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Jan

19

2022

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By Troy Warren

White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website

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By ZEKE MILLER and MATT O'BRIEN, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #COVID-19WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for "every home in the U.S." to access an order form run by the U.S. Postal Service. People can order four at-home tests per residential address, to be delivered by the Postal Service. It marks the latest step by President Joe Biden to address criticism of low inventory and long lines for…

Jan

19

2022

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New York AG says Trump’s company misled banks, tax officials

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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #BusinessNEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office late Tuesday told a court its investigators had uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits.The court filing said state authorities haven’t yet decided whether to bring a civil lawsuit in connection with the allegations, but that investigators need to question Trump and his two eldest children as part of the probe.Trump and his lawyers say the investigation is politically motivated.In the court documents, Attorney General Letitia James' office…

Jan

19

2022

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ALERT: Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute

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By JON GAMBRELL, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #Travel #BusinessDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they're using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.Some airlines said they were warned that the Boeing 777, a plane used by carriers worldwide, was particularly affected by the new high-speed wireless service. The aircraft is the workhorse for Dubai-based Emirates, a key carrier for East-West travel, and its flight schedule took one of the biggest hits.It was not clear…

Jan

18

2022

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Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai

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Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicksDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s literally from out of this world.Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from outer space — “The Enigma.” The rare gem was shown off on Monday to journalists as part of a tour in Dubai and Los Angeles before it is due to be auctioned off in February in London.Sotheby’s expects the diamond to be sold for at least 5 million British pounds ($6.8 million). The auction house plans to accept cryptocurrency as a possible payment as…

Jan

17

2022

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Prince Harry files court claim over UK police protection

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By SYLVIA HUI, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicksLONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has filed a claim for a judicial review against the British government’s decision not to let him personally pay for police protection while in the U.K.The Duke of Sussex’s legal representative said Saturday that Harry wants to bring his children Archie and Lilibet to visit his home country from the U.S. but that is too risky without police protection.The representative said Harry wanted to fund the police protection himself. His private security team in the U.S. doesn't have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to U.K. intelligence information,…

Jan

16

2022

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Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead

Jan

16

2022

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‘Baby Shark Dance’ Sets YouTube Record, Surpassing 10B Views

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BY KIMBERLY NORDYKE | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #DigitalIt now has 2.3 billion more views than the second-most-watched video, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito."How many times have you seen it?On Thursday, the Baby Shark Dance music video set a YouTube record.The video, which was released in June 2016, has officially become the first video ever to hit a whopping 10 billion views on YouTube, making it the most viewed video in the history of the site, according to creators The Pinkfong Co.The 10 billion threshold was breached on Thursday. As of 7 a.m., the video has 10,002,749,119 views, to…

Jan

14

2022

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Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses

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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicksWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job.At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S. The court’s orders Thursday came during a spike in coronavirus cases caused by the omicron variant.The court's conservative majority concluded the administration overstepped its…

Jan

13

2022

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Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting

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By MORGAN LEE, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicksSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new lawsuit accused an ammunition supplier Wednesday of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set where a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer, by including live ammunition in a box that was supposed to include only dummy rounds.The lawsuit was filed in New Mexico state district court by Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer who oversaw firearms, ammunition and related training on the set of “Rust" along with two colleagues. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on Oct. 21 from a gunshot wound during a “Rust”…

Jan

12

2022

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Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US

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By MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNT #COVID-19Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa.“It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University…

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