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Class action lawsuit targets Johns Hopkins Univ. after health system data breach 07/22/2023 07:44am • A class action lawsuit in Maryland is targeting Johns Hopkins University after its associated health system was subjected to a data breach in late May. The university system is being blamed for exposing personal health information and personally identifiable data like health information and socia FBI wrongly searched for US senator and state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says 07/21/2023 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator, according to a court opinion released Friday. The disclosure could further complicate Biden administration efforts to renew a major spy program that already faces bi Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House 07/21/2023 04:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House are an important step toward managing the Thousands of Muslims took to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden 07/21/2023 04:20pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in Iraq. The protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran that followed we Minneapolis police reforms leader hired following George Floyd's murder retiring after a year 07/21/2023 03:12pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The law enforcement veteran appointed to oversee reforms at the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd's killing plans to retire in September after enduring sharp criticism in his first year on the job. Community Safety Commissioner Cedric Alexander announced Ethics panel investigating Oklahoma judge using cellphone during murder trial, sheriff's office says 07/21/2023 03:04pm • CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judicial ethics panel is investigating a new state judge who can be seen on courtroom video scrolling through social media and texting on her cellphone throughout a murder trial, according to a local sheriff's office. Security video published by The Oklahoman ne Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/21/2023 01:18pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov International officials, groups warn Bosnian Serbs new libel law is contrary to proclaimed EU path 07/21/2023 08:27am • SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Top international representatives in Bosnia on Friday warned that a newly-approved law in the Serb-run entity, which makes libel a criminal offense, stands contrary to the Balkan nation's proclaimed European Union path. “Changes to the Criminal Code of Republi Pioneering hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59 07/21/2023 05:22am • Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software and services from big phone and tech companies made him the most celebrated U.S. hacker, has died at age 59. Mitnick died Sunday in Las Vegas after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cance Biden is building his 2024 reelection bid around an organization Obama shunned 07/21/2023 05:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the Democratic National Committee. As it prepares for a bruising 2024 contest, his campaign plans to raise and spend around $2 billion. But it will do so in coordination with the national a How to Use Apple Cash 07/20/2023 08:00pm • Apple Cash offers a convenient way for iPhone users to make purchases or to send and receive money. Find out how to use Apple Cash and how it compares to other payment apps. What Is Apple Cash?Anyone with an iPhone has Apple Cash already built into their Apple Wallet. Apple Cash is a digital card yo Walmart slashes price of its online subscription service for those on government aid by half 07/20/2023 06:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, has slashed the price of its online subscription service in half for those on government assistance, a move that should help perk up membership. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said the Walmart+ service will cost $49 a year, or $6.47 Video shows Oklahoma judge texting and scrolling on phone in trial over fatal beating of 2-year-old 07/20/2023 06:27pm • CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — A new judge in Oklahoma is facing scrutiny after courtroom video showed her scrolling through social media and texting on her cellphone throughout the murder trial for a man accused in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old, a newspaper reports. Security video obtained by The Okl A woman pleads guilty to fire that kept a Wyoming abortion clinic from opening for a year 07/20/2023 06:27pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An abortion opponent pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge Thursday after telling investigators that anxiety and nightmares about Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years led her to break into and burn the planned facility. U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson In a nod to Oppenheimer's legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab 07/20/2023 05:37pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The price tag for cleaning up waste from the once top-secret Manhattan Project and subsequent Cold War-era nuclear research at Los Alamos National Laboratory has more than doubled in the last seven years, and independent federal investigators say federal officials will hav