Apple parted ways with a new employee this week after thousands of workers petitioned the company to investigate how it hired the man, who had previously published an autobiography they said contains misogynistic statements. Antonio García Martínez, formerly a product manager for ad targeting at Facebook as well as the author of the 2016 autobiography
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Some unaccompanied migrant children, waiting to be reunited with family in the United States, were stuck in parked buses — at least one for more than three days — with no access to showers or places to sleep, according to an immigrant advocate. Joel, a 15-year-old boy from Honduras, waited on buses from Saturday to
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An indicted close confidant of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has struck a deal with federal prosecutors to greatly reduce his criminal case and plans to help investigators in their sprawling investigation that includes a sex trafficking probe. Joel Greenberg, a former Seminole County, Florida, tax commissioner, had faced decades in prison on 33 federal
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At least 10 Palestinians were killed Friday by Israeli forces during violent clashes in towns and cities across the West Bank, the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, as sirens continued to blare all day across southern Israel, indicating another day of ceaseless rocket fire from Gaza. The violence in the occupied West
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A few showers and storms possible tonight and early tomorrow before drier air arrivers on S/SW winds shoving much of the moisture to the east. Winds will pick up to around 30 mph over the weekend with a good amount of sunshine.
Continue Reading The General Services Administration has provided House Democrats with documents related to former President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel, in the second case this week where the Biden administration gave the House information that the Trump administration had blocked it from obtaining. The Biden administration revealed in a court filing on Friday that the House committee
Continue Reading Newly released footage showing how a Black man died as deputies forcibly removed him from a South Carolina jail cell is the latest case to raise questions about law enforcement’s use of force during encounters with the mentally ill. Jamal Sutherland died at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston on January 5,
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The winning numbers were: 3, 18, 41, 44 and 68. The Mega Ball drawn was 3 with a Megaplier of 2x ATLANTA, Georgia — Someone out there may become a multi-millionaire Friday night as the Mega Millions lottery jackpot is now at $430 million. According to the lottery, this is only the second time it
Continue Reading A former Army Green Beret was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiring with Russian agents to provide them with US defense intelligence, the Justice Department announced Friday. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy, which started back in 1996 when he made frequent visits to Russia
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(CNN) — El streaming ha impulsado el negocio de Disney durante la pandemia: Disney+ ahora tiene más de 100 millones de suscriptores. Sin embargo, la estrella más grande del universo mediático de Disney brilló un poco menos el jueves. Disney+ ahora tiene 103,6 millones de suscriptores, por debajo de los 110 millones que muchos esperaban
Continue Reading Disney’s parks division, one of the company’s foundations since the opening of Disneyland in 1955, is trying to rebound after a challenging year that brought extended closures and significant layoffs. However, the unit received news Thursday that could give Disney’s parks a much-needed boost. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people
Continue Reading Newly released footage showing how a Black man died as deputies forcibly removed him from a South Carolina jail cell is the latest case to raise questions about law enforcement’s use of force during encounters with the mentally ill. Jamal Sutherland died at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston on January 5,
Continue ReadingAt least three Army bases are now offering incentives for soldiers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, including additional days off, gym access and reduced movement restrictions. Near Seattle, Joint Base Lewis-McChord announced in a memo obtained by CNN on Thursday that there will be “up to four hour periods each day during which Welfare/Recreation activities
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Click here for updates on this story KEIZER, Oregon (KPTV) — This school year, amid a pandemic, FOX 12 has regularly gone inside Keizer Elementary to share the stories of teachers, staff and students firsthand, in a series called “Keizer Strong.” FOX 12 most recently spoke with a student teacher at the school about her
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Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges — even struggling — as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “It’s kind of a mess to figure out with this particular audience
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (KMOV) — A propane plant went up in flames just outside of Springfield in southwest Missouri on Thursday. As many as 10,000 small tanks caught fire. So not only were there a large amount of small explosions, but tanks were flying into the air. It took
Continue Reading A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Justice Department must create a digital “drop box” where media outlets can access videos used in Capitol riot court cases after 15 news outlets, including CNN, sought body camera and surveillance video that’s been seen by judges but not the public. The ruling is the latest in
Continue Reading This week, congressional dealmakers sought bipartisan progress on key Biden agenda items. Meanwhile, the White House continued to push its infrastructure agenda forward despite gas shortages at home and a worsening conflict in the Middle East. Monday Congress faces make-or-break moment to secure bipartisan deals on key Biden priorities Biden pushes economic aid proposals as
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said Friday afternoon that it won’t require vaccinated shoppers or workers to wear a mask in its U.S. stores, unless state or local laws say otherwise. Vaccinated shoppers can go mask-less immediately, the company said. Vaccinated workers can stop wearing them on May 18. A company
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A year after holding only drive-thru graduations, the school district for New Mexico’s second most populous city has scheduled in-person graduation ceremonies at the district’s soccer stadium for its six high schools. Las Cruces Public Schools scheduled ceremonies for the various schools on May 21 and May 22. New Mexico
Continue Reading A design team is looking at an interim repair for the crack on the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis until a new part can be made to replace the bridge’s damaged section, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said Friday. The team is working on a design concept that could use steel rods that would “span
Continue Reading A design team is looking at an interim repair for the crack on the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis until a new part can be made to replace the bridge’s damaged section, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said Friday. The team is working on a design concept that could use steel rods that would “span
Continue Reading Shoppers who are vaccinated against Covid-19 can shop without masks in some Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco locations as well as at Trader Joe’s, the companies said in separate announcements Friday. The news follows new guidance that fully vaccinated people can go without masks under most circumstances. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and
Continue Reading Neera Tanden, the new administration’s only Cabinet nominee rebuffed by the Senate, has become a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, a White House official told CNN. A longtime health policy expert, Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A rapper whose grandparents died in a fiery attack on their home has been indicted on gun and drug charges. The indictment filed this week states Nahshon Jones, whose stage name is HoneyKomb Brazy, has been charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and being
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Muchos ciudadanos pasaron varios meses confinados, la actividad industrial se redujo considerablemente e incluso se desplomaron las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en un 18%, según datos del Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad en España. Un impacto que se presenta positivo para el medio ambiente, pero que no evitó que este pasado
Continue Reading For Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, daily life may look increasingly different than for those who aren’t inoculated yet following Thursday’s mask guidance, experts said. “We are on the right path (for) people who are fully immunized,” National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins told CNN. “You can take your mask off indoors as well
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Many of the nation’s largest retailers who do business in the Borderland say they will keep requiring masks in their stores despite eased national guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. In addition, numerous public places locally will still require masks including: City and County of El Paso buildings (except
Continue Reading It looks like a $26 million dollar lottery jackpot will go unclaimed in California because no one came forward with the winning ticket. The winner of the SuperLotto Plus drawing on November 14, 2020, had 180 days to claim their prize and that deadline passed on Thursday, according to lottery officials. Whoever bought the ticket
Continue Reading Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump led to her ouster from House Republican leadership, said Friday that her role as a member of Congress obligated her to oppose the widespread lie of fraud in the 2020 election. “This is duty, and it’s about truth, and we’ve had a collapse
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