Idaho governor signs bill that restricts transgender students' bathroom use in schools

(cnn) -- Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill this week that prohibits transgender students in the state

Internet Archive's digital book lending violates copyrights, US judge rules

A U.S. judge has ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet Archive infringed the copyrights of four major U.S. publishers by lending out digitally scanned copies of their books.

Pennsylvania candy factory explosion leaves at least 2 dead, 5 missing

(cnn) -- At least two people are dead and five are unaccounted for following an explosion at a candy factory in eastern

UPDATE: At least 24 dead after tornado-spawning storms roll through Mississippi

(cnn) -- Officials now say at least 24 people were killed, dozens injured and four missing after powerful storms and at

Rhetoric over US debt limit boils over as Republicans, Democrats joust

Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the issue, even as Republicans have failed to detail budget cuts they want before allowing a debt-limit increase.

Pay $84 a year for Twitter Blue or lose your checkmark beginning April 1, Twitter says

Twitter's free blue "verified" checkmarks for notable users may finally be coming to an end.

4 ex-cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death barred from police

Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee.

'There's nothing left': Deep South tornadoes kill 26

Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens. One person was killed in Alabama.

US, Canada end loophole that let asylum-seekers cross border

The immigration deal announced by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to shut down a process that has enabled tens of thousands of immigrants from across the world to move between the countries and pursue asylum cases without going through an official border crossing.