By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump. The Menlo Park, California-based company earned $7.79 billion, or $2.98 per share, in the April-June period. That’s up 16% from $6.69 billion, or $2.46
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Workers for corporations owned by Michael Jackson had no legal obligation to protect children from the pop star, an attorney told an appeals court Wednesday. Jackson estate lawyer Jonathan Steinsapir pushed back against a tentative decision by California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, which said
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Riquna Williams, a veteran WNBA player and member of last year’s championship-winning Las Vegas Aces, has been barred from the team after her arrest on felony domestic violence charges involving a person authorities say is her spouse. A judge on Wednesday allowed Williams, 33, to be
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Riquna Williams, a veteran WNBA player and member of last year’s championship-winning Las Vegas Aces, has been barred from the team after her arrest on felony domestic violence charges involving a person authorities say is her spouse. A judge on Wednesday allowed Williams, 33, to be
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — One of the most iconic pieces of space exploration history is up for auction. When NASA’s twin Voyager probes lifted off to explore the solar system just weeks apart in 1977, they carried identical golden records designed as the first recorded interstellar message from humankind to potential intelligent life in
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that he’s “fine,” after freezing during a news conference on Wednesday. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, stopped speaking in the middle of remarks at his regularly scheduled weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. After a 30-second pause, his colleagues crowded
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, who froze during a news conference Wednesday and earlier this year suffered a concussion after falling down, has also endured two other falls this year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The first known time, in February, occurred
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A California woman who was seen on body-camera video being punched by a deputy as she held her newborn baby has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Los Angeles County and several unnamed sheriff’s deputies stemming from the 2022 incident. The lawsuit filed Monday on
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS, BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A police officer in rural Ohio was fired Wednesday after he released his police dog on a surrendering truck driver despite state troopers telling him to hold the K9 back. The Circleville Police Department said Ryan Speakman “did not meet the
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A pair of rambunctious young stars takes center stage in a new near-infrared image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The two stars, which are still actively forming and closely orbiting one another, are called Herbig-Haro 46/47 and can be found 1,470 light-years away in the Vela constellation.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — A music video for a controversial Jason Aldean song that has received both backlash and support has been shortened by a few seconds, removing apparent television footage of a protest in Atlanta, Georgia. The original video shows Aldean singing “Got a gun that my granddad gave me/They say
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The federal government is requiring that more new planes have lavatories big enough for wheelchair users. The Transportation Department announced the final rule Wednesday. The rule will cover new single-aisle planes with at least 125 seats, so smaller planes operated regional airlines won’t be covered, and there’s no requirement
Continue ReadingBy Bill O’Neil Click here for updates on this story DAVIE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — A man is fighting to overcome a disability and pursue his lifelong dream in Davie County. Austin Freidt says he’s had to battle the state for years just for a shot at becoming a full-time firefighter. Freidt said he
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says a Russian fighter jet fired flares and struck another American drone over Syrian airspace on Wednesday, continuing a string of harassing maneuvers that have ratcheted up tensions between the global powers. It’s the sixth reported incident this month and the
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fifty-eight towering, candlelike beams will cast a blanket of warm light on visitors in the design concept chosen Wednesday at an emotional meeting of a committee tasked with creating a permanent memorial at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The number
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fifty-eight towering, candlelike beams will cast a blanket of warm light on visitors in the design concept chosen Wednesday at an emotional meeting of a committee tasked with creating a permanent memorial at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The number
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La jueza de distrito Maryellen Noreika dijo que no estaba preparada para aceptar el acuerdo, y la audiencia terminó con Hunter Biden declarándose inocente por el momento. La juez pidió a las partes que presentaran escritos adicionales explicando la estructura jurídica del acuerdo. La jueza Maryellen Noreika calificó de “inusual” el
Continue ReadingBy WTAE Staff Click here for updates on this story FRAZER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Could a sheriff’s sale be on the horizon for the Pittsburgh Mills mall? Action News Investigates has learned there is now a court battle over the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills. Court paperwork shows Frazer Township is requesting the owners of
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The midsummer heat is rolling through Iowa, and those without a home are suffering the most. Local homeless shelters like Central Iowa Shelter and Services (CISS) and Hope Ministries have been doing their part to help. Melissa O’Neil, CEO of
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