Tag: AP

Mar 21

Requiring ugly images of smoking’s harm on cigarettes won’t breach First Amendment, court says

Article content NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking — including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by diminished blood flow — does not violate the First Amendment, an appeals court ruled Thursday. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the […]
Mar 20

FTX chief executive blasts Sam Bankman-Fried for claiming fraud victims will not suffer

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Larry Neumeister Published Mar 20, 2024  •  3 minute read FILE – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. The chief executive of the cryptocurrency company Sam Bankman-Fried founded attacked the onetime crypto power player on […]
Mar 16

Former Tesla worker settles discrimination case, ending appeals over lowered $3.2 million verdict

Article content SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a long-running discrimination case that drew attention to the electric vehicle maker’s treatment of minorities. Owen Diaz, who was awarded nearly $3.2 million by a federal jury last April, reached a “final, binding settlement agreement […]
Mar 16

US to investigate Texas fatal crash that may have involved Ford partially automated driving system

Article content DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system. The agency said in a statement Friday that a team of investigators from its Office of Highway Safety will travel to […]
Mar 12

As TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats to visit Washington

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Haleluya Hadero Published Mar 12, 2024  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress […]
Mar 10

Police remove 34 bodies from English funeral home and arrest 2 for fraud and preventing burial

Article content LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of fraud and preventing a lawful burial, police said. Humberside Police announced the developments after five days of investigation at three branches of Legacy Funeral Directors in […]