CNN By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of social media bigwigs was grilled by Congress on Wednesday about the risks their products pose to young people. The chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X, formerly known as Twitter, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The agency that oversees the enforcement of Iowa’s gambling laws issued a statement defending its investigation into sports wagering by athletes at Iowa and Iowa State. Defense attorneys for three former or current Iowa State athletes wrote in court documents last week that there was no probable cause for
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The e-commerce giant eBay will pay a $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform. Federal authorities said Wednesday the machines can be used to manufacture counterfeit pills that look just like prescription pills but
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Al Nassr de Arabia Saudita, equipo donde juega Cristiano Ronaldo, y el Inter Miami de Estados Unidos, club de Lionel Messi, se enfrentarán este jueves en partido amistoso. El juego ha generado gran expectativa porque significaba el regreso del enfrentamiento entre Cristiano y Messi, quienes se han enfrentado 36 veces en
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the mid-1970s and ’80s are more likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers compared with those stationed at a similar military base in California during the same period, a highly anticipated new government study
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base’s contaminated drinking water. Federal health
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Jannik Sinner’s career so far can be defined by the choices he made and the freedom he had to make them. From when he was a kid growing up in the German-speaking area of the Italian Dolomites and he chose tennis over skiing. To the decision
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Durante muchos años, una zona de la costa del Pacífico de México ahora conocida como Riviera Nayarit estuvo tan olvidada que la gente estaba, como dijo un local, “regalando tierras”. Las playas rocosas, consideradas menos atractivas que las de arena a una hora al sur, en la meca turística de Puerto
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson remains the top fundraiser in the GOP primary campaign for North Carolina governor entering 2024. But a recent rival has used his own personal fortune to compete with him monetarily. Finance reports for the second half of 2023 show Robinson’s
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN The House passed on Wednesday a $78 billion bipartisan tax package that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and restore a number of business tax benefits. The bill now moves to the Senate, but its fate there remains uncertain. Overall, the deal would not have much of an impact on the federal
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Rocked by the money on offer by LIV Golf and the talent drain of some of its leading players, the PGA Tour is offering its golfers the opportunity to become “owners of their league.” Announcing the launch of PGA Tour Enterprises on Wednesday, the PGA Tour said a “first-of-its
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its former head who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago under scrutiny. Hans-Georg Maassen posted a letter from the BfV agency to his lawyer on his website Wednesday following a report that the authority he led from 2012
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a package of legislation aimed at expanding access to dental care and bolstering the dental workforce across the state into law. The governor signed the legislation Wednesday at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau. The legislation authorizes licenses for dental therapists, a position between a dentist
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Oregon Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Wednesday they support the move underway in the House to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Todo indica que el esperado duelo entre Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi de este jueves no ocurrirá debido a una lesión que afecta al capitán portugués desde la semana pasada. Luis Castro, entrenador de Al Nassr, dijo este miércoles que Cristiano está en la “fase final de su preparación” para volver
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by Virginia’s largest school system to toss out a lawsuit accusing it of indifference to a middle school student’s claims of sexual abuse and harassment. The Fairfax County School Board filed a motion in November to dismiss the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Esta historia incluye descripciones explícitas que algunos lectores pueden considerar perturbadoras. Nueva York (CNN) — Un video perturbador de un hombre sosteniendo lo que él decía era la cabeza cercenada de su padre circuló durante horas en YouTube. Fue visto más de 5.000 veces antes de ser retirado. El incidente
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Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Laser strikes aimed at aircraft are at an all-time high. That’s according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said Wednesday that it received about 13,300 reports of lasers aimed at aircraft — including airliners — last year. That’s a record and a 41% increase over the previous year. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A sheriff’s investigator says that hours after a Michigan teen killed four students at his high school in 2021, the teen’s mother said her son was “going to have to suffer.” Detective Lt. Sam Marzban of the Oakland County sheriff’s office told jurors Wednesday during the
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