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New law starts the clock for TikTok

TikTok is facing a ban in the United States, but don't delete your app just yet – legal battles loom. It's Wednesday's news. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Wed Apr 24 2024

 

Laura L. Davis Audience Editor

@lauradavis

Is TikTok going to be banned? Legal battles are still looming. Reggie Bush is getting his Heisman Trophy back. And the anticipated Israeli invasion of Rafah could be imminent.

👋 Hi! Laura Davis here, and it's time for Wednesday's news.

But first: "Cicada rain." 😭☂️ Be less worried about when the cicadas are coming and more concerned about the ... *checks notes* ... yes, massive amounts of cicada pee that could "rain" down.

Potential TikTok ban is officially law

President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday legislation that could potentially ban the video app TikTok, a historic development in government regulation of social media.

What to know: The legislation gives TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, up to a year to sell the app. If they don't, it would be banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting companies. TikTok has pledged to mount a legal challenge.

What they're saying: Proponents of the policy have raised concerns about the Chinese government spying on Americans, although there is no public evidence that's happened and TikTok says it would not hand over Americans' user data if asked. TikTok also argues the legislation violates free speech rights and a ban would harm small businesses that rely on the app. 📱 A look at what's ahead for the law.

Grandpa, please don't ban TikTok: How pressure campaign hit close to home for lawmakers.

Israel poised to invade Rafah

More than 1 million Palestinians have taken shelter in Rafah in southern Gaza – which Israel says is the last remaining bastion of Hamas. Now, Israel's military appears poised to launch an attack on Rafah, the timing of which now awaits approval by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet, Israeli and Western media reported. 

Has President Joe Biden's opposition to an attack softened? In March, Biden warned that an invasion of Rafah would be a "mistake," but last week the White House said the U.S. and Israel have a "shared objective to see Hamas defeated in Rafah." 👉 Everything we know.

Campus protests: Columbia says encampments will shrink; police clashes at more schools.

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A Palestinian man wait for news of his daughter as rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble of a building hit in an overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 21.

MOHAMMED ABED, AFP via Getty Images

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Reggie Bush is getting his Heisman back

Reggie Bush better clear off a spot on the mantle. The Heisman Trophy he won in 2005 as college football's most outstanding player will be officially reinstated and returned to him, it was announced Wednesday. Bush was stripped of the award over a pay-for-play scandal during his time at Southern Cal.

What changed? The Heisman Trust, which administers the award, cited "fundamental changes in college athletics," including the ability for athletes to now profit off their name, image and likeness. 🏈 Here's everything we know.

Winner Of The 2005 Heisman Trophy Reggie Bush Of The University Of Southern California Lifts The Award In New York

USC's Reggie Bush lifts the Heisman Trophy in New York in 2005. The trophy will be returned to Bush, who was previously stripped of the award.

Julie Jacobson, Pool for Reuters

250-year-old cherries found buried at George Washington's house

So that's where he left those! Archaeologists made an incredibly rare discovery in the cellar of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon: Two intact jars of cherries. It's been common to find wine bottles and glasses at the site about 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., archaeologists said, but intact jars like these don't come along very often. "They're plump, they have flesh, they have pits and stems," archaeologist Jason Boroughs said. "They don't look as if they've been sitting in a bottle for 250 years, although they have." 🍒 See more pictures of the discovery.

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Archeologists work to uncover jars of cherries in the cellar of Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

A break from the news

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💰📈 The unfortunate truth about maxing out your 401(k).

Laura L. Davis is an Audience Editor at USA TODAY. Say hi: laura@usatoday.com. Support quality journalism like this? Subscribe to USA TODAY here.

Kyle Rittenhouse speaks to the nearly sold out auditorium at Kent State University's student center on Tuesday, April 16.

Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted after fatally shooting two men at a 2020 protest, is telling college students they need to arm themselves on campus.

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Double homicide victims Susan Carter (at left) and her 10-year-old daughter Natasha Alex Carter, who were killed in August 2000, West Virginia State Police said. Carter's husband confessed on his deathbed to killing the women.
 

Deathbed confession leads to bodies of girl, mother who disappeared in 2000

Natasha Alexander Carter was just 10 years old when she disappeared, along with her mother Susan Carter. The pair was last seen on Aug. 8, 2000.

Former President Donald Trump displays a stack of papers while departing a New York City criminal court on April 23, 2024.
 

How low can Trump sink? Even the Enquirer turned on him.

It's just so Trumpy that the first witness in Donald Trump's first criminal trial would be David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher.

Milk was fully stocked late in the morning at Market Basket on Friday, March 13, 2020.
 

Traces of bird flu virus found in milk. What's going on?

The results do not indicate that the virus found in milk is currently infectious, as the pasteurization process works to inactivate viruses.

Two British military horses, one of which appears to be covered in blood, can be seen galloping Wednesday morning through central London after they are three others became spooked and bolted during training exercises. All the horses were captured, while three soldiers were treated for injuries.
 

Multiple people injured after Army horses escaped, ran loose through London

Five spooked British military horses, one of which appeared to be covered in blood, escaped their handlers Wednesday and galloped through London.

Ashley Judd speaks at a news conference held to announce her appointment as a U.N. Population Fund's Goodwill Ambassador in 2016.
 

Ashley Judd: Late mom Naomi Judd's mental illness 'stole from our family'

Ashley Judd made an appearance at the White House in support of new suicide prevention initiatives nearly 2 years after mother Naomi Judd's death.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) celebrates a touchdown pass against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.
 

Which NFL teams look most likely to trade up or down in first round?

The 2024 NFL draft order looks destined for a shake-up, with several teams in position to move up or down in the first round.

NOAA fisheries said that a dead bottlenose dolphin was found on West Mae's Beach in Cameron Parish, Louisiana with multiple gunshot wounds on March 13, 2024.
 

Investigation underway: Dolphin found dead, riddled with bullets on beach

A dolphin was shot to death at a Louisiana beach and was found with multiple gunshot wounds. NOAA is offering a reward to find who is responsible.

Jennifer Garner in a scene from the motion picture "13 Going on 30." --- DATE TAKEN: rcd 04/04  By Tracy Bennett   Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios , Source: Sony       HO      - handout   ORG XMIT: ZX18061
 

'13 Going on 30': Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo and Judy Greer reunite

Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo and Judy Greer reunited over Zoom to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic romantic comedy "13 Going on 30."

A fossilized toe bone found in Yazoo County is a rare example of a bone from a saber-toothed cat, or saber-toothed tiger as they are often called, in Mississippi.
 

Rare 10,000-year-old saber-toothed tiger fossil found in Mississippi

Mississippi resident Eddie Templeton recently discovered a bone that once belonged to a saber-tooth tiger. Now he wants to find one of its teeth.

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