HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The new year will usher in the bitcoin-friendly administration of President-elect Donald Trump and an expanding lobbying effort in statehouses. Together, they could push states to become more crypto-friendly and more public pension funds and treasuries to buy cryptocurrency. Proponents of the uniquely volatile commodity argue that it’s a valuable hedge…… MORE
TikTok Asks The Supreme Court For An Emergency Order To Block A US Ban Unless It’s Sold
WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agrees to sell it. Company lawyers and China-based ByteDance on Monday urged the justices to act before the law’s…… MORE
Madison, Wisconsin School Shooting Injures Several; 3 Killed, More Injured.
UPDATE: Madison Police now identify the shooting suspect as a 17 year old female student found dead when they entered the school. Officials now confirm 2 people were killed in the shooting; a teenaged student and a teacher. Several more are hospitalized; reports place the injured between six and nine others. UPDATE: Madison Police now…… MORE
DFW’s Morning News-Cotton Bowl Game
DFW’s Morning News speaks with Cotton Bowl organizers as the game looks to host a College Football Playoff matchup.… MORE
DFW’s Morning News-SMU Bobblehead
DFW’s Morning News speaks with the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame about its newest SMU collection as the team prepares for the College Football Playoffs.… MORE
Texas’ Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge to Interstate Telemedicine
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans. Prescriptions like these, made online and over…… MORE
New Jersey Governor Wants More Federal Resources for Probe Into Drone Sightings
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has asked the Biden administration to put more resources into the ongoing investigation of mysterious drone sightings being reported in the state and other parts of the region. Murphy, a Democrat, made the request in a letter Thursday, noting that state and local law enforcement…… MORE
Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized After She ‘Sustained an Injury’ From Fall on Official Trip to Luxembourg
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi is 84. She was in Europe to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman, Ian Krager, did not describe…… MORE
Russia Targets Ukrainian Infrastructure With a Massive Attack by Cruise Missiles and Drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia fired 93 cruise and ballistic missiles and almost 200 drones in Friday’s bombardments. He says it is one of the heaviest bombardments of the country’s energy sector since Russia’s full-scale invasion almost three years ago. He…… MORE
Trump’s Lawyers Rebuff DA’s Idea for Upholding His Hush Money Conviction, Calling It ‘Absurd’
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are again urging a judge to throw out his hush money conviction. In a court filing Friday, they balked at the prosecution’s “absurd” idea for preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies before sentencing. The Manhattan district attorney’s office…… MORE
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