Kamala Harris attacks Trump in first speech since loss
(CN) — In her first public address since losing the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump by more than two million votes, former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the president’s first 100 days in office and encouraged citizens to speak up against him....
Prosecution presents evidence of execution style murder in busy L.A. Live restaurant
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Los Angeles County prosecutors on Wednesday began presenting evidence against two defendants in a shocking, execution-style murder of a man who was shot in the back of the head as he was eating at the counter of a restaurant in the sprawling L.A....
North Carolina court grants control of elections boards to state auditor
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — A panel of North Carolina Court of Appeals judges held Wednesday that a law granting the Republican state auditor appointment ability over elections boards can proceed for now. The decision is in contrast to a ruling last week in a Raleigh...
Israeli spyware program takes center stage in trial over WhatsApp hacks
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Meta presented the bulk of its case to jurors Wednesday in a trial over computer fraud claims it and its subsidiary WhatsApp brought against NSO Group Technologies, a notorious hacker-for-hire firm. Meta’s claims relate to a 2019 security...
Conservationists win order blocking cattle grazing on Oregon sage grouse habitat
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — There will be no livestock grazing on 22,000 acres of key sage grouse research areas in Oregon while conservationists challenge a rollback by the government, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday. The Oregon Natural Desert Association is likely to...
Google CEO warns feds’ antitrust remedies could crush search engine
WASHINGTON (CN) — Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified Wednesday in the antitrust trial over the tech giant’s search monopoly that the Justice Department’s proposed remedies could crush Google Search. The Justice Department has urged U.S. District Judge Amit...
North Carolina moves to cut government diversity initiatives
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The North Carolina House passed a measure tackling diversity initiatives and hiring in state and local government on Wednesday after hours of pushback from Democrats. The move comes after President Donald Trump has pushed for the dismantling of...
Senate absences torpedo rejection of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Republican leadership on Wednesday successfully defeated a bipartisan measure that would have represented yet another congressional rejection of the Donald Trump administration’s new tariff regime. But it wasn’t political or policy rifts that...Colorado judge won’t block state pot regulator over black market synthetic THC claims
DENVER (CN) — A Denver judge denied an injunction on Wednesday requested by a cannabis cultivator that would have directed Colorado’s marijuana regulatory agency to ramp up testing for black market synthetic THC products. “You’re requesting better testing,...