Airport name game
OAKLAND, Calif. — Port of Oakland commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport — and slapped SFO with...
View ArticleSenate passes bill improving air safety and service for travelers, a day...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration...
View ArticleNew Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder, other charges in...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 56 years in...
View ArticleJudge tosses X’s contract claims against data scraping company
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Social media platform X cannot pursue civil claims against a data scraping company as it failed to prove a breach of contract and other claims, and cannot circumvent the Copyright...
View ArticleArgentina’s workers stage second nationwide strike against Milei’s sweeping...
BUENOS AIRES (CN) — Flights were canceled, bus stops were deserted and major avenues were unusually quiet this Thursday as Argentina’s workers staged a nationwide strike against President Javier...
View ArticleFAT Brands chairman charged with tax-dodging in new indictment
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The chairman and former CEO of FAT Brands Inc. — the holding company of Fatburger, Johnny Rockets and other chains — has been charged with concealing $47 million in income from the...
View ArticleMarkets continue rebound in spite of confidence, unemployment blips
MANHATTAN (CN) — No news was good news this week for Wall Street, which has recouped much of the value lost in April as investors await key inflationary data next week. The Dow Jones Industrial...
View ArticleInside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from floods in southern...
CANOAS, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil’s Rio...
View ArticlePolice: Theft suspect stole 2 police vehicles while handcuffed, survived 11...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man who crashed a stolen police vehicle, survived gunfire from 11 police officers and then drove off and crashed another police cruiser — all while wearing handcuffs in a...
View ArticleNewsom’s ‘May revise’ trims budget to $288 billion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Saying he wants to protect California’s core services while making tough choices for other parts of state government, Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday revealed a $288.1...
View Article‘Love Is Blind’ cast member reaches $1.4 million settlement with Netflix in...
(CN) — Jeremey Hartwell, a cast member on the second season of the Netflix reality show “Love Is Blind,” has reached a settlement with the streaming service and the show’s production company in a...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated...
View ArticleHomeowners at Boston cop’s murder scene testify in hit-and-run trial
DEADHAM, Mass. (CN) — The retired Boston police officer whose family home became the site of a deadly hit-and-run of another Boston police officer testified Friday in the trial of the woman accused of...
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Mothers in Mexico demand justice and visibility for disappeared family members
MEXICO CITY (CN) — On the morning of May 10, hundreds of mothers and family members closed off Reforma Avenue in their march towards the National Palace in Mexico City, demanding justice and aid in...
View ArticleHonolulu businessman denied medical release in corruption trial
HONOLULU (CN) — The co-defendant in a trial over a reported bribery scheme involving a Honolulu prosecutor cited his poor health in federal court in Hawaii on Friday, in a challenge to his April 19...
View ArticleRental regulation
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal court in Texas denied property owners’ request for the court to bar the town of Volente from enforcing its regulations of short-term rentals. The property owners say rules...
View ArticleUS energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of...
View ArticleRe: Ballin
HOUSTON — A federal court in Texas ruled that Nike may recover some attorney fees after the court dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the company for its use of the term “Ballin.” The...
View ArticleProsecutors of former LA Dodger ask Ninth Circuit to use nixed plea deal in...
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — Federal prosecutors went before a Ninth Circuit panel on Monday to argue that they should be allowed to use former Los Angeles Dodgers slugger’s Yasiel Puig’s admissions from a...
View Article‘Hand-me-down governance’
MOBILE, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama denied residents’ motion for a preliminary injunction related to the civil rights lawsuit they filed against town council members, who have allegedly operated...
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