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CNN By Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott banning the short-form video app from state-managed electronic resources. The move makes it impossible for users of TikTok to access the app, even on personal devices, if they
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott banning the short-form video app from state-managed electronic resources. The move makes it impossible for users of TikTok to access the app, even on personal devices, if they are
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When the call came into Nashville Electric Service’s customer service line, it was pretty routine at first. “Thanks for calling, this is Raven, who am I speaking with?” asked the representative. “My mother’s NES check was intercepted,” the caller said. “We
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Facebook
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By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WSMV) — Employees at a Tennessee urgent care have not been paid in four months. Their boss told WSMV4 they would see four months of paychecks in their bank accounts Tuesday. Chattanooga employees at Advance Care Medical said Josh Constantin, the man in
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as trading remains unsteady following two solid weekly gains. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in the early going Wednesday, and the Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was barely higher. Treasury yields were lower after the government reported that
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi sigue celebrando la victoria histórica en Qatar 2022, pues este miércoles se cumple un mes desde que Argentina levantó la copa y se coronó en el Mundial de la FIFA. El argentino tomó sus redes sociales para enviar un emotivo mensaje de celebración y agradecimiento al cumplirse
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Cal Ripken and Cooperstown are connected again. Ripken’s eponymous tournaments for youth baseball players have merged with Cooperstown All Star Village under a new agreement with the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. Josh Harris and David Blitzer have become majority investors in the deal announced
Continue Reading Associated Press Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, in response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that had just notified employees of the layoffs, some of which begin immediately. The company said it will also be making changes to its hardware portfolio
Continue ReadingBy Kalie Strain Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — On Friday, a jury ruled that Gateway Psychiatric Group and Dr. Gordon Robinson will have to pay $5 million to a woman who said her daughter’s death was due to being over-prescribed Vyvanse, a drug used to treat attention deficit
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — 5 inmates escape St. Francois County Jail in Farmington Tuesday night as the incident was reported around 10:22 p.m. A vehicle was reported stolen from the Centene Center parking lot around 7:15 Tuesday evening. It is believed the escapees stole
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Julia Louis-Dreyfus isn’t against playing Selina Meyer again, but a major political shift would have to happen first. In an interview with Variety, the actress was asked about rebooting her hit HBO series “Veep.” (HBO is owned by CNN’s parent company.) The star said that she’s been pitched doing that
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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft cuts about 10,000 jobs, less than 5% of global workforce.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Party City filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, weighed down by competition and years of financial losses. The largest party goods and Halloween specialty retail chain in the United States said in a regulatory filing that it reached an agreement with debtholders to cut its $1.7 billion debt load. The company said
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN A woman and boy were killed by a polar bear that had been chasing residents in a tiny, remote community in Alaska, state troopers said Tuesday. The bear had chased residents after entering the western Alaska town of Wales before attacking the woman and boy, an Alaska State Troopers dispatch report
Continue ReadingBy Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — Big Island police have charged Joshua Ho with murder following the deaths of his grandparents, Jeffrey Yoshio Takamine and Carla Kayoko Takamine. Ho, 21, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and second-degree attempted murder. His bail was
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Sounds like people may have been too fast and furious when it comes to casting Vin Diesel in the “Avatar” sequels. It was April 2019 when Diesel posted a video on his verified Instagram account with “Avatar” director James Cameron saying the two were on the top-secret set of the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Wholesale price growth cooled off significantly in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, indicating that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes may finally be bringing price pressures under control. The Producer Price Index — a key inflation metric that measures prices paid for goods and services by businesses
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos has long been a lightning rod for conspiracy theories. Extremist figures such as Infowars host Alex Jones have reliably used the event to drive up fear and paranoia about sinister schemes the “globalists” are supposedly plotting. In the past,
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