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LONDON (AP) — The CEO of Ryanair on Thursday disputed that a passenger injured during a flight on one of its planes in July was partly sucked out a broken window. Ljubisa Karovic injured his neck and shoulder and had friction burns after the window shattered shortly after takeoff on a flight from northern Greece to Germany on July 10. Karovic’s wife and witnesses said the pressure drop caused his […]

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube — thus bypassing any control or regulation by the Federal Communications Commission. It’s not the first time a TV show has moved an interview with Talarico to YouTube. The candidate’s appearance on Stephen Colbert’s […]

BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The case dates back to 2018 when Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of colluding with the immigrant’s attorney and a court officer to allow him escape out a back door of the courthouse after a hearing […]

Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, pushing the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in over 14 months. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%. Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ […]

By Tatiana Bautzer and Andre Romani NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian digital bank Nubank will start offering financial products in the U.S. on Thursday through bank partners, it announced in a securities filing.  The initial products will be high-yield savings accounts, credit cards and remittances for its U.S. bank, CEO David Velez and Nubank co-founder and CEO in the U.S. Cristina Junqueira said during an event in […]

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements before November’s congressional election, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar request.     The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put on hold an injunction that a lower-court judge issued last week […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A Democratic lawmaker called on a U.S. auto safety agency on Thursday to take action to address misuse of Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, citing dozens of videos that appear to show drivers asleep or disengaged from driving. In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois cited an NBC News report that identified 43 videos […]

Sept 10 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund is considering merging Electronic Arts with Savvy Games to create a gaming giant, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The merger of the two companies, both controlled by the Public Investment Fund, would create a gaming behemoth spanning franchises, including EA Sports FC, Battlefield and The Sims, and Savvy-owned mobile hits such as Monopoly Go! and Pokemon GO. PIF had acquired EA through a […]

By Benjamin Mejias MADRID, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Spain’s lower house voted on Thursday to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born when Madrid administered the North African territory of Western Sahara as a colony, a move that could inflame delicate relations with Morocco. The legislation, which a statement from parliament said was approved with 168 votes in favour, 31 against and 145 abstentions, would also allow descendants of those granted citizenship […]