SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco building inspectors have given Twitter’s construction contractor two weeks to submit corrected building use paperwork to keep converted bedrooms at headquarters. The correction notice issued Monday from San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection to Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company asks the contractor to correctly label conference rooms as sleeping areas
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appear for the first time in U.S. federal court to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution. If convicted, three of them face
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA FAN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Members of the City Council are planning to tour the new shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal after controversy broke out over the conditions there. Asylum seekers have been hesitant to move from the Watson Hotel in Midtown, citing a lack
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday mourned the death of Tyre Nichols, calling his death at the hands of police a moment that demands congressional police reform. “Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? So when we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE KOSTEK Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A multi-million dollar settlement was reached after a 12-year-old Markham boy was shot during a police raid in 2019. The attorney for Amir Worship said they reached a $12 million settlement for the boy, who is now permanently disabled after being shot
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Cliff Bentz (OR-02) announced Wednesday that he has been named chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries. Bentz issued this statement: “It is an honor to be selected as Chairman of the Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee of the Natural Resources Committee, and I thank Chairman Westerman
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell $2.46 to $76.41 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for April delivery fell $2.62 to $82.84 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery fell 12 cents to $2.45 a gallon. March heating oil fell 19 cents $2.95 a gallon. March natural gas fell 21 cents
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and JARI TANNER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has reaffirmed that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam’s holy book. Turkey has been holding off approving Sweden and Finland’s membership in the alliance. The Turkish government has been
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By Jessica De Nova Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KABC) — With her last round of chemotherapy behind her, a pregnant mother of two can move on to follow up visits, reunions with her medical team, celebrations and preparing to deliver her third child. Sarai Vaca was diagnosed with breast
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By Anabel Munoz Click here for updates on this story WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Students, activists and community leaders are not giving up their fight to close a scrap metal recycling plant in Watts. Protesters on Monday gathered outside of Atlas Iron & Metal Co., which towers over Jordan High School. Genesis Cruz is
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Southey Click here for updates on this story BOONE COUNTY, Missouri (KOMU) — A private animal rescue in Hallsville will hold a fundraiser in February to raise money after it lost over two dozen dogs in a fire over the weekend. The Little Rays of Sunshine Animal Rescue, located at the 10,000 block
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Más de un millón de personas asistieron este miércoles a la misa oficiada por el papa Francisco en Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo (RDC), dijo la Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano, citando cifras estimadas por las autoridades locales. El viaje de Francisco a la República Democrática del Congo —la primera visita
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — En su evento anual Unpacked del miércoles, Samsung presentó su nueva línea de teléfonos inteligentes Galaxy S, y la compañía apuesta a que centrarse en las mejoras de la cámara será suficiente para que los consumidores quieran actualizar sus móviles. La nueva línea, que incluye al Galaxy S23 Ultra de 6,8
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Colin Quinn has embarked on his eighth one-man show, “Colin Quinn: Small Talk,” playing now through Feb. 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. He’s previously performed on TV, including “Saturday Night Live” and “Girls” and in movies like “Trainwreck,” and is the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Wednesday it is piloting a $20 monthly subscription plan that offers users priority access to the AI chatbot even during peak times. The paid plan, called ChatGPT Plus, comes two months after the tool was released publicly and quickly went viral, thanks
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A federal judge will not block Meta from buying a virtual reality tech startup, according to multiple reports, in a setback for the US government, which had alleged the deal would threaten competition in a nascent market. Tuesday’s decision, issued by the US District Court for the Northern District of California,
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A Bend business known for sustainability has a new venture: It’s making furniture from the plastic handles that hold your six-pack together.
Continue ReadingCNN By Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told the court Wednesday they are “100%” certain that Murdaugh’s voice is on footage prosecutors say undermines the disgraced former South Carolina attorney’s claim he was not present at the scene of the killings when his
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New campaign finance reports show that former President Donald Trump’s political operation started this year with about $25 million socked away for his recently launched presidential campaign. That sum is substantially less than the $105 million he had on hand just one year ago when
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