CNN By Caroll Alvarado, Michelle Watson, Maria Aguilar Prieto and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than a week since Hannah Kobayashi missed a flight connection in Los Angeles. After a series of suspicious texts from her phone, the 30-year-old Hawaii woman has gone silent – and her family now fears she may
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania on Tuesday ruled that prosecutors’ indictment against influencer Andrew Tate contains multiple irregularities and gave them less than a week to amend or withdraw the case of alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The ruling by the Bucharest
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Reuters has hired Sally Buzbee, former executive editor of The Washington Post and The Associated Press, to be its top news editor in the United States and Canada. She will replace Kieran Murray, who will run the news agency’s live events business. Buzbee left the Post in June rather than carry
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Building the current crop of artificial intelligence chatbots has relied on specialized computer chips pioneered by Nvidia, which dominates the market and made itself the poster child of the AI boom. But the same qualities that make those graphics processor chips, or GPUs, so effective at creating
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Tuesday, an award that has recognized luminaries including climate activist Greta Thunberg
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump announced Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as his pick for secretary of the Department of Commerce on Tuesday, selecting his transition co-chair for a key role in an administration that the president-elect has promised will enact sweeping tariffs. “He will lead our
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Police say a dog fatally attacked a woman and bit two police officers in a Boston neighborhood. The Boston Police Department says that it responded to a report of a dog attack Monday evening and found a woman with life-threatening injuries and a second person injured in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful gang coalition has launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital. Gunmen targeted an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where they clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police. Tuesday’s attack was led by the Viv Ansanm group. Its leader is former elite police officer Jimmy Chérizier. He had
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Figuring out what to do with a small business when an owner is ready to retire can be difficult, but it’s best to have a plan well in advance of making a big change. Most people in the U.S. retire in their 60s, and about 51% of small
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized. It is not immediately clear whether Lumumba’s remains which are a single gold-capped tooth were damaged or stolen. A mausoleum curator told the national press agency that the glass doors had been smashed Monday and
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader. The New York Democrat received support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election. Jeffries and the rest of the top leadership team ran unopposed and were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press When the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmen traveled to housing sites around the country, she heard from renters in affordable housing that they felt forgotten and left out of the nation’s transition to clean energy. They lived in older buildings that had leaky windows and old appliances that
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Former NBA stars Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are part of a group being considered by the NFL to purchase a non-controlling minority stake in the Buffalo Bills, a person with knowledge of the league finance committee’s agenda told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work and life.” AI developers are increasingly pitching the next wave of generative AI chatbots as AI ‘agents’ that
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer President-elect Donald Trump has said it would take about 15 minutes to sort out golf’s mess. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. The PGA Tour confirmed a Washington Post report that Monahan accepted Trump’s invitation to play golf last Friday. The tour did
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who officials say carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan has been charged with three counts of murder. Fifty-one-year-old Ramon Rivera is awaiting arraignment Tuesday. A message seeking comment was left with an attorney who represented him in a prior case. The city’s
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not the holiday season until the house is full of festive music, from classics to covers and reimaginations across genres, for all to enjoy. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, here are some of the best new holiday releases for the 2024 season.
Continue ReadingNORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A man wanted in West Virginia on a federal weapons charge was shot and killed at an Ohio motel during a standoff with police that also left one officer wounded. The U.S. Marshals Service says the man, whose name hasn’t been released, was tracked to the motel in Jackson Township
Continue ReadingAP National Writer The new action-sports league being launched by Shaun White will air on NBC and stream on Peacock beginning next year. White announced earlier this year that he was putting together The Snow League, a four-stop circuit that will feature halfpipe snowboarding and freeskiing. On Tuesday, the league and NBC revealed that the
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