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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years. “I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said on stage during a wide-ranging interview at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023. A report released Wednesday marked the conclusion of the investigation that began
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest publishing launch of 2024. According to Circana, Swift’s “Eras Tour Book” sold 814,000 copies over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Circana tracks around 85% of the print market, but the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid. The human rights group said in a report released Thursday in the
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court was more than an hour into its feisty debate over gender-affirming care when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked one of the most significant civil rights precedents in the nation’s history. A liberal named to the court by President Joe Biden two years
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is forcefully endorsing having women in combat roles and emphasizing the military’s obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution. Some fear those ideals may come under fire in the upcoming Trump administration. He told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in New York about commanding troops during
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch announced Wednesday that he will recuse himself from a case dealing with a western railway line after Democratic lawmakers called attention to the fact that a longtime ally of his could benefit from the court’s decision. The court’s clerk notified attorneys in the case
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged for their alleged involvement in a crash that killed a bicyclist last year in Palm Desert. Deputy Christian J. Lopez was charged with one count of vehicular manslaughter, according to the criminal complaint. The Riverside County District Attorney’s office filed charges against Lopez on September 16, a
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November’s election: California would play a central role in determining control of the U.S. House. Indeed it did. Democrat Adam Gray’s come-from-behind victory over Republican Rep. John Duarte in a Central Valley farm-belt district Tuesday — the final
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Pete Hegseth’s former colleagues at Fox News are rallying to his side. After disregarding a series of misconduct allegations against Hegseth for days on end, the right-wing network has shifted into a new posture: defense. On Wednesday, several prominent personalities on Fox News, where he was a
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful alpine skier of all time, said she is feeling better after crashing out of the women’s giant slalom during last weekend’s Stifel Killington Cup in Vermont. “I’m starting to feel a little bit more human, which is great,” she said in a social media
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, now known as GivingTuesday, has become a major annual day for nonprofits to fundraise and otherwise engage their supporters. In both 2022 and 2023,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way. The phenomenon is known as “mine subsidence” — and it poses a threat to people and property alike. That’s what officials near Pittsburgh fear happened Monday evening when 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The largest artificial intelligence data center ever built by Facebook’s parent company Meta is coming to northeast Louisiana, the company said Wednesday, bringing hopes that the $10 billion facility will transform an economically neglected corner of the state. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry called it “game-changing” for his
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Por Scottie Andrew, CNN Cada año, los usuarios de Spotify esperamos con ansias Wrapped, el resumen de fin de año de nuestros artistas y canciones más reproducidos. Y cada año, al menos en los últimos cinco, Spotify lanza una nueva función Wrapped tan divisiva que amenaza con eclipsar la música más popular del año. Para
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story SWEETWATER, Florida (WFOR) — Tensions are running high at Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park after cellphone video shows the rough takedown of a woman by police at the mobile park’s management office Wednesday. CBS News Miami has learned the woman was voicing her concerns about
Continue Reading Por Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció este miércoles que aumentó a US$ 15 millones la recompensa por información que conduzca a la captura y condena de Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, presunto cofundador y líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), banda criminal señalada por
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Pennsylvania-based Yuengling, the oldest brewery in America, announced it is expanding to Illinois early next year, bringing its beers to bars and restaurants across the state. Beginning in late January, Yuengling brand beers will be available on draft at bars and
Continue ReadingPALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were in “extremely critical condition” Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said. The gunman may have targeted the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo because of its
Continue ReadingPALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children wounded in a California school shooting and the gunman likely killed himself, sheriff’s officials say.
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