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The winner of a Las Vegas slot machine jackpot didn’t know he won more than $229,000 because of a “communications error” in the machine, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said.Robert Taylor of Arizona won the jackpot Jan. 8 at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. However, because of the error, a malfunction occurred…

MIAMI (AP) — A court in Venezuela has upheld long prison sentences for six American oil executives detained in the South American country on corruption charges for more than four years.Venezuela’s supreme court announced the ruling late Friday, disappointing family members who had hoped the surprise decision last fall to hear the appeal, and a…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Men wearing protective face masks walk under an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei share average inside a conference hall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stock indexes around the globe traded mixed despite strong Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) earnings…

A Texas parent argued that a children’s biography about former first lady Michelle Obama is “leftist indoctrination” and demanded that the book be removed from shelves, NBC News reported.In a “Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Resources,” an unnamed parent argued that “Michelle Obama: Political Icon” by Heather E. Schwartz “unfairly” painted former President Trump as…

In “The World According to Jeff Goldblum,” Jeff Goldblum explores the globe, learning about a variety of different topics. So, who better than Jeff to step in as a WIRED correspondent* for a day and review a gaggle of unique travel gadgets. Jeff looks at everything from the world’s tiniest vacuum to a paper camera.…

Hundreds of women march from the city of El Alto to La Paz against gender-based violence and demand justice for victims of sexual crimes in Bolivia.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington on Sept. 16 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo By Howard Schneider and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – Data watched closely by the Federal Reserve showed inflation expectations remained broadly anchored through the end of last year, while an alternate measure of inflation showed the most intense price…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak walk out of Downing Street to meet Michelle Ovens of Small Business Saturday, in London, Britain, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – A planned increase in British social security contributions from workers and employers will go ahead…

I visited Amsterdam’s Red Light District for the first time in October.Last year, I embarked on Cunard’s western Europe cruise — the cruise line’s first cruise to leave the UK since the pandemic — which stopped in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for two nights.Amsterdam was voted the second-best city in the world by Time Out in…

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A six-vehicle crash killed nine people and left one person in critical condition in a wreck that police in Nevada said was caused by a driver who was speeding.The driver of a Dodge Challenger also ran a red light before the collision Saturday afternoon, which involved 15 people, North…