By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone, according to a letter Amazon (AMZN) sent to Congress earlier this month. The disclosure highlights the degree of Amazon’s control over data generated by the doorbells’ cameras
Continue ReadingGRUNDY, Va. (AP) — Rains that swiftly flooded a remote corner of southwest Virginia washed out roads, tore homes from their foundations and left people scrambling to find loved ones in areas where phone service was knocked out completely. Authorities feared the worst Wednesday as they were inundated with calls from people who said they
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Phil Mickelson walked out onto the first tee at the Old Course with only a few hundred fans watching nearby and several boisterous seagulls cackling above. His golf week was about to begin a few days later than normal for a British Open champion
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were back up this week, just as the latest government data shows inflation has not slowed, meaning the Federal Reserve is almost certain to raise its benchmark borrowing rate again. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate rose
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were back up this week, just as the latest government data shows inflation has not slowed, meaning the Federal Reserve is almost certain to raise its benchmark borrowing rate again. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate rose
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates are on the rise again after a dramatic drop last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.51% in the week ending July 14, up from 5.3% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That is significantly higher than this time last year when it was 2.88%. Rates rose
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business It’s not every day that a major corporate lawsuit features a poop emoji, but then again it’s not every day that one of the world’s most influential social media platforms sues the world’s richest man to make him buy it. Twitter on Tuesday filed a lengthy and colorful lawsuit against
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for the first time, and more
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for the first time, and more
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Uno de los principales indicadores de inflación volvió a aumentar en Estados Unidos durante junio, lo que muestra que los precios continúan obstinadamente altos. La inflación se dispara y llega al 9,1% interanual en Estados Unidos, impulsada por el precio récord de la gasolina El Índice de Precios al Productor, que
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say thousands more doses of the monkeypox vaccine could soon begin shipping from Denmark. The Food and Drug Administration said it has completed a required inspection of the overseas plant where the shots are manufactured. The update comes amid soaring demand for the shots
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian regulators have authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers. Health Canada said Thursday the Moderna vaccine can be given to children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults. U.S. regulators authorized the first COVID-19 shots from Moderna
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Wails pierced the walls of the walk-in clinic tucked among rundown homes in the heart of Venezuela’s capital. Artemis Parra got one vaccine in each arm, for polio and measles. The shots were free at the government site, and they filled gaps in the 1-year-old’s
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Chris Hemsworth es tan increíble fuera de la pantalla como el héroe de Marvel al que da vida, según han revelado sus compañeros de set. Al punto de incluso suspender su dosis diaria de carne antes de filmar una escena en la que debía besar a Natalie Portman, coprotagonista de “Thor: Love
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Before we all fawned over the impossibly cute Grogu/Baby Yoda in the first episode of “The Mandalorian,” another big-eared, sweet-natured creature had already weaseled his way into our hearts. Gizmo the Mogwai, the fuzzy, wide-eyed puppet, is undoubtedly the star of 1984’s horror-comedy “Gremlins” and its sequel. And more than 30
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia got a boost from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the country’s hopes of eventually joining the European Union amid a dispute with Bulgaria. Von der Leyen told North Macedonia’s parliament — speaking in the Macedonian language — that “we want
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia got a boost from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the country’s hopes of eventually joining the European Union amid a dispute with Bulgaria. Von der Leyen told North Macedonia’s parliament — speaking in the Macedonian language — that “we want
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, interview the likes of Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Gloria Steinem for their upcoming streaming series. Apple TV+ released a roster of the former secretary of state and her daughter’s series, ‘Gutsy,’ and a premiere date of Sept. 9. The eight-part series is
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Wednesday was the deadline for the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products to take action on popular synthetic nicotine products, but the agency stopped short of the drastic moves demanded by lawmakers and anti-tobacco advocates. Synthetic nicotine is the industry’s attempt to sidestep FDA oversight with lab-made nicotine,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazi during World War II in forest executions that the Nazis later tried to hide by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits. Investigators from a
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