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Month: November 2023

John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ censored by UAE broadcaster over references to Khashoggi’s killing

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Middle East cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Serbian police arrest 7 people smugglers and find over 700 migrants in raids after a deadly shooting

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they’ve  made seven arrests on suspicion of smuggling people into Hungary as part of a days-long crackdown on irregular migration. Last week, a shooting in the border area killed three migrants and wounded one. Reports of violence and gun battles have become common near the border between Serbia

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Takeaways from the tense testimony of Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in the New York fraud case

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Attorney General’s office pressed Donald Trump’s two adult sons Thursday about their knowledge of and involvement with the former president’s financial statements in some of the most significant and tense days of the fraud trial. The back-to-back appearances Thursday

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Amazon and Meta settle UK investigations with pledges to refrain from unfair practices

LONDON (AP) — Amazon and Meta settled separate U.K. antitrust investigations by agreeing to stop practices that give them an unfair advantage over merchants and customers using their platforms, the watchdog said Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority said it accepted the committments from the U.S. tech companies to close the investigations into their online

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Warm & pleasant weekend awaits

Highs have been climbing about a degree per day this week, and that trend continues into the weekend. High pressure will keep us sunny and warm through the weekend before we return to normal conditions early next week. That dome of high pressure is also trapping smoke from area wildfires closer to the surface, so

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US employers pulled back on hiring in October, adding 150,000 jobs in face of higher borrowing rates

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market may be cooling but remains resilient despite high interest rates that have made borrowing much costlier for companies and consumers. Last

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Officials identify two workers — one killed, one still missing — after Kentucky coal plant collapse

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Officials have released the names of two workers trapped when a coal mine preparation plant collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky. News outlets report that Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty identified the men as Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees. Officials have said that Daniels died amid rescue

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Mitch McConnell warns GOP senators they’ll face ‘incoming’ if they back Hawley bill to limit corporate giving in campaigns

By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC the

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