BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing the United States of militarizing outer space, a day after it protested the passage of a Navy P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft through the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Friday that U.S. actions including the establishment of the Space Force in 2019 as the newest branch
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal “green bank” for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers. Two programs, worth $14 billion and $6 billion, respectively, will offer competitive grants to nonprofits and other
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avoid budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency. IRS leaders have laid out how they netted $38 million in
Continue ReadingCNN By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — With the NFL, the NBA, MLB and MLS, the US sports industry is a fiercely contested market, but Mason Gordon, the founder and CEO of SlamBall, is hoping that this gladiator-esque sport can attract fans. First launched in 2000, SlamBall has become well known for viral social media
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Friday adopted a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures amid the Kremlin’s crusade to protect what it views as the country’s “traditional values.” The toughened version of the bill was passed unanimously in its third and final reading in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma. The bill bans any
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Sobrevivientes de uno de los peores desastres naturales de Nueva Zelandia describieron el dolor punzante de ser azotados por arena, cenizas y rocas en llamas durante una erupción volcánica en Whakaari o White Island en 2019 que mató a 22 personas. Sus relatos se escucharon esta semana durante un juicio
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — China publicó nuevas normas sobre la inteligencia artificial generativa (IA), convirtiéndose en uno de los primeros países del mundo en regular la tecnología que está detrás de servicios populares como ChatGPT. La Administración del Ciberespacio de China, el principal organismo de vigilancia de Internet del país, dio a conocer el
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Facing a long summer of running from behind former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is for now resisting calls to dramatically change course in his presidential campaign, instead targeting the first debate in late August as his opportunity to alter the trajectory of the race. Multiple sources
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — If you forgot to file your taxes during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, you have until Monday to do so. Nearly 1.5 million taxpayers may still be eligible for a tax refund from tax year 2019, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The agency
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — With the NFL, the NBA, MLB and MLS, the US sports industry is a fiercely contested market, but Mason Gordon, the founder and CEO of SlamBall, is hoping that this gladiator-esque sport can attract fans. First launched in 2000, SlamBall has become well known for viral social media clips
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studies curriculum that includes material on gay rights, top state officials are vowing to buy a textbook in question and distribute it to students before the new school year. “That social studies book is being censored by the local
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has voted in favor of a new law banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgery, in a raft of new anti-LGBTQ laws in Russia. The bill, which had its third and final
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has voted in favor of a new law banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgery, in a raft of new anti-LGBTQ laws in Russia. The bill, which had its third and final
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and LARRY FENN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says eight people were found dead after a boat capsized off the coast of northern Senegal as it tried to reach Europe. The interior minister said Thursday that the bodies were recovered Wednesday by the fire department and the navy and a search for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown Friday in Belarus, possibly heralding the group’s relocation there. Putin’s comments appeared to reflect
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN (CNN) — Plants naturally adapt to grow in challenging environments. Spontaneous natural mutations produce new traits, such as drought tolerance and disease resistance, which can help the plant to thrive. But the Earth’s climate is changing faster than plants can naturally evolve, meaning that many of the plants we rely on
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has published new rules for generative artificial intelligence (AI), becoming one of the first countries in the world to regulate the technology that powers popular services like ChatGPT. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top internet watchdog, unveiled a set of updated guidelines on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has published new rules for generative artificial intelligence (AI), becoming one of the first countries in the world to regulate the technology that powers popular services like ChatGPT. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top internet watchdog, unveiled a set of updated guidelines on Thursday
Continue ReadingA court in central China says a Chinese kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 of her students, killing one, has been executed. A notice posted outside the No. 1 Intermediate Court in the Henan province city of Jiaozuo on Friday said Wang Yun’s sentence had been carried out the day before. Wang, 40, was convicted of
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