By Brian Fung, CNN An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Wall Street closed higher after a report showed inflation slowed again last month. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Thursday. The Nasdaq and the Dow each rose 0.6%. While the report on inflation was clearly encouraging, stocks had already rallied earlier this week in anticipation of exactly such data. Analysts warned investors not
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish premier Leo Varadkar says after meeting with political leaders in Northern Ireland he remained hopeful that an agreement can be reached between the European Union and the U.K. over post-Brexit trade disputes in the region. Varadkar and Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party,
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and about two dozen demonstrators outside the NCAA convention Thursday protested the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports and threatened the association with legal action if it doesn’t change its policies. Gaines competed in last year’s NCAA
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN The US State Department rolled out a tool for Afghans in the US under parolee status to begin the process of reunifying with their family members on Thursday, a State Department spokesperson told CNN. During the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 many Afghans fled the country on evacuation flights, fearful
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Con ropa deportiva, gafas de sol y gorra con las letras BZRP grabadas, el argentino Gonzalo Julián Conde se ha convertido en el más aclamado productor musical hispanoblante: Bizarrap. Sus music sessions son un formato muy conocido que a menudo se vuelve viral en las redes sociales y la última,
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he can
Continue ReadingCNN By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he
Continue ReadingCNN By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) empezará a aceptar desde el 23 de enero la declaración federal sobre la renta de 2022, anunció la agencia este jueves. Por supuesto, no es necesario que presentes tu declaración ese mismo día. El plazo máximo oficial para las declaraciones
Continue ReadingCNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a deficit of $85 billion in December, bringing the total deficit to nearly $1.42 trillion for the 2022 calendar year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The government, which runs on a fiscal year that starts in October, is running a deficit of $421.41 billion for its
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s private office in Washington, DC — and subsequently his home in Wilmington, Delaware — has cast a shadow over the White House in recent days, as some of the president’s closest allies and senior officials have been
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Walt Disney Co., up $3.48 to $99.81. Activist investor Nelson Peltz is fighting for a seat on the board of the media giant, which owns ABC, ESPN and Disney Studios. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., up $5.22 to $87. The chipmaker beat
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Eggs, milk, butter, flour … if you were making pancakes last year, it would have cost you. Food prices surged in 2022. Grocery prices remain stubbornly high (and nearly double the rate of overall inflation) at 11.8% year over year, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Decenas de demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes instaron este jueves al presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, a no “brindar refugio” al expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, a raíz de un ataque a las instituciones democráticas de Brasil que se hizo eco de los ataques del 6 de enero en
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By SHARON CHIN Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA, California (KPIX) — When one Alameda mother discovered that her children’s school lacked a thriving music program, she orchestrated her own solution. For Lorrie Murray, the lively sounds of after school chatter are a prelude to something unforgettable at Maya Lin Elementary. Murray noticed
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Bend-La Pine Schools seeks volunteers to join its Budget Committee, beginning in February.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen President Joe Biden is now facing a special counsel investigation after Obama-era classified files were found at his private office in Washington and his home in Delaware. Former US attorney Robert Hur will lead the probe into the handling of the documents from when Biden was vice president. This is a ground-moving
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRNCISCO (KPIX) — San Francisco chief of police on Wednesday assured the public outraged over a gallery owner spraying a homeless woman with a hose earlier this week that the incident is being investigated. Video captured the gallery owner — identified as Collier Gwin,
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The official start date of the 2023 tax filing season is Jan. 23, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2022 returns. The news comes after the National Taxpayer Advocate reported that the IRS watchdog is seeing “a light at the end of the tunnel” of
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