By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy isn’t looking to force the company’s workers back into the office anytime soon. “We don’t have a plan to require people to come back,” Jassy said at the Code Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “But we’re going to proceed adaptively as we learn.” The online
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By STEFANIE DAZIO and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the phone rang inside a Northern California police station around midday Wednesday, the homicide suspect — an off-duty sheriff’s deputy accused in a shocking double-slaying — was on the line. But the detectives working the case were all out in the
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Eloy Jiménez drove in three runs with a homer and double, Chicago took advantage of three errors, and the White Sox rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6. The White Sox took two of three in the series and stayed on the heels of Cleveland and
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season during the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning for Detroit off Jose Quijada.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — J.C. Jackson is out of his walking boot and is likely to be a game-time decision when the Los Angles Chargers host the Las Vegas Raiders in Sunday’s regular-season opener. The fifth-year cornerback was one of the Chargers’ biggest acquisitions during the offseason after
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By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine and Stella Chan, CNN The Fairview Fire has now charred more nearly 20,000 acres in the two days it’s been burning in Southern California, according to Cal Fire. The fire, which had spread to 19,377 acres and is 5% contained as of late Wednesday, has not shown signs of slowing
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Red-shirted teachers and staff in Seattle Public Schools took to the picket lines instead of the classroom on what was supposed to be the first day of school Wednesday. They’re on strike for the first time since 2015, over issues that include pay and educational support for
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has become the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006. The 24-year-old Tiafoe beat Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 on Wednesday while being backed by a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tiafoe is seeded No.
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration moves toward ending the use of oil and gas. The heat wave
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner doubled in the go-ahead run and Max Muncy added a three-run homer in the eighth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3. The NL West-leading Dodgers reduced their magic number to six games. Muncy went 3 for
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN The antibodies in Evusheld, the only therapy available to protect people with reduced immune function against Covid-19, may lose their punch against the BA.4.6 subvariant, a new study shows. BA.4.6 is an offshoot of the BA.4 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Only a couple of mutations separate it from its
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Putin amenaza con restringir las exportaciones de grano ucraniano para los paÃses europeos y los acusa de actuar “como potencias coloniales”. El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, amenazó este miércoles con restringir las exportaciones de grano ucraniano a los paÃses europeos y los acusó de actuar “como potencias coloniales”, mientras utilizaba
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously rejected by the same group earlier this year. The Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 7-2
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El sospechoso del apuñalamiento masivo en Canadá fue detenido el miércoles después de una persecución de tres dÃas, según un tuit de la Real PolicÃa Montada (RCMP, por sus siglas en inglés) de Canadá en Saskatchewan. La RCMP tuiteó que Myles Sanderson fue detenido alrededor de las 3:30 p.m. hora local.
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Frances Tiafoe celebrated with friends and family, Bradley Beal wrapped his arms around him for a hug. Beal had never attended a tennis tournament until this week, but he wasn’t going to miss the biggest moment of his friend’s career. The Washington Wizards guard
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate’s three Republican women all said they could not support an abortion ban that did not include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Two different attempts to get the exceptions back into the bill failed later Wednesday. Senators adjourned Wednesday evening
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El ministro de justicia de Colombia, Néstor Osuna, informó este miércoles que el gobierno nacional concedió la extradición a Estados Unidos de Alvaro Fredy Córdoba, hermano de la senadora Piedad Córdoba, que pertenece a la coalición oficialista Pacto Histórico. “A partir de este momento se le notificará a la persona
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old Missouri man is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. Dustin Beechner, of St. Joseph, is charged with child abuse resulting in death. During a brief court hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered that Beechner be held without bond. St. Joseph police say they were
Continue Reading ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old Missouri man is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. Dustin Beechner, of St. Joseph, is charged with child abuse resulting in death. During a brief court hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered that Beechner be held without bond. St. Joseph police say they were
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