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Twitter NYC cleaning workers sue over firings they say spoiled 'Christmas holidays'

May. 30, 2023 19:02 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven former Twitter cleaning workers at its New York City offices sued the company Tuesday, saying they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and damages after they were abruptly fired in December. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court maintained...

Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for notorious blood-testing hoax

May. 30, 2023 17:42 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered a Texas prison Tuesday where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, could be seen from outside the prison’s...

What to know about the Texas prison where Elizabeth Holmes is serving her 11-year sentence

May. 30, 2023 17:29 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has reported to a federal prison in Texas — marking the start of her 11-year sentence for overseeing a notorious blood testing hoax. Holmes, 39, was convicted of fraud last year for duping investors who contributed...

Nvidia, Coherent rise; Big Lots, Skyline Champion fall

May. 30, 2023 16:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Nvidia Corp., up $11.65 to $401.11. The chipmaker joined the $1 trillion club amid booming demand for its semiconductors in AI applications. Skyline Champion Corp.,...

Worst cyberattack in Greece disrupts high school exams, causes political spat

May. 30, 2023 15:08 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Education Ministry says it has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history, aimed at disabling a centralized high school examination platform. It said the distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks...

Apple-Podcasts-Top-Shows

May. 30, 2023 14:39 PM EDT

Top New Shows (US): 1. Scamanda, Lionsgate Sound 2. Freeway Phantom, iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV 3. Pretty, Not Smart with Louie and Yoatzi Castro, Louie and Yoatzi Castro & Studio71 4. The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder...

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

May. 30, 2023 14:33 PM EDT

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Identity by Nora Roberts - 9781250284327 - (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Tom Clancy Flash Point by Don Bentley - 9780593422793 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. Only the Dead by Jack Carr - 9781982181727 -...

Apple TV app - Top Movies

May. 30, 2023 14:29 PM EDT

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. John Wick: Chapter 4 2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 3. Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves 4. Creed III 5. 65 6. Sisu 7. Guy Ritchie’s The...

Apple App Store - Top Apps

May. 30, 2023 14:28 PM EDT

App Store Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 2. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 3. ChatGPT, OpenAI 4. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 5....

Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than appears on surface

May. 30, 2023 14:23 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share of the precious resource from California's Central Valley to the Colorado and Missouri rivers. But few have waded into the legal question playing out in rural...