Skip to Content

Month: December 2023

Project Veritas CEO quits, citing ‘strong evidence of past illegality and past financial improprieties’

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Giles, the chief executive of Project Veritas, said Monday she has stepped down from her role at the right-wing group “effective immediately,” after discovering evidence that the organization has engaged in “past illegalities.” “Though I had high hopes when I joined the organizations, I stepped into an unsalvageable mess — one

Continue Reading

UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations is warning that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization presented the findings in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. The report is compiled by the U.N. and

Continue Reading

Voting closes in Egypt’s presidential elections, with el-Sissi almost certain to win a third term

CAIRO (AP) — Voting has closed in Egypt’s presidential election that is almost certain to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi secure a third term. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a conflict on Egypt’s eastern border that threatens to expand into wider regional turmoil. According to a timetable published by

Continue Reading

Biden takes a tougher stance on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate bombing’ of Gaza’

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language as the United Nations neared a vote on demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “Israel’s security can rest

Continue Reading

From restaurant meals to car insurance, high services prices slow progress on inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of inflation that emerged Tuesday from the government’s November price data was a mixed one. Overall consumer inflation slowed. But underlying price pressures — from apartment rents, restaurant meals, auto insurance and many other services — remained stubbornly high. Last month’s inflation data arrived

Continue Reading

A Chicago train operator knew snow equipment was on the line but braked immediately, review finds

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow-removal equipment last month knew the machine would be on the line that day but wasn’t aware of its exact location, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. The

Continue Reading

Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company’s payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers. It’s a blow to a major pillar of Google’s technology empire. But it’s a win for Epic Games,

Continue Reading

18 local high school seniors recognized at first Greater Coachella Valley Student of the Month event

On Tuesday morning, a total of 18 different outstanding high school Class of 2024 seniors from the three desert-area school districts are being recognized at the first Greater Coachella Valley Student of the Month event. The awards were organized by the Riverside County Office of Education, and the school districts include Coachella Valley Unified School

Continue Reading
Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

ANÁLISIS | El caso EE.UU. contra Trump traerá nuevas miserias políticas a la asediada Corte Suprema, sin importar la decisión de los jueces

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La petición del fiscal especial Jack Smith a la Corte Suprema este lunes pone a los jueces en una situación altamente cargada con un expresidente que ha intentado repetidamente politizar el poder judicial federal y utilizarlo para sus propios fines. Al tiempo que este caso pone a prueba la acusación federal

Continue Reading