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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. After several false starts, Twitter began making good on its promise Thursday to remove the blue checks
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is highlighting the tension between protecting the islands’ fragile ecosystems and maintaining access to the pristine white-sand beaches that attract millions of visitors each year. Hawaii officials this week fenced off a large
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urielblanco (CNN) — Gustavo Petro, presidente de Colombia, y Joe Biden, presidente de Estados Unidos, se reunieron este jueves en la Casa Blanca, en el primer encuentro bilateral de los dos mandatarios desde que asumieron el cargo. Biden le dio a la bienvenida a Petro y dijo que considera a Colombia “la clave del hemisferio”
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN A Utah CEO who is demanding that many of his remote employees start working in the company’s offices says staff members must make sacrifices, and questions whether people who serve as primary caregivers for their children, specifically working mothers and single mothers, are doing right by both their employers and their
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — With legal marijuana available now in Missouri and with requests flowing in from customers, Guy’s Snacks announced Thursday that the Kansas City-based company is unveiling multiple THC-infused products just in time for 4/20 celebrations. Guy’s Snacks and Franklin’s Stash House,
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Personal Birth date: May 9, 1949 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: William Martin Joel Father: Howard Joel, engineer and pianist Mother: Rosalind (Nyman) Joel, homemaker Marriages: Alexis Roderick (2015-present); Katie Lee (2004-2009, divorced); Christie Brinkley (1985-1994,
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts around Justice Clarence Thomas. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Thursday requested that Roberts testify next month at a hearing on ethical standards at the court. The hearing is likely to focus
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is moving additional troops and equipment to a Naval base in the tiny Gulf of Aden nation of Djibouti to prepare for the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan. Two Biden administration officials say the deployments to Camp Lemmonier
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Mathews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — While breast cancer awareness is commonly observed in October, one local nonprofit works year-round to fund research and unmask a cure for the disease, while also uplifting patients in the thick of the battle. Boxes of Hope are care packages created
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Fredreka Schouten, CNN For much of the past two years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has shaped his political narrative with rapid-fire policy moves and a resounding reelection victory fueling his ascendency as a potential 2024 candidate and top primary rival to former President Donald Trump. But as he steps out onto
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden touted U.S. climate investments at a virtual White House climate summit. But Biden’s message Thursday was challenged by the U.N. secretary-general. Antonio Guterres said in a a video for the White House summit that expanded oil and gas drilling and other
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Presss JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new federal indictment says companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S. The indictment of former wrestler Ted “Teddy”
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawyers are increasingly alarmed by a recent ban from their union on media appearances not authorized by the syndicate, and say it amounts to political interference. The alarm was sounded again on Thursday, when the Beirut Bar Association interrogated for three hours Nizar Saghieh, a prominent
Continue Reading GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man shot and wounded a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbors and the girl’s family — another in a string of recent shootings sparked by seemingly trivial circumstances. Gaston County Police Chief Stephen
Continue Reading KEN MILLER DALLAS (AP) — Strong storms with tornadoes and hail have killed at least three people in the central United States. The National Weather Service began issuing tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings Wednesday evening in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. Central Oklahoma saw tornadoes with two deaths and several injuries reported in the town of
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has gone through House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to trim the deficit and its conclusion is that “the math is simple, but unforgiving.” It estimates a deep 22% cut to non-defense spending that would leave children poorer, veterans sicker, families hungrier and housing more
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– ¿Necesitas ayuda para encontrar el hotel dentro del aeropuerto de Doha? Busca el oso de peluche de bronce de 7 metros de altura y gira a la derecha en la tienda Hermes. Los pasajeros en tránsito por el Aeropuerto Internacional Hamad de la capital de Qatar pueden optar por salir del aeropuerto
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin had never been ejected twice from the same game. Until Wednesday. “That’s a first,” he said before Thursday’s series finale against the New York Yankees. In the ninth inning with the score tied at 2 on Wednesday, Mike Trout was called out on a full-count
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Costa Rica anunció este miércoles un plan para enfrentar la inseguridad y el incremento del número de homicidios, lo que incluye más agentes de la fuerza pública en la calle. “Desde el Ejecutivo, no vamos a escatimar esfuerzo o sacrificio alguno, esto no se trata de discursos”, dijo
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN Julie Su, the Biden administration’s labor secretary nominee, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee on Thursday, where she attempted to make the case for her confirmation as she was grilled by Republicans over her record. The Democratic majority on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,
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