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Month: December 2023

Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers. The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission addresses charges that the struggling drugstore chain didn’t do

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Stock market today: Wall Street’s big rally eases off the gas after disappointing profit reports

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s monster-sized rally since Halloween is letting off the accelerator Wednesday following some disappointing profit reports. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in early trading, though it’s still within 0.8% of its record set nearly two years ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was

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A top French television personality receives a preliminary charge of rape and abusing authority

PARIS (AP) — A top French television presenter has been handed a preliminary charge of rape by a person abusing his authority. French authorities have investigated complaints by about 20 women who have accused Patrick Poivre d’Arvor of sexual misconduct. He denies wrongdoing, and has sued 16 of his accusers. A revered personality who hosted

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Lawsuit alleges Wisconsin Bar Association minority program is unconstitutional

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “diversity clerkship program” unconstitutionally discriminates based on race. The program offers summer internships for first-year law school students at top law firms, private companies and government offices. Past participants have

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Análisis: Cómo los buques de guerra estadounidenses están derribando drones hutíes en el mar Rojo y qué podría venir después

Sofía Barruti (CNN) —  Los buques de guerra estadounidenses en el mar Rojo estuvieron luchando contra un número creciente de armas disparadas por las fuerzas hutíes en Yemen durante las últimas semanas, incluido un incidente este sábado cuando un destructor estadounidense derribó más de una docena de drones. Y los enfrentamientos entre Estados Unidos y

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Parents of children sickened by lead linked to tainted fruit pouches fear for kids’ future

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer When Cora Dibert went for a routine blood test in October, the toddler brought along her favorite new snack: a squeeze pouch of WanaBana cinnamon-flavored apple puree. “She sucked them dry,” recalls her 26-year-old mother, Morgan Shurtleff, of Elgin, Oklahoma. Within a week, the family got an alarming call.

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Eight-year-old chess ‘phenomenon’ wins women’s first prize at European Rapid and Blitz Championship

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — An eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category at this year’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. The “super talented” – as the competition described her – Bodhana Sivanandan scored 8.5/13 points in the 13-round Blitz competition, which attracted 555

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Rite Aid banned from using facial recognition technology in stores for five years

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that a surveillance system it used incorrectly identified potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers. The deal announced late Tuesday settles Federal Trade Commission charges that the struggling drugstore chain didn’t do

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The US has released an ally of Venezuela’s president in a swap for jailed Americans, the AP learns

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a swap for jailed Americans, The Associated Press has learned. Alex Saab, who was arrested on a U.S. warrant for money laundering in 2020, was released from custody Wednesday. In

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Nature groups go to court in Greece over a strategic gas terminal backed by the European Union

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Five Greek and international environmental campaign agencies have launched legal action against a major natural gas project in the Mediterranean country. The project is supported by the European Union as a regional alternative to Russian energy. Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for

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CNN to host two GOP presidential primary debates in 2024

By CNN Staff (CNN) — CNN will host two Republican presidential primary debates next month in Iowa and New Hampshire – states that hold the first contests in the race for the 2024 GOP nomination, the network announced Thursday. The events will provide Republican voters an opportunity to hear the governing philosophies of the leading candidates seeking to challenge the likely Democratic

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