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Yahoo NewsMinnesota enshrines abortion rights into state law. Here's what that means.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation on Tuesday that codifies abortion rights and protects reproductive care in the state, while opponents have called it one of the most extreme in the nation.
Yahoo NewsWind and solar surpass gas for European Union electricity in 2022: Report
Wind and solar power generated a record 22.3% of the European Union's electricity in 2022, topping the amount generated from gas (19.9%) for the first time, according to a report released Tuesday.
Yahoo News 360Rent control is making a comeback
An emerging renters' rights movement is dusting off an old solution for keeping housing costs down, but longstanding skepticism of the policy still remains.
Yahoo News'Extremely frustrated' NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads with White House for more help on migrant crisis
On Sunday, buses arrived at the Watson Hotel on the West Side of Manhattan to transport migrants who had been housed there to a shelter that Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, was opening on the Brooklyn waterfront.
Yahoo NewsReticent Mitch Daniels walks to the line again, but bows out of Indiana Senate run
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, widely considered a top-tier potential candidate for Indiana’s open Senate seat, announced Tuesday that he would not be running, dashing the hopes of the old GOP establishment, much as he did almost a dozen years ago when he declined a bid for the White House.
Yahoo NewsWhat's going on at the Dallas Zoo? Missing tamarin monkeys recovered following latest suspicious incident
Police are investigating after two emperor tamarin monkeys were discovered missing Monday in what officials say is the latest in a string of mysterious incidents.
Yahoo NewsMemphis City Council chairman gets emotional over Nichols video, recounts being stopped by police
Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones, who is Black, says he was overcome with emotion after seeing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police.
Yahoo NewsRep. George Santos recuses himself from House committee assignments
The embattled Republican informed members of the GOP conference Tuesday of his decision, admitting that he has become a distraction amid the scandal triggered by the serial lies he told about his biography.
Yahoo NewsA powerful Democratic-leaning group throws its weight behind election reform
A new paper released Monday by an influential liberal group argues that changing how elections are held in the U.S. should be a top-tier issue.
Yahoo NewsHow soon will it be until the world reaches 'peak oil'?
Oil giant BP released a report Monday predicting that the world sharply reduce its reliance on the company's signature product, oil and gas, over the next 25 years as countries hastened their transition to renewable sources of energy so as to combat climate change.
Yahoo NewsTyre Nichols’s family attorneys question white officer’s discipline after Nichols’s death
Attorneys for the family of Tyre Nichols demand answers after news that a sixth officer involved in the fatal beating of Nichols has been relieved of his duty, but has not been fired or charged.
Yahoo NewsRodney King's daughter still 'numb' after watching Tyre Nichols video
Lora King, whose father, Rodney, was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during a 1991 traffic stop, says she was sickened by the footage of Memphis police beating the 29-year-old Black man earlier this month.
Yahoo NewsTyre Nichols: What's next for the ex-Memphis police officers charged in his death
Five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — were fired and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
Yahoo NewsBen Crump: 'This video is a watershed moment for America'
Ben Crump, the civil rights lawyer representing Tyre Nichols's family, asked, "What are national leaders going to do?"
Yahoo NewsPhotos: Protesters demand justice for Tyre Nichols across U.S. after Memphis police bodycam footage is released
Protests unfolded across the U.S. on Friday night after body camera footage and surveillance video showing Memphis, Tenn., police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols were released.
Yahoo News 360Everyone’s mad at Ticketmaster, but will anything change?
The Taylor Swift ticket mess drew enormous attention to the entertainment giant's many shortcomings, but that doesn't necessarily mean those flaws will be fixed.
Yahoo NewsThe Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols: The video America didn’t want to have to watch
In the anxious hours before the Memphis Police Department released body camera footage showing the role five officers played in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a palpable sense of dread over what the footage would reveal gripped many Americans.
Yahoo NewsThe FDA is proposing a new COVID vaccination strategy. Here's what you need to know.
A key advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration met on Thursday to discuss the future of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States.
Yahoo NewsHearing aids linked to lower instances of dementia in older adults, study finds
Older adults with severe hearing loss are more likely to have dementia, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, but instances of dementia were lower among study participants who used hearing aids.
Yahoo NewsThe 2024 California Senate race could be Democrats' next big civil war
California may be America’s most populous and progressive state. Yet it hasn’t enjoyed — or endured, depending on your appetite for political drama — a truly competitive U.S. Senate election in more than 30 years. Until now.
Yahoo NewsBodycam footage of Tyre Nichols's fatal police beating will be released. Here's what you need to know.
The video is set to be released after 6 p.m. CT. Tyre Nichols’s mother said that while she hasn’t seen it, she has “heard it’s very horrific” and is warning parents not to let their children see it.
Yahoo NewsBlack woman refused service at Oregon gas station is awarded $1M in discrimination lawsuit
An Oregon jury awarded a Black woman $1 million in damages this week in a civil case after a gas attendant at a full-service gas station told her, “I don’t serve Black people.”
Yahoo NewsPaul Pelosi attack: Police body camera video shows violent hammer assault
Bodycam footage of the violent attack was released on Friday showing David DePape strike former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband with a hammer.
Yahoo NewsDems bet GOP will walk away with nothing from debt ceiling fight
The debt ceiling is nothing more than a Washington problem at the moment, so there is lots of chatter on the topic inside the Beltway and — with the exception of Wall Street — mostly indifference outside it.
Yahoo NewsTyre Nichols death: FBI director 'appalled' by video of police beating
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that body camera footage of the beating of Tyre Nichols by police in Memphis left him horrified. The comments came hours before Memphis officials were scheduled to release the video of the fatal encounter.
“Streaming is beginning to look an awful lot like the old-fashioned analogue TV it was supposed to replace.”
“Streaming isn’t going away … You’re still going to have a lot of choice for a long time.”
“In the future, [streaming] likely will cost more, have a little less library content and cancel more shows more quickly.”
“Streaming is still a game of content … It’s not a matter of who’s spending more, it’s who’s spending smartly.”
“Streamers are retreating from any sort of creative risk in favor of humdrum, lowest-common-denominator shows.”
