An Arizona prosecutor is firing back at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after refusing to extradite an accused murderer over concerns about the city's soft-on-crime policies. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said she won't extradite a career criminal‚ 26-year-old Raad Almansoori‚ who is wanted in New York for the alleged killing of a sex worker. "I'm putting the victims first and making sure that he stays in custody‚" Mitchell told Ainsley Earhardt on "Fox &; Friends"...

At least two of Alabama's eight in vitro fertilization clinics‚ including the state's largest hospital‚ paused IVF treatments Wednesday after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same legal protections as children. Who said what? Last week's ruling "impacts all Alabamians and will likely lead to fewer babies — children‚ grandchildren‚ nieces‚ nephews and cousins — as fertility options become limited‚" the Medical Association of the State of Alabama said Wednesday. "...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a volunteer-run network of Catholic migrant shelters based in El Paso‚ Texas‚ aiming to revoke the organization’s nonprofit registration. The lawsuit comes after Annunciation House moved to delay handing over documents about its clients to the attorney general. Paxton’s office said it had demanded Annunciation House records because of the organization’s “potential efforts to facilitate illegal immigration.” “The Office of the Attorney General (‘OAG’)...

Yale is the latest university to reverse its pandemic-era test-optional policy and will again require standardized tests scores to apply‚ underscoring a debate in higher education over how to best vet prospective students. Why it matters: The correlation between SAT and ACT results and future student success is complicated‚ surrounded by conflicting research and points of view among school administrators and education advocates. Admissions officers have pointed to varied research on...

Tens of thousands of AT&;T customers have been reporting outages this morning for their home phone‚ internet and mobile phone services‚ according to Downdetector. The outages started popping up just before 3:30 a.m. ET‚ according to a graph shown on the website that tracks outages. As of 11:15 a.m. ET‚ the number of reports has declined to nearly 59‚000 after spiking at more than 74‚000 just after 9 a.m. ET.   Most users still impacted‚ 51%‚ say they are having issues with mobile...

AT&;T said Thursday it is working to restore service to wireless customers after people across the U.S. reported problems with making cell phone calls.  Customers of the telecommunications giant began reporting problems on Downdetector‚ which tracks internet outages‚ after 3 a.m. ET. There were nearly 75‚000 reports of outages around 9:15 a.m. Cricket Wireless‚ which is owned by AT&;T‚ also experienced network issues‚ with about 13‚000 outages reported on Downdetector as of 9 a...

Customers of AT&;T‚ the country’s largest wireless provider‚ reported widespread outages on Thursday. Some AT&;T customers saw SOS messages displayed in the status bar on their cellphones. The message indicates that the device is having trouble connecting to their cellular provider’s network. That can be a big problem in an emergency. AT&;T urged customers to connect to Wi-Fi to use their phones. Wi-Fi calling is a built-in feature on most Android devices and iPhones and can...

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