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Month: May 2023

Alexey Navalny Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Russian opposition leader, Kremlin critic and activist Alexey Navalny. Personal Birth date: June 4, 1976 Birth place: Butyn, Soviet Union Birth name: Alexey Anatolyevich Navalny (sometimes spelled Alexei, Aleksei) Father: Anatoly Navalny, former military officer and basket-weaving factory owner Mother: Lyudmila Navalnaya, basket-weaving factory owner

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Investigation into USS George Washington suicides finds US Navy failed to provide a basic quality of life for sailors

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A monthslong investigation into a series of Navy suicides last year found the service failed to provide a basic quality of life for sailors, housing them in unacceptable living conditions and failing to provide adequate mental health resources. The investigation concluded that the issues were compounded on the USS

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Raul Castro Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Raúl Castro, former President of Cuba. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1931 Birth place: Birán, Cuba Birth name: Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz Father: Ángel Castro, Spanish landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Vilma Espin (1959-2007, her

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Check your artificial intelligence ‘bossware’ tools for bias, says U.S. agency head

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers can also run afoul of discrimination laws. Charlotte Burrows, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, told The Associated Press

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Feinstein’s office confirms broader health complications, contradicting senator’s denial

By Manu Raju and Jessica Dean, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office confirmed on Thursday that the California Democrat experienced broader health complications following her shingles diagnosis, contradicting an earlier denial from the senator herself. A Feinstein spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that those complications “included Ramsay Hunt syndrome and encephalitis.” The

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Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by

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