into the payments giant. It is the first major announcement under Alex Chriss, who joined PayPal in September, and the new products […]
By Hannah Lang Jan 25 (Reuters) – PayPal is launching new artificial intelligence-driven products as well as a one-click checkout feature, the company said on Thursday as its chief executive tries to inject new life into the payments giant. It is the first major announcement under Alex Chriss, who joined PayPal in September, and the […]
Jan. 25—The heads of Honolulu’s emergency agencies responded to a man who suffered an apparent cardiac arrest at a City Council hearing at Honolulu Hale Wednesday afternoon. Honolulu Emergency Services Department Director Jim Ireland, Honolulu Fire Department Chief Sheldon Hao, and Honolulu Police Department Deputy Chief Rade Vanic and Acting Major Mikel Kunishima were attending […]
The Museum at Prairiefire in southern Overland Park will be the new home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, which officials hope will boost visits to the development struggling to generate enough sales to make payments on its bond debt. State and local officials, as well as College Baseball Foundation leaders and players, announced […]
The chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, wants to bring together the leaders of France, Germany and Poland, namely Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Donald Tusk, at the event in mid-February. This would be a revival of the Weimar Triangle, a regional alliance of France, Germany, and Poland that was created in 1991. […]
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves. Members of a three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves. Members of a three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Alaska’s bid to revive a proposed copper and gold mine that was blocked by the Environmental Protection Agency. The justices did not comment in turning away the state’s attempt to sue the Biden administration directly in the high court over its desire to revive the proposed […]