BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a political agreement to extend cuts to costly mobile-phone roaming costs in the bloc for another decade. It affects travel for tens of millions of EU citizens. The deal will allow EU consumers to continue to make mobile calls, send text messages and use the internet in
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a political agreement to extend cuts to costly mobile-phone roaming costs in the bloc for another decade. It affects travel for tens of millions of EU citizens. The deal will allow EU consumers to continue to make mobile calls, send text messages and use the internet in
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By Rob Frehse A woman who was pulled from a car submerged in rushing water near the brink of Niagara Falls has died, New York State Park Police said Wednesday. The unnamed local woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a rescue swimmer dangling from a US Coast Guard helicopter about 50
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A father and son have been arrested and accused of starting the Caldor Fire that burned more than 200,000 acres in California earlier this year, according to authorities. The suspects, David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are accused of “reckless arson” which “caused inhabited properties to burn and
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By Gregory Lemos and David Williams, CNN Authorities searching for a Georgia college student who’s been missing for more than 45 years got a big break after his car was found in an Alabama creek — along with his wallet, ID card and suspected human remains. Kyle Clinkscales, a student at Auburn University, was last
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks are mostly higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data that might influence the Federal Reserve’s decision on when to roll back economic stimulus. London and Frankfurt opened higher while Tokyo declined. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul also advanced. Wall Street futures were lower
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks are mostly higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data that might influence the Federal Reserve’s decision on when to roll back economic stimulus. London and Frankfurt opened higher while Tokyo declined. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul also advanced. Wall Street futures were lower
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse A woman who was pulled from a car submerged in rushing water near the brink of Niagara Falls has died, New York State Park Police said Wednesday. The unnamed local woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a rescue swimmer dangling from a US Coast Guard helicopter about 50
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By Tina Burnside and Kelly McCleary, CNN The Navy reported dangerous levels of petroleum contamination in a second groundwater source at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Wednesday, state health officials said, expanding the scope of a tainted water crisis that has already forced hundreds from their homes and reportedly sickened military families. The
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The new Omicron variant has been spreading rapidly throughout South Africa, and it has now reached numerous locations around the United States. Preliminary data indicate that the vaccines may not be as protective against this newest coronavirus variant as they were against previous variants, though a booster dose appears to increase
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is further clamping down on content linked to Myanmar’s military amid pressure to step up safety controls in the country. The company announced Wednesday that it would ban military-controlled businesses from Facebook, wiping out their pages, groups and accounts. The move expands existing
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By Amy Simonson, CNN Canada on Wednesday banned conversion therapy, which are treatments that claim to be able to change a person’s sexual orientation or identity. The law makes it a crime to subject a person of any age, consenting or not, to such treatment. So-called conversion therapies rely on the assumption that sexual orientation
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Four people with Denmark’s two intelligence agencies have been arrested on suspicion of “disclosing highly classified information from the intelligence services.” The Danish domestic security agency, known by its Danish acronym PET, said Wednesday the four are current and former employees of the country’s intelligence services.” Denmark’s other intelligence agency is
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Así es volver a casa en Hogwarts. HBO Max reveló el jueves la primera foto de Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint y Emma Watson en el set del próximo especial “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts”. La retrospectiva, que se estrenará el 1 de enero, se anunció el mes pasado. ¿Qué tan
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government has decided that school students up to the 10th grade must study remotely for the last few days before Christmas and ordered nightclubs, bars and restaurants to close at midnight in an attempt to counter an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also recommended Wednesday that
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Una explosión en un taller en donde se elaboraban fuegos artificiales el miércoles por la noche dejó un saldo de al menos cuatro heridos, confirmaron las autoridades de Protección Civil y Bomberos de Zapopan. El estallido, cuyas causas están siendo investigadas, ocurrió en la Colonia Hogares de Nuevo México, en
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a country where only 29% of the population has received coronavirus vaccine shots. In Morshyn, a scenic town nestled at the Carpathian foothills, 74% of 3,439 residents have been fully vaccinated. While
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a country where only 29% of the population has received coronavirus vaccine shots. In Morshyn, a scenic town nestled at the Carpathian foothills, 74% of 3,439 residents have been fully vaccinated. While
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A conservation group is planning to purchase a 5-mile stretch of the Lost Coast in remote Northern California that has been logged for more than a century. Save the Redwoods League planned to announce Thursday that it’s trying to raise millions of dollars by the end
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A conservation group is planning to purchase a 5-mile stretch of the Lost Coast in remote Northern California that has been logged for more than a century. Save the Redwoods League planned to announce Thursday that it’s trying to raise millions of dollars by the end
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