As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing (apnews.com)
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on (apnews.com)
I read this wondering if there would be something strange, or an overreaction. There’s nothing like that at all. It’s basically just a law that forces tech companies to respect people and their right to privacy. Most of it is common sense stuff that you think they should do without having to be told....
Ukraine media say Kyiv saboteurs were behind drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia (apnews.com)
Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services carried out a pair of recent drone attacks that hit parked bomber aircraft at air bases deep inside Russia, Ukraine media claimed Tuesday....
Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges (apnews.com)
The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic version of the...
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected area (apnews.com)
Massive explosion at gas station in Russia’s Dagestan kills 30, injures scores more (apnews.com)
A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 30 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday....
Fiction writers fear the rise of AI, but also see it as a story to tell (apnews.com)
As present in the imagination as politics, the pandemic or climate change, AI has become part of the narrative for a growing number of novelists and short story writers who only need to follow the news to imagine a world upended.
Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice (apnews.com)
As bystanders trained their smartphone cameras on the riverfront dock while several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, they couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity....
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats (apnews.com)
Veterans see historic expansion of benefits for toxic exposure as new law nears anniversary (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia extends cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day, potentially boosting prices at the pump (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary oil production cut of 1 million barrels per day into September, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Thursday. This is the third month in a row that the kingdom has implemented the cut....
A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states (apnews.com)
A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states::A cyberattack has affected computers at hospitals in multiple states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted.
[AP News] Adidas brings in $437 million from the first Yeezy sale. Part of that will go to anti-hate groups (apnews.com)
Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter (apnews.com)
The news agency announced the legal action in a statement. It said it is seeking payment under European Union intellectual property rules that cover “neighboring rights,” which allow news outlets and publishers to seek payment from digital platforms for the sharing of their work.
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ (apnews.com)
A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records.
Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer-songwriter, dies at 56 (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56....
Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia (apnews.com)
Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time (apnews.com)
Owner of the submersible that imploded during Titanic dive suspends operations (apnews.com)
Wagner leader calls for rebellion against Russian defense chief, Kremlin orders his arrest (apnews.com)
Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley's family and auction off Graceland (apnews.com)
A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday....
International astronomy group joins calls for a lunar clock to keep time on the moon (apnews.com)
Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order over an ethics violation (apnews.com)
The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated (apnews.com)
A man is seen climbing the Eiffel Tower, prompting an evacuation hours before closing ceremony (apnews.com)
PARIS (AP) — French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday....
