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CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after US lawmakers omitted an antitrust bill it opposed from the text of an annual defense spending bill released late Tuesday evening. Meta had warned on Monday that
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill. The warning highlights the danger that Meta perceives to its business model in the face of the proposed bill, known
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. has been named chancellor of the State University of New York, the nation’s largest university system. The appointment announced Monday marks a return to New York for King, who was once the state’s education commissioner. King is scheduled to begin in January at
Continue Reading BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — A mudslide unleashed by torrential rain has buried a bus and affected two other vehicles on a highway central Colombia, killing at least 34 people. the National Disaster Risk Management Unit said that eight children were among the dead. The mudslide Sunday divided a highway in two in the town of
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a second day on Tuesday as they weigh charges that former President Donald Trump’s company helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks. Jurors deliberated for about four hours on Monday. The
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a second day on Tuesday as they weigh charges that former President Donald Trump’s company helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks. Jurors deliberated for about four hours on Monday. The
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker while stealing her French bulldogs last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said. The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stole her French bulldogs last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said. The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Slower hiring. Weaker spending. And softer growth. That’s what America’s CEOs are bracing for as the economy heads into 2023 facing a series of obstacles. The Business Roundtable said Monday its CEO Economic Outlook Index tumbled during the fourth quarter to the lowest level in more than two years. The index,
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Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – A Pablo Alborán la inspiración para “La cuarta hoja”, su nuevo disco, lo agarró no solo en uno de sus mejores momentos sino también trabajando. El cantautor malagueño presentó este jueves su sexta producción discográfica, que nace entre las entrañas de una gira que lo llevó a recorrer toda
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The largest predatory dinosaur to ever walk on Earth sported a massive sail that rose from its back, but it turns out this imposing creature would have made for a very slow and awkward swimmer, according to new research. Spinosaurus was even larger than Tyrannosaurus rex and measured 45 feet (13.7
Continue ReadingBy Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A licensed concealed carry holder shot at a crew of teenagers who police said tried robbing him at gunpoint. It happened in the Austin neighborhood, near Arthington Street and Kilpatrick Avenue. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports from the 11th District
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By Shania Shelton and Maeve Reston, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles in an inauguration ceremony on Sunday in a meeting of two Democratic women who have broken barriers in politics. Bass will make history as the first female mayor of Los Angeles, also
Continue ReadingBy Paul Gessler Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The family of a man whose body was found 10 hours after a warehouse fire in Southwest Baltimore is asking for answers. The body of 46-year-old James Craig Jr. was found on the stairs in the 2500 block of West Lexington around
Continue Reading TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has become the second country in Central America to impose a state of exception suspending some constitutional rights to deal with street gangs. A decree took effect Monday that targets the capital Tegucigalpa and the northern business hub of San Pedro Sula, which have both struggled under the sway of
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Todos los comemos: los alimentos ultraprocesados, como la pizza congelada y las preparaciones precocinadas, nos facilitan la vida. Además, son deliciosos: ¿a quién no le gustan los hot dogs, las salchichas, las hamburguesas, las papas fritas, los refrescos, las galletas, los pasteles, los dulces, las donas y los helados, solo por
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Back in 2015, Donald Trump‘s first campaign rally in Iowa as a contender for the Republican presidential nomination came just 10 hours after he declared his candidacy in New York. The following day, he was across the country in New Hampshire, with plans to visit South Carolina before
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Matthew Colangelo — who recently served as a senior official in the US Justice Department and before that served as an attorney on the Trump Foundation investigation with the New York attorney general’s office — will now serve as senior counsel to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN It turns out that Gabourey Sidibe has been even busier than previously thought since the beginning of the pandemic. Not only did the Oscar-nominated actress get engaged, she also secretly got married well over a year ago. The “breaking news” was revealed during a lively interview on “Live with Kelly and
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