CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Mark Zuckerberg has bet his company’s future on an ambitious long-term vision of people carrying out greater portions of their lives in virtual spaces through digital alter egos. But an image Zuckerberg recently posted to his Facebook page served as a reality check of sorts for virtual reality,
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta on Thursday said it is testing expanded encryption features for Messenger and Instagram, days after the company came under scrutiny for providing messages to police in an abortion-related case. Facebook’s parent company said it plans to test making chats end-to-end encrypted by default for some Messenger users and to
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) dicen que la nación debe alejarse de las medidas restrictivas, como las cuarentenas y el distanciamiento físico, y centrarse en reducir las enfermedades graves de covid-19. En las nuevas pautas publicadas el jueves,
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — El secretario de Justicia Merrick Garland hizo su primera declaración pública el jueves después de que agentes federales allanaron la casa del expresidente Donald Trump en Florida en Mar-a-Lago a principios de esta semana, según una fuente familiarizada con el asunto. El secretario de Justicia Merrick Garland dijo que el Departamento
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tight end Adam Shaheen is back with the Miami Dolphins after his trade to the Houston Texans was called off because he failed a physical, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Shaheen was flagged for a preexisting knee condition, according to the
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tight end Adam Shaheen is back with the Miami Dolphins after his trade to the Houston Texans was called off because he failed a physical, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Shaheen was flagged for a preexisting knee condition, according to the
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EL PASO, Texas — The date between Erika Gaytan and Ricardo Marquez to a concert ended with Gaytan not returning home. Her family immediately believed something terrible happened to the 29-year-old woman. Her mother said there was no way she would abandon her 7-year-old son. Continuous searches throughout El Paso – including in the sprawling
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal court ruling this week has thrown into doubt the future of a valuable commercial salmon fishery in Southeast Alaska. U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle sided with the nonprofit Wild Fish Conservancy in determining that the National Marine Fisheries Service improperly approved the troll
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a 22-year-old woman stole a car and handgun before crashing into a home on the eastside and getting into an argument with the homeowner Saturday. Police arrested 22-year-old Divine Tarin of east El Paso. Police say Tarin crashed the stolen vehicle at the 11000 block of Vere
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos journeyman quarterback Josh Johnson has been signed, released and signed again so often over his NFL career that he’s lost count. For the record: 27 signings/re-signings to go with 17 releases/cuts spanning 14 different teams, according to his lengthy transaction page. The 36-year-old can’t
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA, a first for the league. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced Thursday that the number worn by the 11-time champion, civil rights activist and person good enough to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional panel leaders say an additional 135 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems. The announcement Thursday follows a report in May that detailed how more than 400 million vaccine doses made at the Emergent BioSolutions plant
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19. In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner will require hip surgery and is expected to miss the upcoming season. The 31-year-old Lehner will likely spend the entire 2022-23 season on long-term injured reserve. The team said no timeline for his recovery has been determined yet. Lehner started
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — A military statement says nine Indian crew members whose vessel sank off the Pakistani port of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea have been rescued by a tanker and Pakistan’s navy. Thursday’s statement says the sailing vessel Jamna Sagar sunk on Tuesday off Gwadar after sending a distress signal. Pakistan’s navy asked Belgium-flagged
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El expresidente de Paraguay Fernando Lugo tuvo una intervención quirúrgica que terminó en la madrugada de este jueves para frenar una hemorragia en el cerebro y ahora se encuentra estable, informó en conferencia de prensa Jorge Querey, su médico de cabecera y senador del mismo partido de Lugo, Frente Guasu. Lugo
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By Benjamin Brown, CNN A roller coaster crash at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany injured 31 people on Thursday, according to local authorities. One person suffered severe but not life-threatening injuries and 15 people were taken to hospital with light injuries after the incident in the Bavarian town of Günzburg, a police spokesperson
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By Benjamin Brown, CNN A roller coaster crash at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany injured 31 people on Thursday, according to local authorities. One person suffered severe but not life-threatening injuries and 15 people were taken to hospital with light injuries after the incident in the Bavarian town of Günzburg, a police spokesperson
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business For the third year in a row, the United States Postal Service is hiking the prices of its delivery services — but just for a few months. The postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset rising
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to write sweeping new regulations that could restrict how businesses collect and use consumer data, hinting at a possible crackdown on commercial algorithms and a sprawling economy powered by the personal information of millions of Americans. On Thursday, the FTC announced it is accepting
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes will start the Kansas City Chiefs’ preseason opener in Chicago on Saturday. That bucks a trend across the NFL of coaches sitting their starting quarterbacks for the first of their three exhibition games. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Thursday he would stick
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EL PASO, Texas — Two males in custody for an unrelated offense were matched to surveillance photo images related to a string of burglaries in west El Paso, according to El Paso police. Police say 17-year-old Jacob Perez was arrested for the burglaries that spanned between July 6 and July 29. Perez is charged with
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press the New York Jets and offensive tackle Duane Brown have agreed to terms on a two-year contract. The move Thursday came three days after the Jets learned they likely lost Mekhi
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By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN In his first public statement since federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt from
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos’ new owners have tabbed NFL International CEO Damani Leech as the team’s new president. Owner and CEO Greg Penner made the announcement Thursday, his second day on the job. Leech has a quarter-century’s worth of experience as a sports executive at
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN The Republican nominee in at least 20 of this year’s 36 gubernatorial races is someone who has rejected, declined to affirm, raised doubts about, or tried to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. And the list will almost certainly get longer when the last batch of Republican primaries
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — “Aggie Corner” will be unveiled Thursday at FARMesilla in Mesilla, NM from 4 to 7 p.m., which is being described as a “one-stop-shop” for Aggie goods. New Mexico State University Athletics announced back in July that they had began a new partnership with FARMesilla, a self-proclaimed “farm-to-market store,” to sell
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer AP Sports Writer (AP) — New England Patriots running back James White has announced his retirement after eight seasons. The 30-year-old White spent his entire career with the Patriots and won three Super Bowls. He’s best remembered for scoring the game-winning touchdown in New England’s historic comeback win over
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EL PASO, Texas — One group in El Paso is trying to collect enough signatures to allow El Paso county voters to decide on a $345 million dollar bond issue for University Medical Center. Karla Sierra, the grassroots engagement director of The Libre Initiative, said under a new state law, voters are allowed have this
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MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Democratic candidate for Governor, Beto O’Rourke, snapped back at a man who laughed as he spoke about the Uvalde school shooting during a campaign event Wednesday. O’Rourke used profanity in his sharp response. The candidate was talking about how the gunman in Uvalde was able to legally purchase an A-R 15,
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