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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was
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Meteors flung through the lower reaches of space may be visible in remote parts of Riverside County tonight as the “Draconids” meteor shower arrives, providing a spectacular light show in the NorthernHemisphere. According to meteorologists, the Draconids, which are debris shed from the comet 21P Giacobini, provide perhaps the best meteor raining activity for the
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has topped 600,000 virus deaths as it bids to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Relief in both COVID-19 cases and deaths have been particularly welcome given experts’ warnings that the delta variant would produce another wave of destruction in the country with the second-most victims. So
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s exhibition game against the Toronto Raptors. The Celtics said he was asymptomatic and entering isolation. The third overall pick in the 2016 draft, Brown averaged nearly 25 points and six rebounds last season. Asked about vaccines at media
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By ADAM BEAMAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Friday aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas. Check Out: Kids in eastern Coachella Valley are among those bearing the academic brunt of the pandemic
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By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Along with English, science, math and other graduation requirements, California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in 2029-30. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation to
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in the 2029-30 school year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation to list ethnic studies as a graduation
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Midfielder Weston McKennie, goalkeeper Zack Steffen and defender Antonee Robinson were left behind when the United States traveled to Panama for a World Cup qualifier. McKennie has a sore right quadriceps after playing 90 minutes in the 2-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday night. An MRI was negative. Steffen and Robinson
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Three top Biden officials stressed the importance of the US-Mexico relationship Friday and the importance of the new bilateral security arrangement between the two nations alongside their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City. “We’re here because this high-level security dialogue is vital” to the “most urgent challenges facing our
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Johnny Cueto is not on the Giants’ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen and after Cueto missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Johnny Cueto is not on the Giants’ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen and after Cueto missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the Nobel
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge on Friday sentenced one of the US Capitol rioters to three months in jail, saying that the punishment should be a warning to other defendants that they deserve incarceration if they deflect responsibility or downplay the attack. “It has become evident to me in the riot cases that many
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order that will prevent state officials from enforcing a law that prohibits school districts from implementing mask requirements until the federal lawsuit challenging the law can be heard. Judge Robert Pratt had earlier issued a temporary restraining order preventing
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona case accusing a U.S. Air Force airman of killing a Mennonite woman is in the hands of a jury. Mark Gooch faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder in Sasha Krause’s death. She disappeared from the Mennonite community where she lived near
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the law license of an attorney who was a college friend of Alex Murdaugh and has been sued over his work on the disputed estate of Murdaugh’s housekeeper. Friday’s order didn’t elaborate on Cory Fleming’s interim suspension. The
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has asked a federal appeals court to swiftly reinstate the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. The request comes Friday as some abortion clinics in the state resumed normal services for the first time since early September. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of
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