By MATT O’BRIEN and KELVIN CHAN AP Technology Writers Microsoft’s plan to buy video game giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion could have major effects on the gaming industry, transforming the Xbox maker into something like a Netflix for video games by giving it control of many more popular titles. But to get to the
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau China last year registered the fewest marriages since its public records began more than three decades ago — adding to concerns the country faces a looming demographic crisis. There were 7.6 million marriage registrations in 2021, data released by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs last week shows. That’s
Continue Reading By JAY REEVES Associated Press CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (AP) — A Black pastor plans to sue an Alabama city whose white police officers placed him in handcuffs after he refused to identify himself while watering flowers for his neighbor on private property. Footage from one of the officers’ body cameras shows how quickly a noneventful evening
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La demócrata Mary Peltola ganó la elección especial para ocupar un escaño de la Cámara de Representantes por Alaska por el resto de 2022, según los resultados no oficiales publicados por la División de Elecciones de Alaska, frustrando la apuesta de la exgobernadora Sarah Palin por un regreso político, al menos por
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau The Chinese metropolis of Chengdu imposed a sweeping city-wide lockdown on Thursday evening, confining 21 million residents to their homes as the country doubles down on its zero-Covid policy ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. The move offered a stark reminder of the lengths the country is
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By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July,
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies pounded 22 hits, scored 18 runs and did basically anything they wanted offensively in an 18-2 drubbing of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. Yet surprisingly, the story was about the pitching. Left-hander Bailey Falter threw a career-high 6 1/3 innings, giving up
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was in a state of emergency Thursday as a brutal heat wave brought the threat of power outages and wildfires. Temperatures will continue to reach triple digits in many areas of the state through Labor Day, forecasters said, prompting concerns that people will turn
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In a matchup of the top two contenders for the AL Most Valuable Player, Shohei Ohtani came up with the biggest hit of the night. The reigning AL MVP became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children. Reading scores saw their largest
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July,
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová and Chris Liakos, CNN The European Union has agreed to reduce the number of new visas available to Russian citizens, but stopped short of an outright ban on travel to the bloc. EU foreign ministers decided Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement between the European Union and Russia that
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho lawmaker convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crime. Fourth District Judge Michael Reardon sentenced Aaron von Ehlinger on Wednesday, saying he must serve at least eight years before he will be eligible
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of America’s top chipmakers have been ordered to stop selling some of their technology to China that can be used for artificial intelligence. Nvidia and AMD said Wednesday that they had been told by the US government to halt exports of certain high-performance chips to the world’s second largest
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Julia Jones, CNN Pastor Hector Silva gets emotional as he describes how he had to recently turn away mothers, with infants in their arms, from the gates of his migrant shelter. “It’s very difficult,” Silva said with a broken voice. “To stand at the gate and see a mom with a
Continue Reading By MAURICIO MUÑOZ Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — LGBTQ rights activists in Peru have rallied outside the prosecutor’s office to demand an autopsy be performed on a Peruvian transgender man who died earlier this month after being detained on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. Rodrigo Ventocilla died Aug. 11 at a Bali hospital,
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ducey spoke during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ducey spoke during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ducey spoke during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have
Continue ReadingCNN By Rosa Flores and Julia Jones, CNN Pastor Hector Silva gets emotional as he describes how he had to recently turn away mothers, with infants in their arms, from the gates of his migrant shelter. “It’s very difficult,” Silva said with a broken voice. “To stand at the gate and see a mom with
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