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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A UK court says the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, hacked the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya and her attorneys during the legal battle over custody of their two children. The court said Wednesday that Sheikh Mohammed, who is also vice president
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — General Motors plans to cash in as the world switches from combustion engines to battery power, promising to double its annual revenue by 2030. To get there it plans an array of new electric vehicles, profitable gas-powered cars and trucks, and services such as an
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron says top cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. had a procedure performed on his injured left foot. The injury already sidelined Stingley for LSU’s previous two games. Orgeron says there is no timetable on Stingley’s return to the lineup. LSU has released a statement from Stingley in which
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Wednesday reported 2,041 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 39 more deaths amid increases in the state’s rolling averages of additional cases and deaths over the past two weeks. The Department of Health Service’s pandemic dashboard reported that the state’s pandemic totals increased to 1,108,830 cases and 20,250 deaths. According to
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A newspaper found a wave of Las Vegas-area school students missed school during the first month of in-person instruction due to COVID-19 infections or exposures. Data obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through public records requests points to a coronavirus effect after Clark County School District classes started Aug. 9. It
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors’ transition to an all-electric vehicle lineup will help the environment. It will also help make GM a 100% more successful business, the company says. GM announced Wednesday that it forecasts doubling global revenue by the end of the decade and improving its profit margin as it does so.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration plans to restore three major provisions to a bedrock environmental law that were rolled back under President Donald Trump, it announced Wednesday. The White House Council on Environmental Quality said it plans to restore the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impact
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On International Walk to School Day Wednesday, students from Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr Academy walked about half a mile to school. Walk to School Day happens every year on October 6. It’s a day to encourage students and families to use safe routes while promoting the health aspects of getting active. Also to practice
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The newest professional athletes to settle in Philadelphia are on the roster for Major League Wrestling. MLW is set to make its major cable debut on Thursday night. MLW CEO Court Bauer called the shots behind the scenes for the TV taping for a roster that
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Es un escenario de pesadilla: estás en un centro comercial, de compras con algunos amigos, o tal vez consiguiendo algunos alimentos de última hora para la cena. De repente, escuchas disparos. ¿Qué haces? Es una realidad que a muchos de nosotros nos cuesta aceptar, pero dada la frecuencia de
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A Dallas-area school district says law enforcement is responding to reports of an “active shooter situation” at a high school. The Mansfield Independent School District says Timberview High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning. The school is in Arlington, which is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The district said
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin is back, and it has a prominent new supporter. The price of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency spiked nearly 10% Wednesday morning to around $55,000, following news that the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros owns bitcoin. Soros, who is famous for making big money
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin is back, and it has a prominent new supporter. The price of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency spiked nearly 10% Wednesday morning to around $55,000, following news that the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros owns bitcoin. Soros, who is famous for making big money on
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has unexpectedly raised interest rates as the central European nation faces an accelerating inflation rate that is currently the highest in the European Union. The annual inflation rate registered at 5.8% in September. That’s the highest in two decades. Economists predict that it
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has expelled 8 members of Russia’s mission to the military alliance saying that they were secretly working as intelligence officers and cut the size of Moscow’s team able to work at its headquarters. A NATO official said Wednesday that “ we can confirm that we have
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Trump aide and U.S. House candidate in Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit over allegations of physical abuse that his former girlfriend and White House colleague is leveling while promoting her new book. Republican Max Miller is a candidate for Ohio’s 16th House
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Colombia y Venezuela comparten 2.219 kilómetros de frontera y una historia vinculada desde hace siglos, pero sus relaciones no están en su mejor momento. En los últimos años esa frontera ha estado parcialmente cerrada y ha sido foco de conflictos y escaladas de tensiones. Estos son los requisitos para cruzar
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Today is much calmer than yesterday, but another system is headed toward the Southland by late tomorrow. This front is a cooler system than yesterday monsoonal storm, so it will not bring the convective storm activity but may provide a few sprinkles or light showers overnight Thursday into Friday. However the available moisture doesn’t look
Continue Reading FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two Flint men face terrorism charges for allegedly firing gunshots at a Michigan State Police helicopter as it hovered over a nature area while troopers were investigating reported gunfire. David Cox and Jeremy Engelman, both 26, were arraigned Tuesday in Genesee District Court on charges that include assault with intent to
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The ISIS-K suicide bomber who carried out a terrorist attack at Kabul international airport in late August, killing 13 US service members and dozens of Afghans, had been released from a prison near Kabul just days earlier when the Taliban took control of the area, according to three
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