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Hong Kong's new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent 03/08/2024 10:32pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong unveiled a proposed law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who ���endanger national security" on Friday, deepening worries about erosion of the city���s freedoms four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out public dissent. It���s wid Iran is responsible for the 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds 03/08/2024 10:05pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran is responsible for the ���physical violence��� that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a U.N. fact-finding mission said Friday. DC-area lawmakers consider bill that would prohibit TikTok in the US 03/08/2024 10:00pm • Close to 170 million Americans use the social media app TikTok, but lawmakers say the popular social media platform poses a threat to national security. "We're at a moment in time when almost half of young people in America get their news from Tik Tok," said Virginia Sen. Mark Warner. "And there You got smarter online. Here's how hackers are trying to stay ahead of you 03/08/2024 07:13pm • Cyber threats are everywhere these days ��� just check your spam folder. But by now, most of us know not to click on links from random emails and other phishing attacks. But these days, that's low-level hacking. So how prepared are you? First off, it's important to remember not all hackers Biden says he'll sign proposed legislation to ban TikTok if Congress passes it 03/08/2024 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States, a move that comes amid growing concern in Washington about keeping Americans' data out of China's hands. The legislation that passed throu Michigan school shooter's dad insisted to police that gun, ammunition were hidden at home 03/08/2024 04:31pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� The father of a Michigan school shooter told police shortly after the fatal attack that a gun and ammunition used by his son had been hidden at the family's home, according to a video seen by jurors Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley were interviewed in a small room at a she Killing of Laken Riley is now front and center of US immigration debate and 2024 presidential race 03/08/2024 02:28pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� With an unscripted clash between President Joe Biden and a Georgia congresswoman at Thursday night's State of the Union speech, the slaying of a Georgia nursing student was further cemented as a political rallying point in the 2024 presidential race. Laken Hope Riley, 22, has become Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Transcript of President Joe Biden���s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden���s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, I� Haiti's prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign 03/08/2024 10:19am • Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country's main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. As of midday Wednesday, Henry remained in Puerto Rico, where he landed the day be 'School boards are the front lines for democracy': Prince William Co. chair Lateef launches lieutenant governor run 03/08/2024 07:14am • Babur Lateef, the chairman of the Prince William County School Board, has launched his campaign to be lieutenant governor, telling WTOP in an exclusive interview that "the idea that Virginia somehow is in an educational crisis is a complete myth." "Glenn Youngkin has done real harm to the spi Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term 03/08/2024 03:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing ���resentment, revenge and retribution" and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Reveling in the pol US Army soldier indicted and accused of selling sensitive military information 03/08/2024 12:57am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� An Army soldier has been arrested on accusations of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, Justice Department officials said Thursday. Sgt. Korbein Schultz, who is also an intelligence analyst, was accused in a six-count indictment of charges i Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address: Combative attacks on a foe with no name 03/07/2024 11:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the presidency, a forum that almost always favors the speaker in a one-way conversation with millions of Americans. Most of the speeches are instantly dissected, and almost as quickly forgotten. But this is a most Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case draw sharp distinctions with Biden investigation 03/07/2024 08:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal prosecutors on Thursday drew sharp distinctions in the classified documents investigations of Donald Trump and President Joe Biden as they urged a federal judge to reject the former president's claims that he was the victim of a vindictive and selective prosecution. Trump Pros and Cons of Active Adult Communities 03/07/2024 07:00pm • About three years ago, Lori Felix's husband needed a double knee replacement. To accommodate his recovery, they needed to move before the surgery. After some searching, they landed at La Floresta, a 55-plus community with about 300 units -- including ones all on one level -- in Brea, California. It