• What to know about Truth Social, Trump's social media platform

    What to know about Truth Social, Trump's social media platform

    Mar 26, 2024 06:25 PM EDT

    ... Meta's own reporting. However, the site fares better than rivals in the so-called “alt-tech” space, such as Parler, which just returned to Apple's app store this week after being offline for more than a year, or Gettr, which had less than 2 million visitors in February ...

  • News Wrap: Moscow terror attack death toll rises to 139

    News Wrap: Moscow terror attack death toll rises to 139

    Mar 25, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    The European Union launched new antitrust probes into Apple, Google, and Meta today. Regulators say the tech giants may be violating a new Digital Markets Act which aims to help consumers move freely between competing services and not be cornered by so-called gatekeeper companies. Margrethe Vestager, Antitrust Commissioner, European ...

  • March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Mar 21, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department and 16 state attorneys general sue Apple for maintaining a monopoly. With a vote to avoid a government shutdown set for Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson works to keep his chaotic majority intact. Plus, an Arizona lawmaker talks about why she publicly announced ...

  • How Hong Kong's new security law could impact different communities

    How Hong Kong's new security law could impact different communities

    Mar 19, 2024 02:20 PM EDT

    ... confession. Still, the diocese acknowledged citizens have an obligation to ensure national security. During one legislative discussion, officials were asked whether residents keeping copies of Apple Daily newspaper at home would be considered as possessing a seditious publication — an offense punishable by up to three years in jail. Security minister ...

  • Massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri as storm threatens tornadoes

    Massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri as storm threatens tornadoes

    Mar 14, 2024 02:03 PM EDT

    ... centimeter) hail in Geary County near Junction City and Fort Riley, Wolters said. Descriptions of the hail ranged from the size of golf balls and apples, to softballs and baseballs. Alex Sosnowski, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, previously said the predicted hail was deemed "gorilla hail" because it had the potential ...

  • Under 'Don't Say Gay' settlement, Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity

    Under 'Don't Say Gay' settlement, Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity

    Mar 11, 2024 10:01 PM EDT

    ... sex couples, “as they are not instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity any more than a math problem asking students to add bushels of apples is instruction on apple farming,” according to the settlement. “What this settlement does, is, it re-establishes the fundamental principal, that I hope all ...

  • Aramco announces $121 billion profit in 2023, Saudi oil giant's 2nd highest on record

    Aramco announces $121 billion profit in 2023, Saudi oil giant's 2nd highest on record

    Mar 10, 2024 06:09 PM EDT

    ... traded under $82 a barrel on Sunday. Aramco has a market value of $2 trillion, making it the world’s fourth most valuable firm, behind Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA respectively. Aramco stock traded slightly up on the Tadawul at $8.64 a share Sunday. Saudi Arabia’s vast oil resources ...

  • Biden says he'll sign proposed TikTok ban if Congress passes it

    Biden says he'll sign proposed TikTok ban if Congress passes it

    Mar 08, 2024 11:42 PM EDT

    ... Biden’s reelection campaign last month joined the platform. If enacted, the bill would effectively ban TikTok and other ByteDance apps from being available in Apple or Google app stores or on web hosting services in the U.S. The bill takes a two-pronged approach. First, it requires ByteDance ...

  • Hong Kong proposes life sentences for treason and insurrection in new national security bill

    Hong Kong proposes life sentences for treason and insurrection in new national security bill

    Mar 08, 2024 12:54 AM EDT

    ... s leading pro-democracy activists have been arrested and others fled abroad. Dozens of civil society groups have been disbanded, and outspoken media outlets like Apple Daily and Stand News have been shut down.During a one-month public comment period that just ended last week, 98.6 percent of ...

  • Cinnamon sold at discount stores recalled due to lead content

    Cinnamon sold at discount stores recalled due to lead content

    Mar 07, 2024 07:18 PM EDT

    Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded, federal health officials said Wednesday. WATCH: Lead-contaminated applesauce pouches expose issues with food safety oversight The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said cinnamon sold by stores including the Dollar ...