By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have declared the independent news website Meduza as an undesirable organization. The outlet based in Latvia has reported extensively and critically on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Thursday’s decision by the Russian prosecutor-general’s office came the same day that the publisher of a different website
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An effort to balance what is considered the nation’s most regressive state tax code is coming before the Washington state Supreme Court. Washington is one of nine states without an income tax, and its reliance on sales and fuel taxes falls disproportionately on low-income residents. Democrats in
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year. It comes amid an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence, U.S. concerns over the direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La emblemática atracción Splash Mountain de Walt Disney World cerró oficialmente, pero los fans más entregados hacen todo lo posible por conservar para siempre partes de ella. Multitudes de personas abarrotaron el parque temático Magic Kingdom de Orlando el 23 de enero para presenciar el final de la atracción, vestidos con todo
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI has seized the computer infrastructure used by a notorious ransomware gang which has extorted more than $100 million from hospitals, schools and other victims around the world, US officials announced Thursday. FBI officials since July have had extraordinary access to the so-called Hive ransomware group’s computer networks, FBI Director
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CNN, WREG, WMC, KCRA, WHBQ By Travis Caldwell, CNN Nearly three weeks after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, resulted in a violent arrest and subsequent death of a driver, police are expected to release footage of the incident to the public. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was hospitalized after the arrest on January
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as traders were able to find encouraging signs in some of the earnings reports that big U.S. companies are putting out. Tesla jumped 10% in the early going Thursday after reporting results that were better than analysts were expecting and saying demand for its
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive. Many economists, though, still expect a recession to hit as soon as the current April-June quarter
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Eva Green alleged Thursday that producers of a collapsed film tried to damage the French actress’ reputation by depicting her as a “diva.” The performer, who played Vesper Lynd in James Bond thriller “Casino Royale,” is suing producers for a $1 million fee she
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Azerbaijan’s tennis federation has called for Karen Khachanov to be sanctioned after the Russian player expressed support for the Armenian-majority population living in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region at the Australian Open. Khachanov, who has Armenian heritage, has written “Artsakh stay strong” on TV cameras after matches in Melbourne. Artsakh is the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los Razzies se disculparon y eliminaron a la actriz infantil Ryan Kiera Armstrong de su lista anual de nominados. Armstrong había sido nominada esta semana a peor actriz por su actuación en “Firestarter” por The Golden Raspberry Awards (el nombre formal de los Razzies), una sátira de los premios de Hollywood
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a great deal of conversation recently about celebrities using Type 2 diabetes medication Ozempic for weight loss. Chelsea Handler is now sharing that she was one such celeb, though she wasn’t initially aware of it. During a recent conversation on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Handler said her “anti-aging
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners who held off on selling their home in 2022 as the housing market slowed missed out on a windfall and may have to settle for slimmer profits if they opt to sell this year. Long-term homeowners who decide to sell this year should also
Continue Reading SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Pramod Mittal, the younger brother of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has been charged in Bosnia with organized crime and abuse of office while head of the supervisory board and co-owner of a metallurgical coke producer in the Balkan country. Among other charges, Mittal was formally accused of heading an organized
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Germany has apologized for using a leopard emoji in a jibe at Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Twitter that ended up offending some Africans. The German foreign ministry poked fun at Russia’s top diplomat during his tour of Africa when it tweeted that
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La economía de EE.UU. volvió a crecer durante el cuarto trimestre, registrando un crecimiento sólido incluso cuando los consumidores y las empresas enfrentaron una inflación y tasas de interés históricamente altas. El producto interno bruto (PIB) —la medida más amplia de la actividad económica— aumentó a una tasa anualizada del 2,9%
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN DirecTV has dropped Newsmax, a right-wing TV network, from its channel lineup over a carriage fee dispute. In a statement, DirecTV said it wanted to “continue to offer the network,” but the channel’s demands for carriage fee increases would have led to “significantly higher costs that we would have to pass
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN Spanish authorities believe the Moroccan suspect in a deadly machete attack at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras Wednesday acted alone in the assault, which is being investigated as a suspected terror attack. “The police investigation is going at a rapid pace. There are not third parties involved
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace from October through December, ending 2022 with momentum despite the pressure of high interest rates and widespread fears of a looming recession. Thursday’s estimate from the Commerce Department showed that the nation’s gross domestic product — the
Continue ReadingSarah Reid, CNN Qatar hasn’t only been busy building soccer stadiums but also a slew of architecturally striking and accessible museums in its well-documented quest to be recognized as the arts capital of the Arabian Peninsula. Qatar travel guide Most of the Gulf nation’s major museums have opened or been renovated during the past decade,
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