By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contract workers, the company told CNN Tuesday, as the educational technology app moves to rely more heavily on artificial intelligence. While not all layoffs were due to the technology, the language learning company let go of some contractors at the end of
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A cluster of measles cases in Philadelphia has widened to include eight people over the past month, including at least five children, according to the city’s health department. All of the cases were in people who had no immunity to the virus, Philadelphia Department of Public Health spokesperson James
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — VinFast, a Vietnamese electric vehicles maker that only recently entered the United States market, revealed plans Tuesday to go after America’s popular pickup market. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Vinfast unveiled the VF Wild, a mid-sized electric pickup. Although the VF Wild is officially a concept
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — While in the middle of her own battle with leukemia, Nafisha Lewis decided to give back to other patients on her hospital floor, who are in the same fight for their lives. She’s been at Temple University Hospital for nearly a month,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un día después de que una aparente explosión de gas sacudiera el centro de Fort Worth, los equipos de rescate buscan entre los escombros de un histórico hotel de Texas a alguien que pudiera seguir atrapado en su interior. Explosión en el centro de Fort Worth, Texas deja al menos 21
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exploration, is facing some lengthy delays, the space agency has announced. The Artemis III mission, planned to hit the the crucial milestone of landing humans on the moon for
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A father-daughter pair of Florida lawyers may face disciplinary action for speaking out against a judge’s ruling in a civil rights case. It all started when attorney Jerry Girley represented a Black doctor who said he was the victim of racial discrimination when he was fired
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge has approved a $100 million cash settlement to the parents of a 31-year-old British tourist who died in a helicopter crash at the Grand Canyon. Jonathan Udall was among five people aboard the aircraft from Boulder City, Nevada, to the Hualapai reservation. The
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Cruise has entered the next phase of his personal mission to save the movie theater industry. The “Top Gun” star and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to develop and produce original and franchise theatrical films starting this year, according to a news release on Tuesday. (Warner Bros.
Continue ReadingHAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam police say a man suspected of fatally shooting a South Korean tourist during a robbery in the U.S. territory last week has died and his alleged getaway driver is in custody. KUAM-TV reports that police say the first suspect was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a parked car
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Actor Adan Canto, known for his role in “The Cleaning Lady” and “Designated Survivor,” has died. He was 42. Canto died on Monday of appendiceal cancer, according to his publicist Jennifer Allen, who said in a statement sent to CNN that Canto “had a depth of spirit that few
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A man is facing charges after his 5-year-old godson accidentally shot himself in Philadelphia on Sunday. Officials say the boy was able to access and fire an unsecured gun. Rhamique Topping was arrested and charged for his role in the incident that
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Se hizo pública este martes la quinta ronda de documentos de una demanda relacionada con Jeffrey Epstein, el delincuente sexual convicto que murió en la cárcel antes de poder enfrentar un juicio por cargos federales de tráfico sexual. La publicación sigue a miles de páginas de documentos ya divulgados durante
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Michael Conte and Meg Tirrell, CNN Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer and suffered complications that led to him being taken to hospital on New Year’s Day where he is still being treated, according to a statement Tuesday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una calle parisina lleva el nombre de David Bowie y la inauguración oficial tuvo el lugar el lunes, en el que habría sido el cumpleaños 77 del músico. La calle David Bowie está situada junto a la estación Austerlitz en el distrito 13, en el sureste de la capital
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Addressing the Legislature at the start of his final year in office, Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee returned to one of his top priorities and the issue that defined his brief presidential bid: climate change. “We know that climate change is hurting us now, today. But climate
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Fabricio Colón Pico, alias “Capitán Pico” y presunto cabecilla de la banda de Los Lobos, se fugó de la cárcel de Riobamba, según le dijo a CNN este martes el alcalde de esa ciudad, Jhon Vinueza. Días atrás, el hombre había sido señalado públicamente por la fiscal de Ecuador, Diana
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around voter fraud. Ahead of Iowa’s caucuses next week, the former Republican president has repeatedly suggested that Democrats are planning to sign
Continue ReadingBy Mary Boyle Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A woman who was hit by a drunk driver in Grand Teton National Park returned to Idaho Falls on Friday to visit the team who saved her life. It was an opportunity rarely afforded medical personnel. When the crash happened
Continue ReadingBy Casey Torres Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO) — The search for a missing stuffed animal is on. Amy Stults and her daughter Molly are heartbroken without Bun Bun, a rabbit plush toy. “I feel like partly it’s my fault because I feel like if I would’ve been paying attention,
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