By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Netflix has posted sharply higher third-quarter earnings thanks to a stronger slate of titles. Those include “Squid Game,” the dystopian survival drama from South Korea that the company says became its biggest-ever TV show. Netflix said Tuesday that its subscriber base grew 9% from a year earlier to 213.6
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) discute la opción de permitir que los estadounidenses puedan recibir una dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna contra el coronavirus diferente a las primeras dosis que recibieron en principio. Hasta el momento la FDA solo ha
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District is in need of some extra hands to keep up with the number of students returning to campus. “Our district is looking for someone that really loves our students and will do their best to serve them at all times. I think the reason all of us are here
Continue Reading JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press (AP) — A former Mexican federal police commander has admitted he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to help cartels ship cocaine into the United States. Ivan Reyes Arzate pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York to conspiring with the El Seguimiento 39 cartel. He served
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African drug regulator has rejected the Russian-made coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, citing some safety concerns the manufacturer wasn’t able to answer. The country’s regulator said in a statement Tuesday that the request for Sputnik V to be authorized could “not be approved
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have been fined $10,000 by the WNBA for violating the league’s rules on postgame media interview access following Game 4 of the league finals. The Mercury’s players didn’t do interviews after Chicago’s series-clinching 80-74 win on Sunday. The $10,000 fine was issued Tuesday and is the biggest in league
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have been fined $10,000 by the WNBA for violating the league’s rules on postgame media interview access following Game 4 of the league finals. The Mercury’s players didn’t do interviews after Chicago’s series-clinching 80-74 win on Sunday. The $10,000 fine was issued Tuesday and is the biggest in league
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Pentagon has laid out its enforcement and punishment procedures for its civilian Covid-19 vaccine mandate with just over a month to go until the deadline for civilian employees to be fully vaccinated. The guidance, which was circulated on Monday, says civilian employees who refuse to be vaccinated
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Prosecutors allege a rural Alaska man accused of threatening to kill the state’s two U.S. senators in profanity-filled voicemails left on their office phones over several months had a stockpile of guns at his rural Alaska home. Jay Allen Johnson faces two counts of threatening to
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s climate change strategy is all but dashed. Instead, Democratic lawmakers are meeting with Biden at the White House searching for new ways to reach his emission reduction goals that can still win passage in Congress. A carbon tax,
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Receiver Jeshaun Jones and linebacker Durell Nchami are both expected to miss the rest of the season for Maryland. Coach Michael Locksley said Jones had a lower-leg injury that requires surgery, and he said Nchami had upper-body surgery. The Terrapins won their first four
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A small, 3.0-magnitude earthquake rattled a remote area of Riverside County near Idyllwild Monday at approximately 12:11 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor was centered 3.9 miles southwest of Mountain Center, approximately 6 miles southwest of Idyllwild, according to the USGS. It was at a depth of about eight miles. No damage or
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19. A DHS statement says the secretary has only “mild congestion” after taking a routine test Tuesday and testing positive. Mayorkas is fully vaccinated. The agency says he will isolate and work from home under the protocols recommended by
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Manpower, EverQuote fall; Johnson & Johnson, Travelers rise.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina starting quarterback Luke Doty will miss the rest of the season after re-injuring his foot in a win over Vanderbilt. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer says Doty will have surgery this week and should be ready for spring practice next season. South Carolina rallied Saturday to beat Vanderbilt 21-20 as
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an emergency appeal aimed at stopping a vaccine requirement for Maine health care workers. Justice Stephen Breyer rejected the emergency appeal Tuesday but left the door open to try again as the clock ticks on Maine’s mandate. The state will begin enforcing it
Continue Reading FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Fairfield women’s basketball coach Joe Frager says he will retire after this season, his 24th in college basketball and 15th at Fairfield. Frager cited health reasons in announcing his retirement. He enters the season with a career record of 429-267, including 240-184 at Fairfield. He was 189-83 in nine seasons at
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Cryptocurrency investors finally got what they’ve been clamoring for as the first bitcoin-linked, exchange-traded fund launched Tuesday. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF began trading at $40 a share under the ticker symbol “BITO” and finished the day up 5%. The ProShares fund is the first of what is
Continue Reading HEMET, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California police department is investigating an altercation recorded on video in which an officer punched a trespassing suspect during an arrest. The video showed the Hemet city police officer face-to-face with the man, who told the officer he would take off a backpack he was wearing, KABC-TV reported. The
Continue Reading HEMET, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California police department is investigating an altercation recorded on video in which an officer punched a trespassing suspect during an arrest. The video showed the Hemet city police officer face-to-face with the man, who told the officer he would take off a backpack he was wearing, KABC-TV reported. The
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