By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s defense team has rested its case and closing arguments will begin later Wednesday at the Los Angeles rape trial of the former movie magnate. Weinstein’s lawyers called six witness as they sought to cast doubt on the accounts of the women who have
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s defense team has rested its case and closing arguments will begin later Wednesday at the Los Angeles rape trial of the former movie magnate. Weinstein’s lawyers called six witness as they sought to cast doubt on the accounts of the women who have
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Biogen, Wayfair rise; CrowdStrike, NetApp fall.
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks rallied on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve said the central bank could soon ease up on its aggressive pace of interest rate hikes aimed at taming inflation. While citing some signs that inflation is cooling, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the Fed will push rates
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi will grace the World Cup stage at least one more time. The Argentina great had a penalty saved but his team still beat Poland 2-0 after second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez and advanced to the last 16. Argentina finished
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in remarks likely intended to underscore the Fed’s single-minded focus on combating stubborn inflation. Yet in a speech at the Brookings Institution, Powell
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved a resolution recognizing as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s “Holodomor” — a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The resolution was brought to the lower house on Wednesday by the three parties
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday committed to protecting Spirit Mountain and the surrounding area in Nevada, a sacred site for the Fort Mojave and other Native American tribal nations. Biden’s announcement during Wednesday’s White House Tribal Nations Summit is part of an ongoing process to designate the site as a new
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a city’s argument that the streaming services Netflix and Hulu should have to pay local governments the same fees levied on cable operators. At issue was Ohio’s 2007 Video Service Authorization law, which directed the state Commerce
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a city’s argument that the streaming services Netflix and Hulu should have to pay local governments the same fees levied on cable operators. At issue was Ohio’s 2007 Video Service Authorization law, which directed the state Commerce
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — México le ganó 2-1 a Arabia Saudita. Empató un partido, perdió otro y ganó otro. Llegó a 4 puntos. Marcó dos goles. Polonia empató un partido, ganó otro y perdió otro. Llegó a 4 puntos. Marcó dos goles. Pero Polonia clasificó a octavos y México no. La razón: el siguiente
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rallied on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve said the central bank could soon ease up on its aggressive pace of interest rate hikes aimed at taming inflation. While citing some signs that inflation is cooling, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department is seeking access to “all” transcripts and other evidence collected in the House January 6, 2021, investigation, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday. The comments from Garland, in response to a question from CNN’s Evan Perez, nodded to the monthslong effort by the department to
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will greet the Prince and Princess of Wales while in Boston for a fundraiser Friday, the White House said Wednesday. The Royal couple is visiting Boston for the second annual Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony, an ambitious initiative founded by Prince William to help tackle some of the planet’s
Continue ReadingBy Jalen Brown, CNN The United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) administered disability benefits in a racially discriminatory manner for decades, disproportionately rejecting Black veteran disability claims at a much higher rate than White veterans, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. The lawsuit filed Monday
Continue Reading SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two correctional officers shot and killed two incarcerated people who were stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern California prison, authorities said Wednesday. Staff at High Desert State Prison in Susanville responded around 11 a.m. Tuesday after Anthony Aguilera was attacked by two men wielding makeshift weapons, the California Department of
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Wednesday stretching into Friday for much of the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe where up to 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow and winds gusting to near 100 mph (160 kph) are expected on the mountain tops. The warning goes into effect at
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Seven-time All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald will miss a game because of injury for the first time in his NFL career when his Los Angeles Rams host Seattle on Sunday. Donald has a high ankle sprain from the Rams’ loss at Kansas City last
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