Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

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Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022. This year, the question could be put before voters in yet more states. It's a lock to be on the ballot in two and is a possibility in several more. A number of actions could put the measures on ballots, including legislative votes, signature drives or legal wrangling. The abortion rights measures would not all guarantee the same level of access, and some are so narrow that Planned Parenthood doesn't support putting them on the ballot.

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
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Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

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Porn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trump鈥檚 New York hush money trial about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election a decade later. Daniels鈥 testimony Tuesday included a detailed and at times graphic accounting of an encounter Trump has denied. Daniels鈥 testimony is central to the case because in the final weeks of Trump鈥檚 2016 Republican presidential campaign, his lawyer Michael Cohen paid her $130,000 to keep quiet. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments. The former president has pleaded not guilty.

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
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TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

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TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. federal government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it鈥檚 sold to another company. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday may be setting up what could be a protracted legal fight over its future in the United States. 聽The popular social video company alleged the law, which President Joe Biden signed as part of a larger $95 billion foreign aid package, is so 鈥渙bviously unconstitutional鈥 that the sponsors of The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act are trying to portray the law not as a ban, but as a regulation of TikTok鈥檚 ownership.

TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What's the legal outlook?
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TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What's the legal outlook?

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Legislation forcing TikTok鈥檚 parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. has received President Joe Biden鈥檚 official signoff. But the newly minted law could face an uphill battle in court. Critics of the sell-or-be-banned ultimatum argue that it violates TikTok users鈥 First Amendment rights. The app鈥檚 China-based owner, ByteDance, has already promised to sue, calling the legislation unconstitutional. Whether a court challenge could successfully block a potential TikTok ban treads into murky waters. The law鈥檚 opponents, which include advocacy organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, maintain that the government hasn鈥檛 come close to justifying such action 鈥 while others say that national-security claims could still prevail.

Stock market today: Wall Street holds steady after its 3-day winning streak
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Stock market today: Wall Street holds steady after its 3-day winning streak

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U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady as trading on Wall Street calms following some sharp recent swings. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% Tuesday, coming off a strong three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 79 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.3%. Kenvue, the company behind Band-Aids and Tylenol, rose after topping analysts鈥 forecasts for profit and revenue. The Walt Disney Co. sank after reporting revenue that fell a bit shy of forecasts. They鈥檙e among the tail end of companies reporting their results for the first three months of the year. Treasury yields eased.

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One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

LONDON (AP) 鈥 AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools.

The Latest | Stormy Daniels takes the witness stand in Trump's hush money trial
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The Latest | Stormy Daniels takes the witness stand in Trump's hush money trial

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Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial is moving forward again and all eyes are on who will be called next. Porn actor Stormy Daniels was called to the witness stand mid-morning Tuesday and is expected to testify about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Monday's testimony saw two witnesses tied to the Trump Organization elaborate on a key part of the charges in the case: Michael Cohen's reimbursement for hush money payments. Trump was also fined for again violating his gag order. Prosecutors say Trump and his associates schemed to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying and burying negative stories about Trump. He has pleaded not guilty.

Disney's streaming business turns a profit in first financial report since challenge to Iger
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Disney's streaming business turns a profit in first financial report since challenge to Iger

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The Walt Disney Co. moved to a loss in its second quarter, hampered by significantly higher restructuring and impairment charges, but its adjusted profit topped Wall Street鈥檚 view and its streaming business was profitable. Theme parks also continued to be a strength. While Disney said Tuesday that it foresees its streaming business softening in the third quarter due to Disney+Hotstar, it expects its combined streaming businesses to be profitable in the fourth quarter and to be a meaningful future growth driver for the company, with further improvements in profitability in fiscal 2025.

Apple's biggest announcements from its iPad event: brighter screen, faster chips and the Pencil Pro
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Apple's biggest announcements from its iPad event: brighter screen, faster chips and the Pencil Pro

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Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs 鈥 lineups that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system. The showcase at Apple鈥檚 headquarters in Cupertino, California, comes after the company disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic鈥檚 outset, deepening a slump that鈥檚 increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products.

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Cinq Music Acquires Music Catalog of Legendary Hitmaker Flow La Movie

LOS ANGELES, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cinq Music today announced the catalog acquisition of late legendary Puerto Rican music producer and hitmaker, Flow La Movie. The robust catalog from Jos茅 Angel Hern谩ndez (better known as Flow La Movie) reflects his ability to create global hits,…

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
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How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

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If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that鈥檚 probably because it has, at least if you鈥檙e measuring via internet time. What鈥檚 now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? The Chinese social video app merged in 2017 with the competing app Musical.ly, which also launched in China. That kicked off a remarkable seven years during which TikTok grew from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter, but also emerged as a potential national security threat, according to U.S. officials.