By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top U.S. trade official says the Biden administration remains committed to an easing of rules that protect the technology behind coronavirus vaccines so that they can be produced more widely. Katherine Tai, the U.S. trade representative, acknowledged some nongovernmental groups and others outside the talks might
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Coast Guard official says the amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials initially feared. The worst-case scenario for the leak off the coast
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press CUAUTLA, Mexico (AP) — Two young volunteers dressed in long sleeves, jeans and face masks dig into the steep side of stream bank reeking of sewage that flows from a shopping center in the central Mexico town of Cuautla. Neither the overpowering stench, the piles of garbage, nor the suffocating
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The NFL’s only unbeaten team, the Arizona Cardinals will put their perfect mark on the line Sunday when they visit the Cleveland Browns. Led by dynamic quarterback Kyler Murray, the Cardinals are 5-0 for the first time since 1974, when they were in St. Louis. Murray will be matching up for
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ExpressJet Airlines recently announced its relaunch with aha!, “air-hotel-adventure” leisure brand. Combining value-priced fares and nonstop flights, aha! will begin flying from its home base at Reno-Tahoe International Airport on October 24 to eight underserved cities across the western United States.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Business Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth. The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, which aired on Thursday. He said:
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Ryan, CNN Business Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth. The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, which aired on Thursday. He
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The play so far this season from the San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks has been mostly what’s expected. Jimmy Garoppolo has been solid but unspectacular and once again got hurt, showing why the Niners traded three first-round picks to take Trey Lance third overall
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is back at No. 1 for the first time in more than a decade, led by a defense that looks like one for the ages. The Bulldogs have have allowed just 5.5 points a game through the first half of the regular season —
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 19 BYU is looking to bounce back from its first loss when it plays at Baylor in a Big 12 preview. The 5-1 Cougars are joining the league in 2023. This non-conference game has been scheduled for more than five years. Baylor is also 5-1. The Bears have already rebounded
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business The other day I found myself looking at a startling image of my Northern California home, the daylight dampened by an eerie orange glow as wildfire smoke blocked the sun. It looked exactly as it had on September 9, 2020, when the entire San Francisco Bay Area was shrouded in
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The heavy winds that have been fanning the Alisal Fire — which already closed part of Highway 101 and shuttered Amtrak railways in Santa Barbara County, California, are likely to continue, possibly hindering progress in battling the blaze — and triggering power outages. “When the winds are strong and they shift,
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Many Norwegians recall it all too well: politicians, residents and Norway’s royal family together mourning an act of home-grown mass violence in a nation where such tragedies are rare. A bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people in a quiet town Wednesday brought immediate comparisons with a terror
Continue ReadingBy James Frater and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Norwegian police have named the suspect in Wednesday’s bow-and-arrow attack in the southern town of Kongsberg that left five people dead and three injured, in what they are treating as suspected terrorism. Espen Andersen Bråthen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, is due to appear in court on Friday, but
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a raft of progressive new laws in the weeks after he defeated an attempt to remove him from office. The Democrat signed laws that require gender-neutral displays of children’s toys and toothbrushes in large department stores. He made it illegal
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Leprosy has been identified in wild chimpanzees for the first time, according to a new study, in findings that have stunned experts. The leprosy cases in chimpanzees were found in Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast, making this the first time leprosy has been found in any nonhuman species in Africa, researchers
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business About 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere early Thursday morning. The UAW had reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contact with the company two weeks ago, only to see 90% of the rank-and-file members of
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El actor nominado al Oscar Jonah Hill quiere que el mundo sepa que su cuerpo no es un tema de conversación apropiado. La estrella de 37 años, mejor conocido por sus actuaciones cómicas en películas como “El lobo de Wall Street”, “21 Jump Street” y “Superbad”, acudió a su página de
Continue ReadingBy MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Industrial gas supplier Air Products has announced it will build a $4.5 billion clean energy facility in Louisiana’s capital region. Air Products President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi said the Ascension Parish site will be the largest permanent carbon dioxide sequestration facility in the world, helping
Continue ReadingBy MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Industrial gas supplier Air Products has announced it will build a $4.5 billion clean energy facility in Louisiana’s capital region. Air Products President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi said the Ascension Parish site will be the largest permanent carbon dioxide sequestration facility in the world, helping
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