By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will start their second week of deliberations Monday. Holmes faces 11 criminal charges alleging that she duped investors and patients by hailing her company’s blood-testing technology as a medical breakthrough when in actuality
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SYDNEY (AP) — Monaco Yacht Club super maxi Black Jack held a 18-nautical-mile lead over fellow maxi SHK Scallywag in a Sydney to Hobart race hit by retirements of nearly half the fleet due to heavy seas. More than 24 hours into the annual race from Sydney Harbor to Hobart on the island state of
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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is undertaking a comprehensive examination of the stories told by its 2,500 roadside historical markers. The state has undertaken a review of the markers, prompted in part by the 2017 racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. It’s a process that’s found factual errors, inadequate historical context
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By Cheri Mossburg, Sarah Moon and Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN Valentina Orellana-Peralta and her mother were holding one another and praying in the dressing room of a Los Angeles clothing store when a police officer’s bullet ripped through a wall and fatally wounded the 14-year-old, according to relatives. “The girl’s American dream has been taken from
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The Associated Press S&P issues its latest monthly CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index Tuesday. The Commerce Department reports its November snapshot of U.S. wholesale inventories Wednesday. The Labor Department delivers its weekly tally of applications for unemployment benefits Thursday.
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By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earned six Oscar nominations, has died. He was 58. His representative Bumble Ward says Vallée died in his cabin outside
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 26 points and 22 rebounds, rallying Denver past the Los Angeles Clippers 103-100 after the Nuggets blew a 17-point lead. Brandon Boston Jr. took the Clippers’ final shot but his potential tying 3-pointer was off the mark at the buzzer. Boston and
Continue Reading By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earned six Oscar nominations, has died. He was 58. His representative Bumble Ward says Vallée died suddenly in his cabin
Continue Reading RED DEER, Alberta (AP) — Boston University goalie Drew Commesso made 23 saves and the defending champion United States opened the world junior hockey championship with a 3-2 victory over Slovakia on Sunday night. Up 3-0 after two periods, the Americans held on after Martin Chromiak scored twice for Slovakia in the final period —
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back on news consumption. To a large degree, that was predictable with the presidential election, pandemic and racial reckoning providing constant headlines the
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back on news consumption. To a large degree, that was predictable with the presidential election, pandemic and racial reckoning providing constant headlines the
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Oscar Holland, CNN | Joe Sutton, CNN and Carma Hassan, CNN Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose paintings breathed color into the everyday symbols of post-war America, has died age 101, according to a statement from the University of California, Davis, where he taught for more than 40 years. Known for his vibrant depictions of ordinary life
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Washington Football Team is just barely still in playoff contention. A 56-14 loss to NFC East champion Dallas was its third in a row, and the most-lopsided setback for the team since 2007. Taylor Heinicke threw an interception on Washington’s first offensive play when
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries grapple with the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. Many markets were closed for holidays. Benchmarks rose in Shanghai and Bangkok on Monday but fell in Tokyo and Seoul.
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Major share benchmarks are mostly lower in Asia at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries grapple with the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. Many markets were closed Monday for holidays. Benchmarks fell in Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo and Seoul. Taiwan
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Dipali Roy couldn’t afford to eat. She and her husband, Pradip Roy, were garment workers in Bangladesh when the Covid-19 pandemic hit last spring, leading to mass layoffs at their factory. Like millions of people around the world, both lost their jobs in the capital city of Dhaka, where they
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