Walé Azeez, CNN Business The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately breaking its rules. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement Wednesday that Facebook had “consciously” refused to report all the required information during an investigation of the tech giant’s acquisition
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By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization. The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who would
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By Taylor Holt, News 4 Anchor Click here for updates on this story O’FALLON, Missouri (KMOV) — Norman Henderson flips through photos of the past on a Friday afternoon. They contain dozens of memories over the past 50-plus years that he and his wife, Jan, have been married. His wife is now living in a
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Homicidios, narcotráfico, sangrientos motines en cárceles, robos de domicilios, vehículos y personas: Ecuador está sufriendo una ola de violencia que ha generado un profundo temor en la población. En consecuencia el presidente Guillermo Lasso decretó este lunes el estado de excepción por “grave conmoción interna” en todo el territorio nacional. Crisis
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By Jacqueline Howard and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, made history Tuesday as the first openly transgender four-star officer across the nation’s eight uniformed services. Levine was sworn in Tuesday as the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps’ highest ranking
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Christian boarding school is suing to stop Missouri officials from implementing new regulations that were put in place following long-running abuse at some unlicensed residential care facilities. The Kansas City Star reports that CNS International Ministries, also known as Heartland, filed the lawsuit in federal court last week against
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Hellisheiðarvirkjun, Islandia (CNN) — Los valles azotados por el viento que rodean al volcán Hengill, en el suroeste de Islandia, están salpicados de fuentes termales y respiraderos de vapor. Excursionistas de todo el mundo acuden a este lugar para contemplar sus impresionantes paisajes. Incluso las ovejas son fotogénicas con la suave luz
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s workers to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising coronavirus infection and death numbers. Putin has also strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated. The government task force on Wednesday reported 1,028 coronavirus deaths
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s workers to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising coronavirus infection and death numbers. Putin has also strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated. The government task force on Wednesday reported 1,028 coronavirus deaths
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives’ environment minister says a failure to limit global warming could mean a “death sentence” for small island nations, including the end of their livelihoods and cultures. Ahead of a key U.N climate summit known as COP26 that starts in Scotland
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In downtown Spokane, Washington, in front of a private social club, stands a statue honoring the 19th century US Navy sailor John R. Monaghan. Most of the city’s residents have no idea who Monaghan was. But for many Pacific Islanders in the area, his legacy is one of violence, colonialism and
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Police in New Zealand leapt into action to attend the house of a 4-year-old boy — to check if his toys were as cool as he said they were. The force shared a clip of the exchange, which was “too cute not to share” to Facebook, where the call begins in
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Atlanta say a woman and a suspected gunman are dead and multiple guns were recovered after a shooting inside an apartment in a luxury high-rise. They say the crime scene has been contained and people are allowed to move again after closing several midtown blocks Wednesday morning. Gunfire prompted a
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press NEKOOSA, Wis. (AP) — A classic golf course — the Lido — is being resurrected 1,000 miles from the original with help from a video game and GPS-guided tractors. The Lido at Sand Valley Golf Resort in central Wisconsin might be the most ambitious project the golf course-developing Keiser family
Continue Reading HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager held in the killing of a South Florida police officer has a lengthy criminal record. His arrest report says 18-year-old Jasen Banegas told police he was trying to kill himself to avoid returning to jail. Hollywood officer Yandy Chirino confronted Banegas after getting a call about a man breaking
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Omaha woman has died, more than a week after she was shot at a Des Moines bar. Police say officers were called to a shooting at the High Dive Bar just before 1 a.m. Oct. 10 and found two people with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a hospital.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN An organization devoted to mental health and addiction recovery has declined an offer of proceeds from a forthcoming book by Jamie Lynn Spears. In October, Spears posted on her verified Instagram account about her new book, “Things I Should Have Said.” “I know I still have ALOT of learning to
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Miss Francia, el concurso de belleza que lleva 101 años en el país, está siendo demandado por un grupo de activistas feministas y tres postulantes que no lograron clasificar al certamen por supuestos requisitos de ingreso discriminatorios. Se presentó una apelación contra la empresa matriz del certamen, Endemol Production, por
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize, in a clear slap at President Vladimir Putin. In awarding the Sakharov Prize to Navalny, the European Parliament praised his “immense personal bravery.” The 45-year-old activist was poisoned with a nerve
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.4 million) on Wednesday for violating rules during the UK investigation into the social media giant’s purchase of Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority said Facebook failed to provide required information during the probe. It said it gave the platform multiple warnings and “considers
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