Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission
Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. In 2022, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Google, saying the search giant collected millions
Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Friday. He is calling on Congress to either
Kansas governor wants board to reconsider parole granted to a state trooper’s convicted killer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been granted parole after having past requests rejected, inspiring criticism and prompting the governor on Friday to call for reconsidering
Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward ‘caretakers of our democracy’
The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end
Columbus statue removed from a Connecticut city in 2020 finally finds a home at a new museum
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue removed in 2020 amid a climate of racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd has finally found a home in a new museum dedicated to preserving
San Francisco region’s commuter trains are running again after hours-long stoppage
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area were scrambling for alternate routes after its regional commuter rail system known as BART shut down systemwide for several hours Friday morning. Bay Area
On podcasts, Trump’s surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through appearances on some of the nation’s most popular wellness and right-wing podcasts.
An offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned over Trump administration delays
The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President Donald Trump ‘s administration relents on its order that stopped construction. Work on
From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — When Villanova University’s president, Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn’t far away on campus, studying math two grades below him. On Thursday, church bells rang
Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liam and Olivia dominate. Still. The two names have, for a sixth year together, topped the list of names for babies born in the U.S. in 2024. The Social Security Administration annually tracks the
