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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report issued Wednesday from advocacy group GLAAD found. Those are some of the internet’s most vulnerable users, with a majority of LGBTQ people saying they’ve faced menacing posts or
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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users. Wednesday’s report comes from the advocacy group GLAAD. A majority of LGBTQ people says they’ve faced menacing posts or comments while scrolling online. GLAAD says the
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Days ahead of a shareholder vote at Spirit Airlines over a proposed buyout by rival budget carrier Frontier, the vote is being cancelled for a fourth time due to a lack of support from investors. Frontier Airlines’ CEO wrote a letter that his airline is “very far” from winning
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A bad quarter for Delta Air Lines passengers turned into a bad quarter for Delta investors, as the costs of service disruptions, coupled with high fuel prices and rising pay for employees, caused the company to fall well short of earnings forecasts. Delta posted adjusted earnings of $735 million in
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By Susannah Cullinane, Ray Sanchez and Emily Chang, CNN Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man shot as he fled from police officers trying to stop him for an alleged traffic violation in Akron, Ohio, was remembered Wednesday as soft-spoken, loving and kind. “We must not normalize this,” Bishop Timothy Clarke, pastor of the First Church
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to resign under pressure from protesters enraged by a devastating economic crisis. But the crowds quickly trained their ire on the prime minister, storming his office and
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Starbucks está planeando cerrar 16 locales en varias ciudades, alegando problemas de seguridad. “Después de una cuidadosa consideración, estamos cerrando algunas tiendas en lugares que han experimentado un alto volumen de incidentes desafiantes que hacen que sea inseguro seguir operando”, dijo un portavoz a CNN Business en
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of the utility behind the tsunami wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay 13 trillion yen ($94 billion) to the company, holding them liable for the 2011 meltdown crisis. In a closely-watched ruling, the Tokyo District Court said
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Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations. It’s the first time women have served as members of Dicastery for Bishops which oversees the work of most of the church’s 5,300 bishops. The pope still makes the final call on appointing bishops.
Continue Reading KSAT, UCISD, CNN By Elizabeth Joseph and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Uvalde, Texas, City Council on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Councilman Pedro “Pete” Arredondo. Arredondo, who is the Uvalde school district police chief, said in his resignation letter earlier this month he was stepping down from the city council position to “minimize further distractions.”
Continue Reading WLS By Ashley Killough and Christina Maxouris, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, underwent a critical surgery Tuesday and is “still fighting,” a family spokesperson said in an update. Cooper, who was attending the parade with his
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, CNN A member of the US Secret Service Counter Assault Team was detained by the Israeli national police in Jerusalem this week after he allegedly assaulted a woman outside of a bar, a source tells CNN, and the Secret Service says the agent is on his way back to the US. It’s
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party has chosen former lawmaker Walter Rosenkranz as its candidate to challenge liberal incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen in the country’s presidential election in October. The party said its leadership nominated Rosenkranz unanimously on Tuesday evening. Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer lost to Van der Bellen in a runoff
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party has chosen former lawmaker Walter Rosenkranz as its candidate to challenge liberal incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen in the country’s presidential election in October. The party said its leadership nominated Rosenkranz unanimously on Tuesday evening. Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer lost to Van der Bellen in a runoff
Continue Reading WCBS By Rob Frehse, Mark Morales, Lauren del Valle and Brynn Gingras, CNN The knife-wielding assailant who authorities believe had stabbed three homeless men in New York City while they slept, killing one of them, has been arrested, police and city officials announced at a news conference Wednesday. The alleged attacker, identified as Trevon Murphy,
Continue Reading By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Travel to Europe might be an attractive option to travelers looking for a budget vacation in 2022. In May 2022, airfare prices to Europe jumped 13% year-over-year compared with 38% for domestic airfare in the U.S. The dollar is strong this year, meaning your cash can go further on the
Continue Reading By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Travel to Europe might be an attractive option to travelers looking for a budget vacation in 2022. In May 2022, airfare prices to Europe jumped 13% year-over-year compared with 38% for domestic airfare in the U.S. The dollar is strong this year, meaning your cash can go further on the
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says unseasonal rain and flooding have killed at least 39 people — including nine children — in Afghanistan in the past week. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Wednesday that 14 other people have been wounded. The rain also has caused land to slide and expose
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Millones de residentes de Shanghai desafiaron el calor sofocante este martes para hacer cola para las pruebas obligatorias de covid-19, ya que el creciente número de casos y la aparición de una subvariante de ómicron altamente infecciosa provocaron nuevos temores de un retorno a una cuarentena masiva. Las autoridades de
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