By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, after finding the city had failed to improve violent conditions that put inmates and staff at risk. In a 65-page opinion, Chief U.S. District Judge Laura…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) asked a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to throw out a jury verdict and a judge’s order forcing it to revamp its app store Play. In its first detailed argument to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Google said the trial judge made legal errors…
Champions League live blog: Liverpool vs. Real Madrid ESPN Nov 27, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Email Print Welcome to the second day of matchday five of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season. It’s another day of Europe’s premier club competition in its new format with nine matches across the continent on Wednesday, providing exciting matchups,…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Millions of Americans are set to crowd into airports or hit the road on the Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving Day which is shaping up to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. On Tuesday, about 2.7 million passengers were screened at airport security checkpoints, the…
(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector. The comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) follows Musk’s recent appointment to a government efficiency role, further amplifying the…
(Reuters) -Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence models. The response came after some users pointed out on social media that the company requires users to opt-out of its “connected experiences” feature, which they argued was used to…
No shade: Why the Cowboys’ sun issues are unique to Dallas play How are players preparing for sun issue at AT&T Stadium? (1:17) Kalyn Kahler reports on the ongoing sun issue during certain time windows at AT&T Stadium ahead of the Giants’ game vs. the Cowboys. (1:17) Kalyn Kahler, ESPNNov 27, 2024, 02:00 PM ET…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is widely expected to again turn to a favorite legal tool to underpin threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China: the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, one of several legal avenues to impose his broader tariff agenda. Trump this week fired the first…
By Douglas Gillison and Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – The U.S. consumer finance watchdog is moving ahead with rulemaking in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s Democratic administration, in a bid to advance consumer protections before President-elect Trump overhauls the agency, said three people familiar with the agency’s thinking. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes to…
(Reuters) – Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) has placed Sri Lanka’s Ca long-term foreign currency rating on review for an upgrade, the credit ratings agency said on Wednesday, following the government’s bond-exchange offer that aims to complete the restructuring of international bonds. The bond swap, launched on Tuesday, is an important part of the island nation’s ongoing $12.55…
