By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has reported worse-than-expected profits but its revenue beat expectations boosted by sales in its cloud-computing unit AWS. Amazon said it earned $300 million, or 3 cents per share, in the October-December quarter. Industry analysts were expecting the Seattle-based company to earn 17 cents a
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN, FARNOUSH AMIRI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have left a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols. Rep. Steven
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Ubicado entre unos almacenes de Dulles, Virginia, se encuentra uno de los laboratorios forenses de la Administración de Control de Drogas de EE.UU. (DEA). Es uno de los ocho en todo el paÃs donde los cientÃficos analizan las drogas ilegales y tratan de adelantarse a las causas de las
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — DeMeco Ryans was a highly sought-after candidate for head coaching jobs in this coaching cycle and had plenty of suitors other than the Houston Texans. No team really had a chance to land him with the Texans as an option. “When it came down to it,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Andi Babineau, CNN An Oregon woman faces charges after allegedly helping a kidnapping suspect destroy and hide evidence last week while he was evading police, according to an affidavit obtained by CNN. Benjamin Foster, 36, was accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon January 24. He died from a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird received another preseason honor on Thursday. The junior was named to the 2023 Preseason All-SEC Softball Team for the second straight year. Laird led the Tigers in 2022 batting .338 with 11 doubles, three triples, 44 runs scored and 22 stolen bases. She had 20 multi-hit games in
Continue Reading The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Star receiver Ainias Smith will return to Texas A&M for another season. Smith announced on Twitter that he’ll return for a fifth season after breaking his right leg in Texas A&M’s fourth game last season.
Continue Reading RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ryo Hisatsune’s fast start with birdies on his first six holes helped the Japanese golfer take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. The 20-year-old Hisatsune picked up further shots on the eighth and 10th holes but then couldn’t make another
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Koenig, Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN Attorneys representing the family of Hae Min Lee, the teen whose 1999 killing was investigated on the “Serial” podcast, asked an appellate court on Thursday to redo a hearing that vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed — and to reinstate Syed’s conviction in the meantime.
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By Marshall Cohen, Sara Murray and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans investigating what they believe are political abuses inside the Justice Department got to work this week, securing a private interview with one of their top targets. But the witness, former FBI official Jill Sanborn, is far from a household name. Perhaps hoping to change
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By George Ramsay, CNN Choirs have been banned from performing Tom Jones’ hit “Delilah” during Wales’ international rugby matches at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff due to the song’s “problematic” nature, the UK’s PA Media reported. The lyrics of the 1960s hit, which was taken off the half-time entertainment list at the Principality Stadium in
Continue Reading NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Jordan Minor had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead Merrimack to a 76-59 victory over Long Island University. Minor added seven assists, and four blocks for the Warriors (8-16, 6-4 Northeast Conference). Ziggy Reid pitched in with 19 points, shooting 7 of 11 from the floor with three 3-pointers, five
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una tomografÃa del cráneo de un pez fosilizado de 319 millones de años llevó al descubrimiento del ejemplar más antiguo de un cerebro vertebrado bien conservado, lo cual arroja nueva información sobre la evolución temprana de los peces óseos. El fósil del cráneo perteneciente al extinto Coccocephalus wildi fue encontrado en
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Koenig, Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN Attorneys representing the family of Hae Min Lee, the teen whose 1999 killing was investigated on the “Serial” podcast, asked an appellate court on Thursday to redo a hearing that vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed — and to reinstate Syed’s conviction in the meantime.
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Several state Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut are seeking to ban state agencies from using “Latinx,” — the latest example of political backlash against the term. Members of the Connecticut state House introduced a bill last month that would prohibit state agencies and employees acting on behalf of state agencies from using
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be released, a prosecutor said Wednesday as his office contemplates whether to file more charges in the case. The unreleased footage surrounding Tyre Nichols‘ brutal January 7 traffic stop
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be released, a prosecutor said Wednesday as his office contemplates whether to file more charges in the case. The unreleased footage surrounding Tyre Nichols‘ brutal January 7 traffic stop
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Several state Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut are seeking to ban state agencies from using “Latinx,” — the latest example of political backlash against the term. Members of the Connecticut state House introduced a bill last month that would prohibit state agencies and employees acting on behalf of state agencies from using
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was set to resume his NBA scoring-record chase Thursday night at Indiana after being cleared to start. James entered the day 89 points away from breaking Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s mark of 38,387. James, a 19-time All-Star, had been listed as questionable because of a sore left
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By Amanda Sealy and Nadia Kounang, CNN Sitting among the warehouses of Dulles, Virginia, is one of the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s forensic labs. It’s one of eight across the country where scientists analyze illegal drugs and try to stay ahead of what’s driving deadly overdoses. Starting in the late 1990s with overprescribing of prescription
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