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Month: June 2024

Still need your landline? California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug

By KHARI JOHNSON/CalMatters CalMatters California’s Public Utilities Commission rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option. Its 4-0 vote Thursday came after a judge determined the application by AT&T California was “fatally flawed.” AT&T is the “carrier of last resort” for California, an official designation

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US proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese technology with military uses

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has fleshed out its proposed rule that would restrict and monitor U.S. investments in China for artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The proposed rule, released Friday, stems from President Joe Biden’s August 2023 executive order regarding the access that “countries of concern”

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FAA investigating Southwest flight that flew just 525 feet above Oklahoma town, triggering altitude warning

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that descended to just 525 feet above ground as it approached Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, triggering an altitude warning from air traffic control that it was getting too low. Southwest flight 4069

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FAA investigating Southwest flight that flew just 525 feet above Oklahoma town, triggering altitude warning

CNN By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that descended to just 525 feet above ground as it approached Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, triggering an altitude warning from air traffic control that it was getting too low. Southwest

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A meeting by chance; two couples who live across the country from each other, turned friends thanks to CWS

By John Brown Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) — Couples Jerry and Heather Soles and Clint Reichert and Kristi Lyons live over 1,000 miles apart. But, their friendship has brought them closer than ever, and it’s all because of the College World Series. “It’s just a really neat relationship,” said

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Lactose intolerant woman sues Michigan-based Biggby Coffee for $5M over oat milk surcharge

By DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A woman suffering from lactose intolerance is suing Michigan-based franchise Biggby Coffee over a surcharge for non-dairy alternatives, saying the extra charge is excessive and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The woman, Leslie Bower, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in

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‘It’s a balance between looking modern and faking youth:’ An audience with Amiri

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — Few cities have been so adamantly idealized, mythologized and captured on film and in photographs as Los Angeles and Paris. Inside the majestic botanical garden of “Jardin des Plantes” at the heart of Paris earlier this week, Mike Amiri, founder of the eponymous Californian label, brought these two worlds together in a cinematic

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Manhattan prosecutors say Trump gag order should stay in place to protect jurors and prosecutors

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to keep the gag order that stops the former president from making statements about jurors, prosecutors and their family members in place, arguing threats against prosecutors have increased since the start of the trial. Prosecutors from

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