By Matt Egan A powerful subcommittee in the House of Representatives is seeking internal documents and communications from Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX to understand how the crypto exchange collapsed so suddenly and what is being done to recover customer funds. FTX, formerly one of the most trusted brands in crypto, filed for bankruptcy last week
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The full extent of FTX’s financial disarray is becoming clearer as the failed crypto exchange’s new management combs for cash as part of the bankruptcy process. In the company’s first Chapter 11 hearing in Delaware Tuesday, restructuring attorney James Bromley said that a “substantial amount” of assets have been
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Quentin Tarantino appears on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” this week to discuss filmmaking and explains why his tenth movie will definitely be his last. “I’ve been doing it for 30 years, and it’s time to wrap up the show. You know, it’s…I’ve done it, I’ve given my whole life
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Quentin Tarantino appears on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” this week to discuss filmmaking and explains why his tenth movie will definitely be his last. “I’ve been doing it for 30 years, and it’s time to wrap up the show. You know, it’s…I’ve done it, I’ve given my whole life to
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! We have more patchy freezing fog to start the day on the High Desert; however, it’s expected to dissipate around noon. We’re seeing partly sunny skies, with an expected high temperature of 37 degrees at Redmond, though we never topped the freezing mark there Thursday. Calm winds are expected today out
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in October for the ninth month in a row to the slowest pre-pandemic sales pace in more than 10 years, as homebuyers grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates, rising home prices and fewer properties on the market. Existing home sales fell 5.9%
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs says an iron ore mine in northern Minnesota will close in a few years if it doesn’t get mineral rights from a nearby project that hasn’t been completed. Hibbing Taconite is expected to run out of iron ore around 2025. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves says his company needs
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors Friday after one of its aquatic birds tested positive for avian flu, the facility said. A routine check on a hamerkop — a medium-sized wading bird — that had died last week found that it tested positive for the disease. The zoo will remain
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Here are the Sunrise Birthdays for Friday, November 18. You can see more recent entries and submit an upcoming birthday to air at: https://ktvz.com/share/sunrise-birthdays/
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Death is in the air on Twitter. On the platform Thursday evening, where #RIPTwitter was the top trend worldwide, users wrote what they feared might be their last posts, offering apprehensive goodbyes and listing the other (more stable) social media platforms where they can still be found. They were reacting
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A key member of President Joe Biden’s economic team is leaving his administration. A White House official says labor economist Cecilia Rouse will leave in the spring. Rouse was the first Black woman to serve as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Rouse has been on
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is facing fierce criticism in South Africa after saying her mother tongue, Afrikaans, is “a dying language.” The “Monster” and “Tully” star made the comments on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast, saying that the language that she grew up speaking was fading out. Theron, 47, who
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match. Few Americans have gotten updated boosters made by Pfizer and rival Moderna, shots tweaked to target the BA.5 omicron strain that until recently was the most common
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake has shaken western Indonesia but no serious damage or casualties have been reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured magnitude 6.9 and was centered at a depth of 15 miles. No tsunami alert was issued by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. Indonesia, a vast
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — B. Smyth, cantante de R&B que logró el éxito con sus canciones “Win Win” y “Twerkaholic”, murió, según compartió su hermano en el Instagram del cantante este jueves. Tenía 20 años. En una publicación del jueves, el hermano mayor de Smyth, Denzil, escribió que el artista “falleció esta mañana por insuficiencia
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN B. Smyth, an R&B artist who found success with his songs “Win Win” and “Twerkaholic,” has died, his brother announced on the singer’s Instagram page. He was 30. In a post on Thursday, Smyth’s older brother, Denzil, wrote the artist had “passed away this morning from respiratory failure after a long
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, Josh Campbell, Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN Investigators believe the man suspected of driving a vehicle into a group of law enforcement recruits, injuring 25 of them, committed a “deliberate act,” and the case should go to prosecutors Friday, the Los Angeles County sheriff said in an interview. The news came
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Heidi Montag Pratt and husband Spencer Pratt have welcomed their second child. “The Hills” couple introduced their new baby boy on Thursday, with Montag posting to Snapchat from the hospital. She shared that he was born at 11:31 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. and 9 oz., but did not reveal a name.
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves fans with just one “beer” choice — albeit one that isn’t boozy. Soccer fans will still be able to purchase Bud Zero, an alcohol-free lager that Anheuser-Busch says tastes
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business On Thursday night, following another exodus of Twitter employees, the outage detection site Down Detector showed a spike in users reporting issues accessing the social media platform. A chart of the sharp increase in outage reports was shared by some users on Twitter, appearing to validate a growing fear that
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