By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union’s Parliament for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to long-haul flights. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday that existing requirements for airlines to buy credits for their greenhouse gas emissions should include all flights that leave the 27-nation bloc,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Consumer inflation figures for May will be out Friday, and the report is sure to be disquieting. Gasoline prices are seemingly breaking new record highs on almost a daily basis, food costs are soaring, and housing is becoming increasingly unaffordable. The persistence of high inflation in the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jaire Alexander took pride in the way his fellow Green Bay Packers cornerbacks thrived without him last season. Alexander now is back from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for most of the 2021 regular season and eager to join Eric Stokes and Rasul
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Five US Marines died after a military aircraft crashed during a training mission Wednesday near Glamis, California, the US Marine Corps said in a statement Thursday. Equipment recovery efforts “have begun” and an investigation into the crash involving a MV-22B Osprey is “underway.” “We mourn the loss of
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is required into whether a lab accident may be to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks a sharp reversal of the U.N. health agency’s initial assessment of the
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Catcher Gary Sánchez and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $9 million, one-year contract. The deal avoids an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for next week. The agreement was at the midpoint of the $9.5 million Sánchez had asked for and the $8.5 million offered by the Twins. Sánchez hit
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ryan Kelley, candidato republicano a la gobernación de Michigan, fue arrestado este jueves por cargos de delitos menores relacionados con su participación en el disturbio del Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021, según el Departamento de Justicia. Luego de hacer su aparición inicial en la corte federal en Michigan el
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off his legal battle with his ex-wife, Johnny Depp has announced that he and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mostly covers next month. The duo’s 13-track album is titled “18” and will drop on July 15. They said they titled
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By WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story GRAND BAY, Alabama (WALA) — A 3-year-old child is dead and a 13-year-old child is charged with negligent homicide after playing with a loaded rifle found in a closet, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at a mobile home on Highway 188
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Nick Valencia, CNN The US Department of Justice said Thursday it’s opening an investigation into whether the Louisiana State Police engage in racially discriminatory policing and use excessive force. It is a development following high-profile cases, including the 2019 death in police custody of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Justice Department teams
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Many firefighters in Oregon are often times deployed to help fight fires across the country. Jason Starkey is one of them and has been doing this for 19 years. “I’ve been as far as Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, during their big historic
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV-positive from joining the US military as officers or deploying abroad. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo this week updating HIV policies for the military “in view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention” of
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The ATP men’s professional tennis tour has announced reforms that include expansion of five Masters 1000 events and 50-50 profit sharing between players and tournaments starting next year. Changes approved by the ATP Board also include increased prize money, all the result of more than two years of negotiations. The “OneVision” phase
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a “red flag” bill Thursday that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms from people at extreme risk of harming themselves or others. It’s the Democratic-controlled chamber’s latest response to U.S. mass shootings and likely
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Online clothing retailer Stitch Fix will lay off 15% of its salaried staff — around 330 employees — amid slowing e-commerce growth across the retail sector. Stitch Fix, an online subscription clothing service launched in 2011, boomed a year ago but has struggled this year as more shoppers
Continue ReadingCNN, BRENDAN GUTENSCHWAGER, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, TWITTER , JANUARY 6, 2021, Twitter / January 6, 2021 By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley,
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Bags containing human feces are still being collected along East County roads, according to Multnomah County. Since late 2018, the county said a “perennial pooper” has been disposing of bags filled with human poop and kitty litter along rural roads
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, the US space agency said Thursday. The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena — from a scientific perspective,” the agency
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, the US space agency said Thursday. The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena — from a scientific perspective,” the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission is keeping a close eye on Big Tech as the industry expands into newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, FTC Chair Lina Khan said regulators risk “fighting yesterday’s war” if they fail to comprehend how tech
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