By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About 1,000 employees of First Republic Bank are being let go about a month after it was seized by regulators and acquired by JP Morgan Chase. JP Morgan said Friday that the vast majority of First Republic employees, roughly 7,200 before it ran into trouble,
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said Thursday that the racism suffered by Real Madrid forward Vinícius Jr. in Spain’s La Liga reminds him of his own career experiences of discrimination. “It’s devastating to think that in 2023 we’re still seeing these things and hearing these things,” Hamilton
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French police have thrown a security cordon around a shareholders meeting in Paris of oil major TotalEnergies. Officers on Friday sprayed tear gas and pushed back climate protesters who chanted, “Be gentle, police officers, we’re doing this for your kids!” Police escorted some shareholders into the meeting Friday in a famed Paris
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN (CNN) — Police in Germany have launched a criminal investigation into Roger Waters, the co-founder of Pink Floyd, after he appeared dressed in a costume resembling a Nazi uniform during two concerts in Berlin last week. Waters was wearing the costume while performing from Pink Floyd’s
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $300 million additional financing to Lebanon’s poor, giving cash to families struggling in the country’s historic economic meltdown. The World Bank’s financing announced Friday comes two years after it approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance.
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company whose lunar lander slammed into the moon says a software issue and a last-minute switch in the touchdown location led to the crash. Officials for the company ispace said Friday that its spacecraft was originally supposed to land in a flat
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment — and attend a Jordanian royal wedding — during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The first lady’s office says she’ll depart Wednesday on a six-day trip that will take her to Jordan, Egypt,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears has shared that she and her mother Lynne Spears are now on better terms. The singer posted a throwback photo of herself as a child on her verified Instagram account, writing in the caption, “My sweet mama showed up at my door step yesterday after 3
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of Rwanda’s most wanted suspect in that country’s genocide has appeared in a South African courtroom holding a Bible. Fulgence Kayishema had been on the run for 22 years after his indictment for the killings of more than 2,000 people, including children, who
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of a 2021 crash involving multiple vehicles in Butler County, Alabama, which killed nine children and one adult, was “the unsafe speeds of multiple vehicles during rain, low visibility, and wet road conditions,” according to the report. Contributing
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge remembers her days as a youngster driving go-karts and how at times she was ruthlessly bullied by the boys. Or the trouble she had growing up in racing and in securing sponsorship and support. There are many reasons why Legge is the only female
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Famed Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored hundreds of goals in his career, invariably celebrates by running to the corner flag to perform his iconic “Siu” celebration – pirouetting in the air before landing in a power stance. But after scoring a decisive goal for his Saudi Arabian
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter unveiled a new data access tier on Thursday aimed at attracting startups, after its decision to erect a paywall for developers and researchers prompted widespread backlash. But the new tier already has some describing it as “too little, too late.” The new paid tier, which the company
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks called on Harvard’s 2023 graduating class to defend truth in a powerful commencement address on Thursday. The Oscar winner, who received an honorary doctorate of arts, joked he was receiving the degree “without having done a lick of work” other than playing a Harvard professor in “The
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A coroner in Pennsylvania ruled that a college baseball player died accidentally when a makeshift dugout collapsed and he was struck in the face. Nineteen-year-old Angel Mercado was a middle infielder who had just completed his freshman season at Division II Central Penn College. He had been playing in a summer
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people have traveled to the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles Monastery, in rural Missouri to view a nun’s body which appears to show no signs of decay approximately four years after her death, according to the Catholic News Agency. The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House committee next month about his recently completed report on the FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Durham is due to appear on June 20 in a closed-door session with the
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has opened a judicial investigation into an alleged hate crime perpetrated by the three people arrested this week for racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior during a game. Vinícius was subjected to racist taunts on Sunday in Valencia at Mestalla Stadium. The
Continue ReadingTerence Burlij and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — In a sign pointing toward a possible Republican presidential bid, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is set to make an announcement June 7 in Fargo, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. Fargo, near Burgum’s small hometown of Arthur, North Dakota, is where the governor built
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Celine Dion canceló todas las fechas de su gira “Courage World Tour” hasta 2024 debido a que la cantante sigue luchando contra un raro trastorno neurológico, según se anunció este viernes. “Siento mucho decepcionarlos a todos una vez más”, dice un anuncio en las redes sociales de la cantante. “Estoy
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