By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Fox’s obsession with Hillary Clinton is only growing more fierce. The right-wing talk channel, which has in recent days dishonestly twisted a court filing from special counsel John Durham to
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The foundation of the late Des Moines businessman and philanthropist, Richard Jacobson, has announced a $70 million gift to the University of Iowa for a new hospital to be built across from Kinnick Stadium. The donation is the largest in the university’s 175-year history. The Richard O. Jacobson Foundation announced
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By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras has signed an arrest order for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, a step toward fulfilling a request by the United States government for his arrest and extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The Supreme Court of Justice designated
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By Karol Suarez and Abel Alvarado The United States is resuming its avocado inspection program in Mexico’s Michoacán state a week after imposing a temporary ban in response to a US inspector receiving a death threat. The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday that it was working closely with Mexican
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By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republicans boycotted a vote Tuesday afternoon in protest of President Joe Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the top banking regulator, halting a slate of pending nominees for the central bank of the United States. While Republicans support other nominees — including Jay
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi was so affected by online abuse and death threats after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that he hired bodyguards for his sightseeing trip to London with his girlfriend. The 26-year-old Canadian was threatened after the season-ending race where he crashed his Williams car
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users’ activity across the internet, even if they had logged out of the platform. The settlement, announced on Tuesday, is one of the largest in
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Starting this week, this masks are coming off for vaccinated visitors to Walt Disney World in Florida. The theme park resort announced Tuesday that face coverings will be optional for fully-vaccinated visitors in all indoor and outdoor locations, with one exception. Face masks still will be needed for visitors ages 2
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SCITUATE, New England (WBZ) — With record high temperatures in New England to start the weekend, Saturday presented the perfect opportunity to enjoy the warm air and take a drive with the windows down. . . as long as you remembered to close them back
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Parra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago mom is attacked by carjackers and the scary moments are captured on camera as her two young daughters helped her escape. CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman reports from Roseland on Chicago’s South Side. The Parker family Ring video showed the terrifying
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken say they will make NHL history during Thursday night’s game against Winnipeg when play-by-play announcer Everett Fitzhugh and analyst JT Brown team up to form the first all-Black television broadcast crew to call an NHL game. Fitzhugh and Brown will appear on ROOT Sports Northwest. Fitzhugh is Seattle’s radio
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children increased as Omicron replaced Delta as the predominant coronavirus variant in the United States, especially among those under 5, who are not eligible to be vaccinated, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At their peak, weekly pediatric
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Los contadores de larga data de Donald Trump hicieron este lunes un anuncio muy importante: ya no respaldan la información financiera de toda una década del expresidente… Y dejarían de trabajar para él. La firma de contabilidad de la Organización Trump sostiene que 10 años de estados financieros no son confiables ¿Por
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House is advancing a proposal that would allow lawmakers to undo the expansion of Medicaid health care recently approved by voters. House members gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. The proposal would give lawmakers the power to stop paying
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DANVILLE, California (KPIX) — The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department Saturday evening was trying to unravel the circumstances that led to the drowning of a woman and a child in a backyard pool in an exclusive Blackhawk neighborhood. The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department said deputies
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — For a second time since the start of the week, there has been a crash involving a Brightline train. Early Tuesday morning, a woman and her baby were able to get out of their car moments before it was hit
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Thistle investigated fruit and vegetable consumption in Missouri using data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Dolce&Gabbana has become the first Italian fashion house to bring its beauty division in-house, a move that the CEO said Tuesday would strengthen the link between beauty and fashion, and help build inroads with younger consumers. CEO Alfonso Dolce said developing products with a new team
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A 35-year-old actor was sentenced Monday in downtown Los Angeles to 20 years in federal prison for running an elaborate $650 million Ponzi scheme centered around fake film distribution rights. Zachary Horwitz, who used the name Zach Avery in film credits,
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By Marianne Garvey When Brittney Johnson floated on stage in a magic bubble Monday night, she got a standing ovation. Johnson also got a two-minute ovation at the close of the show. As the full-time Glinda in the Broadway musical “Wicked,” Johnson made history on Monday as the first Black woman to play the lead
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