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☆ Petty insults, sexual misconduct with minors, and flat-out corruption: House censure has gone from frivolous, to serious, to frivolous again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It was also the most bipartisan censure vote in nearly 13 years, garnering the support of 22 Democrats and the vast majority of the House Republican conference. Our present-day censure warsUnder their new majority, Republicans changed House rules to allow individual members to force votes on resolutions. Nearly two dozen of Greene's GOP colleagues voted that down, leading Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia to introduce a narrower resolution that ultimately passed. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe House may still vote this week on a resolution from Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs to censure Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida for comparing Palestinian civilians to Nazis. "These censure resolutions are not appropriate an instances where people say things that we don't agree with," a frustrated Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland told reporters on Tuesday.

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☆ Verizon executive testifies Google search always pre-installed on mobile phones
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Diane Bartz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday questioned a Verizon executive about the company’s decision to always pre-install Google’s Chrome browser with Google search on its mobile phones, as the government sought to show that Alphabet’s Google broke antitrust law to maintain its dominance in online search. Antonio Rangel, who teaches behavioral biology at the California Institute of Technology, testified last week that people are likely to stick with defaults like search engines or map apps on computers and mobile phones. In response, Google lawyer John Schmidtlein showed the court data indicating that users happily stick with Google’s search engine when pre-installed on their devices but switch away from others they like less. Companies have defended themselves by emphasizing that their services are free, as in the case of Google, or inexpensive, as in the case of Amazon.com. He may decide simply to order Google to stop practices he has found to be illegal or he may order Google to sell assets.

Persons: Arnd, Brian Higgins, “, Google’s, James Kolotouros, Antonio Rangel, John Schmidtlein, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S . Justice, Verizon, Google, California Institute of Technology, Companies Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Washington, California, U.S

The trial began Tuesday with talk of the "future of the internet" but quickly plunged into the weeds of commercial agreements with Android makers like Motorola and Samsung. James Kolotouros, a Google executive responsible for negotiating the company's agreements with Android device makers and carriers, testified late in the week that Google pressed Android smartphone makers to have Google as the default search engine and other Google apps pre-installed on their machines. The antitrust fight has major implications for Big Tech, which has spent years being scrutinized by Congress and antitrust enforcers. Google argues that its search engine is wildly popular because of its quality, and payments to wireless companies or others were compensation for partners. The government also questioned a former Google executive, Chris Barton, who was at Google from 2004 to 2011.

Persons: Department's, Brian Higgins, James Kolotouros, Google's John Schmidtlein, Kolotouros, Antonio Rangel, Chris Barton, Barton, Bing, Tim Wu, Diane Bartz, Chizu Organizations: Google, Verizon, Motorola, Samsung, Department, Big Tech, Companies, California Institute of Technology, Biden, Thomson Locations: Bing

An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. Rangel discussed how consumers were likely to stick with browsers on computers and mobile phones that were pre-installed as the default application. John Schmidtlein, a lawyer for Google, during cross-examination of Rangel, pointed out that a significant number of user search queries went to Google even when another search engine was the default. Google's clout in search, the government alleges, has helped Google build monopolies in some aspects of online search advertising. Search is free, so Google makes money through advertising.

Persons: Arnd, Antonio Rangel, Rangel, John Schmidtlein, Judge Amit Mehta, Diane Bartz, Mark Potter, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Justice Department, California Institute of Technology, Apple, Mozilla, Google, Big Tech, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, U.S

☆ Google argued during its antitrust trial that Android users can switch default search engines with a couple of clicks. An expert testified it took him 10 steps.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Google's antitrust trial is in full swing. However, one expert testified that switching from Google to Bing on an Android 12 was a 10-step process. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he made it a priority to negotiate for Google to be the default search engine on mobile devices. He said he acquired an Android 12 phone and studied the process required to replace the Google search engine with Bing; it took 10 steps. Barton, however, testified that Google wasn't the only search engine seeking default status with phone companies.

Persons: Bing, Chris Barton, Antonio Rangel, Rangel, Barton, Microsoft's Bing, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Eddy, Hal Varian Organizations: Google, Service, U.S . Justice Department, California Institute of Technology, Bing, Yahoo, Verizon, Justice Department, Inc, Apple Locations: Wall, Silicon, WASHINGTON, Germany, Austria, , California

☆ Mexico gender reveal party pilot dies after plane crashes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Pilot killed after his Piper PA-25 left wing failed at a gender reveal party in the town of San Pedro, Mexico. pic.twitter.com/6JILK7fsGm — Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) September 3, 2023Authorities in Navolato, Sinaloa state, told CNN en Español, CNN’s sister network, that the pilot died in the hospital following the crash. Gender reveal parties were conceived as a fun way of telling family and friends whether they were about to welcome a girl or a boy into the world. And in Iowa in October 2019, a gender reveal party went south when the family unintentionally built a pipe bomb.

Persons: Piper, Alan Francisco Rangel, Navolato Organizations: CNN, Breaking Aviation, Sinaloa Red Cross, Authorities Locations: Mexico, San Pedro, Navolato, Sinaloa, Arizona, Iowa

☆ Photo Essay: A Historic Dallas Neighborhood Grapples With Gentrification
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Azul Sordo | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +19 min

Raul Gutiérrez Alvarado (left) and his nephew, William Domínguez Gutierrez, pose for a portrait outside of their Oak Cliff home. At the time, the local media narrative was one of positive change for the neighborhood, Valderas says. (Azul Sordo for USN&WR)Before the BarrioOak Cliff was once a majority-white, working class neighborhood, annexed by Dallas in 1903. South Oak Cliff, which is largely Black and Hispanic, has a long record of neglect, well documented by Texas Monthly . This is the only photo she has of herself, which adorns the living room of her South Oak Cliff home.

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☆ Spring training roundup: Mets win Kodai Senga’s debut start
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Cardinals catcher Tres Barrera was responsible for the only hit and run Senga allowed, a solo shot to left in the second. Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso hit solo home runs and Tim Locastro hit a pair of RBI doubles and scored on a throwing error for New York. The Rays got their two runs from solo homers by Jose Siri and Randy Arozarena. Jake Rogers hit his third home run of spring training for the Tigers. The Athletics, who have flirted with a move to Las Vegas, played a two-game spring training series this weekend at Las Vegas Ballpark.

☆ IKEA’s Latest Climate Target: Glue
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

The company expects biomaterials to become more cost competitive with fossil-based materials in the coming years. Instead, Mr. Rangel Ahrens said IKEA uses weight because it allows them to measure changes in a material, such as recycled and renewable content. It discovered around half of the material’s emissions were from the glue used to bind the wood chips and fibers together, meaning that fossil-based glue was responsible for about 5% of IKEA’s carbon footprint, Mr. Rangel Ahrens said. “We are not just telling them you should reduce emissions from suppliers by 80% and go fish,” Mr. Rangel Ahrens said. It needs to be available also for people with thin wallets,” Mr. Rangel Ahrens said.

Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.

☆ American Airlines is closing its San Francisco crew base and asking 400 flight attendants to leave California or leave the airline
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

American Airlines is closing its San Francisco base, potentially displacing 400 flight attendants. The base is home to some of the carrier's most senior flight attendants, two-thirds of whom have been at the airline for 13 years or more, according to the union representing American Airlines flight attendants. In interviews, 10 SFO-based flight attendants told Insider that a myriad of factors make it difficult to leave the Bay Area. The decades of experience with the goal of achieving that lifestyle are now effectively lost, one flight attendant told Insider. Some employees expressed confusion on why they need to leave San Francisco if the carrier will still need to staff SFO flights.

☆ Suspect in Dallas hospital shooting accused of hitting girlfriend in delivery room before killing 2 staffers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The suspect in the weekend shooting in a Dallas hospital hit his girlfriend in her labor and delivery room before opening fire and killing two employees, police have revealed. Dallas police on Monday shared a timeline of the Saturday shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that killed two staffers, identified as Jacqueline Pokuaa, 45, and Katie Flowers, 63. The suspect, Nestor Hernandez, 30, was charged with capital murder in the shooting. When hospital employee Jaqueline Pokuaa, 45, entered the room to provide “routine services” to the patient, Hernandez shot her once. Rangel then fired one shot from his department weapon and hit Hernandez in the leg.

☆ CFR Cluj s-a calificat în play-off-ul Europa League, după 1-0 cu Djurgaarden
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-24 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +1 min

CFR Cluj s-a calificat în play-off-ul Europa League la fotbal după ce a învins echipa suedeză Djurgaarden IF cu scorul de 1-0 (0-0), joi seara, pe Tele2 Arena din Stockholm, în turul al treilea preliminar al competiţiei. CFR Cluj este favorita, dominandu-si adversara la toate capitolele. Cei mai bine cotati jucatori din tabara clujenilor sunt Billel Omrani (2,8 milioane de euro) si Cristi Manea (2,7 milioane de euro). Din punct de vedere al varstei jucatorilor, CFR Cluj are un lot mai experimentat. Duelul din playoff-ul Europa League va avea loc pe terenul celor de la CFR Cluj, pe 1 octombrie.

Persons: Dan Petrescu, Cristi Manea Organizations: CFR Cluj, Europa League, FK Locations: Europa, IF, Stockholm, FK Suduva, Lituania, Kuopion

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