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By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They were supposed to be birthday presents. They were supposed to be Christmas presents. They were supposed to be the most special of special treats for young fans of Taylor Swift. Instead, for many parents, the hours-long Ticketmaster debacle they endured Tuesday trying to score
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand A Chinese government intelligence officer, the first to be extradited to the United States for trial, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday after being convicted last year of multiple charges including conspiracy to commit corporate espionage and attempted theft of trade secrets. According to prosecutors, Yanjun Xu — the deputy
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law. Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a
Continue Reading By DAVID FISCHER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged eight people with smuggling endangered monkeys , including a Cambodian wildlife official who was arrested in the U.S. while traveling to a conference on protecting endangered species. Long-tailed macaques, sometimes known as crab-eating macaques, are protected under international trade law
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment. On Tuesday, the company notified regional authorities in California that it would lay off about 260 workers at various
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. It was “The Lion King,” and it would soon transfer to Broadway and start
Continue Reading By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that he tried to reach out to his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of the missile explosions in Poland, but wasn’t able to get through. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Police awoke Indiana State athletic director Sherard Clinksdale early on Aug. 21 with tragic news. Two of the university’s football players, and another student, had died in a car accident. Clinksdale immediately began devising a plan to console and support the teammates and friends of the deceased
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Police awoke Indiana State athletic director Sherard Clinksdale early on Aug. 21 with tragic news. Two of the university’s football players, and another student, had died in a car accident. Clinksdale immediately began devising a plan to console and support the teammates and friends of the deceased
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Nearly two centuries ago, the US government promised the Cherokee people a seat in Congress in exchange for giving up their homelands. So far, it hasn’t delivered. But that promise came one step closer to being fulfilled on Wednesday after the House Rules Committee held a historic hearing on seating the
Continue Reading By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican security and immigration authorities have stepped up patrols, highway checkpoints and raids in southern Mexico since the United States started expelling Venezuelan migrants last month. The Mexican government has not said whether its enforcement actions near its border with Guatemala are related to the
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted 62-37 to break a filibuster to advance legislation that protects same-sex and interracial marriage, clearing a key 60-vote threshold putting the historic legislation on track to eventually be passed through the chamber. All 50 members of the Democratic caucus voted to start debate on the bill as well
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia’s elected Democratic prosecutor faces a state Senate trial and possible removal from office. The Republican-majority Pennsylvania House voted Wednesday to impeach District Attorney Larry Krasner over progressive policies that he has enacted amid rising crime in the city. The vote sets the stage for what
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The Palm Springs Police Department is searching for a man seen on camera stealing an ATM device from the front counter of a store last month. The theft happened at a business on the 300 block of N Palm Canyon Drive on the afternoon of Oct. 16, 2022. Police said the business owner contacted detectives
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Buen Fin prácticamente ya está aquí. Con esta jornada de ventas que comienza el 18 de noviembre y termina el 21 de noviembre queda inaugurada la temporada de descuentos de fin de año en México. Aquí podrás encontrar algunos consejos para comprar de una manera más inteligente y decidir
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los futuros del café se están desplomando. Pero eso no significa un cambio real para el precio de tu taza de café. En agosto, los futuros del café arábigo se negociaban a US$ 2,43 por libra. Este miércoles, el precio había caído a US$ 1,59, lo que supone
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Tara John, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping was captured by Canadian broadcasters in a rare candid moment on Wednesday, where he was filmed chiding his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over what he described as “leaked” discussions. On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia, Xi chatted with Trudeau
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A family of five was found dead inside their north Phoenix home Wednesday in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said. Phoenix police said two adults and three children had obvious signs of trauma but didn’t release any details and their names and ages of the five weren’t immediately released. Although police have classified
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has selected Alabama as the site of a more than $1 billion factory that will manufacture modules that generate solar power, the company announced Wednesday. First Solar said in a statement that the plant, to be located in Lawrence County in the Tennessee Valley region, will create
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN Another woman has come forward with the harrowing details of how the Supreme Court’s decision four months ago to overturn Roe v. Wade put her life in danger. CNN has told the stories of several women — including one from Houston, one from central Texas and one from
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