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MrBeast and Amazon sued by competitors from his $5M reality show over alleged ‘unsafe’ conditions

September 18, 2024 11:29 AM Associated Press

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment, and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5 million grand prize in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by five unnamed participants. The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube’s most popular channel failed to

Work has begun on an inauguration stage at the Capitol. The last one became part of Jan. 6 attack

September 18, 2024 11:28 AM Associated Press

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Work on the presidential inauguration platform is kicking off at the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders pounded the first ceremonial nails into a stage they cast as a symbol of America’s commitment to the peaceful transfer of power. But even as Republican and Democratic leaders gathered in a moment of bipartisanship

Cal and Stanford get ready for their first of many cross-country ACC trips

September 18, 2024 11:23 AM Associated Press

AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Cross-country road trips aren’t a new thing for California coach Justin Wilcox, who has taken the Golden Bears into places like Auburn, Mississippi and North Carolina and come out with wins in recent years. The trips will just become much more common for Cal and Bay Area rival

Prosecutors charge 10 with failing to disperse during California protest

September 18, 2024 11:16 AM Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors in Southern California have charged 10 people, including two professors, with failing to disperse during a pro-Palestinian protest last spring at the University of California, Irvine that led to a clash with police, officials said Wednesday. The Orange County District Attorney’s office said those charged included two UCI professors

US launches online passport renewal service

September 18, 2024 7:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Americans who are renewing their passports will now be able to do so online, a top State Department official announced Wednesday. “This is a new service which will allow Americans to pay to upload a photo and to apply completely online, with no need to appear in person or

FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure

September 18, 2024 11:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has used a court order to seize control of a network of hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices that Chinese government-linked hackers were using to threaten critical infrastructure in the US and overseas, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. “It is just one

The Federal Reserve is finally lowering rates. Here’s what consumers should know

September 18, 2024 11:12 AM Associated Press

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses. On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large half-percentage point, to between

Dominican and US officials crack down on regional drug trafficking ring

September 18, 2024 11:12 AM Associated Press

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Officials from the U.S. and the Dominican Republic have arrested nearly a dozen suspects after they launched a joint operation to crack down on a regional drug trafficking ring. Officials with the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Drug Agency and agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Southern Command

A rockfall triggered by a rainstorm kills a woman hiker in Greece

September 18, 2024 11:09 AM Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a rockfall triggered by a sudden rainstorm has fatally injured a hiker in a popular national park on the island of Crete. The accident occurred in the Samaria Gorge of western Crete. The victim has been identified by state-run ERT television as a 33-year-old Ukrainian woman. Nobody else

City approves plan for Oklahoma hoops, gymnastics arena in $1.1B entertainment district

September 18, 2024 11:04 AM Associated Press

The Norman City Council has approved a plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for Oklahoma basketball and gymnastics. The City Council voted 5-4 after midnight Wednesday for the district that in addition to Oklahoma athletics, would host concerts, trade shows, meetings, graduations and other events. Oklahoma men’s basketball

Moscow will support Islamabad’s bid to join BRICS, says Russian deputy prime minister

September 18, 2024 11:04 AM Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Russia’s deputy prime minister says Moscow will support Islamabad’s bid to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies. Alexei Overchuk made his remarks Wednesday in a televised news conference following his talks with his counterpart Ishaq Dar in Islamabad. Pakistan applied last year for membership in the alliance that has a stated

US wants more clarity from Ukraine on possible use of long-range weapons

September 18, 2024 11:00 AM Associated Press

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration still isn’t convinced that it should give Ukraine the authority to launch long-range missiles deeper into Russia. They say they’re seeking more detailed information about how Kyiv would use the weapons and have asked Ukraine to more clearly spell out its combat objectives. The

Coachella Valley strengthening school safety efforts amid growing nationwide threats

September 18, 2024 10:39 AM Shay Lawson

With increasing school shooting threats across the nation — Coachella Valley schools, law enforcement agencies and other organizations are ramping up security measures and mental health support to ensure student safety. Recently, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 17-year-old from Cathedral City accused of a school violence threat posted online. In a statement to News

The Fed’s long-awaited rate cut is colliding with presidential politics

September 18, 2024 2:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era on Wednesday after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living, raising new questions about the health of the economy and the impact on voters at

South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency

September 18, 2024 10:30 AM Associated Press

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life. No governor in the state has done that since the death penalty was restarted nearly 50 years ago. McMaster has said he will stick to the historic practice of announcing his

Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years

September 18, 2024 10:30 AM Associated Press

AP Film Writer Ten years after “Whiplash” took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough film is returning to theaters nationwide Friday. In 2014, “Whiplash” was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story—a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both a box office hit and an awards darling:

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

September 18, 2024 10:26 AM Associated Press

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The global vaccine alliance Gavi says it will buy 500,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to fight outbreaks of the disease in African countries. Gavi said Wednesday that the vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic — will be available this year, without giving any specific

US imposes sanctions on 12 Iranian officials for human rights abuses

September 18, 2024 10:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 12 Iranian officials for human rights abuses, including violent crackdowns on protesters, torture of prisoners and targeting Iranian dissidents abroad. The sanctions were unveiled around the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s “morality police.”

A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

September 18, 2024 10:12 AM Associated Press

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital is the headquarters of a company that is linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria as part of an apparent Israeli operation against the Hezbollah militant group. BAC Consulting shares the ground

Police say a pair took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it. They have arrested 1 teen

September 18, 2024 9:47 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say they have arrested one of the young people who took an empty New York City subway train on a brief joyride before they crashed it and fled. Surveillance photos released by the New York Police Department on Tuesday show one person dressed all in pink including a pink shower