By Brian Fung, CNN Business A powerful House panel on Thursday approved a sweeping set of proposals aimed at weakening Big Tech. It passed a series of measures imposing new obligations on top digital platforms, prohibiting them from abusing any gatekeeper power, and in some cases opening the door to new fines and breakups. In
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Todd Leishman has been appointed as the new city attorney of Indian Wells. The change goes into effect on Thursday, June 24. Leishman currently serves as of counsel for Best Best & Krieger’s (BBK) Ontario and Irvine offices where he specializes in short-term rentals and other housing issues, such as sober-living and group homes, affordable
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Salud de Honduras informó este jueves sobre la circulación de la variante del coronavirus identificada como alfa, una “de preocupación que surgió en el Reino Unido”, indicó la dependencia en un comunicado. Agregó que el Laboratorio Nacional de Virología del país analizó las muestras en conjunto con el
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A very different view outside today with blue skies across the Coachella Valley. Afternoon temperatures have already surpassed yesterday’s high of 100° despite the humidity lingering in the air. Dew point temperatures are in the 50s this afternoon. Wind gusts will near 30 MPH along the interstate this evening. Similar wind speeds can be expected
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Boris Sanchez, CNN A Virginia school district is under fire after chaos erupted during public comment at a school board meeting earlier this week over a proposed transgender policy and claims that critical race theory is being taught in the classroom. The turmoil ended with one person being arrested and
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Marking the ninth movie in 20 years, “F9: The Fast Saga” finally speeds into theaters, with its bloated mayhem serving as an invitation to return to — mindless fun! Come share with others! Even allowing for the goofy nature of the franchise, the latest edition tries too hard to up
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN The top US general repeatedly pushed back on then-President Donald Trump’s argument that the military should intervene violently in order to quell the civil unrest that erupted around the country last year. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley often found he was the lone voice of opposition to those demands during
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has charged a US Capitol riot suspect with assaulting a cameraman during the January 6 attack, saying the Illinois man is the first insurrection defendant to be arrested for allegedly harming a member of the media. Shane Jason Woods, 43, has been charged with
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business As more Americans get vaccinated, states across the country are lifting their pandemic restrictions. That means that one popular relief measure — the allowance of to-go cocktails at restaurants — is either expiring or continuing, depending on where you live. The National Restaurant Association counted about 26 states — most
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff Click here for updates on this story WILMINGTON, Delaware (KYW) — The teen gun violence epidemic is also hitting Wilmington. Fourteen-year-old Christopher Smith was shot and killed Tuesday night on the 500 block of West 35th Street. Eyewitness News caught up with a pastor who knew Christopher. He is deeply disturbed by
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A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after being accused of annoying and molesting a minor in Twentynine Palms. Derek Latimer, 67, of Twentynine Palms was arrested by deputies Wednesday afternoon. Officials from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station said the incident started at around 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, when deputies received a report of
Continue ReadingBy Matt Petrillo Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia is looking for solutions as the murder rate continues on a record-setting pace. So far this year, 261 people have already been murdered in Philadelphia. That’s up 37% from this time last year when the city recorded 499 homicides. One of
Continue ReadingBy Robert Iddiols and Amy Cassidy, CNN Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday. Earlier this month Hungary’s parliament passed legislation which bans all educational materials and programs for children which are considered to promote
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business What do homebuyers have to do to get a house in this cutthroat real estate market? Offer sellers a Caribbean vacation? Bid $1 million over the asking price? Pay a competing bidder hundreds of thousands of dollars to walk away? What about buying two homes just to live in one?
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN With federal agencies trying to crack down on passengers who are violently acting out on commercial flights, officials now say travelers are attacking — and even biting — those staffing airport security checkpoints. In new details shared first with CNN, the Transportation Security Administration laid out two attacks on Transportation Security
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UPDATE: By Friday morning the USPS corporate office provided a statement to News Channel 3 regarding the issue: The Postal Service values our customers and sincerely apologizes for temporary service disruptions experienced this week in Desert Hot Springs. The office experienced a higher than normal amount of parcels and it will ensure available mail and
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actress Drew Barrymore was 14 when she found herself in front of a judge, asking to be emancipated. In her memoir, “Wildflower,” Barrymore recounted that the moment had come because she and her mother, who was in support of the move, “had driven our relationship into the ground.” At the end
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN In Kansas, the secretary of state now needs the approval of a legislative committee to settle election-related lawsuits. In Arkansas, a new law empowers the state’s elections commission to investigate every aspect of an election “without limitation.” And in the key battleground state of Arizona, Republican legislators this week moved to
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large When Joe Biden would talk on the 2020 campaign trail about the need to rekindle bipartisanship in Washington and his unique ability derived from decades in the Senate to make it happen, there were lots of eye rolls. It felt to many (myself included) like a bit of nostalgia
Continue ReadingBy Carolyn Gusoff Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, New York (WCBS) — There is a new warning saying THC-laced cookies are anything but kid stuff. Educators and lawmakers on Long Island are sounding the alarm, trying to close a loophole that allows the cannabis plant extract called Delta 8 to be
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