Apple and Google faced a battery of accusations on Wednesday from prominent app developers, including Spotify and Tile, who alleged that the large tech platforms have abused their dominance and harmed competition. In a lengthy Senate hearing, the app makers said Apple and Google’s rules surrounding in-app payments and app updates allow the tech giants
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As a couple sat with their oldest son and watched the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial being read, they were filled with a hope for a better America. Jared Hobbs created a teaching moment for his biracial son when people took the streets to protest the death of George Floyd last summer. Hobbs is
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(CNN) — La policÃa de Hong Kong arrestó a un hombre, después de que una mujer de 90 años perdiera alrededor de 247 millones de dólares de Hong Kong (US$ 32 millones) en una estafa. La mujer contactó a la policÃa el 2 de marzo y les relató que habÃa hecho un total de 10
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are on scene of a marijuana grow operation following a refuse fire in Mecca Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. on the 70-600 block of Grant Street. A Cal Fire spokesperson said that they requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Department to investigate the area of the fire.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dormir mal constantemente puede llevar a una vida sexual insatisfactoria para muchas mujeres mayores, según un nuevo estudio. De hecho, las mujeres que dormÃan mal tenÃan casi el doble de probabilidades de manifestar problemas como la falta de interés o placer sexual que las mujeres que dormÃan bien, según el estudio publicado este
Continue ReadingA group of House Republicans spoke out on Tuesday against a Democratic proposal to grant statehood to Washington, DC, which does not have voting representation in Congress. Freshman Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina described the statehood proposal as a Democratic power grab. She said at a news conference: “DC wouldn’t even qualify as a
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Kim Kardashian West may be a tad bit late to the “Bridgerton” fan community, but she’s all in now. A few weeks ago, the reality star/mogul shared on her verified Instagram account that she was binge-watching the popular Netflix historical series. Like many other viewers, she loved it. So Kardashian West lost it a bit
Continue Reading LeVar Burton, of “Reading Rainbow” fame, is taking on a new role this spring. “Jeopardy!” announced Wednesday that the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor will be one of the final guest hosts to close out Season 37 of the quiz show. Burton has been vocal about wanting to be a guest host of the
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Hombre de Palm Desert acusado de organizar encuentro sexual con niña de 13 años. Un hombre de Palm Desert acusado de hacer arreglos para reunirse con una niña de 13 años a través de Internet con fines sexuales estaba detenido hoy con una fianza de 250.000 dólares. El hombre, de 30 años, fue arrestado el
Continue ReadingUS and Iranian officials say they have made progress in talks aimed at bringing the United States back to the 2015 nuclear deal and Iran back into compliance with it, but US officials stressed that a long road remains ahead. Representatives from the countries that are still members of the deal — China, France, Germany,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Comité de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE) de Ecuador resolvió este jueves pedirle al presidente LenÃn Moreno que decrete el estado de excepción en 16 de las 24 provincias del paÃs por 28 dÃas debido a la crisis sanitaria generada por el covid-19. Entre las medidas recomendadas por el COE está el
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has created a new task force dedicated to rooting out and responding to the growing threat of ransomware, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN Business. The new initiative follows what the memo describes as the worst year ever for ransomware attacks — incidents in which hackers seize control of victims’
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On Tuesday, the world let out a sigh of relief when former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd nearly a year ago. It seemed like everyone was waiting with clenched jaws, holding their breath as they questioned if the US justice system was going to prove, once again, unable to recognize
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Justin Gest (@_JustinGest) es profesor asociado en la Escuela de PolÃtica y Gobierno de la Universidad George Mason. Es autor de «The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality» y, con Anna Boucher, «Crossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change«. Las opiniones expresadas
Continue ReadingThe Texas House on Tuesday passed legislation that would allow election judges to carry a handgun in most polling places on Election Day and during the early voting period. HB 530, which passed on a vote of 94 to 51, would specifically allow an election judge with a gun license to have a handgun at
Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris cast her first tie-breaking vote related to a Biden administration nominee on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, voting to advance the nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy. The Senate deadlocked 50-50 on a straight party-line procedural vote to discharge Kahl’s nomination from the Armed Services Committee,
Continue ReadingLess than a quarter of the world’s big public companies are doing their part to address the climate crisis, according to new research highlighting the shortcomings of corporate climate pledges. In an analysis published on Thursday, sustainable finance firm Arabesque assigned companies in 14 of the world’s largest stock indexes a “temperature score” based on
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alerta meteorológica: Los vientos se registran del oeste y continúan durante la noche. Se ha emitido una alerta meteorológica para hoy, ya que se espera que las ráfagas de viento superen las 40 MPH en el Valle de Coachella durante todo el dÃa. El equipo de First Alert Weather ha emitido este dÃa de First
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El Comité de Historia Negra de Palm Springs organiza una vigilia por la paz en el mural de George Floyd el miércoles por la noche. El Comité de Historia Negra de la Ciudad de Palm Springs y la Iglesia Metodista Unida de Palm Springs están invitando a la comunidad a participar en una vigilia por
Continue ReadingThe lead Senate GOP negotiator over new policing legislation is floating a compromise on a major sticking point that has derailed past efforts to curb excessive force by law enforcement: civil lawsuit protections currently afforded to police officers. The issue of so-called qualified immunity has been a flashpoint in talks over legislation aimed at imposing
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