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New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears
Friday, March 17, 2023
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday.
Trains derail in Arizona and Washington, with oil spilled on Puget Sound tribal land
Friday, March 17, 2023
The derailment in Washington state occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. Most of 5,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel leaked on the land.
Jim Gordon, a famed session drummer who was convicted of killing his mother, dies
Friday, March 17, 2023
Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.
A $3.5 billion accounting error puts the South Carolina comptroller's job on the line
Thursday, March 16, 2023
State lawmakers angry over the accounting blunder by Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom began efforts to oust him, a day after demanding he quit or be fired. He has signaled he won't resign.
North Dakota Supreme Court ruling keeps the state's abortion ban on hold for now
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The state's high court ruled Thursday that a North Dakota abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.
The U.K. is the latest to ban TikTok on government phones because of security concerns
Thursday, March 16, 2023
British authorities said they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.
Mets' Edwin Díaz hurts his knee during a World Baseball Classic celebration
Thursday, March 16, 2023
New York Mets star closer Edwin Díaz injured his right knee celebrating a win that advanced Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic and eliminated the Dominican Republic.
Macron puts his government at risk with decision to raise the retirement age in France
Thursday, March 16, 2023
France's president pushed through the controversial bill via a special constitutional power. The move, which will raise the retirement age to 64 from 62, is expected to trigger a no-confidence motion.
Bobby Caldwell, singer of 'What You Won't Do for Love,' dies at 71
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.
Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who exposed the size of the 2003 SARS outbreak, dies at 91
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Jiang Yanyong was a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.
NBA suspends Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant 8 games for displaying a gun at a club
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The NBA suspended Morant eight games without pay on after determining that his displaying a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct detrimental to the league."
The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, improving air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities.
U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.
Honda recalls nearly 500,000 vehicles because front seat belts may not latch properly
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The recall covers top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 Accord, the 2018 through 2020 Odyssey and the 2019 Insight. It also includes the 2019 and 2020 Acura RDX.
Tyson will close poultry plants in Virginia and Arkansas that employ more than 1,600
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Tyson Foods said it plans to close its processing, broiler and hatching operations in Glen Allen, Va., and a plant in Van Buren, Ark., in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business.
Honduras says it will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
China claims self-ruled, democratic Taiwan is part of its territory and refuses most contacts with countries that maintain formal ties with Taiwan.
'Rust' special prosecutor steps down in case against Alec Baldwin
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Alec Baldwin's legal team sought to disqualify special prosecutor and New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Reeb of Clovis based on constitutional provisions that safeguard the separation of powers.
The Maine lobster industry sues California aquarium over a do-not-eat listing
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Industry groups are suing the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation, arguing that their prized catch shouldn't be on a "red list" published by Seafood Watch, a conservation program it operates.
Clashes spill into 2nd day as Pakistan police seek arrest of former PM Imran Khan
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April, was ordered to appear before a judge to answer charges of illegally selling state gifts and concealing his assets.
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over the train derailment in East Palestine
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The lawsuit seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years ahead and economic losses in the area.