Google is expanding its options for when, where and how often employees return to the office. The company’s workers around the world can continue working remotely until September, after which they can choose between coming back to their pre-pandemic office, working out of a Google office in a different city or permanently working from anywhere
Continue Reading Dell imagines a future in which businesses are faster, smarter and better. The tech company is building a “world where we see wide-scale connectivity, data-driven insights, automation and embedded intelligence in everything that we do,” Dell Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke told CNN Business in an exclusive interview. Now, all eyes are on Dell after
Continue Reading The latest plea for a break-up of Tribune Publishing’s newspapers is coming from inside the pages of a Tribune publication. In Wednesday’s edition of the New York Daily News, reporter Larry McShane practically begs someone local to “step up and save New York’s Hometown Paper.” McShane and many of his colleagues fear that Tribune’s current
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — What would you do with $100,000? Electronic billboards around Atlanta are asking that question to those passing by. You have just one day left to enter a sweepstake worth 100k. Some of the money raised goes to Meals On Wheels Atlanta. The billboards have funny
Continue Reading Prominent Republicans and right-wing media organizations on Wednesday cited a decision to affirm Facebook’s suspension of former President Donald Trump in their long-running campaign to portray large technology companies as biased against conservatives. The decision was made by the Oversight Board, a court-like panel funded by Facebook that is charged with providing an independent review
Continue Reading The New York Times has a new statistic about its reach: The site has more than 100 million registered users. The number of users implies that at least that many people are considering but do not yet pay for The Times. Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien shared the number Wednesday as part of the company’s
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Four months after the attack on the US Capitol exposed massive failures of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, Capitol Hill security officials have just a few more weeks to solicit candidates for what may be one of the hardest policing jobs in America. The deadline to apply to be the next chief of the US
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NAUGATUCK, Connecticut (WFSB) — Emergency crews spent the day searching a Naugatuck dam for a man who may have fallen into the water. Police said they were notified earlier on Wednesday, just after 11:30 a.m., that a man may have fallen into into the Hop Brook Dam, near
Continue Reading Some of Europe’s biggest supermarkets and food companies have threatened to stop buying agricultural products from Brazil if a bill they say would encourage deforestation in the Amazon becomes law. In an open letter published on Wednesday, 40 grocers, food suppliers and investment firms urged Brazilian lawmakers to reconsider a legislative proposal that would legalize
Continue Reading Facebook can keep blocking former President Donald Trump from using its platform but must revisit the decision within six months, the social network’s court-like Oversight Board said Wednesday. The landmark decision affirmed the company’s decision to issue the suspension after the January 6 US Capitol riots. The board said it concluded that Trump’s posts on
Continue Reading General Motors posted strong first-quarter earnings and said it’s on track to hit the high end of its full-year profit target despite the computer chip shortage dogging the industry. The largest US automaker posted net income of $3 billion, about 10 times what it posted in the same quarter a year ago, when it was
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Three years ago, a video went viral of a group of teenage students chanting the n-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas. Now, as the school district tries to incorporate cultural awareness into the curriculum, a group of parents is fighting back. Southlake is not a racist community — that was the consensus among
Continue Reading A University of Kentucky student was found dead at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff in the Red River Gorge on Wednesday, two days after she went hiking and did not return home, the local search and rescue said. The 24-year-old student had fallen off the cliff in the Auxier Ridge area of the gorge,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden grew animated on Wednesday while discussing his pitch to increase certain taxes to fund his sweeping spending proposals, saying his plan will not hurt most wealthy Americans and corporations, but will instead help the kind of people he grew up with. “We’re not going to deprive any of these executives their second
Continue Reading An Alabama museum unveiled a restored Greyhound bus Tuesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders who fought for desegregation in bus terminals. The unveiling of the bus, which was in service during the time of the Freedom Rides in 1961, coincides with the 60th anniversary of when the first Freedom Riders
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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik now appears poised to become the next House Republican conference chairwoman as the party unites against Rep. Liz Cheney for calling out former President Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen. The New York congresswoman’s rise within the party and embrace of Trump in recent years represents an
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EL PASO — El Paso Electric customers can save money on a new electric vehicle at a new participating Borderland dealership. According to El Paso Electric, Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac of Las Cruces has joined their GoEV Savings Program. The instant rebates go towards the purchase of 2020 and 2021 Chevrolet Bolts. Customers can save up
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BILOXI, Mississipi (WALA) — A 3-month-old child injured during a police chase and shootout in south Mississippi on Monday has died, according to the coroner in Harrison County. Brian Switzer, from Harrison County Coroner, says the 3 month old baby died from a single gunshot wound. He will
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, CA (KOVR) — A Modesto man devoted to living a better life was hit and killed by Brandon Howze, who was allegedly drunk at the time. Friends of Ray Galindo say the tragic irony is Galindo was leaving an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting when it happened. Galindo spent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Foster kids who turn 18 before ever being adopted “age out” and are at high risk for unemployment, poverty, health consequences and homelessness. In fact, one in 10 foster kids in Wisconsin will become homeless in one year. To help, Steinhafels partnered with Lad Lake,
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(CNN Español) — En medio del caos en Colombia por las protestas desatadas por la propuesta de reforma tributaria del Gobierno y la tensión exacerbada por las denuncias de abusos de la fuerza pública y la violencia en medio de disturbios, una de la voces que ha sido más aplaudida y criticada al mismo tiempo
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UPDATE, May 6: Socorro Independent School District Superintendent Jose Espinoza, who resigned from his post at a school board meeting Wednesday night, is being paid $629,308 to depart. That’s according to a copy of his separation agreement with the school district, which was obtained Thursday by ABC-7. The payout reflected in the agreement is the
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was jailed on $2,000 bond for alleged animal cruelty after witnesses say he dumped his dog in the middle of a busy intersection, police said Wednesday. 31 –year-old Manuel Alberto Soto Jr. is accused of abandoning a Pit-bull mix dog on an afternoon last month at Lomita
Continue Reading The morning phone call from a government number. The swarm of Secret Service agents descending with their dogs. The rumbling black SUV pulling up at the appointed hour. The bag of tacos. The presidential lunch run is back. After going on hiatus during the tenure of former President Donald Trump — whose forays into retail
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VACAVILLE, CA (KOVR) — May the 4th is a well-known and celebrated day for those with affection for all things Star Wars, but this year is different for some who are celebrating the storied saga. What may seem a long time ago in a city not too far,
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A booster shot of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine revs up the immune response against two worrying coronavirus variants, the company reported Wednesday. And a booster dose formulated specifically to match the B.1.351 variant first seen in South Africa was even more effective, Moderna said in a statement. Vaccine makers are trying to get out ahead of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — The families of people who have been killed in deputy-involved shootings have accused deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of harassing and intimidating them. The families of Vanessa Marquez, Anthony Vargas, Daniel Hernandez, and Paul Rea were on hand Tuesday
Continue Reading A Tennessee Republican lawmaker wrongly suggested on Tuesday that the infamous three-fifths compromise was an effort by Northern states to curtail the power of Southern slave-owning states with the ultimate aim of ending slavery, when in fact historians say it was the opposite, a dehumanizing concession that had the impact of giving more power to
Continue Reading Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son únicamente las de los escritores. CNN presenta el trabajo de The Conversation, una colaboración entre periodistas y académicos para proporcionar análisis y comentarios de noticias. El contenido es producido únicamente por The Conversation. (The Conversation) — El clima más cálido y los días más largos han inspirado recordatorios
Continue Reading (CNN) — Siete personas fueron arrestadas después de que las autoridades encontraran la semana pasada los restos momificados de una mujer que fue líder de un controvertido grupo religioso dentro de una casa rural en Colorado. Una declaración jurada de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado Saguache (SCSO, por sus siglas en inglés)
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