By Jennifer Korn Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are paid advertisements, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday. More than a quarter of Amazon search results are sponsored by third parties and not adequately labeled to make that
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are paid advertisements, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday. More than a quarter of Amazon search results are sponsored by third parties and not adequately labeled
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By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast. The tracks from Spain join the ranks of one of the fastest known sets of dinosaur footprints. They also add to the growing evidence that two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs were highly agile.
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By The Associated Press The United States’ World Cup qualifier against Canada in Hamilton, Ontario, on Jan. 30 will have a 3 p.m. EST kickoff. The Canada Soccer Association said tickets will go on sale Dec. 17 for the match at Tim Hortons Field. Hamilton averages a high of 30 degrees Fahrenheit and a low
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker says he plans to remain in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race through the end of the year. But the Republican is also considering returning to the U.S. House. He said he met with former President Donald Trump over the
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he returns from a 10-day absence because of a positive COVID-19 test. McCarthy’s confidence about winning Sunday comes after a long answer about the team’s offense. Washington is responding as expected.
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he returns from a 10-day absence because of a positive COVID-19 test. McCarthy’s confidence about winning Sunday comes after a long answer about the team’s offense. Washington is responding as expected.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Puede que los pájaros sean los amos indiscutibles del aire, pero también han sido los perdedores de las colisiones aéreas desde los albores de la aviación en 1905, cuando el piloto pionero Orville Wright informó del primer choque con un pájaro. Cada año, miles de aves se encuentran demasiado cerca de
Continue Reading By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business One of the last independent chains of local newspapers remaining in the U.S. has rejected a takeover bid from Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund known for buying up and then strangling vital local papers. The board of Lee Enterprises, a publicly traded company that owns daily newspapers and other
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue Reading BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — Villarreal secured the final place in the last 16 of the Champions League by holding on for a 3-2 win at Atalanta in a game that had been postponed because of snowfall. The Spanish side only needed a draw to advance as runner-up from Group F but jumped out to a
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball as well as the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg. Festival organizers unveiled the lineup for the 2022 edition on
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos 650 personas murieron al intentar cruzar la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos este año, más que cualquier otro año desde que un organismo internacional comenzó a documentar las muertes en 2014. La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (IOM, por sus siglas en inglés), la agencia que documenta las
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a redrawn Maryland congressional map. The Republican governor’s veto on Thursday sets the stage for potential veto overrides by the General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats. Hogan says the map for the state’s eight U.S. House seats is drawn even
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business More than half the money Volkswagen Group spends in the next five years will go towards electric vehicles and other high-technology efforts, the German automaker announced Thursday. By the end of 2026, VW expects that 25% of the vehicles it sells globally will be electric. Currently, electric vehicles account for
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Harmeet Kaur and Laura Ly, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will remove the Sackler family name from seven galleries, including the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur, the institution announced Thursday. The museum said in a news release that it came to the decision with members of the Sackler family “in order
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From Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman Jordan has withdrawn its entry to the Oscars after criticism that the film “Amira” was disrespectful to Palestinian prisoners and their families. The film tells the fictional story of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, Amira, whose father is being held as a prisoner in an Israeli jail. She was conceived
Continue Reading By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN Two Black women who worked for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging they were retaliated against for speaking out against racism and misconduct by White officers, the third lawsuit in the past four months to raise questions about the work culture
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El presidente de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, promulgó este jueves la ley del matrimonio igualitario, que comenzará a regir noventa días después de su publicación en el Diario Oficial. El mandatario estuvo acompañado por ministros, subsecretarios, parlamentarios y representantes de la sociedad civil. El Congreso de Chile aprobó el
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Denver could finally see snow in the coming days as much of the West experiences rounds of snowfall. Meanwhile, the Deep South prepares for a severe storm threat. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the forecast.
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The calendar may be nearing winter, but the weather is set to serve up severe thunderstorms capable of producing several tornadoes on Friday and into the overnight hours, for more than 25 million people from Texas to Ohio. “Confidence has increased in a more favorable corridor for organized severe thunderstorms
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Inside the bustling New York Common Pantry, people hustle to assemble bags of carrots, apples, potatoes and other items. Outside the food pantry, others are hauling deliveries or handing out produce to people lined around the block of the Manhattan-based charity. More people are volunteering at the pantry this
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state senator says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home with a special legislative session underway on political redistricting. Democrat Bobby Gonzales of Taos told The Associated Press on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus the
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Online shopping used to be the one part of the economy where prices would reliably fall. Covid has changed that. Online prices rose in November for the 18th month in a row, Adobe said Thursday. And not only is inflation suddenly a force in the e-commerce world — it’s a
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La fiscal general de Nueva York está tratando de hacer deponer al expresidente Donald Trump como parte de una investigación de fraude civil en la Organización Trump, según una fuente familiarizada con el asunto. Letitia James, la fiscal general de Nueva York, solicitó que Trump se presente a declarar antes del
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jonathan Taylor feels like he has already played a full season. He has made 13 starts, logged 214 carries, scored a league-high 18 touchdowns and become the first Indianapolis Colts player to win back-to-back AFC player of the month awards. So when the latest bye week
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal workers. Amtrak president Stephen Gardner testified before a House of Representatives committee Thursday that the passenger rail operator does not anticipate having enough employees to run all trains when the mandate takes
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be more transparent about its content moderation decisions. The Facebook Oversight Board on Thursday released two rulings overturning Meta’s decisions to remove user posts from its platforms, saying the content did not
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer American Chris Plys will have two chances to take home a curling medal from the Beijing Olympics. Plys is the only member of the 2022 U.S. men’s team who wasn’t a part of the gold medal-winning foursome in Pyeongchang. He also qualified for the mixed doubles field along with
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Today, a lot of business students would probably pay serious money for Elon Musk’s opinion of their work. In 1995, though — long before he took control of Tesla and, later, founded SpaceX — Musk was a teaching assistant helping grade exams and papers at the University of Pennsylvania’s famous
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