Apple offers rivals access to tap-and-go payment tech to resolve EU antitrust case
LONDON (AP) — Apple has promised to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals, the European Union said Friday, as the U.S. tech company seeks to resolve and avoid a fine that potentially could be worth billions.
Apple proposed letting third-party mobile wallet and payment service providers access the contactless payment function on its iOS operating system, the EU said. The 27-nation bloc now is seeking feedback from “all interested parties” on the changes before making a
A Wedding?! In This Economy?!
This year, Erica is getting married! Together, with her fiancé, they set a budget of $50,000, however, she’s a few months away from the big day and the actual cost is closer to $75,000. Erica blames the inflated budget on hidden fees from vendors and wants to know if she’s being overcharged.
Jordan talks to wedding planner, Shalini Misri, to figure out what’s behind these hidden fees and how to avoid
Cargo plane makes emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Miami airport
MIAMI (AP) — A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.
The aircraft landed safely Thursday night “after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure,” a spokesperson for Atlas Air said in a statement Friday. “The crew followed all standard procedures and safely returned to MIA.”
The airplane was “shooting sparks” as it flew overhead, said Melanie Adaros, who was out for a walk with her mother and was about to turn
Tata announces plans to cut 2,800 steel jobs in a blow to Welsh town
LONDON (AP) — Indian firm Tata Steel announced Friday it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs, as part of plans to make its unprofitable U.K. operation leaner and greener.
Tata plans to switch from coal-fired blast furnaces to an electric arc furnace, which emits less carbon — and needs fewer workers — using a half-billion pound ($634 million) investment from the British government.
The company said the
Recovering from natural disasters is slow and bureaucratic. New FEMA rules aim to cut the red tape
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone who has lived through and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it can be a lengthy, frustrating and bureaucratic process. New rules in charge of emergency management aim to simplify and speed up the process.
With natural disasters now affecting more people across the United States, insurance markets in many states are buckling under the weight of payouts to those hit by .
Deanne Criswell, who heads , said the changes, going into effect in March, are designed to make it easier for
Sami rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some 20 activists have been charged after they blocked several entrances to Norwegian government offices over a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer, their lawyer said Friday.
The exact charge was not known. The VG newspaper said they were charged because they did not accept the fines they had been given after having been forcefully removed by police. They face trial in March in Oslo.
At the center of the dispute are the 151 turbines
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations will converge in New Hampshire on Tuesday in the first primary election of the season — though on the Democratic side, the contest may count only for bragging rights.
The Republican primary will test former President front-runner status in a state he carried by a comfortable margin in the 2016 primary but has a considerably more moderate electorate than the one that delivered him a .
It will also be a test for former U.N. Ambassador
Japan’s first moon lander is aiming for a very small target
TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.
However, space officials said they needed more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its mission priority of making a pinpoint landing. They also said the craft’s solar panel had failed to generate power, which could shorten its activity on the moon.
Space officials believe that the SLIM’s small
The March for Life rallies against abortion with an eye toward the November elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of under falling snow on Friday at the annual March for Life, as speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movement’s major victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated.
Months before a presidential election that could be heavily influenced by abortion politics, anti-abortion activists packed the National Mall carrying signs with messages such as “Life is precious” and “I am the pro-life generation.” After listening to speeches, the crowd, braving frigid
Coroner’s inquest into mass stabbings in Saskatchewan set to wrap up first week
MELFORT, Sask. — Myles Sanderson had a list of grievances and was ready to kill anyone who got in his way, a coroner’s inquest into a Saskatchewan mass stabbing heard Friday.
Experts testified there was likely a reason the killer chose each of his targets.
“His mission was to attack, injure and murder those who he had a grievance against,” said Staff Sgt. Carl Sesely, an RCMP criminal profiler.
“Simple as that.”
Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on