Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. presentó una demanda este martes en la que acusa a Visa de monopolizar ilegalmente el mercado de tarjetas de débito. Durante más de una década, alega el departamento, Visa ha abusado de su posición dominante en el mercado de tarjetas de débito para obligar a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is giving the union representing striking factory workers more time to consider a revised contract offer with bigger pay increases and more bonus money, but it was unclear Tuesday whether the union would schedule a ratification vote on the proposal. On picket lines in the Pacific Northwest, strikers said
Continue ReadingBy WXII Staff Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office has explained how two inmates were improperly released. On Sept. 16 at around 4:30 p.m., Carlos Geovany “Yobani” Diaz-Gomez was freed from the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro. The sheriff’s office reports that
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump portrays himself as a big friend of big business. Among the most notable efforts of his first administration was slashing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% as part of his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which contained multiple other beneficial measures
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a time when one of the hottest summer tickets belonged to anyone who was able to score an invite to party with Sean “Diddy” Combs. These days, people aren’t rushing to be associated with the now disgraced and detained businessman and producer. Combs faces up to
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — More than 12,000 applicants who hoped to compete in the 129th running of the Boston Marathon are being denied entry after a record number of applications were received. The Boston Athletic Association said Tuesday that 24,069 qualified applicants have been accepted
Continue ReadingBy Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story LONDON, Kentucky (WLKY) — The couple credited with finding the body of a suspected interstate shooter are getting their reward. Fred and Sheila McCoy spent days searching for Joseph Couch after he allegedly shot several people on I-75 in Laurel County and then darted from
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The person who was stabbed in an apartment complex in downtown Palm Springs has died from their injuries. The suspect is now charged with murder. Eduardo Xol, 58, of Palm Springs was pronounced dead on Friday at Desert Regional Medical Center, the Riverside County Coroner announced. Xol was stabbed on Sept. 10 at an apartment
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — One Edgewater man has spent decades riding the waves. He’s helped many people out of the water after a shark bite, but this time it was him. As owner of the Gnarly Charley Surf Series, Charley Hajek has seen it
Continue ReadingBy Malcolm Shields Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WPBF) — Because of the threat of Helene making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a hurricane, two universities and a college in Tallahassee are set to close. Florida State University announced Tuesday that it will close its campus on Wednesday through
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing announced Monday that it raised its offer to the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union as the strike against the company enters its 11th day. The new offer would give members a 30% raise over the four-year life of the contract, including an
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The big play is back in a big way for No. 17 Clemson. The Tigers (2-1, 1-0 ACC) and frequently maligned passer Cade Klubnik have made an early, explosive statement about their chances in the Atlantic Coast Conference. “Explosive. Explosive and consistent,” coach Dabo Swinney said this week.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company says the Mexican government has carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The government issued a decree declaring the firm’s seaport and quarries to be a natural protected area, in effect prohibiting the company’s activities on its own land. Alabama-based Vulcan
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women’s basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in January. The games will be played in New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Coretta Scott King Classic was formed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week. Leo Christopher Kelly of Cedar Rapids was freed last Thursday after
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar has become just the second Muslim-majority country to be admitted into a program that allows its citizens to travel to the United States without first obtaining a U.S. visa. The departments of State and Homeland Security jointly announced Tuesday that Qatar had met
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying that he made Nichols’ young son fatherless, and that he’s sorry and wishes he had stopped the punches. Desmond Mills took the stand Tuesday in the federal criminal trial
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Firefighters responded to a fire that was confined to the garage area of a home in Coachella Tuesday morning. The fire was reported just before 11:00 a.m. near the intersection of Calendula Avenue and Hibisco Street. CAL FIRE confirmed the structure was a single-story, single-family dwelling. The first arriving unit reported smoke coming out of
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy replenishment ship sustained damage while operating in the Middle East in an incident that remains under investigation, according to a Navy official. The USNS Big Horn was damaged after the ship refueled and replenished Navy vessels operating in the region, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre revealed Tuesday he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The famed quarterback was speaking in front of the House Ways and Means Committee in a hearing on reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), where he was called to testify before Congress about
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