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Month: October 2024

Elon Musk’s dozens of meetings with presidents, prime ministers and political candidates show his growing political influence

By Clare Duffy and Way Mullery, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past three years, Elon Musk has met dozens of times with presidents, prime ministers, lawmakers, government officials and political candidates from around the world. Some of these meetings have been highly publicized, like his visit to Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; independent Dan Osborn, a Nebraska Senate candidate; entrepreneur Mark Cuban. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Vance; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s

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Jury awards Apple $250 in design patent lawsuit against Masimo

By Reuters (CNN) — Apple convinced a federal jury on Friday that health monitoring tech company Masimo’s smartwatches infringe two of its design patents. The jury, in Delaware, agreed with Apple that Masimo’s W1 and Freedom watches and chargers willfully violated Apple’s patent rights in smartwatch designs, awarding the tech giant $250 in damages. Apple’s attorneys told the court the “ultimate

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Warm Springs Tribal Council chairman offers response to President Biden’s apology for Indian boarding schools injustice

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — President Biden issued a formal presidential apology on Friday to Native American communities for the atrocities committed against Indigenous children and their families during a 150-year era of forced federal Indian boarding schools. Jonathan W. Smith, Sr., Chairman, Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of

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US intelligence assesses Russian operatives behind fake video showing Pennsylvania ballots being destroyed

By Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas, Paul P. Murphy and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday. “The IC (Intelligence Community) assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a

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Freedom Caucus chair says he was taken out of context on legislature deciding presidential electors

Associated Press The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus says news reports that quoted him saying the North Carolina Legislature should consider allocating the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump before the votes are counted were taken out of context. The comments made by Representative Andy Harris of Maryland during a Republican Party dinner there

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Wisconsin elections officials report 40% increase in early voting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials are reporting a nearly 40% increase in early in-person absentee voting over 2020. Early in-person absentee voting began Tuesday in the battleground state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced that as of Friday morning 292,702 people had voted early in-person compared with 209,665 as of the morning of Friday,

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El ex-CEO de Abercrombie & Fitch se declara inocente de dieciséis cargos de tráfico sexual y prostitución internacional

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El ex-CEO de Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, se declaró inocente de una acusación de 16 cargos en su comparecencia ante un tribunal federal de Nueva York el viernes. Jeffries fue imputado el miércoles por 16 cargos federales de tráfico sexual y prostitución internacional y está acusado de aprovechar “una red

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NY Republican in critical House race spent huge sums of campaign cash on steakhouses, booze, Ubers and a foreign hostel

By Gregory Krieg and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s campaign spent tens of thousands of donor dollars at steakhouses and bars, a foreign hostel and on unaccountable payments to a close aide and friend, according to a review of federal filings. Campaign finance experts who spoke with CNN said that

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Two more LA Times editorial board members resign after the paper withholds a Harris endorsement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked its plan to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Veteran journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein announced their resignations Thursday, a day after the editorial page editor Mariel Garza left in protest

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Partido opositor Voluntad Popular denuncia secuestro y homicidio de miembro fundador Edwin Santos

Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — El partido opositor venezolano Voluntad Popular denunció el secuestro y homicidio de Edwin Santos, uno de sus miembros fundadores y dirigente en el estado Apure, fronterizo con Colombia, cuyo cuerpo apareció este viernes cerca de un puente, según un comunicado. La nota de prensa afirma que el político desapareció

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