US state votes to ban TikTok for first time – but how would Montana’s law work?
Montana has passed a bill banning TikTok in the state. The state House voted 54-43 to pass the bill – which goes further than prohibitions in place in nearly half the states and the US federal government that prohibit the video-sharing app on government devices. The measure now goes to Republican Governor Greg Gianforte for […]
Jack Teixeira: What we know about the leaks
The FBI used billing records from an internet social media app to unmask US airman Jack Teixeira as a suspect over the leak of top-secret military documents, court documents showed. The leak is believed to have started on the Discord chat platform, frequently used by people who play online games. Discord said it was cooperating […]
Kansas City: Black teenager shot ‘in head’ after going to wrong house to collect younger brothers
Ralph Yarl, 16, is in hospital following the shooting which happened at about 10 pm on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri. Police said he went to the wrong house and was shot there. A GoFundMe page, thought to be set up by Ralph’s aunt Faith Spoonmore, said the boy was shot once in the head […]
The Pentagon and the US Department of Justice are investigating an apparent leak of classified documents on Ukraine
Both the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice are investigating leaks of apparent US intelligence documents that were posted on social media in recent weeks. The investigation comes as new documents surfaced on Friday covering everything from US support for Ukraine to information on key US allies, amplifying the fallout from an already alarming […]
Tesla cuts US prices for the fifth time since January
Tesla cut prices in the United States between 2% and almost 6%, according to its website reflected this Thursday. This is because the company extended a discount campaign for its electric vehicles that analysts warn could hurt its profitability. Tesla’s fifth such cut in the market since the start of the year comes as the […]
Elon Musk loses his number one spot on Forbes’ annual billionaire list
Elon Musk has been officially ousted from the top of Forbes magazine’s annual “World’s Billionaires List. The Tesla and Twitter boss is now the second-richest billionaire, with an estimated fortune of $180 billion, which is $39 billion less than the previous year. The first place was awarded to Bernard Arnault, president of the French luxury […]
US attack kills top ISIS leader in Syria
A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks in Europe, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement. The attack, carried out on Monday, was a “unilateral” US operation that killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, Centcom said in a statement posted on Twitter. Al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure […]
A couple who were among the most wanted in the US are arrested in Mexico
Washington state fugitives wanted for murder and multiple counts of child abuse have been arrested in Mexico, the US Marshals Service announced Friday, noting the first case involving a couple placed on the 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list. from the agency. Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia, 34, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina, 38, were arrested last week […]
Grand jury indicts Trump in case of alleged hush payments
An investigative jury accused Donald Trump in the case that is being followed in New York for alleged payments in exchange for the silence of adult film actress Stormy Daniels, with whom he would have had an extramarital affair, something he has always denied. This is the first time in US history that a sitting […]
43% of Latinos did not report a race or chose “some other race” in the 2020 Census
New findings from the 2020 Census show that more than 43% of people who identified as Latino or Hispanic did not answer the question about race or chose “some other race,” the US Census Bureau said. The data released Tuesday provides information about the racial identity of the more than 62 million Hispanic or Latino […]
