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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Broadband internet are disrupted in many parts of Nepal as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults. Private internet service providers in Nepal issued notices saying their services were either disrupted or connections were
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for both the Department of Justice and Google will present arguments Thursday and Friday to conclude the biggest antitrust case in a quarter century. In closing arguments of a trial that began last September, regulators will apply the finishing touches to a case alleging Google has turned its search engine into
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With a meeting by the Federal Reserve out of the way, U.S. stocks are ticking higher Thursday as Wall Street waits for reports on profit at one of its most influential stocks and on the health of the country’s job market. The S&P 500 was
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The state of Maryland is about to get an insurance payment of $350 million related to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in late March, according to the broker handling its policy on the structure. The payment would come from insurer Chubb, which has a
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d traveled to a paradise island for a few months to do some soul searching, and Niki Benjamin, from the US, found her life moving in a completely new direction when her dog ran up to a stranger. It all began in late 2014, when Benjamin, a former music
Continue ReadingBy Alan Mauldin Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — When a Herald reporter sat down next to Jacob Freeney on the occasion of his 100th birthday, he got straight to the point. “Do you have $20?” Freeney asked. When handed a $20 bill, Freeney passed it to wife Marilyn
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pew Research Center report shows that about 4 in 10 Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years. The survey released Wednesday also says half of Americans think of China as
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some. Other arrests were made at Yale University, Dartmouth College, and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some. Other arrests were made at Yale University, Dartmouth College, and
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Art can help cancer patients transcend pain and bring hope. In this Island News exclusive, an artist who is a breast cancer survivor shares her talents with others living with the disease. Leni Acosta Knight is an International Artist based in Hawaii.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to continue cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt’s latest proposal. New estimates from the United Nations show that if the Israel-Hamas war stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes that have
Continue ReadingBy Frances Lin Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — A 66-year-old woman from Hilo, Doreen Torres, has been cited by the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) for allegedly feeding feral cats in Queen Liliʻoukalani Park and Gardens, sparking concerns over the safety of native wildlife. Torres received
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A viral video clip circulating online suggested that actor Robert De Niro had confronted pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City, but CNN has learned that the actor was actually filming a TV show. In the video posted onto social media, De Niro is seen yelling, “This is not a movie! This is not a movie! …
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to terror charges for showing support on social media for Hamas. West Yorkshire constable Mohammed Adil admitted in a London court Thursday that he shared two images on WhatsApp supporting Hamas, which is designated a terror group and banned in the U.K. A prosecutor says
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some. Other arrests were made at Dartmouth College, and the New
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some. Other arrests were made at Dartmouth College, and the New
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid could be crumbling. Speaker Jason White says the House would file a plan Thursday to put two questions on this November’s ballot: Should Mississippi expand Medicaid? If so, should expansion include a work requirement?
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Glendale middle school 8th grader who stopped a us full of students, saving them, was formally recognized on Wednesday, May 1. “Now therefore being proclaimed that Acie Holland III for his heroic actions and being further proclaimed by the mayor
Continue ReadingBy RYAN PEARSON, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police removed barricades and began dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles, after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave, some of them forming human chains as police fired flash-bangs to
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un mes después de que ocho pasajeros de Norwegian Cruise Line quedaran varados en África cuando su barco zarpó sin ellos porque tardaban en regresar, una pareja estadounidense —de 84 y 81 años— también fue abandonada por la compañía de cruceros en España. Richard y Claudene Gordon, de Salt Lake
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