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By The Associated Press Billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter in 2022 began what would turn out to be an upending of one of the world’s predominant social media platforms. It’s an upheaval that is still continuing. It’s fueled by Musk’s actions after he took over, his approaches to free speech and advisory oversight and
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Thursday following the latest signal from the Federal Reserve that interest rates will need to go higher than previously expected in order to tame inflation. The S&P 500 fell 2.3% as of 12:33 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Mississippi has executed Thomas Loden Jr., who was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of a 16-year-old girl, amid a legal challenge by him and other inmates to the state’s lethal injection protocol. Loden, 58, was pronounced dead Wednesday at 6:12 p.m. CT. He expressed his remorse to victim Leesa
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN False election fraud claims that Rudy Giuliani made when he was representing former President Donald Trump’s campaign in 2020 should make the former New York mayor liable for professional sanctions, an attorney disciplinary committee said Thursday. The decision by the hearing committee for the DC Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility is
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch an uncrewed spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, to the International Space Station to serve as a return vehicle for cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after the vehicle in which they launched in September sustained damage in space.
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While we avoided frost advisories this morning, it was still a bit frosty in the East Valley with lows dropping to below freezing in some areas. Cold air remains in place. Thus far for the month we are three degrees below average! As with the last few days, we’ll hover in the lower 60s for
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Unemployment didn’t last long for Trevor Noah — he’s hosting the Grammy Awards in early 2023. The comedian who recently left his post as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central has been asked to be master of ceremonies on Feb. 5, which will be his
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN No, we aren’t getting the old Superman back, but James Gunn has dropped some information about what’s to come for the DC superhero. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” director and producer Peter Safran were recently named co-chairs of DC Studios. After Henry Cavill posted that he will not be returning
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. That’s according to conversations I had on Wednesday with nearly a dozen employees at The Post who expressed fury at the way Ryan announced in a town hall that the company would undergo layoffs in early 2023. Ryan
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. That’s according to conversations I had on Wednesday with nearly a dozen employees at The Post who expressed fury at the way Ryan announced in a town hall that the company would undergo layoffs in early 2023. Ryan said
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN Throughout the legislative battles of President Joe Biden’s first two years in office, one Democratic priority served as a clear if quiet measure of methodical, consistent accomplishment: the pipeline of judicial confirmations to the federal bench. In the final days of the 117th Congress, the scale of that effort — and
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Adam Sandler is being rewarded for his decades of work. The comedian and filmmaker will receive the 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 19. The prize is given to individuals who have impacted American culture in the vein
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El extenista número 1 del mundo Boris Becker viajó a Alemania después de cumplir ocho meses de su sentencia en Reino Unido, dijo su abogado este jueves. Medios británicos informaron que había sido puesto en libertad y que iba a ser deportado. Becker “cumplió su sentencia y no está sujeto a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press THE BACKGROUND: The story of racial equity in the United States took many forms in 2022, and reporters for The Associated Press found novel ways to bring new issues to light, including fallout from the reckoning over police violence, tribal rights and justice, and a new wave of antisemitism. Members of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press THE BACKGROUND: The U.S. midterm elections broke from the historical pattern of the president’s party taking a drubbing. It was a particularly unpredictable campaign season with major issues pulling voters in different directions. Inflation was high. The Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion. And the democratic process itself
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world’s largest whales are more than just astonishing creatures. Much like the ocean, soil and forests, whales can help save humanity from the accelerating climate crisis by sequestering and storing planet-heating carbon emissions, researchers say. In a paper published Thursday in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution, climate researchers
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world’s largest whales are more than just astonishing creatures. Much like the ocean, soil and forests, whales can help save humanity from the accelerating climate crisis by sequestering and storing planet-heating carbon emissions, researchers say. In a paper published Thursday in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution, climate
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Los festejos navideños en México comienzan desde días antes con el Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, el 12 de diciembre, y unos días después con las posadas, una tradición de carácter religioso que también es el pretexto perfecto para reunirse en familia y amigos, cantar, comer y beber. ¿De
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, CNN The Department of Homeland Security’s six-pillar plan for the scheduled end of Title 42 next week includes surging resources to the border, increasing processing efficiency, imposing consequences for unlawful entry, bolstering nonprofit capacity, targeting smugglers and working with international partners. The seven-page document, which states that DHS inherited a “broken and
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — For the economy, 2022 was a throwback year. And not in a good way. At times, it felt like the 1970s or early ’80s. Inflation running rampant. The United States and its European allies engaged in a not-so-Cold War with Russia. A bleak
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