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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi cast a spell over Italy — and nearly led it to financial ruin. Many Italians admired the media mogul for his wealth, his charm and his brash, boastful style, and they kept returning him to power, making him the country’s longest-serving premier. Nothing seemed to
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Expedia Group is benefitting as Americans board planes and book hotels to make up for travel they missed during the worst of the pandemic. It has been restructuring operations, and next month it will launch a rewards program that will tie together its disparate brands including Expedia, Hotels.com and
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Three words a crowd of Florida beachgoers didn’t expect to hear during their Sunday in the sun: “It’s a bear!” A bear was spotted splashing through the Gulf of Mexico before running up the shore at Destin, a coastal city in northwestern Florida’s Panhandle region, just before noon local
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. Players must fend off pirates, navigate strange moons, build outposts and fix their own starships in a
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By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger – charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year – is asking a judge for more time to decide whether to offer a formal alibi in the case. Kohberger’s public defender, Anne Taylor, said in a motion filed Friday in
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit with victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal charges accusing him of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un tercio de los jóvenes alemanes considera aceptable el uso de la violencia contra las mujeres, según una nueva encuesta que provocó la indignación de los defensores de la igualdad de género. La encuesta fue encargada por la organización benéfica Plan Internacional Alemania. Sus resultados se publicaron en el periódico
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The Slurpee, an iconic 7-Eleven frozen drink, is getting a makeover. Don’t worry, the recipe isn’t changing. But the cups are. Beginning Monday, the new look will include “eccentric colors and eclectic vibes” and feature a new Slurpee logo and a large “S” that resembles the swirly
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No script? No problem! There was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this year’s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the ongoing Hollywood writer’s strike. But the ceremony went off without a hitch on Sunday night.
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As he watched Casper Ruud’s forehand loop into the tram lines, Novak Djokovic dropped to the red Parisian clay, arms and legs splayed out and wide, and started to realize what he had just achieved. This was the moment he won grand slam number 23, surpassing Rafael Nadal at
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary committee is meeting to conclude its inquiry into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over parties at his Downing Street office that breached COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Members of Parliament’s Privileges Committee have pledged to continue with the investigation into Johnson’s conduct after
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary committee is meeting to conclude its inquiry into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over parties at his Downing Street office that breached COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Members of Parliament’s Privileges Committee have pledged to continue with the investigation into Johnson’s conduct after
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We’ve been extraordinarily lucky this June, with highs running well below seasonal averages, and today that continues. An area of low pressure up North is continuing to feed in cooler and breezier conditions through today and into tomorrow. Winds along the I-10 corridor will remain gusty through this evening, and will gradually ease by tomorrow
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was on track to open higher early Monday with two inflation reports and an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve on tap in the coming days. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit with victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal charges accusing him of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. Players must fend off pirates, navigate strange moons, build outposts and fix their own starships in a
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. Players must fend off pirates, navigate strange moons, build outposts and fix their own starships in a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $290 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse victims, according to David Boies, one of the victims’ attorneys. The victims had accused the bank of enabling sex trafficking by the deceased financier when
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Reddit forums are going dark Monday in one of the largest user-driven protests ever to hit the social media platform. The voluntary blackouts, which restrict groups’ content from being publicly visible, affect Reddit’s largest online communities, including popular groups devoted to music, history, sports, and video games.
Continue ReadingAmy Woodyatt and Oscar Holland, CNN London (CNN) — Swiss luxury watchmaker Omega says it has been the victim of “organized criminal activity,” alleging three of its former staff members admitted working with intermediaries to sell a fake Speedmaster watch for some $3.4 million dollars. The watch was bought by Omega itself for 3.115 million
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