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By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand Wednesday to defend himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by the company’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion. Musk denied that he dictated terms of the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists For western New York, snow typically is no big deal. But this week’s lake effect snowfall in the region is expected to be “paralyzing,” forecasters say. The multi-day snowfall is forecast to kick off Wednesday evening and run through much of the weekend, ending with snow measured
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WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A vehicle struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday and five were critically injured, authorities said. A total of 23 people were injured, including the driver, said Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Sheila Kelliher. In addition to the five who were critically
Continue Reading WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A car struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday and five were critically injured, authorities said. A total of 23 people were injured, including the driver, said Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Sheila Kelliher. In addition to the five who were critically
Continue Reading By ELEANOR H. REICH Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry has launched a campaign to educate Israeli soccer fans about how to navigate the laws and customs of Qatar ahead of the World Cup there. The conservative Muslim country has no diplomatic relations with Israel but in a landmark first, Israeli
Continue Reading ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) — The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town has been settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie. The new council member in Rogers City is Timeen Adair, whose piece of paper said “elected.” The other candidate, Brittany VanderWall,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Bienvenidos a la carnicería estadounidense, ¡tercer round! Este martes, el expresidente Donald Trump arrastró a los estadounidenses de vuelta a su visión distópica del mundo de una nación fallida marcada por ciudades plagadas de crímenes convertidas en “pozos negros de sangre” e inundadas por inmigrantes. Agregó un nuevo giro aterrador
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified this morning in a shareholder lawsuit examining the massive compensation package that helped make him the world’s richest person. Tesla is being sued by plaintiff Richard J. Tornetta, who says that the company was wrong in awarding Musk his compensation package in 2018, which shareholders
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Employers may be pushing for more workers to return to the office. But that’s proving to be an uphill battle, especially as the cold and flu season gets underway. A triple whammy of the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and new Covid variants is already taking hold and forcing some
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Employers may be pushing for more workers to return to the office. But that’s proving to be an uphill battle, especially as the cold and flu season gets underway. A triple whammy of the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and new Covid variants is already taking hold and forcing
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN Even after CNN projected on Wednesday that Republicans will win the House majority, five House races in California remained uncalled. That raises a perennial question: Why does it take California so long to count its votes? More than a week after Election Day, attention turned to some of the outstanding races
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By Amir Vera, Eric Levenson and Andi Babineau, CNN More questions than answers continue to plague the Moscow, Idaho, community after the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students — and police said they cannot assure the community is safe. Moscow Police Chief James Fry gave an update Wednesday, saying two additional roommates were
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Brad Parks, Steve Almasy and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Darrell Brooks was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of extended supervision Wednesday for driving his SUV into a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last year, killing six people and wounding dozens. In a clean sweep for the
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World has picked a developer to construct and operate an affordable housing development for which the entertainment company is donating 80 acres of land. Company officials said Wednesday that The Michaels Organization will build, own and operate the 1,300 unit development. Its goal is to ease the housing market
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WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — Fire spokesperson: 22 Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruits hit by car on training run, 5 critically injured.
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Jimmy Fallon is asking Elon Musk to help put a stop to a disturbing trend on Twitter. “The Tonight Show” host asked the social media giant’s new CEO to take down the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon that has been trending on the platform. Fallon tweeted, “Elon, can you fix this? #RIPJimmyFallon.” Musk
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Jimmy Fallon is asking Elon Musk to help put a stop to a disturbing trend on Twitter. “The Tonight Show” host asked the social media giant’s new CEO to take down the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon that has been trending on the platform. Fallon tweeted, “Elon, can you fix this? #RIPJimmyFallon.” Musk responded
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coffee futures are crashing. But that might not mean too much for the price of your cup of coffee. In August, Arabica coffee futures were trading at $2.43 per pound. By Wednesday, the price had tumbled to $1.59, a roughly 35% decline. There are a few reasons for the steady
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN A day after Donald Trump announced his third bid for the presidency, he faced public defections from billionaire backers and vicious trolling from a once-friendly New York tabloid — underscoring his early challenges in mounting a political comeback nearly two years after the end of his divisive presidency. Stephen Schwarzman, the
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal from an Arizona prisoner who faces execution on Wednesday in the 1980 killings of two people, clearing the way for the state’s third execution since it started carrying out the death penalty in May after
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