By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations. The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget, and does not include
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Black Californians owed $800B in reparations for decades of discrimination in housing, policing, economists tell panel.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling. It could be the first Gulf of Mexico lease sale under
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN As Fox News faces legal peril over its coverage of Donald Trump‘s 2020 election lies, one of its most featured Republicans, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is trying to gut the free speech protections that may ultimately save the network from financial ruin. DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state legislature
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Dusty May’s March Madness run with FAU likely was one few saw coming. May had, to be fair, not much better than minimal name recognition when he took the Florida Atlantic job five years ago. That wasn’t the case with almost all the other FAU coaches over the years,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek Decenas de personas murieron en un trágico incendio en un centro de migración en Ciudad Juárez, en el noroeste de México. Imágenes y cronología del tiroteo en una escuela primaria de Nashville que dejó seis muertos. ¿Qué consecuencias tendrán los cambios en el acuerdo sobre migración de EE.UU. y Canadá? Bad Bunny
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN Paul O’Grady, one of Britain’s most popular TV personalities, has died aged 67. The star, also known for his drag queen alter ego Lily Savage, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, according to his husband, Andre Portasio, the PA Media news agency reported. In the statement shared with PA, Portasio said: “It
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Durante la última década, China ha prestado sumas masivas a gobiernos de Asia, África y Europa, aumentando su influencia global a través de megaproyectos de infraestructura y convirtiéndose en uno de los mayores acreedores del mundo. Ahora, un nuevo estudio dice que Beijing también se ha convertido en un importante
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks rose Wednesday as anxiety about the global financial system began to fade following three high-profile bank failures. London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Wall Street futures advanced. Shanghai declined. Oil prices gained. Fears global banks might be cracking under the strain of interest rate hikes to
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks rose Wednesday as anxiety about the global financial system began to fade following three high-profile bank failures. London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Wall Street futures advanced. Shanghai declined. Oil prices gained. Fears global banks might be cracking under the strain of interest rate hikes to
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who achieved fame as drag queen Lily Savage before becoming a much-loved comedian and host on British television, has died. He was 67. O’Grady’s partner Andre Portasio said he died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on Tuesday evening. Born in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, in 1955, O’Grady
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwan’s president and the United States House speaker during an upcoming trip through Los Angeles. Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei’s dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also sending military fighter jets flying toward the island on
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwan’s president and the United States House speaker during an upcoming trip through Los Angeles. Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei’s dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also sending military fighter jets flying toward the island on
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris authorities are cleaning up debris from the French capital’s streets following fresh anti-pension reform protests that appear to be winding down, as striking sanitation workers are set to return to work. The union representing Paris sanitation workers said its members will return to their jobs Wednesday,
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday amid heaps of trash that piled up over their weekslong strike as protests against French President Emmanuel Marcon’s controversial pension bill appeared to be winding down. Trash mounds of up to 10,000 tons along the French
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Scotland secured a historic 2-0 victory over Spain on Tuesday thanks to two goals from Manchester United’s Scott McTominay on a wild night at Hampden Park. The victory — which will undoubtedly be spoken about for years to come — preserves Scotland’s perfect start to Euro 2024 qualifying as the team
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Jemma Gregory stumbled across Denise Warner’s podcast more or less by chance. It was 2006. Jemma, a student in Brisbane, Australia in her 20s, was looking for a LGBTQ+ listen on her “old school” chunky iPod. “It was when Apple had just started promoting podcasts on iTunes like, way, way back in
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Public outrage is swift following mass shootings, such as the killing of six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville. Sorrow and sympathy are widespread. But what comes next from policymakers is likely to depend on which political party is in charge of a state. Don’t expect new
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government has announced significant cuts in fuel prices, providing welcome relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara told reporters different categories of petrol and diesel will
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government has announced significant cuts in fuel prices, providing welcome relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara told reporters different categories of petrol and diesel will
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