By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build. Pichai spent more than two hours in a San Francisco courtroom defending
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has successfully tested new solid-fuel engines designed for intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The report Wednesday comes as North Korea works on developing nuclear-capable weapons targeting its rivals in the region. State media said military scientists tested the first-stage and second-stage missile engines
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are digging into an outside accounting firm’s role in preparing financial statements at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit. On Tuesday, they upped the blame with expert testimony from a former federal financial regulator. Jason Flemmons testified on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia and a consultant firm held an open house Tuesday to get feedback from members of the community regarding the city’s bus system, Go COMO. The city is currently working with the consultant on a conference-of-transit study in order to address the potential changes needed to the system. Shawn
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A new hotel in Indonesia is trying to nab the title of being the “world’s skinniest.” But its creator says the project isn’t just about trying to set a world record – it’s about getting international attention for the small town he calls home. Ary Indra grew up in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia conducted its annual dry snow run training exercise to prepare for winter weather. Crews drove through the streets of Columbia to help train several new employees after administrators said they lost 12 workers in seven months. Engineering and Operations Manager Richard Stone said the city would have liked
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — CNN obtuvo acceso, mediante funcionarios israelíes, a un documento recuperado de una computadora encontrada dentro de una camioneta de Hamas que estaba fuera de Gaza, que muestra a un comandante militar de Hamas solicitando una beca para que los agentes de Hamas estudien ingeniería, física y tecnología en universidades de Irán.
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You might have noticed an increase in acorns in your yard or on the road this year. This due to an increase in totals during a “on” year of production for oak trees known as a a mast year. During mast years, a mature Oak tree can produce 10,000 acorns. Scientist do not know exactly
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGMERY, Ala. (AP) — The creation of a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Alabama has drawn a sprawling field of candidates as Democrats eye a rare chance to flip a Republican seat in the battle for control of the House of Representatives. The new, court-ordered district is viewed as a once-in-a-generation
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés (CNN en Español) — La Asamblea Nacional (AN) de Venezuela aprobó por unanimidad este martes un Proyecto de Acuerdo en repudio a la petición que presentó Guyana ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) para detener el referéndum que Venezuela realizará el 3 de diciembre sobre su derecho al territorio en disputa del
Continue ReadingOpinion by Stephen I. Vladeck (CNN) — Rules are just empty words if there’s no hope they’ll be followed. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson once wrote that “if put to the choice, one might well prefer to live under Soviet substantive law applied in good faith by our common-law procedures than under our substantive law enforced by Soviet procedural
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who shared her Thanksgiving table seven years ago with a stranger she accidentally texted will be opening up her home again this year to two new strangers. Wanda Dench is teaming up with Airbnb to expand the festivities, and the company said it will make a donation to the
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Board of Education is considering a universal definition of “age appropriate” educational materials in South Carolina schools and libraries. A proposal advanced Tuesday seeks to bar descriptions or visual depictions of “sexual conduct” and anything defined as “obscene” or “indecent.” The regulation
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó el proyecto de ley de su presidente Mike Johnson para evitar el cierre del Gobierno. Se aprobó de forma bipartidista por 336 votos a favor y 95 en contra, 209 de los cuales vinieron de los demócratas. El proyecto contó con la oposición
Continue ReadingPROVO, Utah (AP) — Two people were killed and a third injured when a small plane crashed in the mountains south of Salt Lake City. Utah County Sheriff’s officials say the two apparently died on impact and the third was walking around when rescuers arrived. The plane went down around midday Tuesday for unknown reasons
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By David Shortell, Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Mostafa Salem and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel said its military launched a “targeted” operation against Hamas early Wednesday morning inside Gaza’s largest hospital, where thousands of Palestinians are believed to be sheltering. Conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, which has run out of fuel and is no longer
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An auction of federal Gulf of Mexico leases for oil and gas drilling must be held in 37 days, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, rejecting environmentalists’ arguments against the sale and throwing out plans by the Biden administration to scale back the sale to protect
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Detroit police corporal accused of shooting three photojournalists with rubber pellets while they covered protests against police brutality has been ordered to stand trial. Prosecutors say Daniel Debono is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 28 in Wayne County Circuit Court on felonious assault charges. The photojournalists encountered Debono and
Continue ReadingNYE, Montana (AP) — Work has resumed at a precious metals mine in south-central Montana a day after an Idaho man died in an underground machinery accident. The worker died early Monday when he was operating a machine that bolts wire panels onto the stone walls of an underground tunnel to prevent falling rock during
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By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to avoid a government shutdown by relying on Democratic votes will not cost him the gavel, despite it being the exact same strategy that got Kevin McCarthy the boot, according to interviews with over a dozen members from across the House Republican
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