Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports. Lawyers involved in the deal would
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Sergio Gomez (CNN Español) — En la industria del videojuego, junio acostumbra ser un mes clave para los fans de todo el mundo, pues es la época en la que se celebraba la Electronic Entertainment Expo (conocida normalmente como E3) en Los Ángeles, la feria a la que acudían las principales compañías de videojuegos del
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By Peter Nickeas, CNN The Michigan prosecutor reviewing the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer in April, will announce a decision on whether he plans to file criminal charges against the officer Thursday afternoon, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Lyoya was shot to death by an officer
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Moderna, Roku rise; Scotts Miracle-Gro, Charles River fall.
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has accused three U.S. companies of sending China blueprints and technical drawings for satellite and rocket technology and other defense prototypes. The Commerce Department leveled the allegations as it blocked the three companies from exporting items to foreign countries for 180 days. That punishment,
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of Michael Barr, President Joe Biden’s choice to be the top regulator on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, was approved by a congressional committee and sent on the full Senate. Barr, who served as a top Treasury Department official in the Obama administration,
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have waived Travin Howard, the linebacker who made the game-clinching interception in their NFC championship game victory just over four months ago. The Rams announced the move after the final on-field workout of their offseason program. Howard was a seventh-round
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrives here Wednesday to play host to nearly two dozen leaders from Latin America, hoping to use new economic and migration announcements to demonstrate cohesion in a region of fractured politics and, at times, entrenched skepticism of the United States. His mission has been made more difficult by
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Shortstop Dansby Swanson beat the Braves in salary arbitration and outfielder Adam Duvall lost to Atlanta, leaving teams with a 6-3 advantage over players this year. Swanson was awarded $10 million rather than the team’s $9.2 million offer. Duvall was given the Braves’ $9,275,000 offer rather than his $10,275,000 request. Swanson
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — England goalkeeper Fraser Forster will end his eight-year spell at Southampton by joining Tottenham on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the month. He will move to Tottenham to likely be the backup to Hugo Lloris. Forster made 162 appearances for Southampton since 2014 and has played
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Belmont Stakes is the final Triple Crown race before new federal regulations going into effect for horse racing across the United States. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act passed by Congress created a national oversight authority for safety and medication standards. Safety elements including jockey protocol go into
Continue Reading The Associated Press Wall Street closed lower Wednesday in more choppy trading as investors were discouraged to see more evidence of inflation’s impact on businesses and another gloomy outlook on the global economy. Banks and industrial stocks fell broadly, as did some big technology companies. Intel lost 5.4%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer As tensions rise between Starbucks and baristas who want to unionize, the imminent closure of a store in Ithaca, New York, is taking on outsized significance. Starbucks told workers last Friday it plans to permanently close their store — one of three in Ithaca — on June 10. Starbucks
Continue Reading By Jeremy Harlan, Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN Two adults and their dog were injured after being charged by a moose near Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday morning, according to a release from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 8:00 a.m. local time, the Boulder County Communications Center received a call about someone who
Continue Reading NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Top-seeded Dan Evans has maintained his bid for a second title at the Nottingham Open by reaching the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-0 win against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy. Evans is the British No. 2 and the 2019 champion. He will next play Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who beat Britain’s Dan Cox
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN A House committee hearing on Wednesday provided a high-profile platform for an 11-year-old survivor of the Uvalde elementary school shooting and others affected by gun violence to tell their harrowing stories to the American public. The hearing took place as lawmakers face pressure to act in the wake of the horrific
Continue Reading CNN By Clare Foran, CNN A House committee hearing on Wednesday provided a high-profile platform for an 11-year-old survivor of the Uvalde elementary school shooting and others affected by gun violence to tell their harrowing stories to the American public. The hearing took place as lawmakers face pressure to act in the wake of the
Continue Reading CNN By Clare Foran, CNN A House committee hearing on Wednesday provided a high-profile platform for an 11-year-old survivor of the Uvalde elementary school shooting and others affected by gun violence to tell their harrowing stories to the American public. The hearing took place as lawmakers face pressure to act in the wake of the
Continue Reading By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens plan to be more creative in how they use their tight ends this season to get them more involved in the passing attack. The Ravens lost a 1,000-yard wide receiver when they traded Marquise Brown to the Arizona Cardinals during this year’s
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices. That’s unless their lawyers persuade the state’s highest court to step in. A Manhattan
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford went through the on-field portion of the Los Angeles Rams’ offseason program without throwing a serious pass. The quarterback still thinks he got plenty of knowledge out of the Super Bowl champions’ workouts, and he doesn’t believe the inactivity will hamper him
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime Georgia swimming coach Jack Bauerle has announced his retirement. Bauerle won seven NCAA women’s team championships in his 43 years as coach. The 70-year-old is the longest-tenured coach of any sport in Georgia history. He coached the 2008 U.S. Olympic women’s team to 14 medals. He also served as an
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was ejected from his truck in an early Wednesday morning rollover crash in the lower valley, according to El Paso police. Investigators say 50-year-old Juan Galindo was driving northbound on Yarbrough just south of North Loop around 3:18 a.m. when his truck
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was delivering her third on-camera goodbye to a departing staffer in less than 24 hours when she quipped to reporters, “I promise we will have a press shop.” She added, “Not everyone is leaving.” It’s a dynamic playing out across
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A union representing housekeeping workers at Atlantic City’s casinos says four of the resorts are not complying with a COVID-related requirement that hotel rooms be cleaned daily. Local 54 of the Unite Here union said Wednesday that state officials need to enforce an order issued
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers completed a two-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3-1 victory. Harold Castro led off the eighth with a single against Wil Crowe and Jonathan Schoop followed with a bloop
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés) nombró un equipo para dirigir su revisión de la respuesta de las fuerzas del orden al sangriento tiroteo en Uvalde, Texas, donde un hombre armado terminó con la vida de 19 menores y dos profesoras en aulas contiguas y
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The agent of Gareth Bale has offered the Wales forward to play for Spanish club Getafe next season. Getafe president Ángel Torres made the comments during the club’s launch of its new uniform. He did not elaborate on the offer or mention Bale’s agent by name.
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QUINTANA, Texas (AP) — No injuries were reported Wednesday after what police initially described as an explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Southeast Texas. Freeport LNG reported that “an incident” occurred around 11:40 a.m. at its facility in Quintana along the Texas Gulf Coast, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Houston. The
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The glut of true-crime fare is such that streaming services essentially create “You might like” companions to what’s on their competitors. So viewers of Hulu’s “Under the Banner of Heaven” can now watch “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey,” Netflix’s docuseries about Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect, a well-covered story already that
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