By Matt Egan, CNN Business The shell company that is facilitating former President Donald Trump’s return to Wall Street disclosed Monday that federal regulators are investigating the deal. In October, Trump announced a new media venture that would “stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech.” That new entity, chaired by the former president, agreed
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The shell company that is facilitating former President Donald Trump’s return to Wall Street disclosed Monday that federal regulators are investigating the deal. In October, Trump announced a new media venture that would “stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech.” That new entity, chaired by the former president, agreed
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LONDON (AP) — British parliamentary authorities say they are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament. The Sunday Times reported that traces of cocaine were found in 11 locations that are only accessible by accredited parliamentary lawmakers, staff and journalists, including a
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines say they’ve arrested a man suspected in a string of overnight arson fires involving half a dozen vehicles that also damaged at least two homes. Police say in a news release that the fires occurred starting around 11:30 p.m. Sunday into early Monday morning. The fires
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Jack Guy, CNN Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has auctioned off a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first edit ever made on the site. Wales typed the words “Hello, World!” after launching Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, and the moment has been immortalized in an NFT that sold for $750,000 at Christie’s on Wednesday, the auction
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 311-year-old school in southwest England named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its name following a wide-ranging consultation. The governors of the fee-paying Colston’s School, which was set up in 1710 in Bristol, said Monday that the school will be renamed next summer
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN It’s a football uniform with a difference — it has a QR code which, when scanned, will direct users to a web page to learn more about the issues of sportswashing and alleged human rights abuses that surround the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The kit, which incorporates the QR code
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Mira aquà las mayores noticias que nos ha dejado este 2021 en Estados Unidos y el mundo. Hechos, eventos y personajes que marcaron este año. Eventos y noticias destacadas de EE.UU. en 2021 3 de enero: el 117º Congreso de EE.UU. tomó juramento oficialmente. La representante Nancy Pelosi fue reelegida como presidenta
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the fastest-growing forms of cryptocurrency are stablecoins, which use blockchain technology like Bitcoin and ethereum. Stablecoins are distinct, though, because they are pegged to a government-backed currency, like the dollar, or to gold. With each digital token valued at, say, $1, stablecoins are potentially better-suited
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY SISK Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Adrienne Chandler was a mom of four. She died from COVID-19 three days after having her fourth child. Family tells WISN 12 News she never got to meet the newborn. Her current boyfriend and father to the newborn, Ryan Emperley, told
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has announced retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and the U.K., as well as a ban on imports of Western goods from countries that introduced sanctions against the post-Soviet nation last week. The Belarus Foreign Ministry says the import ban comes in
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has announced retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and the U.K., as well as a ban on imports of Western goods from countries that introduced sanctions against the post-Soviet nation last week. The Belarus Foreign Ministry says the import ban comes in
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By CNN Sports staff After 15 games without a victory across a period of almost a year, the Detroit Lions’ winless run has finally come to an end. Jared Goff’s last-gasp touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown handed the Lions a dramatic 29-27 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, sparking wild celebrations among the
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution delaying action on requests by Myanmar’s military junta and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to take their countries’ seats at the United Nations. Assembly President Abdulla Shahid banged his gavel Monday to approve the measure by consensus, without a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It’s a wrap for two of the stars of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.” James Kennedy and Raquel Leviss shared a joint statement on social media that they have split and ended their engagement. “After these 5 wonderful years we had together, we decided we have two different goals and made the
Continue Reading By MATT OTT Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares in the electric vehicle startup Lucid Group are tumbling after saying that it had been subpoenaed by regulators, apparently over the process by which it became a  publicly-traded company last summer. The California company said in a regulatory filing Monday that the investigation by
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s new social media company forecasts it may have 81 million users by 2026, or nearly 7 million more people than voted for him in the last U.S. presidential election. The projection was filed on Monday with securities regulators by the company trying to bring Trump Media & Technology Group
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s new social media company forecasts it may have 81 million users by 2026, or nearly 7 million more people than voted for him in the last U.S. presidential election. The projection was filed on Monday with securities regulators by the company trying to bring Trump Media & Technology Group
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors have charged a professional soccer player from Gambia of using a false identity to breach immigration law. Prosecutors say Bakery Jatta is actually named Bakary Daffeh and is two-and-a-half years older than his stated age of 23. He plays for Hamburg in the second division. He has been charged
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Philadelphia Flyers have fired coach Alain Vigneault following eight straight losses. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the firing hadn’t been announced. There was no immediate word on an interim coach.
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