By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed. Communications ceased as the lander descended the final 33 feet (10 meters), traveling around 16 mph (25 kph). Flight controllers peered at their screens in Tokyo, expressionless, as
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Los organizadores del Coachella Fest fueron multados por excederse de tiempo en las presentaciones de los artistas, la primera multa fue porque Bud Bunny terminó dos minutos más tarde y la sanción fue de $20 mil dólares y el domingo el exceso fue de 16 minutos y la multa fue por $31 mil dolares. Cabe
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Aunque falta más de un año para las elecciones presidenciales de EE.UU. previstas para el 5 de noviembre de 2024, ya comenzaron a anunciarse las postulaciones de quienes buscarán competir por la presidencia. El actual presidente, Joe Biden, anunció este martes que se postulará para ser el candidato demócrata en
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Black holes have a reputation for snacking on stars, but some of these celestial garbage disposals may be messier than others, according to new research. Astrophysicists used 3D computer models to show that intermediate-mass black holes take a few bites out of wayward stars before tossing away the stellar crumbs and
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN In the days after TikTok’s CEO was grilled by Congress for the first time, many TikTok users began posting about an alternative platform called Lemon8, sometimes with eerily similar language. Multiple creators described the app as being like “if Pinterest and Instagram had a baby, with TikTok’s algorithm.”
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A group of Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to “use all available tools” to sanction cloud computing firms with links to China. The letter led by Sen. Bill Hagerty calls on the Departments of Commerce, State and Treasury to impose “sanctions, export restrictions, and investment bans” on companies
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Olga Voitovych, CNN A little part of Ukraine is reborn in southern Brazil. Just over a year ago, Ukrainian soccer team FC Mariupol disappeared, as the city it represented was pummeled by Russian artillery and bombers. On March 19, 2022, the team was due to welcome FC Kollos to the Volodymyr
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Food and Drug Administration regulators on Tuesday approved a first-of-a-kind drug for a rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease, though they are requiring further research to confirm it truly helps patients. The FDA approved Biogen’s injectable drug for patients with a rare genetic mutation that’s estimated
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The federal government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, the head of the Federal Trade Commission warned Tuesday in a message partly directed at the developers of widely-used AI tools such as ChatGPT. FTC Chair Lina Khan joined top officials from U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republican leaders are still struggling to get to 218 votes on their package to raise the national debt limit — and are uncertain when they will be able to hold the vote, according to multiple GOP sources. While Republicans hadn’t yet scheduled the vote, they had made
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El opositor venezolano Juan Guaidó ya se encuentra en Miami, luego del periplo que lo llevó desde Venezuela a Colombia y desde allí, finalmente, a Estados Unidos. ¿Por qué estaba en Bogotá si no había sido invitado por el Gobierno colombiano a la conferencia sobre la situación de Venezuela?
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Preliminary autopsy reports show eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning home were each shot. The bodies of Brian Nelson, 34, his wife Brittney Nelson, 32, and their six children were found in October inside the flaming home in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb. Police at the
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss prosecutors say they have indicted two managers of a Saudi oil exploration company as part of a yearslong international investigation of a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said Tuesday that the PetroSaudi managers were accused of trying to
Continue Reading By Mengchen Zhang, Alex Stambaugh and Ashley Strickland, CNN China’s Zhurong rover on Mars has been in hibernation since last May due to an “unpredictable accumulation” of dust, mission designer Zhang Rongqiao said, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. Powered by solar energy, Zhurong landed in a large plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere called
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has identified a pedestrian who was killed in a collision with a semi-truck Monday night in Indio. In a press release, authorities stated the victim was a 40-year-old woman from Thermal named Blanca Quevedo. The collision occurred around 10 p.m. near Jackson St. and the I-10 Freeway going eastbound. Firefighters
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Ayer antes de la media noche chocaron un auto y una motocicleta en la calle 4ta cerca del freeway 10 en Beaumont, lamentablemente el conductor de la moto murió en la escena, pero su nombre no lo dieron a conocer, a los ocupantes del auto no les pasó nada.
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss bank UBS says it took in $28 billion in new money from wealthy clients in the first three months of the year. The Zurich-based bank said Tuesday that $7 billion of that came in the 10 days after the announcement it was taking over ailing rival
Continue Reading By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado is set to become the first state to sign a ‘right to repair’ law allowing farmers to fix their own equipment with a bill signing Tuesday afternoon by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado. Once signed, the law forces manufacturers to provide the necessary
Continue ReadingSofía Narváez (CNN) — Nintendo anunció que cambió el nombre japonés de Spike, el capataz que aparece en “Super Mario Bros. Movie”, antes del estreno del filme en Japón este mes. El personaje, que apareció por primera vez como enemigo de Mario en el juego de los años 80 “Wrecking Crew”, pasará de llamarse “Blackie”
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Ties between the US and South Korea will be front and center in the décor and on the menu for Wednesday’s elaborate state dinner at the White House, which will be held under towering cherry blossom branches in the East Room following weeks of careful diplomatic preparations. “From my husband, I
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