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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker Johnson search for offramp as vote on his ouster simmers 05/07/2024 06:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson and far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene met for a second day at the Capitol on Tuesday, political adversaries trying to engineer an off-ramp from the escalating standoff over her threat for a vote to oust him from office. The stakes are high TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What's the legal outlook? 05/07/2024 01:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A newly minted law forcing TikTok's parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. could be in for an uphill battle in court. The app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, calling the measure unconstitutional. Critics of the sell-or Bernie Sanders says Gaza may be Joe Biden's Vietnam. But he's ready to battle for Biden over Trump 05/07/2024 09:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In April, Bernie Sanders repeatedly stood shoulder to shoulder with President Joe Biden, promoting their joint accomplishments on health care and climate at formal White House events while eviscerating Donald Trump in a widely viewed campaign TikTok video. Then just last week, S One way to appreciate teachers: These schools provide their day care 05/07/2024 06:02am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job. But her school’s onsite day care made all the difference, as she knew her daughter was just a few classroom What a Ban on Noncompete Agreements Would Mean for You 05/06/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete agreements could increase mobility for workers nationwide, eliminating contractual barriers that bar employees from seeking new job opportunities or starting competing companies for a prescribed time period. The rule, which the FTC approved on April 2 The Latest | 12th day of Donald Trump's hush money trial adjourns early 05/06/2024 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for payment the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified Monday about conversations he had wit Divestment on campus: What it is, how it works — or doesn't 05/06/2024 04:34pm • As students on college campuses across the county protest Israel's actions in Gaza, they have increasingly called on their institutions to divest from Israel. Chris Marsicano, an assistant professor of educational studies and public policy and the director of the College Crisis Initiative at For mom this Mother's Day, why not make homemade jam? Just don't tell her how easy it is 05/06/2024 12:00pm • Mother’s Day always feels like a bit of a push-pull to me on many levels. Leaving the wide range of family dynamics aside (that’s another article, to be written by another writer!), the-stay-in-and-cook vs. going-out conundrum bubbles up every year. Make mom a fabulous meal at home (with the ens Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 05/04/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas 05/04/2024 04:25pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza. But Israel hasn’t sent a delegation and a senior Israeli official downplayed prospects for a full end to the war while emphasizing the comm After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:48am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:47am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need Are skin care products with benzoyl peroxide dangerous? This Va. doctor says 'context matters' 05/03/2024 11:16pm • A recent report links benzoyl peroxide skin care products, often used for acne, to an increased risk of cancer. One local dermatologist says more context is needed, and her message is: don't panic. "A small, independent research organization called Valisure recently did a study where they took, e Hawaii lawmakers wrap up session featuring tax cuts, zoning reform and help for fire-stricken Maui 05/03/2024 10:10pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers on Friday wrapped up a legislative session heavily focused on addressing Maui's needs after last year's deadly Lahaina wildfire. They also took on Hawaii's housing shortage, tax cuts and measures to support distinctive Hawaii agricultural products like coffee and m Scamacca put PlayStation away and began scoring. Now game time may come as center forward for Italy 05/03/2024 12:17pm • ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti: Put your PlayStation away and start focusing more on scoring goals. The results have been wondrous for Gianluca Scamacca, who has scored nine goals in 11 matches for Atalanta since Spalletti dropped him from the Azzurri squad in