By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more, police said. Rob Hill, commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press The Justice Department has begun to examine an agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabian backers of LIV Golf to determine whether it violates federal antitrust statutes, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The inquiry is in its early stages, and it
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press The Justice Department has begun to examine an agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabian backers of LIV Golf to determine whether it violates federal antitrust statutes, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The inquiry is in its early stages, and it
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft have agreed to add ChatGPT to Mercedes-Benz cars in the United States. ChatGPT is Microsoft’s “generative artificial intelligence” software that can engage in realistically human-like dialog. Mercedes vehicles already have voice-command capabilities allowing drivers to use the phrase, “Hey, Mercedes,” followed by a short command to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Autoridades del Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgo (Sinager) de Honduras declararon este jueves alerta roja en 140 municipios del país por la sequía meteorológica asociada al fenómeno de El Niño, que está generando deficiencia en los cultivos de granos básicos y que podría derivar en una posible inseguridad alimentaria.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the use of banned sticky stuff is more widespread than the three pitchers ejected this season for illegal grip aids. “I am sure that out of an abundance of caution and good judgment, umpires have had questionable situations that they
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media has been formally indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to national defense, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. Jack Teixeira, a junior enlisted airman who worked within
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, firmó este jueves un presupuesto récord de US$ 117.000 millones para su estado. Se trata de un plan de gastos repleto de prioridades que ya se han convertido en combustible para la campaña presidencial del republicano. Hay US$ 12 millones asignados para continuar por un segundo
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve hit pause on its benchmark interest rate after hiking 10 times in a row in a battle to cool the US economy and tame inflation. That rate-hiking campaign has also done something else: helped pump up the US dollar, maintaining an unexpected strength that
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling classified information, instructing the parties to get the ball rolling to obtain security clearances for the lawyers who will need them.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – A six-month study of healthy older men demonstrated that daily multivitamin/multimineral supplementation had a positive effect on key nutrition biomarkers. The research led by Oregon State University’s Tory Hagen and Alexander Michels also showed that the changes in nutrition status could have direct connections to cellular function, measured by the oxygen consumption
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Disney (DIS) Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy is stepping down from her role and taking a family medical leave of absence, the company said Thursday. Kevin Lansberry, the company’s CFO of Parks, Experiences and Products, will step in as interim CFO, effective July 1. “Christine McCarthy is
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS, FACEBOOK, ABBY LUTZ, LINKEDIN, JOHN HEATHCO, RANCHO PESCADERO, GOFUNDME, GABRIELLE SLATE, CNN By Karol Suarez, Mia Alberti, David Williams and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Two American citizens were found dead Tuesday in a hotel room in Mexico, a US State Department spokesperson said. They have been identified as 28-year-old Abby Lutz and
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., led colleagues Thursday in introducing legislation to help American families get access to the quality, affordable child care they need. Here’s their full news release: The need to rebuild a stronger, more robust and more equitable child care system is more important than ever
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has tapped Michael Tyler, a seasoned Democratic strategist, to serve as his campaign communications director, his campaign announced Thursday. Tyler previously served as deputy communications director on Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 campaign and as spokesman and chief of staff to former chairman of the Democratic National
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The United States has quietly resumed indirect talks with Iran in an effort to constrain Tehran’s nuclear program, multiple sources told CNN. The talks resumed late last year, months after an effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal collapsed. The Trump administration
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — One of the longest-held inmates on Florida’s death row is set to be executed Thursday evening for two 1984 slayings. Duane Owen is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the March 1984 rape and stabbing death of a 14-year-old babysitter, and
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press The highest court in Massachusetts has vacated the sex trafficking convictions of a Black Muslim man whose court-appointed attorney had a history of posting racist and anti-Muslim vitriol on social media. The Supreme Judicial Court wrote in its unanimous decision Thursday that an attorney representing a Black Muslim was a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman and Austin Hays homered, Anthony Santander singled in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 behind a strong pitching performance by Tyler Wells. Rutschman had three hits to help the Orioles overcome a pair of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Al Pacino is a father for the fourth time. Pacino’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the actor, 83, and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah welcomed a son named Roman. No other details, including when or where the baby was born, were released. The news was first reported
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