By BARBARA ORTUTAY, MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TALI ARBEL AP Business Writers Jack Dorsey is leaving his post as Twitter’s chief executive. It’s the second time in his career that he’s stepped down from the job. This time he says it’s by choice. Dorsey offered no specific reasons for his resignation Monday beyond an abstract argument
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY, MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TALI ARBEL AP Business Writers Jack Dorsey is leaving his post as Twitter’s chief executive. It’s the second time in his career that he’s stepped down from the job. This time he says it’s by choice. Dorsey offered no specific reasons for his resignation Monday beyond an abstract argument
Continue ReadingBy ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France’s Pantheon. That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor will take place Tuesday. But critics in France say that by focusing on an American-born figure, France is continuing a long tradition of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los funcionarios de salud de Estados Unidos están instando a los estadounidenses a no ser complacientes y usar todas las herramientas a su disposición para prepararse para la variante ómicron del coronavirus, que recientemente fue considerada una “variante de preocupación” por la Organización Mundial de la Salud. El riesgo global
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Stocks made a comeback Monday, bouncing back from the steep selloff at the end of last week, when investors feared the Omicron Covid variant could disrupt the global economic rebound. Reports of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus brought back memories of last summer when the fast-spreading Delta variant
Continue ReadingBy Alex Corradetti Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — At 4:39 p.m. Sunday, the Waukesha community gathered at Veterans Park to honor the victims of last week’s holiday parade with a special moment of silence. Dozens of people of all ages showed up to show their support for those grieving.
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Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling in the bitter custody battle surrounding a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy, saying he should be returned to his relatives there within two weeks. Eitan Biran has been the focus of a legal battle between his paternal relatives
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The world’s best footballers will be recognized at the annual Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday. Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are among the favorites to be crowned the best men’s player, while Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas and Jennifer Hermoso headline the women’s nominees. However, the scheduling of the
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Rita Moreno will be back on the big screen in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story,” next month. It’s another milestone for Moreno, soon 90, who rose to fame for her role as Anita in the original musical film in 1961. Her performance in the film also earned her an Academy
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti, the French manufacturer of $3 million supercars, is over a century old. But now it faces what may be the most difficult maneuver it has ever had to carry out: transitioning to an electric future. The man now taking the wheel at Bugatti is Mate Rimac,
Continue ReadingBy Phil Drake Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Independent Record) — The family of a former prosecution services bureau chief for the state Department of Justice has created an endowed scholarship fund in his honor to help a student at the University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law. “Our
Continue ReadingKarla Cripps, CNN The discovery of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus has left governments around the world scrambling, leading to a steady stream of increased travel restrictions since the World Health Organization designated B.1.1.529 ” as a “variant of concern” on November 26. Little is known about the new variant, dubbed Omicron, including
Continue ReadingBy Alan Mauldin Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — An Albany entertainment venue could become the stage for the assembly of a first-ever cast of characters, but the purpose will be deadly serious as prosecutors seek to work through a backlog of murder cases. Due to COVID-19, the Dougherty
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most acclaimed Indigenous actor, David Gulpilil, has died of lung cancer, a government leader said on Monday. He was 68 years old. Gulpilil found his widest audiences with his roles in the 1986 hit film “Crocodile Dundee” and in director Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic “Australia”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Computer chips aren’t the only thing in short supply as the world emerges from the pandemic. The booming demand for digital services and devices also is making it more difficult to hire and retain software developers and other tech workers who are able to demand
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 are launching an initiative to raise awareness of the importance of mental health. It is part of their conference alliance announced earlier this year. Teammates for Mental Health will be unveiled this week during basketball games involving the three
Continue ReadingToyin Owoseje, CNN Kanye West honored his late friend, barrier-breaking designer Virgil Abloh, by dedicating the latest installment of his Sunday Service series to the cultural icon as tributes poured in from around the music and fashion world. Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton, founder of haute-streetwear label Off-White and prolific DJ, died
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Lithuanian authorities of dumping the bodies of migrants on the border between the two countries. It’s a claim rejected by Lithuania amid soaring tensions over border issues instigated by Belarus. Lukashenko said Monday during a meeting with top military brass that
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer NBA referee Tony Brown will be back at work on Monday night for the first time in eight months. Brown has been assigned a shift at the league’s replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey. He hasn’t officiated a game since March after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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