A federal judge on Tuesday gave Microsoft the green light to move forward with its acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard. The company still faces an antitrust lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, but U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled against the regulator’s request for a temporary injunction. Throughout the intense five-day hearing,…
First Look How floods brought attention to long overlooked mobile home parks Despite being disproportionately affected by natural disasters, mobile home parks have long been overlooked by United States policymakers. But after the recent bouts of flooding, urgency is rising to protect the parks as a source of affordable housing. | View caption Hide caption…
This is the moment an everyday hero dived into murky floodwater to unlock a gate so rescue boats could access his isolated community. The unidentified Chinese man’s actions have been viewed more than 750,000 times on social media platform Weibo. Beijing and surrounding areas are currently battling historic flooding, which has so far claimed the…
The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday. Recovering the four air crew and the black box flight data recorder have…
A judge on Monday temporarily blocked Iowa’s new six-week abortion ban, making the procedure legal again in the state until 22 weeks. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed the measure into law on Friday, and it was immediately challenged in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and several abortion providers. During arguments that day in…
First Look Ever wanted a talking dog? New products may be close enough. Robotic dogs, moving pillows, and AI-powered strollers – all these inventions were displayed this week at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. The Las Vegas event showed innovation from startups and big tech alike. | View caption Hide caption | Tech companies are…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — U.S. goals — and wins — have been few and far between this World Cup, but American confidence isn’t lacking. Despite three lackluster group matches that saw the reigning champions squeak through to knockout play, key players insist they’re not shaken by “noise” from the “outside,” firmly believing the United States’…
The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service said Wednesday that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive and freely “floating around” after his short-lived mutiny in Russia. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since he agreed to end Wagner’s march on Moscow, though the Kremlin said later that Russian President Vladimir Putin met…
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual conference voted overwhelmingly this week to confirm the expulsion of Saddleback Church in California, previously the second-largest Southern Baptist church, and Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, for having female pastors. After the results of Tuesday’s votes were announced on Wednesday, the delegates enshrined the ban on…
A submersible en route to the ruins of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic lost contact with its mother ship and was declared missing with five people aboard. After days of searching, all that was found was debris near the site of the Titanic believed to be the submersible. Following the finding, OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for the expedition, declared that…