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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has pledged stronger action against cybercrime, which has come to account for about a fifth of all offenses registered in the country. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said police would be given additional staff, funding and resources to address online crime. He said Wednesday that reported cases of cybercrime were up
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BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete. The Boston Symphony Orchestra made the announcement Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The project to preserve 233 live radio broadcasts recorded on quarter-inch reel-to-reel analog tapes that were becoming increasingly fragile
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Access to Twitter has been restored in Turkey, according to internet monitoring company Netblocks. “The restoration comes after authorities held a meeting with Twitter to ‘remind Twitter of its obligations’ on content takedowns and disinformation, ” the firm tweeted. Earlier on Wednesday, NetBlocks said traffic filtering had been applied at
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Access to Twitter has been restored in Turkey, according to internet monitoring company Netblocks. “The restoration comes after authorities held a meeting with Twitter to ‘remind Twitter of its obligations’ on content takedowns and disinformation, ” the firm tweeted. Earlier on Wednesday, NetBlocks said traffic filtering had been applied at the
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Newly minted White House chief of staff Jeff Zients has tapped Natalie Quillian, his former deputy on the Covid response team, to serve as deputy White House chief of staff, White House officials told CNN. Quillian was widely expected to join Zients once again at the White House and now becomes
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on government critics. Andrzej Poczobut, 49, was found guilty Wednesday of harming Belarus’ national security and “inciting discord” in a closed trial
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is giving back some of its recent gains, as uncertainty about interest rates and inflation continues to reign. The S&P 500 was 0.8% lower in midday trading Wednesday following another mixed set of earnings reports from big companies. Chipotle Mexican Grill sank after
Continue Reading LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Authorities say a city bus crashed into a day care north of Montreal, injuring at least eight people. Emergency services officials did not immediately say how many of those injured in the Laval, Quebec, crash might be children. Quebec Public Security Minister Francois Bonnardel says police arrested the driver. Laval police
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RIO DELL, Calif. (AP) — Humboldt County authorities have released the latest statistics on recovery from the December earthquake and aftershocks that struck the Northern California coast. Approximately 91 structures have been red-tagged as unsafe to occupy and more than 300 structures have been yellow-tagged, indicating they require safety repairs, the county said in a
Continue Reading By ANNIE MILLERBERND of NerdWallet The Inflation Reduction Act includes tax credits and rebates for homeowners who make energy-saving updates to their homes. Tax credits are available now for updates like new windows, doors, air conditioners, insulation and solar panels, while larger rebates for energy-saving and electrification updates are expected to become available later this
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it. And scientists are baffled as to why. The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — One of the latest victims of a mail fraud scheme first exposed by WSMV4 Investigates said she’s learned her lesson. “I certainly, probably, will never put something in a post office box,” said attorney Amanda Gentry. Gentry’s law firm employee placed
Continue Reading By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary scene of U.S. fighter jets getting ready to strike a Chinese balloon had many people along the Carolina coast straining their necks and pointing their smartphones to the sky to capture the moment of impact. But a group of aviation enthusiasts was, instead, intently scanning
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, Arizona (KCTV) — Chiefs fans in Phoenix are enjoying the wild ride to the Super Bowl. But some of the biggest fans in “the kingdom” are former players watching a new era of Kansas City football. The Chiefs’ all-time leading scorer isn’t Patrick Mahomes.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and Dan Heching, CNN While audiences seem to be into the new film “80 for Brady,” there’s one scene they won’t be seeing. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy told Variety his cameo in the film included him “making out” with “M3GAN” actor Brian Jordan Alvarez, but the scene was cut from the
Continue ReadingBy Chandler Watkins Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man says thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment and swords were stolen from his car this past weekend. “On Saturday, I taught a class here at the park like I do every Saturday,” said Cameron Turner. “I went back
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud preliminar 5.5 afectó este miércoles el norte de las Islas de la Bahía, en el golfo de Honduras, según informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). Noticia en desarrollo… The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.
Continue ReadingBy Greg Payne Click here for updates on this story JOHNSON COUNTY, Kansas (KCTV) — In this warmer weather, the authorities are warning about the dangers of going on ice and saying people should just stay off it. Just yesterday, a 21-year-old man drowned after falling through the ice at Shawnee Mission Lake. On Sunday,
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen and Greg Krieg, CNN Pennsylvania Democrats have swept three state House special elections, CNN projects, securing control of the chamber after a months-long dispute with Republicans. Democrats easily won the Pittsburgh-area races in November’s general election, claiming a 102-101 majority — their first in more than a decade. But with two members
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom, where the antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it will stifle competition and hurt gamers. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that
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