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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN Former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein is facing two indecent assault charges in the United Kingdom against a woman in 1996. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday it had authorized London’s Metropolitan Police to charge the 70-year-old following a review of evidence gathered by the force in its investigation.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Services like Facebook and Twitter could change radically for millions of Americans in the coming years depending on how the courts decide one hotly debated question: Should social media platforms be regulated like railroads? It’s a question that’s gotten increased attention lately as a number of states, including Texas and
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld the conviction and life sentence handed to a 67-year-old Ethiopian-Dutch man who was found guilty in 2017 of war crimes committed under a brutal Marxist regime that ruled Ethiopia in the 1970s. Eshetu Alemu, who was too ill to attend appeal hearings, had sought
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to temporarily keep additional coal-fired power plants on stand-by for almost two years to stave off a possible electricity shortage in case natural gas supplies are suddenly reduced by Russia. Germany is trying to wean itself off Russian gas due to the war in Ukraine, and expects to finish doing
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday and trading remained choppy as investors try to determine how rising interest rates and inflation will impact the economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% as of 10:22 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday and trading remained choppy as investors try to determine how rising interest rates and inflation will impact the economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% as of 10:22 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says an armed man who made threats against Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s house in Maryland. The man was arrested around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in an email. The Washington Post initially reported the arrest, quoting sources who said the man is
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Joan Biskupic and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Justice Department has charged the man who was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland early Wednesday with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge. The man, Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, California, had called emergency authorities saying he
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A man drove a car into a German school group standing in a popular Berlin shopping district Wednesday, killing a teacher and seriously injuring nine people, authorities said. The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10:30 a.m., got the car
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Las Américas son ricas. Basta una mirada rápida a los rankings de biodiversidad y reservas de agua dulce para comprobarlo. Y, sin embargo, cada vez más se enfrentan a la lista de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos exacerbados por el cambio climático que a esta altura hemos memorizado —huracanes, sequías, olas de calor,
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia will manage the National League team of prospects and retired shortstop Jimmy Rollins will lead the American League group at the All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles on July 17. Scioscia, 63, played for the Dodgers from 1980-92 and won World Series titles in 1981 and
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge former film mogul Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that “charges have been authorized” against Weinstein, 70, following a review of evidence gathered by London’s
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court said Wednesday that a Border Patrol agent in Washington state cannot be personally sued in federal court for damages after a private citizen brought claims of illegal retaliation and excessive force. The decision continues a recent trend of the high court cutting back on
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are on diverging political paths as they prepare for public hearings that could become a defining moment in their careers. Working in private rooms in a Capitol office building, the
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are on diverging political paths as they prepare for public hearings that could become a defining moment in their careers. Working in private rooms in a Capitol office building, the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration has issued new investment restrictions that prohibit Americans from buying Russian stocks and bonds. The ban is the latest step by US officials to crank up the financial pressure on Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. New guidance issued Monday by the Treasury Department explains
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business The growing trend of buying things now but paying for them later is creating a debt trap for many shoppers in the United Kingdom. More than 40% of people in the United Kingdom who opt for such offers — which allow buyers to pay for their purchases in installments, often
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most every Republican lawmaker expressed outrage in the days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some even blamed then-President Donald Trump. But the larger GOP narrative shifted in the weeks and months that followed. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, who had
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Gas prices that keep going up by the day have got a lot of people thinking about buying an electric vehicle. There is no question that electric vehicles cost much, much less to fuel than gasoline-powered models, especially with gas prices at around almost $5 a gallon on average, according
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jay Obernolte advances to November general election in California’s 23rd Congressional District.
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