Eight killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines
MATI, Philippines (AFP) — Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least eight people and triggering tsunami warnings. The biggest of the quakes, with a magnitude of 7.4, hit about 12 miles off Manay town in the Mindanao region...
Domestic abuse and lizard people: ‘Royal Rebels’ puts focus on Norway royal controversies
(CN) — The Norwegian royal family is in rocky waters. Most dire among their troubles are the many serious criminal charges facing the stepson of the man next in line to be king. When the documentary “Royal Rebels: An Unlikely Love Story” premiered last month on...
Digging deep on child safety, EU launches probe into Snapchat, YouTube and app stores
BRUSSELS (CN) — European regulators are asking some pointed questions of the biggest U.S. tech companies: What are you actually doing to keep kids safe online? The European Commission — the EU’s executive branch — opened its first formal investigation Friday...
Philippines’ Duterte to remain detained after ICC rejects plea for release
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will stay in detention while his case moves forward, judges at the International Criminal Court said Friday, citing him as a flight risk. The ICC decision shuts down two separate bids by...
UK opens door to tougher regulation of Google search
LONDON (AFP) — Britain’s competition watchdog on Friday paved the way for tougher regulation to tackle Google’s dominance in online search, under new targeted measures focused on technology giants. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has...
There was a time when words had meanings
Millions of rootless or stateless peoples around the world today never wanted to be migrants. “Emigrants,” yes, in the sense that they left, or fled, the countries they once lived in. They emigrated — more than 304 million people, according to the United Nations’...
Former Arizona lawmaker gets probation for violating restraining order
PHOENIX (CN) — A former Arizona lawmaker who resigned after threatening to throw a lobbyist off a balcony was given two years probation Thursday for violating the restraining order the lobbyist filed against her. Leezah Sun, school board president for the city...
Trump temporarily blocked from deploying National Guard in Illinois
CHICAGO (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order that bars the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying the National Guard to Illinois for two weeks. Ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge April Perry said the Department...
Abortion pill reversal providers challenge California over commercial speech at Ninth Circuit
PASADENA, Calif. — Anti-abortion health care providers who offer abortion pill reversal treatments argued that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is unfairly censoring their right to free speech in front of a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...