Facebook executive: ‘Ludicrous’ to blame Capitol riot on social media
Nick Clegg, Vice President of global affairs at Facebook, tells CNN’s Brian Stelter that blaming social media for the January 6 Capitol insurrection…
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Reaching pre-pandemic levels, ‘Venom’ debuts with $90.1M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pandemic moviegoing is finally starting to look like pre-pandemic moviegoing. Sony Pictures’ Marvel…
Continue Reading Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious…
Continue Reading Is Instagram toxic for teens? Hear exec’s response
“Of course you see the good, the bad and the ugly of humanity show up on our platform,” Facebook VP Nick Clegg says. “Our job is to mitigate the bad,…
Continue Reading Austria to introduce new carbon tax from mid-2022
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government says it will introduce a new carbon tax from July 1, 2022, and will return that money to residents in the…
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Could a price increase see Dollar Tree lose Borderland customers?
EL PASO, Texas — The buck has stopped at Dollar Tree. The store known for selling items for just a dollar is now hiking up the prices. Dollar Tree…
Continue Reading Former Marseille president, businessman Bernard Tapie dies
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Bernard Tapie, the charismatic president of French soccer club Marseille…
Continue Reading Movies: ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’
Pop culture expert Victor Lucas talks about the comic book origins of Venom and his even more twisted rival,…
Continue Reading Puerto Ricans fume as outages threaten health, work, school
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Not a single hurricane has hit Puerto Rico this year, but hundreds of thousands of…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’s’ new Joe Biden hilariously tries to unite Democrats
“Saturday Night Live” opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of President Joe…
Continue Reading Poland: police confiscate journalist’s computer equipment
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland have confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ pokes fun at school board meeting chaos
“Saturday Night Live” returned to the airwaves and parodied some of the chaos at school board meetings seen across the United States as students…
Continue Reading Johnson eyes post-COVID economy as UK Conservatives meet
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’s ready to take “bold decisions” to rebuild the…
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Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
By Rachel Ramirez and Clare Duffy, CNN The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth metals…
Continue Reading Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
CNN By Rachel Ramirez and Clare Duffy, CNN The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth…
Continue Reading Why Democrats’ climate goals may test their Latino appeal
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Congressional Democrats are going bigger than ever on the environment, with a spending…
Continue Reading First official EgyptAir flight lands at Israel airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — An EgyptAir jet has landed in Tel Aviv, making the first official direct flight by the Egyptian national carrier since the two…
Continue Reading China tightens political control of internet giants
By JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — After flourishing for two decades with little regulation, China’s internet…
Continue Reading Italians vote for mayors of Rome, Milan, other key cities
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Millions of people are voting in Italy for new mayors including in the nation’s main…
Continue Reading Ruling party in ex-Soviet Georgia leads municipal elections
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Near-final results from nationwide municipal elections in Georgia show the ruling party well ahead of challengers, but the…
Continue Reading Dubai’s Expo 2020 reveals 3 worker deaths from COVID-19
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s Expo 2020 has acknowledged for the first time that three workers died…
Continue Reading Distribution problems, hesitancy slow Uganda vaccination bid
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press GULU, Uganda (AP) — The remote Ugandan district of Gulu is currently a COVID-19 hot spot in the East African…
Continue Reading ‘Best Trump impersonator’ joins ‘SNL’ cast
New “Saturday Night Live” featured player James Austin Johnson has gone viral in recent years for his top-notch impression of former President Donald…
Continue Reading Alaska allows hospitals to ration care amid COVID spike
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has activated emergency crisis protocols that allow 20 health care facilities to…
Continue Reading New landmark recognizes Chinese contributions to Yosemite
Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s…
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Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended…
Continue Reading Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended…
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Forklift accident seriously injures Lower Valley trucking company worker
EL PASO, Texas — A trucking company employee was hospitalized in serious condition Saturday following a forklift mishap in the Lower Valley. It…
Continue Reading What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Rishi Iyengar and Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes concluded its fourth week on Friday, with…
Continue Reading Tesla reports stronger-than-expected Q3 sales
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of…
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