Twitter is threatening legal action over Meta’s new social media service, Threads, with an attorney for Twitter describing as a “copycat” app allegedly developed by hiring former employees of the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk and using the company’s trade secrets, according to a letter posted by Semafor. The …
Read More »Boy, 7, shot and killed during Florida jet ski dispute; grandfather wounded while shielding child
A 7-year-old boy was killed and his grandfather was injured by a stray bullet when gunfire erupted during a Fourth of July dispute in Florida, officials said. The boy was killed by a gunshot wound to the head on Tuesday night, Tampa Police Deputy Chief Calvin Johnson said during a …
Read More »Transgender youth care bans blocked by judges in Kentucky and Tennessee but OK’d by North Carolina lawmakers
Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect. The rulings are similar to roadblocks federal courts have thrown up against Republican-dominant states trying to prevent young …
Read More »United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby blasts FAA call to cancel, delay flights amid bad weather
Travelers aren’t the only ones frustrated over a wave of flight cancellations that have snarled travel plans across the Northeast. One airline executive is also grumbling about the disruptions. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby blasted the Federal Aviation Agency’s decision to cancel thousands of flights last weekend due to a …
Read More »Woman allegedly shoots Uber driver, thinking he kidnapped her and was taking her to Mexico
A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas, 48, remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old …
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Washington — Two family members of indicted GOP Rep. George Santos cosigned the $500,000 bond that allowed him to go free as his criminal case proceeds, newly unsealed court records revealed Thursday. Santos’ father Gercino dos Santos and aunt Elma Preven signed on as suretors guaranteeing the unsecured bond when …
Read More »Tesla and other EV makers get carve
A new Florida law changes how cars can be sold in the Sunshine State, hampering the nation’s largest automakers while boosting electric vehicle makers. Gov. Ron DeSantis this week approved HB 637, which bars legacy automakers from offering a direct-to-consumer or online sales option if the company already sells vehicles …
Read More »Florida police officer relieved of duty after dispute with deputy over speeding
A police officer was relieved of duty after an altercation with another law enforcement officer was caught on body camera, authorities said. Alexander Shaouni, of the Orlando Police Department, is facing charges as well as an internal review. Shaouni was apparently on his way into work on June 6, …
Read More »Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Instagram account has been restored
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Instagram account has been reinstated, over a month after he announced his presidential bid, a spokesperson for Meta, the platform’s parent company, said in a statement to CBS News on Monday. Kennedy, the nephew of the late president John F. Kennedy and son of former U.S. attorney …
Read More »New Hampshire woman and her 18
A man fatally shot a woman, their 18-month-old daughter, and wounded another child before he was found dead hours later of a suicide on the bank of the Merrimack River, New Hampshire officials said. The man, Jamie Bell, 42, was seen fleeing a home in Franklin on Saturday afternoon, New …
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