By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are putting forward proposals to curb social media giants by limiting their free-speech protections against legal liability. Their efforts are coming after a former Facebook product manager presented a case that the company’s systems amplify online hate and extremism and fail to protect young
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has warned that a number of U.S. diplomats will have to leave Russia before the end of next month, the latest salvo in a diplomatic tug-of-war between Moscow and Washington. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday that those U.S. Embassy personnel who would have
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By Stephanie Halasz and Chris Stern, CNN Four people have been injured in an explosion caused by an old aircraft bomb near a busy train station in the German city of Munich, police said Wednesday. The explosion happened after drilling during construction work near Donnersbergerbruecke station caused the bomb to go off, police said. By
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former television news anchor Tiffany O’Donnell has been elected mayor of Cedar Rapids. O’Donnell garnered 68% of the vote to businesswoman Amara Andrews’ 32% in Tuesday’s runoff election. The runoff was triggered when no candidate reached a majority 50% of the vote in the Nov. 2 general election. O’Donnell will
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Business Twitter has updated its privacy policy so that it can remove images of people that have been posted without their consent, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. Under its current policy, the social media giant prohibits the publication of people’s private information, including addresses, phone numbers, identity
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a World War II bomb has exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich. The blast on Wednesday injured three people.  One of them was seriously hurt. A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near a train station. The site
Continue Reading TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say airport police in Tulsa shot and wounded a man after he opened fire on a vehicle carrying his wife, whom he tried to confront in a parking garage after her flight landed. The wife wasn’t injured in the shooting late Tuesday outside Tulsa International Airport. During the shootout, an
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors were spooked by the discovery of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Now, they’re contending with another wrinkle in the outlook: The Federal Reserve could be prepared to roll back stimulus measures faster than planned because of persistent inflation. What’s happening: Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after Fed
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By Tara John, CNN When South African officials sounded the alarm on the new Omicron variant last Thursday, stocks around the world tumbled and up to 70 countries, including the United States, imposed travel bans and restrictions to southern African countries. The knee-jerk response followed the news that the variant had an unusually high number
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A study involving more than a million fully vaccinated people found that COVID-19 breakthrough infections were more common among immunocompromised individuals and were far more likely to lead to hospitalization or death. Researchers from Pfizer published their findings
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — In light of the new variant Omicron emerging, the World Heath Organization (WHO) has put out new advice regarding international travel, including that those over the age of 60 years old should refrain from travelling. The organization
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say three people have been injured including seriously in an explosion at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich. It wasn’t immediately clear what led to Wednesday’s blast after which a column of smoke was seen. Police said they had no immediate indication of foul
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Una explosión en Múnich, Alemania, se produjo este miércoles cerca de una concurrida estación de tren. Hasta el momento, cuatro personas resultaron heridas, según informó la policÃa local a CNN. La explosión se produjo durante unas obras cerca de la estación de Donnersbergerbruecke y fue causada por una antigua bomba
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of hundreds of corrections officers for failing to meet a Tuesday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The city’s Department of Correction reported 77% of its uniformed staff had gotten at
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of hundreds of corrections officers for failing to meet a Tuesday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The city’s Department of Correction reported 77% of its uniformed staff had gotten at
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow would seek Western guarantees that would preclude any further NATO expansion and the deployment of its weapons near Russia’s borders. Putin’s statement Wednesday came amid Ukrainian and Western worries about a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian diplomats have countered by
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow would seek Western guarantees that would preclude any further NATO expansion and the deployment of its weapons near Russia’s borders. Putin’s statement Wednesday came amid Ukrainian and Western worries about a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian diplomats have countered by
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LONDON (AP) — Three-time Olympian Hannah Miley of Britain has retired from competitive swimming. The 32-year-old Scottish individual medley specialist is a former world, European and Commonwealth Games champion. Miley was a finalist for Britain at three consecutive Olympics. Most recently she finished fourth in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Continue Reading By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cash management accounts are offered by brokerages and provide many banking-like services, such as checking and savings. CMAs tend to have above-average interest rates, and they can make money management and investing easy. But interest rates aren’t as high as they used to be, and these accounts are usually online-only,
Continue Reading By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cash management accounts are offered by brokerages and provide many banking-like services, such as checking and savings. CMAs tend to have above-average interest rates, and they can make money management and investing easy. But interest rates aren’t as high as they used to be, and these accounts are usually online-only,
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