By Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI conducted up to 3.4 million warrantless searches of Americans’ electronic data last year including 1.9 million related to a cyber threat from Russia, according to an annual transparency report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday. The report is the
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The Associated Press More steep losses for technology stocks pushed major indexes lower on Friday, leaving them with steep losses for April. The S&P 500 notched its worst month since the beginning of the pandemic and the Nasdaq had its biggest monthly loss since 2008. Amazon slumped after the internet giant posted its first loss
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden expressed dismay Friday at the news that an American, Willy Joseph Cancel, was killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. “It is very sad. He left a little baby behind,” Biden told reporters at the White House where he was hosting a meeting of federal inspectors
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders are declining the fifth-year options on all three of their 2019 first-round picks as the new regime doesn’t want to commit to players inherited on the roster. General manager Dave Ziegler announced that the team will let defensive end Clelin Ferrell, running back Josh
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Amazon, AbbVie fall, Mohawk Industries, Honeywell rise.
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Nasdaq marking its worst month since October 2008 and the S&P notching its worst month since March 2020 at the onset of the Covid pandemic. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.2% on Friday, dragged down by Amazon, which dropped nearly 15% after it missed
Continue Reading GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Laurie Canter has shot a 5-under 67 to take the second-round lead of the Catalunya Championship in Spain. Canter made four birdies and an eagle before a lone bogey on the 17th hole at the Stadium Course. James Morrison and Oliver Bekker were a shot behind. Morrison shot a 1-under 71
Continue Reading The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden tiene un problema de condonación de deuda de préstamos estudiantiles. Los legisladores dentro de su partido siguen poniendo el tema en primer plano, instando al presidente a cancelar US$ 50.000 para cada uno de los 43 millones de prestatarios de préstamos estudiantiles federales, algo que él
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Charles Young, the first Black US Army colonel whose groundbreaking military career was hampered a century ago by the racism of the era, was posthumously promoted on Friday to brigadier general. Young’s promotion retroactively makes him the first Black American recognized with that rank, the Army said. The honorary designation, following
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Los Angeles funeral home owner illegally left the remains of 11 people, including infants, in stages of decay and mummification. He faces more than a decade in jail. Authorities opened an investigation into the Mark B. Allen Mortuary and Cremations Services, Inc., after
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Skyrocketing inflation is robbing Americans of their raises. Total compensation costs for civilian workers declined 3.7% over the past 12 months ending in March, after accounting for inflation, according to the Employment Cost Index report published Friday. It’s the largest decline since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began inflation-adjusted records in
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Associated Press In the three days after he announced he had a deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla to help fund the purchase. Musk reported the sales in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday and Friday. Analysts say the deal could make Tesla investors nervous
Continue Reading Associated Press In the three days after he announced he had a deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla to help fund the purchase. Musk reported the sales in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday and Friday. Analysts say the deal could make Tesla investors nervous
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was given an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, a charge he denied. He vowed to overturn the discipline before an arbitrator. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline, which covers
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two Las Cruces neighbors have been charged with federal firearms charges after an April 17 dispute on Nevada St. According to investigators, 50-year-old Pablo Vargas hosted a party when 40-year-old Ruben Martha returned home with his girlfriend and adult daughter. As Martha tried to make his way down the busy
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Though he didn’t rule out re-signing with the Chicago Bulls, Zach LaVine didn’t slam the door on joining another team, either. The two-time All-Star made it clear he plans to explore the market as an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. The
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Animal Services is partnering with local organization Rescue Runners 915 to host the first-ever “Mutt-a-Thon Challenge” At the event you’ll be able to walk every adoptable dog at the shelter between 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. According to Animal Services, there’s about 700 dogs up for adoption. It’s also
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — CONMEBOL says it will beef up sanctions for clubs and fans who get involved in racist incidents during its matches, without disclosing more details. Fans of Argentine giants River Plate, Boca Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata, Paraguay’s Olimpia, Colombia’s Millionarios, and Chile’s Universidad Catolica
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors. The jury reached its decision late Wednesday, finding Dr. Paul B. Jones liable along with his clinic, Women’s Health Care of Western Colorado.
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Keeneland says an exercise rider has died after being thrown from a horse at its training track. A Keeneland spokeswoman confirmed 20-year-old Callie Witt died Friday morning after being thrown from a 2-year-old horse. On-site medical personnel immediately tended to Witt for life-threatening injuries, according to a statement by Keeneland. The
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By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Jason Hanna, CNN A group of attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” effort to arrest migrants under state criminal trespassing laws, alleging it targets “Black and Brown — primarily Latino — individuals for prosecution.” The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the US
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Airbnb no le exigirá a la mayoría de sus empleados que vuelvan a la oficina, nunca. La compañía comunicó este jueves a sus empleados que pueden trabajar permanentemente a distancia y que pueden trasladarse a cualquier lugar del país en el que trabajan actualmente. Hacerlo no tendrá un impacto negativo
Continue Reading ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot in charge during a forbidden Red Bull plane-swapping stunt is taking full responsibility for the ensuing crash over the Arizona desert. Luke Aikins admitted in a post on his Instagram Friday he disregarded a denial from the Federal Aviation Administration two days before Sunday’s mid-air crash. Aikins and another
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state representative has agreed to pay a $250 fine under a settlement with the State Ethics Commission stemming from a drunken driving arrest. The commission said Albuquerque Democrat Georgene Louis violated the state Governmental Conduct Act by seeking favorable treatment from police during her Feb. 13 arrest
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — American pharmaceutical company Moderna says it will build a vaccine factory in Montreal, its first outside of the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trudeau said Friday that the factory will be operational as soon as 2024. He says it will employ up to 300 people and able to produce 100
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) siguen investigando los casos de hepatitis aguda de causa desconocida entre los niños. La agencia publicó este viernes más detalles clínicos sobre algunos casos en un informe de Morbidity and Mortality Weekly. Hasta el momento, se han registrado al menos
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Brian Ulrich, one of the 11 members of the Oath Keepers facing sedition-related charges, pleaded guilty to “obstruction of an official proceeding” and seditious conspiracy in federal court on Friday, becoming the second person to plead guilty to the gravest charges to emerge from the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump said in a sworn affidavit that he doesn’t have any documents sought by the New York attorney general in its investigation of the Trump Organization’s finances. The one-page signed affidavit filed with the court Friday was Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to end the civil contempt and daily fine
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – What was once a vibrant street in Las Cruces is now a troubled corridor with abandoned buildings, broken glass and graffiti. Over a six-month period, businesses along the El Paseo corridor had dozens of incidents of property crime, according to city data obtained by ABC-7. The vast majority were smaller
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