Interstate 95 set to reopen less than two weeks after deadly collapse in Philadelphia
Interstate 95 is set to reopen to traffic less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia shut down a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway
2023-06-23 13:25
Twitter faces 'stress test' of Europe's tough new Big Tech rules
A top European Union official is in Silicon Valley to check whether Twitter is ready to comply with sweeping new standards that the world’s biggest online platforms must obey soon
2023-06-23 12:48
The Paris summit on finance and climate comes to an end. Time for concrete steps?
The aim of a two-day climate and finance summit in Paris was to set up concrete measures to help poor and developing countries better tackle issues like poverty and climate change
2023-06-23 12:25
They fled the war in Nigeria's northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja
Hundreds of people remain homeless in Nigeria's capital of Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers
2023-06-23 12:18
Qatar sovereign wealth fund buys stake in Washington's NBA, NHL and WNBA teams, AP source says
A person with knowledge of the sale tells The Associated Press the Qatar Investment Authority is buying a roughly 5% stake of Monumental Sports & Entertainment as part of a $4.05 billion deal
2023-06-23 11:26
Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law
2023-06-23 09:56
3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems with 'forever chemicals'
Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS
2023-06-23 09:25
2.5M Genworth policyholders and 769K retired California workers and beneficiaries affected by hack
California's public pension fund says the personal data of more than 769,000 retired workers and beneficiaries including Social Security numbers has been stolen in the breach of a popular file-transfer application by a Russian ransomware gang that is extorting victims
2023-06-23 07:45
New York bill aims to help the wrongfully convicted. Prosecutors say it would aid the guilty, too
People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit would have an easier time challenging their convictions under a bill passed by New York lawmakers this week
2023-06-23 06:26
TikTok's COO to step down after nearly 5 years at the popular social media company
TikTok’s Chief Operating Officer and one of the company’s most public faces, V Pappas, is stepping down after nearly five years at the company
2023-06-23 06:16
First gene therapy for deadly form of muscular dystrophy gets FDA approval for young kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy to treat a deadly form of muscular dystrophy
2023-06-23 05:56
Firefighters struggled to identify the toxic freight in fiery Ohio train derailment, chiefs say
Officials say firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to a lack of communication from the railroad
2023-06-23 04:50