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The EU ratchets up pressure on TikTok's new rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension

LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Monday demanded TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video sharing platform to … more

By KELVIN CHAN | 4/22/24

FILE - A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater on the Yale University campus, Aug. 22, 2021, in New Haven, Conn. Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday, April 22, 2024 and police arrested several dozen protesters at Yale University as tensions on U.S. college campuses continue to grow over the war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Columbia cancels in-person classes and Yale protesters are arrested as Mideast war tensions grow

Columbia University has canceled in-person classes and police have arrested dozens of students at Yale University as tensions over the war in the Middle East continue to grow on U.S. college … more

By NICK PERRY and DAVE COLLINS | 4/22/24

FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The … more

By MARK SHERMAN | 4/22/24

Sima Gutierrez, right, observes as a teammate examines water at the Flint Community Water Lab, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Flint, Mich. The lab, with more than 60 high school and college interns, has provided free water testing for thousands of residents since 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, … more

By TAMMY WEBBER | 4/22/24

FILE - Dwayne Johnson attends the world premiere of "Black Adam" in New York on Oct. 12, 2022, left, and Oprah Winfrey appears at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans on June 30, 2023. The nonprofit Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People's Fund of Maui, which was started by Winfrey and Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires last summer, has given away almost $60 million over six months to 8,100 adults. (AP Photo)

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more.

The Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People's Fund of Maui, an initiative started by Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires in Maui, has given away almost … more

By THALIA BEATY | 4/22/24

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN | 4/22/24

FILE - This combination of 2013 file photos provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows Reginald Carr, left, and Jonathan Carr. (Kansas Department of Corrections via AP, File)

2 brothers condemned to die for the 'Wichita massacre' want a new sentencing hearing

Attorneys for two brothers who were sentenced to die in a quadruple killing known as the "Wichita massacre” will argue Monday for a formal resentencing hearing, the latest in a long series of … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 4/22/24

California IVF Fertility Center Awarded on Newsweek’s America’s Best Fertility Clinics 2024 List

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 22, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — California IVF Fertility Center has been awarded on the Newsweek list of America’s Best Fertility Clinics 2024. This prestigious award … more

California IVF Fertility Center | 4/22/24

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Big Bend, Wis. Harris plans to return to Wisconsin next week for her third visit to the battleground state this year. President Joe Biden's campaign announced Thursday, April 18, that Harris plans to campaign in La Crosse on Monday at an event focused on abortion rights (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Vice President Harris to reveal final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing

The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and … more

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | 4/22/24

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, April 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stock market today: World shares shrug off Wall St blues as investors eye corporate earnings

Shares are broadly higher in Europe and Asia as investors focus on the latest flurry of corporate earnings. The upbeat start to the week contrasted with the gloom on Wall Street after big technology … more

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | 4/22/24

Israeli forces pursue suspected attackers in a ramming attack that wounded three people on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 22, 2024. Israeli police say a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Monday, wounding three people lightly in an apparent attack. The three were injured when a car ran them over in the neighborhood of Romema, northeast of the city center. Police said they were searching for the two attackers, who they said had exited the vehicle with a submachine gun and fled the scene. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Latest | 3 wounded in Jerusalem in car attack

Israeli police said a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Monday, wounding three people lightly. Footage of the incident taken by a CCTV camera and aired by Israeli media showed a car … more

By The Associated Press | 4/21/24

FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line

Groundbreaking on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is just about here. A ceremony by Brightline West is set for Monday in Las Vegas with U.S. … more

By KEN RITTER | 4/21/24

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