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Schools’ surveillance of students has led to arrests, lawsuits

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong, but she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, [...]

By |2025-08-12T08:55:20-04:00Monday, August 11, 2025|

Proposed rule could ease some restrictions on drones that travel long distances

A new federal rule proposed earlier this week would make it easier for companies to use drones over longer distances out of the operator’s sight without having to go through a cumbersome waiver process. The federal government had already approved 657 waivers to allow companies such as Amazon and major utilities to do this in [...]

By |2025-08-11T10:00:34-04:00Friday, August 8, 2025|

State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is proposing a requirement that applicants for business and tourist visas post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice in the Federal Register this week, the department said it would start a [...]

By |2025-08-08T09:56:38-04:00Thursday, August 7, 2025|

Other states may follow Texas’ redistricting plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit. Democrats in Texas’ House left the state to prevent the vote on a redistricting plan that would [...]

By |2025-08-08T10:07:02-04:00Wednesday, August 6, 2025|

Ranchers say expanding herds to capitalize on record retail beef prices isn’t so simple

MINNEAPOLIS — In a period when retail beef prices are at an all-time high and consumers are still willing to pay, South Dakota rancher Calli Williams would love to cash in. Yet it’s not so simple. Williams and her husband, Tate, raise about 70 cow-calf pairs near Letcher in southeastern South Dakota, roughly 18 miles [...]

By |2025-08-06T15:12:40-04:00Monday, August 4, 2025|

Nation’s economy expands by 3 percent in second quarter

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy expanded at a 3 percent annual pace from April through June, bouncing back from a first-quarter drop. Still, analysts say details of the report suggest that consumers and businesses are wary about the economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. “Headline numbers are hiding the economy’s true [...]

By |2025-08-04T09:28:24-04:00Friday, August 1, 2025|

Trade deals announced with Japan, Philippines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a trade framework with Japan, placing a 15 percent tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States “will continue to always [...]

By |2025-08-04T09:59:02-04:00Friday, July 25, 2025|

General Motors’ profit declines 35 percent

General Motors’ profit declined 35 percent in its second-quarter, but the automaker topped expectations and stuck by its full-year financial outlook that it lowered in May. GM CEO Mary Barra also said in a letter to shareholders earlier this week that the automaker is attempting to “greatly reduce our tariff exposure,” citing $4 billion of [...]

By |2025-08-04T10:01:16-04:00Thursday, July 24, 2025|
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