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By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press 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
Continue ReadingCNN David Williams, CNN The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight threatened to cancel takeoff after someone on the plane sent a naked photograph to other passengers. The incident, involving Apple’s AirDrop file transfer service, involved a flight from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “So here’s the deal, if this
Continue ReadingDavid Williams, CNN The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight threatened to cancel takeoff after someone on the plane sent a naked photograph to other passengers. The incident, involving Apple’s AirDrop file transfer service, involved a flight from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “So here’s the deal, if this continues
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business After years of users clamoring for such a feature, Twitter is finally testing edited tweets. Twitter said in — where else? — a tweet Thursday morning that some users may start seeing edited tweets in their feed because it is testing the long-awaited edit button. “This is happening and you’ll
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The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar authorities say that a small amount of heavy fuel oil has leaked from a bulk carrier ship stranded since colliding Monday with another ship near the Bay of Gibraltar. The Captain of the Gibraltar Port said Thursday the leak is “fully under control.” The Port Authority says a
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Actor Kevin Dillon has taken a detour from Johnny Drama, his comedic hanger-on “Entourage” character. He’s currently starring with Bruce Willis in an upcoming action movie, “Wire Room.” “It was my second time working with Bruce,” Dillon told CNN in a recent interview. “The first time around I didn’t have any
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Poor Christopher Robin. Things don’t appear to go well for him in the first trailer for the forthcoming horror film, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” The movie reimagines the beloved children’s tale as a slasher film in which both Pooh and Piglet appear to have turned against their childhood
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose to their highest level in two months this week, providing no relief for a slumping housing market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate rose to 5.66% from 5.55% last week. One year ago, the rate stood
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds announced the signing of the team’s third player, defenseman Matt Tennyson. Tennyson, 32, joins the Firebirds after spending the last season with the NHL’s Nashville Predators. A message from Matt himself! We’re so #FiredUp to have you on the team!🔥 #IgniteTheSeason #Hockey #BuildingAnOasis #CVFirebirds #CoachellaValley #AHL pic.twitter.com/MJqI0gp8Dj— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds)
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urielblanco (CNN) — Después de años de que los usuarios clamaran por esta función, Twitter finalmente está probando los tuits editados. Twitter dijo (¿dónde más?) en un tuit este jueves por la mañana que algunos usuarios podrían empezar a ver tuits editados en su feed porque está probando el tan esperado botón de editar. “Esto
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The House Oversight Committee has reached a deal with former President Donald Trump to end litigation over Trump’s financial records, according to a filing obtained by CNN. In a press release following the filing, the committee claims this deal means that the former President’s accounting firm, Mazars, will turn over Trump’s
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are lower on Wall Street in morning trading Thursday, extending their losing streak to a fifth day as investors remain wary of how the economy will hold up as the Federal Reserve ratchets up interest rates to fight inflation. The S&P 500 was down 1% as of 10:11
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge G. Castañeda es colaborador de CNN. Fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México de 2000 a 2003. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York y su libro más reciente, “America Through Foreign Eyes”, fue publicado por Oxford UniversityPress en 2020. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son únicamente
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past. Twitter said Thursday it will roll out an editing feature to subscribers of its premium Twitter Blue service later this month. In an update on its plans to introduce an edit button, the social media company said it has been
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La muerte de un estudiante transgénero graduado de Harvard bajo custodia policial en Bali está causando ira en Perú, su país natal, donde los activistas están convocando protestas frente a las embajadas y consulados peruanos en todo el mundo para exigir una investigación independiente. Rodrigo Ventosilla, de 32 años, fue
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Shohei Ohtani became the first player in American League/National League history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season in an epic showdown against the New York Yankees at the Angels stadium on Wednesday. The two-way superstar’s three-run blast off the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole in
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN Most of us have experienced turbulence while traveling: when your plane flies through clashing bodies of air moving at widely different speeds. Severe turbulence can put even the most seasoned flier on edge and make five minutes seem like an eternity. Usually it results in nothing more than a bumpy ride,
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business In January 2021, Rachel Tobac came up with a silly take on a serious topic: A sea shanty-like video in which she sang a tale about the importance of password security and multi-factor authentication. It came complete with a hauntingly harmonized chorus that includes the words, “Soon may a criminal
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By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began. The results were part of the National Assessment of
Continue ReadingOpinion by Gideon Maltz for CNN Business Perspectives One year ago, the world collapsed for Sayed Kabir Kamall, an Afghan of Uzbek heritage. Kabir had worked in procurement for the US embassy in Afghanistan and, in his spare time, was a popular musician, recording music in support of the Afghan military. But by August 15,
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