By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
Continue Reading By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them last year for speaking out against the company. The former employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, publicly criticized the Seattle-based company and pushed Amazon to better protect warehouse workers
Continue ReadingBy John Oakes Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman named Aisha Tillman was getting ready for bed close to midnight when she heard shots right outside her door. She grabbed her kids and ducked onto the ground. To her, the shots sounded like they were headed straight
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has informed Ethiopia that it has no legal right to expel seven U.N. officials whom it accused of “meddling” in the country’s affairs. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that severe restrictions on desperately needed aid to the conflict-wracked Tigray region have created
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has launched his run for another term. Beshear filed paperwork Friday allowing him to raise and spend money on his 2023 reelection bid. It comes days after he landed a record-shattering economic development deal putting Kentucky at the forefront of the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Argentina, Mauricio Macri, fue citado a declaración indagatoria con prohibición de salida del país, en el marco de una causa en la que se investigan presuntas prácticas de espionaje ilegal a familiares de fallecidos en el hundimiento del submarino ARA San Juan. La decisión fue
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 38 fighter jets toward self-ruled Taiwan in a large display on China’s National Day. The People’s Liberation Army flew 25 fighter jets Friday in the first maneuver, then sent an additional 13 planes that night. Taiwan says it deployed air patrol forces in response and tracked the Chinese
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN A former member of Malawi’s parliament killed himself inside the parliament building in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday, a police spokesman has confirmed to CNN. Clement Chiwaya, an ex-deputy speaker, shot himself in the head after sneaking a firearm into the office of the parliament’s clerk, a spokesman for the Malawi
Continue Reading By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested after he had returned to the country. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours after Saakashvili posted on Facebook that he was back in Georgia ahead of of
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows their confidence in the economy over the next six month plummeted to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. The overall index for September of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Friday dropped
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows their confidence in the economy over the next six month plummeted to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. The overall index for September of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Friday dropped
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows their confidence in the economy over the next six month plummeted to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. The overall index for September of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Friday dropped
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By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether the law made private citizens “a proxy for the state to insulate the state from the sort of judicial oversight that would exist.” US District Judge Robert Pitman is holding a hearing Friday to consider
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases feature music from Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby and two pop star documentaries — “Justin Bieber: Our World” and the concert film “Madonna: Madame X.” Staying with documentaries, “Fauci” is the first big-screen documentary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert. And on the
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Hawaii-based Ocean Era is hoping to begin operating a more than five million-dollar aquaculture farm next year. Walter Ritte, the founder of ‘Aina Momona, a Native Hawaiian group advocating for environmental sustainability and food security, believes the commercial project will have negative
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Sao Paulo (CNN) — Los llamados “pasaportes de vacunas” han sido restablecidos en la ciudad brasileña de Río de Janeiro, solo un día después de que un juez local los suspendiera por ser demasiado divisivos. A solicitud del gobierno de la ciudad, la Corte Suprema de Brasil anuló el jueves un fallo del
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Christian Broadcasting Network says Pat Robertson is stepping down as host of the long-running daily television show the “700 Club.” The 91-year-old televangelist says Friday was his last show as host of the weekday program, and his son, Gordon, is taking over as full-time host.
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