Today: November 21, 2024
Today: November 21, 2024

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Crime|US

Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker

An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas

Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker
Asia|Business|Finance|US

Starbucks considers selling stake in Chinese business, Bloomberg News reports

Starbucks is exploring options for its Chinese operations, including the possibility of selling a stake in the business to a local partner, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing

Starbucks considers selling stake in Chinese business, Bloomberg News reports
Asia|Australia|Crime|Health|Travel|US|World

American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident

Officials say an Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, and the U.S. State Department has confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four

American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|US

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly slip despite Nvidia's solid earnings report

Asian shares have mostly fallen as regional markets tried to digest a strong profit report from Nvidia

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly slip despite Nvidia's solid earnings report
Business|US

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
Americas|US|World

FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country

The U.S.

FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country
Business|Election|Finance|US

Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs

Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the

Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
Business|Finance|Stock Markets|US

India's Adani Group sees $22 billion in value wiped off after US indictments

Shares of Adani Group companies lost about $22 billion in market value in early trade on Thursday after U.S. prosecutors charged the billionaire chairman of the Indian conglomerate in an

India's Adani Group sees $22 billion in value wiped off after US indictments
Stock Markets|Technology|US

Bitcoin breaks $96,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans

Bitcoin's march toward $100,000 made further ground on Thursday as investors bet a friendlier U.S. regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies under President-elect Donald Trump will

Bitcoin breaks $96,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans
Crime|Education|US|World

Judge keeps death penalty a possibility for man charged in killings of 4 Idaho students

A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students

Judge keeps death penalty a possibility for man charged in killings of 4 Idaho students
Europe|Political|US|World

Zelenskiy says Crimea can only be restored to Ukraine through diplomacy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the Crimea peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, would have to be restored to Ukrainian sovereignty through diplomacy.

Zelenskiy says Crimea can only be restored to Ukraine through diplomacy
Business|Crime|Finance|US

Indian billionaire Adani charged in US with bribery; Adani Group shares tumble

Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world's richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265 million bribery scheme,

Indian billionaire Adani charged in US with bribery; Adani  Group shares tumble
Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|US

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and income

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement
MidEast|Political|US

Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms sales to Israel

Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms sales to Israel

Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms sales to Israel
Education|Sports|US

UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record

UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record

UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record
Crime|US

Nearly $100 million awarded to the family of a man fatally shot in his apartment by an officer

The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own has been awarded nearly $100 million in a federal civil trial

Nearly $100 million awarded to the family of a man fatally shot in his apartment by an officer
Economy|Finance|US

Dollar pulls ahead as markets focus on Trump policies, Fed outlook

The U.S. dollar stood broadly firm on Thursday as traders awaited more clarity on U.S.

Dollar pulls ahead as markets focus on Trump policies, Fed outlook
Crime|US

The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange

According to the FBI, a Florida man has been arrested and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week

The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange
Business|Technology|US

Rosenworcel to step down as US Federal Communications Commission chair on Jan. 20

Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said on Wednesday she will step down from the agency that oversees U.S. telecommunications companies on Jan.

Rosenworcel to step down as US Federal Communications Commission chair on Jan. 20
Crime|US

US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot

U.S. law enforcement on Wednesday arrested a homeless Florida man and charged him with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange after an undercover employee recorded

US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
Environment|US

The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over

The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over

The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over
Europe|Political|US|World

Angela Merkel, in memoir, recalls tricks for dealing with Donald Trump

Angela Merkel sought advice from the pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected U.S. president, hoping to find ways of convincing

Angela Merkel, in memoir, recalls tricks for dealing with Donald Trump
Crime|US|World

Human smuggling trial witness says he was separated from a family hours before they froze to death

An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death

Human smuggling trial witness says he was separated from a family hours before they froze to death
Sports|US

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays' ballpark situation

Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays’ ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays' ballpark situation

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