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Month: March 2024

Why this is a wild week for Trump even by his standards

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s tumultuous life has been rocked by bankruptcies, personal scandals, impeachments and election wins and losses, but nothing quite compares to the personal and financial crisis facing the once-and-possibly future president this week. Trump is struggling to post a bond worth around half a billion dollars

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Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets that took effect earlier this month. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said Monday

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Biden and Harris discuss migration in separate White House meetings with Guatemalan leader Arévalo

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden discussed migration with President Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala after the Central American leader held similar talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. The meetings Monday with Guatemala’s newly elected leader come amid his battle against corruption and as

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Philippines lodges its ‘strongest protest’ against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and damaged their boat in the disputed South China Sea. In response, China warned that relations are at a crossroads and

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Big brands could pivot easily if TikTok goes away. For many small businesses, it’s another story

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform’s possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” could supply the soundtrack. Sure, businesses that built strategies around TikTok and promote products there would prefer not to seek eyeballs

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Big brands could pivot easily if TikTok goes away. For many small businesses, it’s another story

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform’s possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” could supply the soundtrack. Sure, businesses that built strategies around TikTok and promote products there would prefer not to seek eyeballs

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Tormenta de nieve en las llanuras y el Medio Oeste trae fuertes nevadas y condiciones de ventisca

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una poderosa tormenta de invierno está azotando partes de las Llanuras Centrales con condiciones de ventisca y se espera que deje una capa de nieve desde Colorado hasta Minnesota hasta este martes, amenazando con cortes generalizados de energía y condiciones de carreteras peligrosas. La tormenta se moverá a través del

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Energy agency announces $6 billion to slash emissions in industrial facilities

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The industrial sector is getting $6 billion in federal funding for projects that will slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industries. The Biden administration announced the funding Monday through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. One-third of all

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The Supreme Court maintained access to the abortion pill. A timeline of how we got here

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that will continue to allow the pills to be mailed to patients without an in-person doctor’s visit. Medication abortion accounts for nearly two-thirds of all US abortions, according

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Tracking a wet Monday

TODAY: Widespread rain is forecast today, especially in the after sunrise. Some light showers this morning, will eventually progress into more widespread moderate rainfall. This will continue through at least 7 p.m. for many, before a short break ahead of a line of thunderstorms along a cold front. This cold front moves through the region

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France launches a nationwide anti-drug crackdown ahead of European elections

PARIS (AP) — The French interior minister has launched multiple anti-drug crackdowns, reflecting the government’s commitment to show it’s serious about tackling the drug trade and crime in cities ahead of European elections. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that police units conducted raids and made several arrests in the northern

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