By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard confronted its second employee walkout in less than six months after a report raised new questions about CEO Bobby Kotick’s knowledge of longstanding and widespread sexual harassment and discrimination allegations at the video game company. More than 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday calling for
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story IRVING, Texas (KTVT) — The 8-month-old baby who was struck and killed after falling out of a moving vehicle on Sunday, was not restrained in any type of car seat, Irving Police said Monday, Nov. 15. According to investigators, the mom of the child, who
Continue Reading By Trenier Ward Click here for updates on this story GARY, Indiana (WLS) — Three people were killed in a crash after a freight train hit a vehicle in Gary, Indiana Tuesday morning. Gary police said the crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Miller Avenue and Howard Street. Police said three people inside of the
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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democrat Patrick Leahy’s announcement that he will retire after eight terms in the Senate has set off a scramble in Vermont over the rare opening in the state’s tiny congressional delegation. While political observers expect Democratic Rep. Peter Welch to be a leading candidate if he
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two incumbent Democrats who trail Republican challengers in close races in Virginia’s House of Delegates say they will seek recounts, leaving control of the House in limbo. Republicans have won 50 seats and Democrats have won 48. Republicans hold razor-thin margins in the two remaining races
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude. It’s the first such sale under President Joe Biden and underscores the challenges he faces to reach
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which the company has been testing since July, are an update from those Twitter used for election misinformation before and after the 2020 presidential contest.
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which the company has been testing since July, are an update from those Twitter used for election misinformation before and after the 2020 presidential contest.
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix on Tuesday rolled out a new website that measures its most-watched films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them. The results? People are watching “Squid Game” and the new action film “Red Notice” maybe even more than you would have
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix on Tuesday rolled out a new website that measures its most-watched films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them. The results? People are watching “Squid Game” and the new action film “Red Notice” maybe even more than you would have
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has announced he’s suing the founders of an e-cigarette maker over his concerns that their product is being marketed to children through kid-friendly flavors and poor age verification. Stein said at a news conference Monday that he is suing Juul founders James Monsees and Adam
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has announced he’s suing the founders of an e-cigarette maker over his concerns that their product is being marketed to children through kid-friendly flavors and poor age verification. Stein said at a news conference Monday that he is suing Juul founders James Monsees and Adam
Continue Reading STURGIS, Mich. (AP) — A 10-point buck sought sanctuary inside a southern Michigan church on opening day of the state’s firearm deer hunting season. Pastors at Grace Sturgis encountered the buck inside the church’s auditorium on Monday before it leapt through a window and back into the wild. A video the church posted on Facebook
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Axon, Peloton rise; Desktop Metal, Freeport-McMoRan fall.
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A Jefferson City woman was arrested after a vehicle chase that began in Jefferson City before ending in Boone County on Tuesday morning.
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By Devan Cole and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has tested positive for Covid-19, his office announced Tuesday, a day after he was elected chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Perry’s office said in a statement announcing his diagnosis that the congressman, who has not publicly indicated whether he has
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York and a former Democratic presidential candidate for 2020. Personal Birth date: December 9, 1966 Birth place: Albany, New York Birth name: Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Father: Douglas Paul Rutnik, attorney and lobbyist Mother: Polly (Noonan) Rutnik, attorney
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based company says it plans to build a meat processing plant that could bring 1,300 jobs to eastern Missouri. Government and company officials said Tuesday American Food Groups would build a plant next year between Wright City and Foristell if a final agreement is signed. Warren County economic development
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By Annie Grayer, CNN The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and strips him of his two committee assignments. A revised proposal released by the House Rules Committee on Tuesday night outlined that Democrats will seek to remove him from the Committee on Oversight and
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By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Kristina Karamo — the candidate Donald Trump is backing to be Michigan’s next secretary of state — has falsely claimed the former President was the true victor in Michigan in 2020 and has spread the conspiracy theory that left-wing anarchists were behind the January 6 attack on the
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