By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure passed by a 242-184 vote. It was separated from more ambitious provisions aimed at reining
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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure passed by a 242-184 vote. It was separated from more ambitious provisions aimed at reining
Continue ReadingStephy Chung, CNN Pakistan’s “never-before-seen” floods have affected 33 million people, many of whom are still seeking safe refuge after record monsoon rains damaged or destroyed more than a million homes. The summer’s catastrophic flooding, which was exacerbated by melting glaciers, has submerged one-third of the country, with authorities saying it could take up to
Continue ReadingCNN Stephy Chung, CNN Pakistan’s “never-before-seen” floods have affected 33 million people, many of whom are still seeking safe refuge after record monsoon rains damaged or destroyed more than a million homes. The summer’s catastrophic flooding, which was exacerbated by melting glaciers, has submerged one-third of the country, with authorities saying it could take up
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: este artículo relata amenazas de violencia explícitas que podrían perturbar al lector. (CNN) — Parece que “Barney & Friends” no siempre fue una familia feliz entre bastidores. Según una nueva docuserie, “I Love You, You Hate Me”, el querido programa infantil, que impulsó las carreras de Demi Lovato y Selena
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment, it was announced Thursday. The settlement was announced by the PG&E Fire Victim Trust, which was established to handle claims
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment, it was announced Thursday. The settlement was announced by the PG&E Fire Victim Trust, which was established to handle claims
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment, it was announced Thursday. The settlement was announced by the PG&E Fire Victim Trust, which was established to handle claims
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Vladimir Putin firmará el viernes los acuerdos que incorporarán a Rusia miles de kilómetros cuadrados de territorio ucraniano, en lo que será la mayor anexión forzosa de territorio en Europa desde 1945. Los acuerdos se firmarán en una ceremonia en el Kremlin, tres días después de que concluyeran los
Continue ReadingElissa Garay, CNN As the lowest-lying nation in the world — with much of it sitting just a few feet above sea level — the nearly 1,200 Indian Ocean islands scattered across the Maldives’ sun-soaked atolls are famed not just for their magazine-cover-ready beaches and bungalows, but for their increasing vulnerability to rising sea levels.
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Senate on Thursday confirmed Michelle Kwan, a former Olympic figure skater and longtime Democratic activist, to serve as ambassador to Belize. Kwan, who President Joe Biden tapped for the role in December, skated through the chamber’s confirmation process with a voice vote. The State Department had touted Kwan’s “distinguished career
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — Migrants held by U.S. authorities at a detention center in rural New Mexico say they have endured retaliation rather than aid after reporting unsanitary conditions at the government-contracted jail. A coalition of civil rights advocacy groups published a letter from a dozen migrants about filthy conditions
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The Cathedral City Police Officers’ Association is urging voters to not re-elect Ernesto Gutierrez to city council this November, citing a lack of support. Gutierrez has been on city council since 2018 and is currently serving as mayor. “Obviously we do as we’re told. We don’t want to be insubordinate, but in the back of
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered. The Seattle Times reports Island County Emergency Management confirmed Thursday that multiple bodies were recovered, but officials weren’t yet able to confirm the number. National Transportation
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Un video publicado en medios hondureños capta el momento justo en el que una precaria embarcación se hunde en el río Guayambre, ubicado en el departamento de El Paraíso, al este de Tegucigalpa. El material, dicen esos medios, fue grabado este miércoles por uno de los miembros de un grupo
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Surgen imágenes del arresto de Flor Abigail Hay Urrutia, cuya muerte está bajo investigación por las autoridades mexicanas tras ser hallada sin vida poco después de su detención. Su familia afirma que la persona que se ve en ese video es ella y que ellos reconocen el lugar como la
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO believes that damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is the result of sabotage. The military alliance says it will retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries. The warning came as a fourth leak was
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO believes that damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is the result of sabotage. The military alliance says it will retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries. The warning came as a fourth leak was
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines and other projects that kill eagles, amid growing concern among scientists that the rapid expansion of renewable energy in the U.S. West could harm golden eagle populations now teetering on
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday told visiting leaders from more than a dozen Pacific Island countries that the U.S. was committed to bolstering its presence in their region and becoming a more collaborative partner as they face the “existential threat” of climate
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