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TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential platform ban
Will TikTok be banned this month?
That's the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could upend their livelihoods. The fate of the popular app will be decided by the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over a law requiring TikTok to break ties w ... (full story)
Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed
LONDON (AP) — Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe, setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.
The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany, demanded the release of jail ... (full story)
Extended hours?
Q: I heard that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) may extend trading hours to 22 hours a day. Is that good or bad? -- D.V., Orem, Utah
A: There are pros and cons to such a move. Most of us are familiar with the NYSE's "core" trading hours of 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time (weekdays). But currently there's also an ea ... (full story)
Local
Assault on DEI: Critics use simplistic terms to attack the programs, but they are key to uprooting workplace bias
(THE CONVERSATION) Prominent politicians have recently increased their attacks on workplace programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. They claim that initiatives that seek to be inclusive are divisive and lack merit, using the term diversity hire.
For example, despite Kamala Harris' achievements as vice pres ... (full story)
State
What would Bonhoeffer do? Anti-Nazi pastor's legacy claimed, debated across political spectrum
Shortly before he was hanged by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39, Dietrich Bonhoeffer reportedly told a fellow prisoner: "This is the end — for me the beginning of life."
It was – more than he knew.
Even as the German theologian — a Lutheran — was anticipating eternal life in heaven, his death ma ... (full story)
Mother and son given lengthy prison terms for their roles in the killings of 8 Ohio family members
COLUMBUS (AP) — Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family received lengthy prison terms recently for their roles in the 2016 shootings, as prosecutions near completion in what has been described as the most heinous crime in modern Ohio history.
Visiting Judge Jonathan Hein sentenc ... (full story)
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.
Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer Con ... (full story)