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Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants.Ottawa has said the law creates a level playing field between online advertising giants and the shrinking news industry. And Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has promised to push back on what he describes as “threats” from Facebook and Google to remove journalism from their platforms.Meta confirmed Thursday that it plans to comply with the bill by ending news availability on Facebook and Instagram for its Canadian users, as it had previously suggested. Meta would not offer details about the timeline for that move, but said it will pull local news from its site before the Online News Act takes effect. The bill will come into f...

MLB-best Rays lose ace McClanahan to back injury, and game 6-5 to lowly Royals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays lost ace Shane McClanahan to mid-back tightness in a 6-5 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.McClanahan was looking to become the majors’ first 12-game winner of the year before leaving with two outs in the fourth. The left-hander, 11-1 this season, gave up two runs, four hits and two walks in a 66-pitch outing.Maikel Garcia drew a walk from Pete Fairbanks (0-2) to start the ninth, then stole second and third. After Fairbanks got a pair of strikeouts, Garcia scored on MJ Melendez’s infield single down the first-base line to put the Royals ahead 6-5. The Royals stole seven bases overall.Aroldis Chapman (3-2) struck out the side during a perfect eighth, topping out at 102.6 mph. Scott Barlow got three outs for his ninth save.Kansas City took a 3-2 lead in the seventh on Drew Waters’ solo homer and his two-run eighth-inning single off Jason Adam tied it at 5.Francisco Mejía hit a homer le...

Garrett Cooper’s 3-run HR highlights a 5-run 8th inning as Marlins beat Pirates 6-4

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Garrett Cooper doubled, singled and hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Miami Marlins beat Pittsburgh 6-4 Thursday night and extended the Pirates’ losing streak to 10 games.Trailing 4-1, the Marlins rallied against Pirates relievers Dauri Moreta and Carmen Mlodzinski in the eighth. Moreta allowed a leadoff double to Jonathan Davis and then walked Luis Arraez and Jorge Soler.Mlodzinski (0-1) relieved Moreta and gave up a two-run single by Bryan De La Cruz’. Jesús Sánchez reached on a fielder’s choice before Garrett drove Mlodzinski’s first pitch over the wall in right-center.Arraez went 1 for 3, and his major league-leading batting average slipped a point to .397.Marlins starter Braxton Garrett struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings and allowed three hits and two runs, one earned, but didn’t figure in the decision.Huascar Brazoban (2-1) got the final out in the eighth, and A.J. Puk closed with a scoreless ninth for his 10th save...

Live updates | NBA draft sees Jett Howard, son of Juwan, going to Orlando

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Follow along with the developments from Thursday’s NBA draft at Barclays Center:___Jett Howard is officially following in his father’s footsteps now. He was picked by the Orlando Magic on Thursday night, going 11th overall.He’s the son of NBA champion Juwan Howard, now the coach at Michigan. Jett Howard played for his dad this past season.Juwan Howard was the No. 5 pick in the 1994 draft.___What to know:— Emotional Victor Wembanyama goes No. 1 in NBA draft to Spurs— Hornets, Michael Jordan make Brandon Miller the second overall pick— Scoot Henderson rounds out top-3 selections, heading to Portland___WEMBY WAS RIGHTVictor Wembanyama was right. Bilal Coulibaly was a top-10 pick in the NBA draft.Coulibaly was taken as the No. 7 pick on Thursday night; the pick was made by Indiana, amid reports that it is being sent to the Washington Wizards. Coulibaly spent this past season with Boulogne-Levallois of the French league — with Wembanyama on the same team...

Vice Media, que llegó a valorarse en miles de millones de dólares, será adquirida por US$ 350 millones tras su quiebra

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

(CNN) — Vice Media, la empresa de medios digitales valorada en miles de millones de dólares, saldrá de la quiebra y será adquirida por tres sociedades de inversión, entre ellas Fortress Investment Group, por US$ 350 millones.La adquisición de la antigua empresa de medios de comunicación por parte de sus tres acreedores —formados por Fortress, Soros Fund Management y Monroe Capital— se producirá después de que Vice dijera el jueves en una presentación legal que no había recibido otras ofertas satisfactorias mientras exploraba la venta de la empresa.Bruce Dixon y Hozefa Lokhandwala, codirectores ejecutivos de Vice Media Group, informaron al personal de la decisión en un memorando el jueves por la mañana.“Les proporcionamos esta actualización en tiempo real para hacerles saber la intención de la compañía de seguir adelante con esta venta”, escribieron Dixon y Lokhandwala en el comunicado. “Todavía no ha sido finalizada por el tribunal, pero una vez que lo sea, marcará...

2023 NBA Draft Selections

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

ThursdayFIRST ROUND1. San Antonio, Victor Wembanyama, c, Metropolitans 92 (France).2. Charlotte, Brandon Miller, f, Alabama.3. Portland, Scoot Henderson, g, G-League Ignite.4. Houston, Amen Thompson, g, Overtime Elite.5. Detroit, Ausar Thompson, g, Overtime Elite.6. Orlando, Anthony Black, g, Arkansas.7. a-Indiana, Bilal Coulibaly, f, Metropolitans 92 (France).8. b-Washington, Jarace Walker, f, Houston.9. Utah, Taylor Hendricks, f, UCF.10. Dallas, Carson Wallace, g, Kentucky.Proposed Tradesa-Indiana from Washington.b-Washington from Indiana.MORESource

Denver weather: Severe storm warning until 9 p.m

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather saw another day of severe storms before dry, hot days return to the forecast.A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties until 9 p.m.Weather tonight: Storm, flood watch Storms were strong once again on Thursday afternoon and evening, a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day. Some turned severe with large hail and strong winds. Tornado in Highlands Ranch damages buildings, downs trees The strongest storms were expected between 2-6 p.m.However, it will be best to keep cars in the garage through Tuesday evening. Denver is under a severe thunderstorm watch through 9 p.m. and a flood watch until midnight.A slight risk is in place (yellow) for the Front Range and plains for large hail and strong wind.The Front Range will dry out late Thursday night, with temperatures falling into the 50s. Weather tomorrow: Drying outFriday will be hot and dry with temperatures hitting the mid-80s. There will be a 10% chance for storms on...

Couple in Lambo robbed outside SW Miami-Dade home; victims chase armed crook, leading to shots fired

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

An alarming ambush near the driveway of their Southwest Miami-Dade home prompted a couple to turn the tables on an armed robber, triggering a car chase that led to shots fired.It was a morning from hell for the Gonzalez family.Speaking with 7News on Thursday, the couple said they were robbed just outside their home while on their way to work.“I gave him the chain,” said Peter Gonzalez.Gonzalez said he was stuck up for his jewelry feet from his front door and garage.“He got right next to my car,” he said.Cellphone video captured the immediate aftermath of the robbery.“Call the police!” Gonzalez screamed to his wife in Spanish.Gonzalez said it started when they were cut off while in their Lamborghini and nearly hit at the stop sign at Southwest 77th Street, near 127th Avenue.When Gonzalez got out of his vehicle, the robber exited his car.“He pulled out the gun, pointing it at me, the gun, right in front of my house,” said Gonzalez.With h...

Remembering Surfside: 92-year-old Hilda Noriega’s legacy honored by grandson in new book about healing after heartbreak

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

Saturday marks two years since the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside. As 7’s Karen Hensel reports, one victim’s family member is turning his pain into purpose.Pictures captured a cherished moment between Mike Noriega and his grandmother.Mike Noriega: “My grandmother would cook dinner for us and spend time with us, and she was in so many ways like my second mom.”Ninety–two-year-old Hilda Noriega lived on the sixth floor.Within minutes of the tower collapsing at 1:22 a.m. on June 24, 2021, Mike got a phone call.Mike Noriega: “My mom said to me, ‘Mike, your father just got a phone call from someone. In your grandmother’s building, she was irate, she was fanatical.'”Mike and his dad Carlos, who is the North Bay Village Police chief, raced to Surfside.Mike didn’t know it then, but that night would begin a two-year-long journey of hope, heartbreak and eventually healing.Mike Noriega: “When you go through a brok...

Qatargate is bruised, not broken (yet)

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:29:52 GMT

The director has quit and skepticism is mounting — but even a faltering show must go on. That’s the mantra coming from the Belgian legal community after the investigative judge leading the so-called Qatargate probe — a generational case involving bags of cash and foreign bribery allegations at the European Parliament — stepped aside amid conflict-of-interest questions.The exceedingly rare move has cast a pallor over the whole affair, even though the authorities say the step was only taken out of extreme caution to head off any sense of impropriety, not because of any actual problems. They made the decision after it emerged that Michel Claise, the investigative judge, had a son involved in a medicinal cannabis business with the son of an MEP linked to the case, Maria Arena.The suspects and their lawyers have predictably pounced, arguing much of the case now needs to be re-examined. To start, they want to know if the connection explains why Arena has stayed out of jail ...