WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted early Friday to extend an expiring surveillance law for 10 days, after libertarian-leaning Republicans demanded that they be allowed to vote on adding new privacy limits to any long-term extension. The law, a major section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA,...
‘I Just Want to Be Back’: Thousands Rush South in Lebanon Under Ceasefire
QASMIYEH, Lebanon — Thousands of displaced people crammed roads in Lebanon on Friday as they tried to return to the country’s devastated south, hours after a ceasefire paused fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Many rushed onto the main highway to southern Lebanon the moment the truce went into effect at...
US Received 6,000 Applications for Air Traffic Control Roles, Transportation Secretary Says
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration received 6,000 applications for air traffic control roles in the last 12 hours, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Friday. The FAA opened applications for air traffic controller positions overnight, Duffy said. The U.S. air traffic control system in the U.S. is stretched thin. Many...
X Down for Thousands of Users Thursday, Downdetector Reports
X, formerly Twitter, experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 5,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 6:47 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to...
New Jersey Voters Decide Who Will Fill Mikie Sherrill’s House Seat
Polls have closed in northern New Jersey, where voters will choose their next representative in a special election on Thursday that could narrow Republicans' grip on the U.S. House of Representatives heading into the November midterm elections. Democrat Analilia Mejia, former national political director of Senator Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential...
Fresno Man Sentenced for Attempted Murder of Police Officer
A 41-year-old Fresno man has been sentenced to 14 years to life in state prison, plus an additional consecutive 14-year term, for the attempted murder of a Fresno police officer and assault on a second officer with a semi-automatic firearm, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office. Bradley Elmer Nicholson, Sr.,...
Hegseth Compares ‘Trump-Hating’ Reporters to Enemies of Jesus
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited biblical scripture on Thursday to attack the media, comparing reporters to Jewish adversaries of Jesus Christ plotting "how to destroy him." Hegseth's comments sought to counter what he saw as negative coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. They also came amid an escalating feud...
Acting US ICE Head Todd Lyons Plans to Leave Agency This Spring, CBS News Reports
The acting head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, CBS News reported on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with his plan. Todd Lyons told colleagues that he is planning to depart the agency in June, the news outlet...
Netflix Co-Founder Hastings Exits as Streaming Pioneer Hunts for Growth
Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings is quitting the streaming service he co-founded 29 years ago. The departure of Hastings, 65, comes at an inopportune time. The company is searching for new avenues of growth as sales slow due to competition, and after a potentially transformative merger with Warner Bros Discovery fell...
Xanax Maker Recalls One Batch of Common Anxiety Drug
A single batch of the widely prescribed antianxiety drug Xanax has been recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The drug’s distributor, Viatris, said it was recalling one lot containing 51 bottles of 3 milligram extended release tablets because of concerns that they might not dissolve in the body...