SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Musk has told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that he plans to cut nearly 75% of Twitter’s employee base of
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company. That’s according to a report by The Washington Post. The report says Musk told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that he planned to cut nearly 75% of San Francisco-based
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was found guilty Thursday of five counts of sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal case that came after the university system made nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts. The Los Angeles jury found Dr. James Heaps, a longtime UCLA campus
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re flying American Airlines on an upcoming trip outside of the US, the front of the plane will look a bit different. The airline said it is eliminating its first-class cabin on international flights because customers aren’t purchasing the increasingly expensive tickets. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in St. Louis wrote that because the six states — Nebraska, Missouri,
Continue ReadingCNN By Bob Ortega, Audrey Ash, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN Pop into a meeting of the Board of Elections in Spalding County, Georgia, and it may appear like any other eye-glazing gathering of bureaucrats being led by a no-nonsense chair. “We hang our political hats at the door when we come in and do
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ortega, Audrey Ash, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN Pop into a meeting of the Board of Elections in Spalding County, Georgia, and it may appear like any other eye-glazing gathering of bureaucrats being led by a no-nonsense chair. “We hang our political hats at the door when we come in and do the
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office last month with hopes and promises of reinvigorating the British economy and putting it on the path to long-term success. It didn’t go to plan. Instead, Truss’ tenure was scarred by turmoil as her economic policies threatened the country’s financial
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German, has been indicted for murder by a grand jury. According to the indictment, which was filed on Thursday, Telles did “willfully, unlawfully, with malice aforethought, kill Jeffrey
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston and Andy Rose, CNN Three top officials in Texas’ most populous county have asked the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to send federal monitors to Harris County for the midterm elections to oversee what they view as an effort by Republican state officials to “chill voters’ trust in the election process”
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canada has added a exhibition at Bahrain on Nov. 11 as part of its World Cup preparations. The 41st-ranked Canadians will play No. 85 Bahrain in Manama ahead of a previously scheduled game Nov. 17 against 24th-ranked Japan at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Many Europe-based players have club matches on Nov. 12
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads appear unwilling to give track maintenance workers much more than they received in the initial contract they rejected last week, increasing the chances of a strike. The railroads rejected the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division union’s request to add
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the state of Mississippi over the Jackson water crisis. On Thursday, in response to complaints filed by the NAACP and Jackson residents, the EPA announced it will investigate whether the Mississippi Department of Health and the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Uno de los espectáculos de luz más esperados de la naturaleza alcanzará su punto máximo esta semana, cuando los restos espaciales y las estelas de polvo del famoso cometa Halley se dispersen por el cielo nocturno. Se espera que la lluvia de meteoros de las Oriónidas alcance su punto máximo a
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A new report from the Pentagon found that 519 US service members died by suicide in 2021, a decrease from the 582 cases in 2020. The 519 deaths last year involved active-duty, reserve, and National Guard members. “Every death by suicide is a tragedy that impacts our people,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was found guilty Thursday of five counts of sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal case that came after the university system made nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts. The Los Angeles jury found Dr. James Heaps, a longtime UCLA campus
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La experiencia del llamado gobierno interino venezolano presidido por el líder opositor Juan Guaidó terminará en enero de 2023, le dijeron a CNN dos fuentes cercanas al liderazgo opositor. Guaidó lo niega. Dos fuentes confirman a CNN el fin inminente del interinato de Juan Guaidó 0:49 Una fuente diplomática cercana
Continue ReadingBy DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says the project of a Super league of European soccer teams “is dead.” In a meeting with journalists in Argentina the head of Europe’s football association rejected comments made by Bernd Reichart, the new director general of the company behind the breakaway
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland did not suffer any structural damage to his left eye when he got hit during Cleveland’s season-opening loss in Toronto. Garland suffered a laceration inside his eyelid in the first quarter when Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. inadvertently poked him in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Desde conducir un automóvil por la Plaza de España de Roma hasta surfear en el Gran Canal de Venecia y destrozar esculturas en el Vaticano, algunos turistas este verano trataron a Italia como si fuera su parque de diversiones personal. Ahora, después de que una turista checa tomará el sol en
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