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By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the U.S. workforce. Major app-based platforms including Uber, Lyft
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren, Miana Massey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — People protested outside a Harford County courthouse Monday against a judge’s decision to release a man charged with killing a woman in Bel Air two weeks ago. The victim, Meghan Riley Lewis, is transgender and demonstrators are calling for
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence is going to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. But there’s one company that doesn’t want it anywhere near its brand. Tropicana, the top-selling orange juice maker, is releasing limited-edition bottles that removes the letters “A” and “I”
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most of Wall Street is slipping Tuesday and giving back some of the big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%, coming off its best day in nearly two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 185 points, or 0.5%,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Get in, losers. We’re into “Mean Girls” again. The premiere for the big-screen version of the musical based on the hit 2004 film happened Monday in New York City. Lindsay Lohan, who starred as Cady in the original film, was there to show her support for the film
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI and whether it may warrant a formal merger investigation, EU officials said Tuesday. The announcement highlights growing scrutiny of OpenAI, one of the most influential companies in the artificial intelligence industry, after a high-profile leadership crisis last year resulted in
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump returned for the first time in months to the federal courthouse in Washington on Tuesday as his lawyers argued to appeals judges that he was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the
Continue ReadingBy MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC Associated Press GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have been stranded on a river island for weeks and were facing hunger and cold as temperatures dropped across the country. The cows, calves and horses got stuck on the Krcedinska Ada island in the middle
Continue ReadingBy Russ Reed Click here for updates on this story PEABODY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A group of Peloton enthusiasts continued its traditions of leaving thousands in tips for servers at Massachusetts restaurants, this time on the North Shore. The group, called the Wicked Smaht Zone, went out for its third annual breakfast at Red’s Kitchen
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She doesn’t even go here, but Lindsay Lohan still joined the cast of the new “Mean Girls” at the musical film’s premiere in New Year. The star of the original 2004 film reunited with Tina Fey on Monday night and posed with the new Cady Heron,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July, a coroner said Tuesday. London’s Metropolitan Police had said the singer’s death was not considered suspicious after she was found unresponsive at a home in southeast London on July 26. O’Connor was 56. The Southwark Coroner’s Court confirmed that O’Connor died of
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Where are Bob Iger and Jimmy Pitaro? The Disney and ESPN chiefs have both been conspicuously silent as sports shock jock Pat McAfee very publicly uses their air to host a weekly conspiracy program with injured New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers — an off-the-rails affair that recently tarred and feathered Jimmy Kimmel within the Magic Kingdom’s own walls. Neither Iger
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The European Union says Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a merger investigation. The EU’s executive branch said Tuesday that it’s “checking whether Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable” under regulations covering mergers and acquisitions that would harm competition in the 27-nation bloc. The review could lead to a
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Maldivas se enfrenta a un boicot por parte de una de sus mayores fuentes de ingresos por turismo después de que tres de sus funcionarios se burlaran del primer ministro de la India, Narendra Modi, lo que generó llamados de ciudadanos y celebridades indias para que eviten escaparse a este
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slipping in early trading and giving back some of its big gain from the day before. The S&P 500 was 0.6% lower Tuesday. The Dow fell 258 points, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.6%. A day after helping lead the market, tech stocks were back to sinking. Markets
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Executives at Boeing are hosting an all-hands safety meeting with staffers on Tuesday, just days after a harrowing inflight blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff that led to a grounding of certain Boeing aircraft. The company-wide “Safety Webcast” will be hosted by
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to fury over her role in a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft. Ex-chief executive Paula Vennells said she would relinquish the title of Commander of the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hobbled by high interest rates, persistent inflation, slumping trade and a diminished China, the global economy will slow for a third consecutive year in 2024. That is the picture sketched by the World Bank, which forecasts that the world economy will expand just 2.4% this year.
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — At Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, Gillian Anderson’s ivory, strapless, floor-grazing gown made not one but two statements. While upon first inspection, the chic wool and silk cady Gabriela Hearst creation epitomizes old Hollywood glamour, a closer look reveals a more subversive twist: The addition of tens of embroidered
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A woman who interviewed for the position of senior pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is suing the church and a former chair of the search committee for gender discrimination, court documents show. Eboni Marshall Turman, an associate professor of theology and African American religion at Yale Divinity School and a former assistant minister at Abyssinian, says the decision not
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