By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet and leader Yoshihide Suga have resigned, paving the way for Parliament to elect Fumio Kishida as the new prime minister. He’ll be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other challenges before an imminent national election. Kishida replaced Suga as Liberal Democratic Party leader last
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet and leader Yoshihide Suga have resigned, paving the way for Parliament to elect Fumio Kishida as the new prime minister. He’ll be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other challenges before an imminent national election. Kishida replaced Suga as Liberal Democratic Party leader last
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Días después de que su padre fuera suspendido como tutor de su patrimonio, Britney Spears dijo que se toma un tiempo para cuidarse a sí misma. “Aunque hay cambios y cosas que celebrar en mi vida, todavía tengo mucho que sanar”, publicó Spears el sábado en Instagram. En la
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. Outage tracking site Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history. An underwater Southern California pipeline started leaking oil late Friday or early Saturday. The pipeline is owned by
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By Gregory Lemos and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man who authorities say killed three of his coworkers with a baseball bat and knife in Florida on Saturday has been charged with murder. Shaun Paul Runyon killed his coworkers inside the rental house they shared in Davenport, in central Florida, according to an affidavit from the
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. The
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. The
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Entre 2.900 y 3.200 clérigos pederastas trabajaron en la Iglesia católica francesa desde la década de 1950, declaró este domingo a CNN el presidente de una comisión independiente sobre abusos sexuales. “Hemos tenido que cruzar perspectivas históricas, sociológicas, médicas y psiquiátricas. Tuvimos que recurrir a competencias en el ámbito de la protección
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba’s state media on Sunday lashed out after nearly a dozen Cuban baseball players defected in Mexico — believed to be one of the country’s largest and most embarrassing known incidents of mass defection in years. Eleven young baseball players defected from the national team during a tournament for players under
Continue ReadingBy Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Many African cultures in the United States have been fighting to keep their traditions and unique way of life alive, and now, an online retail outlet is helping the Gullah community in Charleston, South Carolina, use tech to reach a wider audience. It used to be the only way to
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An offshore oil spill in Southern California threatens marine life and scenic beaches and also the lifestyle of those who regularly surf and walk the shore. Local officials have closed off the ocean in much of the community known as “Surf City USA” and on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s Homecoming week events started Sunday with a banner competition and a dome lighting concert. A banner competition took place Sunday at 5 p.m. at Carnahan Quad between Cornell Hall and Strickland Hall. This year also marks the first year of the dome lighting tradition. This event happened Sunday night at 7:15
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The identity of the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents — leading to a firestorm for the social media company in recent weeks — was revealed on “60 Minutes” Sunday night as Frances Haugen. The 37-year-old former Facebook product manager who worked
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech and Pierre Meilhan, CNN The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has authorized local police to charge a London Metropolitan Police officer with one count of rape, amid ongoing public outcry over women’s safety in the country. The news comes one month after the alleged attack on September 4. The officer, David Carrick, 46,
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By Samantha Beech and Pierre Meilhan, CNN The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has authorized local police to charge a London Metropolitan Police officer with one count of rape, amid ongoing public outcry over women’s safety in the country. The news comes one month after the alleged attack on September 4. The officer, David Carrick, 46,
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the two Koreas have restored a stalled communication channel after a hiatus in a small reconciliation step. The restoration of an inter-Korean hotline came three days after North Korea said it had test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in the fourth round
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, An underwater Southern California pipeline started leaking oil late Friday or early Saturday. The pipeline is owned by
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez, Natasha Chen and Stephanie Becker, CNN An 18-year-old woman shot by a school safety officer after an altercation near a Long Beach, California, high school is expected to be disconnected from life support this weekend, her family said at a news conference Friday. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez was shot by a Millikan High
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By Jake Kwon and Maija Ehlinger, CNN Communication lines between North and South Korea have been restored for the first time in months, Seoul said in a statement Monday. The reopening follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s vow last week to restart communication in an address to the country’s rubber-stamp legislature. “North Korea has
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