Today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the city that loved him like no other paid tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Family, basketball legends, and celebrities united in a “Celebration of Life” memorial in the house that Kobe built. Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa also filed wrongful […]
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Social media networks look into possible 2020 election interference
Facebook is investigating suspicious activity surrounding the Bernie Sanders campaign. Meanwhile, Twitter has suspended dozens of accounts supporting Michael Bloomberg. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to discuss potential 2020 election interference and how social media platforms are handling it. Free America Network Articles
Super Tuesday marks the “beginning of congressional primary season”
Watch CBSN Live The National Journal’s political editor Josh Kraushaar joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” ahead of Super Tuesday on March 3. He discusses how that date also kicks off a congressional primary season and what important races Kraushaar is following. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. […]
Expedia cutting 3,000 jobs following ‘disappointing’ year
Barry Diller, Chairman of the Expedia Group Board · Vice-Chairman Peter Kern, Director of Expedia Group Online travel conglomerate Expedia Group is cutting 12% of its workforce, or about 3,000 jobs, after a “disappointing” 2019, the company said. Company executives sent an email announcing the changes on Monday afternoon, writing […]
Japan health minister says too early to talk about cancelling Olympics
FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato February 25, 2020 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday it was still too early to talk […]
Judge declares mother legally insane in 2017 family stabbing
A woman charged with fatally stabbing her 5-year-old son and wounding her husband at a a housing area at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been found legally insane By The Associated Press February 25, 2020, 12:03 AM 2 min read HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A woman charged […]
Man charged with killing 8 won’t testify in his own trial
A Mississippi man charged with killing eight people is not testifying at his own trial By The Associated Press February 25, 2020, 1:37 AM 2 min read BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — A man charged with killing a deputy sheriff and seven other people in Mississippi in 2017 said Monday that he […]
Australia spy chief warns of “unprecedented” foreign espionage threat
FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo February 25, 2020 By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is under an “unprecedented” threat of foreign espionage and interference, one of the country’s most senior spy chiefs […]
Dow futures rise more than 200 points in overnight trading following the measure’s worst drop in 2 years
Stock futures bounced a bit on Monday evening following the market’s worst decline in two years on coronavirus fears. As of 8:21 p.m. ET Monday, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up by 249 points, implying an opening gain of 271.2 points for the index on Tuesday. S&P […]
RBNZ estimates cyber attacks could have significant financial impact on economy
FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past as a security guard stands in the main entrance to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand located in central Wellington, New Zealand, July 3, 2017. Picture taken July 3, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo February 25, 2020 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank said on […]