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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Snapchat parent Snap plunged on Tuesday after the company reported a loss in the final three months of 2023. Snap reported a net loss of $248 million for the December quarter, an improvement from the same period in the prior year and a narrower loss
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Premature births are on the rise, yet experts aren’t sure why. Now, researchers have found synthetic chemicals called phthalates used in clear food packaging and personal care products could be a culprit, according to a new study. Past research has demonstrated that phathalates — known as “everywhere chemicals” because they
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The University of Pennsylvania plans to start a weekslong process of turning over documents to Congress on Wednesday in response to a House committee antisemitism investigation, a university spokesperson told CNN. However, the Ivy League school is signaling it won’t necessarily turn over all of the many documents the
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN The House on Tuesday failed to pass a standalone package for $17.6 billion in Israel aid amid opposition from both Republicans and Democratic leaders. Because of resistance among members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, House Speaker Mike Johnson had been forced to bring up the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teachers’ union political group has filed a second legal effort seeking to block Nevada from spending taxpayer funds to build a baseball stadium on the current site of the Tropicana resort on the Las Vegas Strip for the relocated Oakland Athletics. Strong Public Schools Nevada,
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teachers’ union political group has filed a second legal effort seeking to block Nevada from spending taxpayer funds to build a baseball stadium on the current site of the Tropicana resort on the Las Vegas Strip for the relocated Oakland Athletics. Strong Public Schools Nevada,
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska’s Education Committee is considering a bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools to be armed in the hopes of deterring school shootings. State Sen. Tom Brewer’s bill is made up of three parts. It would give local school boards the ability to allow off-duty law
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LIV Golf had the stage to itself when the PGA Tour’s final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was postponed because of weather and the NFL was off before Super Bowl week. According to Nielsen TV data, the PGA Tour still attracted three times as many viewers Sunday while showing
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Originally Published: 06 FEB 24 05:00 ET Updated: 06 FEB 24 18:47 ET By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed Tuesday evening, a stunning blow to House Republicans who had pushed the effort as a key political goal. Given the narrow margins in the House,
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for now — after a few GOP lawmakers refused to go along with the party’s plan. The stunning roll call fell just a single
Continue ReadingGREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been convicted on one count of mortgage fraud for lying on a loan application. The federal jury announced a split verdict Tuesday evening. Marilyn Mosby was found not guilty on a second mortgage fraud charge. She was previously convicted on two
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice plans to to auction off land at a sporting club located at the governor’s posh resort. Carter Bank & Trust of Martinsville, Virginia, took
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a new investigation into Harvard University’s handling of alleged discrimination on its campus after a federal civil rights complaint was filed late last month against Harvard on behalf of Muslim and Palestinian students. The students said in the complaint
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies that hired and employed him. She accuses them of failing to follow safety standards that could have prevented her son Duvan’s death. Attorneys for
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid prosecution in two rape cases in Utah continues to deny he is the man identified in court. Thirty-six-year-old Nicholas Rossi made the latest claim Tuesday in an online court appearance from jail. He told Utah 4th
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Last fall Ford agreed to a big raise for striking members of the United Auto Workers union. On Tuesday, they gave their shareholders an even bigger raise. The company announced it would give shareholders a second, supplemental dividend that will more than double the regular dividend they
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground. As a result, the number of earthquakes, particularly large ones, declined steadily over the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after the San Francisco 49ers finished off a stunning comeback to win the NFC championship, star defender Nick Bosa pulled aside quarterback Brock Purdy and marveled at his journey. Purdy has undergone a meteoric rise from “Mr. Irrelevant” as the final pick of
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Three of the biggest sports broadcasters are uniting to create a super-platform that will house their sports assets under a single streaming roof, a seismic and once-unthinkable move as the industry rapidly transitions away from linear television to streaming services. Disney’s ESPN, Fox Corporation, and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN’s parent
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The parents of slain Baltimore tech CEO Pava Marie LaPere are urging Maryland lawmakers to end good behavior credits leading to early prison release for people incarcerated for first-degree rape. Frank LaPere struggled to speak at times as he testified in favor of a bill to
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