By JOSH BOAK Associated Press To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is and that’s billionaires. Biden never endorsed an outright “wealth tax” when campaigning for the White House last year. But his more conventional proposed rate increases on the income
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By Nicole Chavez and Claudia Dominguez, CNN When numerous cities across America fought to remove Confederate monuments, a city in Tennessee chose to refocus attention on the contributions of Black people in the Civil War. After years of planning, the city of Franklin, Tennessee, unveiled a statue of a United States Colored Troops soldier on
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UPDATE #2: As of 9 p.m. Monday, El Paso Water officials said water service had been restored from the main break earlier in the day near N. Stanton Street and Buckingham Drive in west El Paso. “Thanks to the crews who worked through the evening to restore service. Residents, thank you for your patience,” EP
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based. Officials say the U.S. believes that Iran resourced and encouraged the attack, but that the drones were not
Continue Reading The Associated Press Wall Street notched some more record highs on Monday as a better-than-expected profit reporting season gets into higher gear. The S&P 500 rose and surpassed the peak it set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also rose. Stocks broadly have been pushing higher recently as companies turn in much
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By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, who for months has called for a pause in talks over President Joe Biden’s social safety net package, on Monday offered his most optimistic assessment yet that a deal could be reached imminently — as soon as this week. But Manchin, whose vote is essential
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board says there’s sufficient interest to form a union at an Amazon distribution center in New York City. That’s after union organizers delivered hundreds of signatures to the federal agency. It’s a key step in authorizing a vote that could establish
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers likely will have to face the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals without 2020 All-Pro receiver Davante Adams and defensive coordinator Joe Barry. General manager Brian Gutekunst announced Monday afternoon that the team has placed Adams on the reserve/COVID-19 list. That announcement came just over an hour after coach
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys in three civil lawsuits against Alex Murdaugh want the court to have independent representatives take control of money and other assets of the South Carolina lawyer. The court documents in the cases say they fear Murdaugh is trying to hide millions of dollars. They say
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, Moderna rise; Kimberly-Clark, Restaurant Brands fall.
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, CNN An Israeli court has ruled that a six-year-old child who was the sole survivor of a cable crash accident in Italy in May should be returned to Italy. Eitan Biran’s parents, brother and two great grandparents were killed in the accident, sparking an intense and complicated custody battle between his surviving
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua Kimmich has found himself at the center of a debate in Germany over the merits of vaccination against the coronavirus. The 26-year-old Kimmich confirmed over the weekend that he is yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 because of his concerns about
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN If animals could be nominated for Grammys, these lemurs could win. That’s because they’ve got rhythm. The Indri indri, a species of lemur in Madagascar, is one of a few animal species with rhythm, according to a study published Monday in Current Biology. The indri is the largest living lemur species
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The injury-riddled Denver Broncos acquired inside linebacker Kenny Young from the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, four days after they were gouged by third-string Cleveland running back D’Ernest Johnson. The teams also exchanged 2024 late-round draft picks with the Rams (6-1) receiving a sixth-round
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program aimed at combatting racial inequality issues in banking and other financial-services industries. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday that Janis Bowdler will be the department’s first counselor for racial
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Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue coach Jeff Brohm will stick with Aidan O’Connell as his starting quarterback. Indiana coach Tom Allen is bracing for another change. The quarterback quandary has resurfaced after both teams lost by double digits this weekend. While Brohm says he’s not making a change this week, Allen may not
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The founder of a far-right anti-government group says a report estimating the organization’s fast growth over the past year undercounted by half. Ammon Bundy took issue with the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights report, saying the group People’s Rights is actually much larger
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla just became the sixth company in US history to be worth $1 trillion. Shares popped more than 12% Monday to close at about $1,025, boosted by two spots of good news: Hertz announced a record order of 100,000 Teslas for its fleet, and influential Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam
Continue Reading By Claudia Otto, Jo Shelley and Hannah Ritchie, CNN A German woman who joined ISIS was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday over the death of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl. The Higher Regional Court in Munich found the woman, identified only as Jennifer W., guilty of crimes against humanity for “enslavement resulting in
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship has been removed from waters along the coast of Georgia. Demolition of the South Korean freighter Golden Ray took almost a full year before the eighth and last segment of the shipwreck floated away Monday on a
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship has been removed from waters along the coast of Georgia. Demolition of the South Korean freighter Golden Ray took almost a full year before the eighth and last segment of the shipwreck floated away Monday on a
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s social services and climate change plan is quickly running into criticism. Some Democratic lawmakers view it as too cumbersome and prefer the original plan of simply raising
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s social services and climate change plan is quickly running into criticism. Some Democratic lawmakers view it as too cumbersome and prefer the original plan of simply raising
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks. Some rural hospitals are also showing signs of strain and cold weather is setting in. The cold sends people indoors, where the virus
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Dairo Antonio Úsuga era uno de los hombres más buscados en Colombia hasta su captura en octubre de 2021. Conocido como alias Otoniel, este presunto narcotraficante empezó a delinquir desde muy temprana edad, y el presidente Iván Duque llegó incluso a compararlo con el capo de narcotráfico Pablo Escobar. Tras
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected. Facebook’s press office confirmed the content was
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected. Facebook’s press office confirmed the content was
Continue Reading The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN One ABC TV series has instated a new policy that will ban the use of so-called “live” weapons on set, following the fatal shooting on a movie set in New Mexico. The showrunner on ABC’s “The Rookie,” a cop drama starring Nathan Fillon, sent a letter to the cast and crew
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