By Gregory Wallace (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is stepping up air traffic control training after a series of close calls have left the flying public and regulatory bodies rattled. The transportation agency will require the thousands of air traffic controllers it employs to attend new monthly training as part of an effort to
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Seventeen former Major League Baseball scouts who say they were discriminated against because of their age sued the league, its teams and Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver. The former scouts allege violations of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republicans wasted no time Tuesday calling into question the plea agreement Hunter Biden reached with the Justice Department over two tax charges and a felony gun charge, claiming President Joe Biden’s son received special treatment in a long-running probe that had been a cause célèbre on the
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republicans wasted no time Tuesday calling into question the plea agreement Hunter Biden reached with the Justice Department over two tax charges and a felony gun charge, claiming President Joe Biden’s son received special treatment in a long-running probe that had been a cause célèbre on the right.
Continue ReadingKGO, UPSIDE FOODS, CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States. Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make what they call “cultivated chicken,” said Wednesday that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture
Continue ReadingBY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors pledged to fight inflation during a confirmation hearing that drew only modest pushback from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee. Last month, Biden nominated Adriana Kugler, a Georgetown University economist,
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this week’s Virginia primary, which featured about four dozen legislative races that set the parties’ slate of candidates for what will be a hard-fought general election. Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens quietly traveled to Venezuela this week, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Carstens traveled to the capital city of Caracas for “discussions about the welfare and safety of US nationals wrongfully detained in Venezuela,” the spokesperson said. “We
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta official facing a lawsuit has approved a petition from activists who want voters to reject a controversial police and firefighter training center. The official approved the petition Wednesday after denying it twice over technicalities. Activists irate over the earlier rejection had sued the city Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials say they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware to update the state’s voting system. They also say there are still technical problems to resolve. They’re pushing back against calls to update the system before the 2024 election cycle.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a gynecologist should face at least 25 years in prison for assaulting a “staggering number of victims” during a quarter-century career as a serial sexual predator disguised as a doctor at prestigious Manhattan hospitals. Their presentence submission in Manhattan federal court late Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a proposal Wednesday to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, including repealing Trump-era rules that loosened protections for vulnerable species. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, along with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Maritime Fisheries Service, has proposed clarifying the standards for how the agencies
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El submarino que está desaparecido en el mar forma parte de un esfuerzo relativamente nuevo que permite a turistas y otros clientes de pago explorar las profundidades del océano, cuya inmensa mayoría nunca ha sido vista por ojos humanos. Aunque el ser humano lleva decenas de miles de años explorando la
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament on Wednesday defended its controversial decision to disqualify a 619.4-pound blue marlin that would have earned the fishermen about $3.5 million, saying the rules on “mutilation” are there for a reason. “This rule is there to protect the fish so
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon religious leader convicted multiple times of sexually abusing a former church member when she was a child has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Circuit Judge Andrew Lavin sentenced Michael Sperou Tuesday for two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The judge granted
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon religious leader convicted multiple times of sexually abusing a former church member when she was a child has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Circuit Judge Andrew Lavin sentenced Michael Sperou Tuesday for two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The judge granted
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — More prime working age women are employed in the United States now than ever before. The labor force participation rate for women between 25 and 54 years old set a record high in April and then again in May, rebounding from the pandemic “she-cession” and returning to its
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne has missed only one game so far this season. The two-time WNBA MVP is averaging 18.4 points. That’s her best scoring output since 2019, when she led the Washington Mystics to their first league championship. Back problems and coronavirus concerns then limited her
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke (CNN) — Twitter failed to pay out annual bonuses to staff after its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk despite repeated assurances from executives in the lead-up to the deal closing that the company would do so, according to a new lawsuit filed on behalf of employees. The lawsuit was filed in a
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke (CNN) — Twitter failed to pay out annual bonuses to staff after its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk despite repeated assurances from executives in the lead-up to the deal closing that the company would do so, according to a new lawsuit filed on behalf of employees. The lawsuit was filed in a
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