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By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Businesses could face steep penalties for using deepfakes or other artificial intelligence tools to illegally manipulate markets or to engage in securities fraud, under new legislation proposed Tuesday by a bipartisan pair of senators. The bill by Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy represents a
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Jeff Bezos’ space company successfully launched a rocket carrying experiments on Tuesday, its first flight since engine trouble caused a crash more than a year ago. The New Shepard rocket soared from West Texas, lifting a capsule full of tests, many of which were aboard the failed Blue Origin
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE, Associated Press and RUBENS VALENTE, Agencia Publica Associated Press JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) — Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon. The lawsuits, filed December 5 to
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A federal scientific agency says the lone remaining offshore wind project in New Jersey with preliminary approval is likely to “adversely affect” whales and other marine mammals, but not seriously harm or kill them. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Atlantic Shores project,
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a union representing German train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to stage open-ended strikes in a bitter dispute with the main national railway operator over working hours and pay. The GDL union said Tuesday that 97% of members who voted in a ballot authorized fully fledged
Continue ReadingBy BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Residents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday struggled with rising costs of transportation after authorities closed gas stations in the aftermath of a major explosion that left several dead, hundreds injured and could disrupt the supply of gas across the West African nation. The fire on Monday
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week. In a Monday notice to customers, Xfinity said there was unauthorized access to internal systems as a result of this vulnerability — which was previously announced by software
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Life wasn’t so “Charmed,” it seems, on the set of that popular series. On a new episode of her podcast “Let’s Be Clear,” Shannen Doherty featured part two of her conversartion with her former “Charmed” costar Holly Marie Combs. As with part one, their costar Alyssa Milano figured
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members are in intense negotiations on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting, trying to avoid another veto by the United States. The vote was postponed from Monday.
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, says his pro-European Union government has appointed new heads of state security, intelligence and anti-corruption offices. Two of the new appointees are women. The appointments replace officials who had served under the previous right-wing, Euro-sceptic government. Tusk told a news conference on Tuesday that he
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — La nueva era del universo extendido de DC (DCEU, por sus siglas en inglés) comenzó en junio de 2023 con el estreno de “The Flash”, película protagonizada por Ezra Miller y que nos muestra la primera historia en solitario del superhéroe superrápido del personaje Barry Allen. Luego de esa película, el
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. It comes at a time when many states and towns
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Only one-third of registered voters approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College finds, with young voters especially likely to express dissatisfaction. The finding aligns with other recent polling this month that showed significant partisan and generational divides
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh, Casey Tolan and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — The largest credit union in the US is facing new scrutiny over racial disparities in its mortgage lending following a CNN investigative report, with a class-action lawsuit filed Monday alleging the lender discriminated against Black and Latino applicants, and a senior congressional Democrat demanding answers
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an Arizona native and consistent voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, is being memorialized in funeral services Tuesday. President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts are scheduled to speak at the funeral held
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In Rembrandt’s enormous 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” a troupe of Dutch civilian soldiers gathers in a darkened room and prepares to march out to defend their city. Rembrandt, a master of light and shadow, strategically illuminated his subjects’ expressive hands and faces, while dimness hid the room’s details
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that his country’s military is well positioned to meet Moscow’s goals in Ukraine. During a meeting with top military brass on Tuesday, Putin said Russia has seized the momentum on the battlefield after repelling a 6-month Ukrainian counteroffensive. He declared that “our troops are holding the
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By Michelle Krupa and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — He was known as very charming, the FBI’s description read: an odd-job man, an antiques peddler, maybe interested in photography. Then, there was the accusation: Roger Dale Parham was arrested in late 1998 on a charge of rape involving a minor, the bureau said. The crime
Continue ReadingBy Garrett Barry Click here for updates on this story ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador (CTV Network) — Marina Goodyear came face to face with her father Monday in a Corner Brook, N.L., courtroom for the first time since he was accused of killing her mother. Goodyear made long eye contact with Dean Penney during
Continue ReadingBy David Custer Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A young mid-Michigan mother is fighting for her life hoping to make it to Christmas and that it won’t be her last one. She’s receiving hospice care at home, but she refuses to believe it’s her reality, holding out hope
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