A federal official issued a new warning to Apple and Google, urging the tech giants to remove China-based app TikTok from their app stores. In a letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr cited a new …
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29 June
Ketanji Brown Jackson to officially become Supreme Court justice Thursday as Breyer officially retires
Washington — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon, when Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement becomes official, the court said Wednesday. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court. At the swearing-in ceremony …
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23 June
Psychiatric patient fatally stabs man and wounds another at Las Vegas hospital, police say
A knife-wielding psychiatric patient fatally stabbed one man and wounded another inside a Las Vegas hospital Thursday, according to police. The stabbings occurred in a secured area where psychiatric patients are treated at University Medical Center, said Lt. Jason Johansson, a spokesperson for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. Johansson said how …
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21 June
Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to block Roundup lawsuits
The Supreme Court has rejected Bayer’s appeal to shut down thousands of lawsuits claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The justices on Tuesday left in place a $25 million judgment in favor of Edwin Hardeman, a California man who says he developed cancer from using Roundup for decades to …
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20 June
What should you do with your money to prepare for a recession?
Soaring inflation, painfully high gas prices, and fear of a looming recession have many Americans worrying about their financial security. “If you have inflation and a recession combined together, it’s a whole different beast,” said Sam Zimmerman, CEO of Sagewell Financial, a banking company geared toward seniors. “This is a time …
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12 June
Alleged leader of Patriot Front among those arrested in Idaho
After the arrest of more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group near a northern Idaho pride event, including one identified as its founder, LGBTQ advocates said Sunday that polarization and a fraught political climate are putting their community increasingly at risk. The 31 Patriot Front members were …
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10 June
Inflation surged 8.6% over the last year — fastest since 1981
Inflation accelerated across the U.S. in May, jumping to 8.6% — the steepest increase since 1981, according to new government data. The jump in the Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of goods and services, was due mainly to price increases for fuel, food and housing, the Labor Department reported Friday. In …
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9 June
Key figures in the Jan. 6 select committee public hearings
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol has interviewed more than 1,000 individuals and gathered more than 140,000 documents. Its members have spent nearly a year reviewing documents and hearing testimony from figures ranging from former Trump officials to Capitol police to riot …
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5 June
Transcript: Sen. Pat Toomey on “Face the Nation,” June 5, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania that aired Sunday, June 5, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to the Pennsylvania Republican Senator Pat Toomey. He is one of the senators involved in bipartisan efforts to reduce gun …
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2 June
Man arrested 3 years after remains of woman who said she “feared for her life” found in Vermont
Vermont State Police have arrested a man on a murder charge in the 2019 death of a woman following the identification of her remains. The arrest comes three years after the woman told authorities “she feared for her life.” Deven Moffitt, 32, of Bennington, was taken into custody on …
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