By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world’s response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users’ newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN The neck-and-neck race for Virginia governor has entered its final week, with Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin nationalizing their campaigns in markedly different ways. For McAuliffe, a steady stream of high-profile Democratic surrogates has turned the race into a referendum about the past eight years of Democratic leadership in
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LONDON (AP) — British heavyweight Dillian Whyte wants his next fight to be against Tyson Fury for the world title instead of rescheduling his bout with Otto Wallin. Whyte last week pulled out of his scheduled fight with Wallin this Saturday citing a shoulder injury. Whyte holds the WBC interim title and is next in
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN Damning new revelations about Facebook’s role in the deadly January 6 insurrection have renewed lawmakers’ resolve to crack down on Silicon Valley, teeing up a potential watershed moment that will test the powerful industry’s clout on Capitol Hill. In recent years, there’s been growing bipartisan support to rein in online
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN Damning new revelations about Facebook’s role in the deadly January 6 insurrection have renewed lawmakers’ resolve to crack down on Silicon Valley, teeing up a potential watershed moment that will test the powerful industry’s clout on Capitol Hill. In recent years, there’s been growing bipartisan support to rein in online platforms
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By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Caregiving for your parents and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die are things no one wants to think about until they have to. But planning for them now can spare you and your loved ones a lot of hassle later on. The pandemic may have forced
Continue Reading By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Caregiving for your parents and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die are things no one wants to think about until they have to. But planning for them now can spare you and your loved ones a lot of hassle later on. The pandemic may have forced
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong has been fined 70 million won, or about $60,000, for illegally using the anesthetic drug propofol. Tuesday’s ruling came about two months after Lee was released on parole over a separate corruption case. The Seoul Central District Court said it convicted Lee, vice chairman
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong has been fined 70 million won, or about $60,000, for illegally using the anesthetic drug propofol. Tuesday’s ruling came about two months after Lee was released on parole over a separate corruption case. The Seoul Central District Court said it convicted Lee, vice chairman
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s effort to get a prosecutor removed from his corruption case has been dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma filed a special application to have prosecutor Billy Downer taken off his case, accusing him of bias. Judge Piet Koen on Tuesday
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Puerto Príncipe (CNN) — Un inquietante silencio se cierne sobre el Hospital Universitario de la Paz en el barrio de Delmas de Puerto Príncipe, en Haití. Los pasos resuenan en los pasillos vacíos. Los pitidos y silbidos normales de los equipos del hospital están ausentes. El caos organizado de una sala de
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Joe Biden y Donald Trump están inmersos en un extraordinario y creciente enfrentamiento que tiene profundas consecuencias políticas ahora y en 2024. Biden llevó el enfrentamiento, que se desencadenó por las consecuencias de la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, a otro nivel este lunes al negarse a hacer
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los miembros del equipo en el set de “Rust” usaron armas con munición real y participaron en un pasatiempo llamado “plinking” horas antes de que Halyna Hutchins muriera, dijo la fundadora y CEO de The Wrap, Sharon Waxman, a Don Lemon de CNN este lunes por la noche, citando información
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business Facebook is no stranger to the limelight. While the company has repeatedly come under fire over the past few years for its role in disseminating misinformation, especially related to the 2016 election, the last two months have been especially turbulent as a whistleblower and top officials have been called to
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La administración de Biden describió el lunes nuevos detalles de sus planes para permitir que los ciudadanos extranjeros vacunados contra el covid-19 viajen nuevamente a Estados Unidos a partir del 8 de noviembre, incluyendo qué vacunas se permitirán y quiénes estarán exentos de los requisitos. El cambio relajará un mosaico de prohibiciones
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cricket South Africa has ordered its players to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of their remaining games at the T20 World Cup. The directive came in a statement after “concerns were raised” over the “different postures”
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cricket South Africa has ordered its players to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of their remaining games at the T20 World Cup. The directive came in a statement after “concerns were raised” over the “different postures”
Continue Reading By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Amsterdam appeals court has ruled that a trove of historical treasures from Crimea that have been stored for years at a Dutch museum must be given to Ukraine. The court said that the artifacts are “part of the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — London’s police force has apologized to the family of two murdered sisters and said its initial response to the crime was “below the standard that it should have been.” The mother of the two women dismissed the apology Tuesday as too little, too late, saying the Metropolitan Police force had not taken
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Ordinary Americans and the nation’s airlines are combining to donate miles and cash to help Afghan refugees resettle in the United States. Organizers said Tuesday they have raised enough donations pay for 40,000 flights, but they’re hoping to nearly double that amount. The flights generally carry Afghans from temporary
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