American oil tycoon accused of trying to conspire with OPEC to inflate prices
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Scott Sheffield, founder and longtime CEO of a leading American oil producer, attempted to collude with OPEC…
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Biden expands 2 national monuments in California significant to tribal nations
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press President Joe Biden has expanded two culturally significant California landscapes: the San Gabriel Mountains…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Arrests top 2,000 as protests against Israel-Hamas war roil college campuses
By The Associated Press The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome…
Continue ReadingAI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in…
Continue ReadingPolice in Fort Worth say four children are among six people wounded in a drive-by shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police in Fort Worth, Texas, says four children are among six people wounded in a drive-by shooting at an apartment…
Continue ReadingAsian American Literature Festival that was canceled by the Smithsonian in 2023 to be revived
NEW YORK (AP) — A festival celebrating Asian American literary works that was suddenly canceled last year by the Smithsonian Institution is getting…
Continue ReadingJudge in landmark antitrust case grills Google on search dominance
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling…
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Maryland is about to get $350 million from insurance in bridge collapse
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The state of Maryland is about to get an insurance payment of $350 million related to the collapse of…
Continue ReadingBritish police officer pleads guilty to terror charges for showing support for Hamas on WhatsApp
LONDON (AP) — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to terror charges for showing support on social media for Hamas. West Yorkshire constable…
Continue ReadingMedicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand…
Continue ReadingJurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, PHILIP MARCELO, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald…
Continue ReadingSenators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition…
Continue ReadingDubai flights canceled, schools and offices shut as rain pelts UAE just weeks after deadly floods
By Mostafa Salem, Abbas Al Lawati and Angela Dewan, CNN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Emirates was forced to cancel and delay several…
Continue ReadingNumber of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week and remains historically low as the…
Continue ReadingParis inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French officials have inaugurated a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Arrests top 2,000 as protests against Israel-Hamas war roil college campuses
By The Associated Press The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Trump’s hush money trial adjourns until Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has adjourned following hours of testimony from lawyer Keith Davidson…
Continue ReadingPeloton cuts jobs and is looking for a new CEO after its turnaround plan spins out
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy is leaving his role, and the company is cutting about 15% of its workforce…
Continue ReadingMaryland officials release timeline, cost estimate, for rebuilding bridge
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an…
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