TURIN, Italy (AP) — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev has clinched his place in the ATP Finals semifinals after beating 2018 champ Alexander Zverev to make it two wins out of two in Turin. Medvedev won the U.S. Open in September for his first Grand Slam title. He took just over 2 1/2 hours to beat
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business In the search for workers in this tight labor market, companies have courted new hires with the promise of higher wages, sign-on bonuses, ample vacation time, and childcare. The latest: “No vaccine required.” That three-word phrase is popping up across online job listings (sometimes emphatically in all caps and accompanied
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las ventas del CEO de Tesla, Elon Musk, de las acciones de su compañía continuaron este lunes. Su última presentación promete que habrá más. Musk vendió otros US$ 931 millones en acciones este lunes, lo que eleva el total de sus ventas de acciones durante los últimos
Continue Reading By Walé Azeez, CNN Business A rise in global crude oil supply could put the brakes on surging gasoline prices that have hit record levels in parts of the United States and Europe. According to the International Energy Agency’s latest market report, global oil supplies jumped by 1.4 million barrels per day in October, with
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doctor who ran a massive doping program to use steroids on East German swimmers in the 1970s and ’80s has had his award from the sport’s world governing body annulled. Lothar Kipke admitted in a Berlin court in 2000 that he helped design and run a doping system that helped
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A majority of Americans support the US Supreme Court upholding its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. The poll finds that 60% percent of Americans say Roe v. Wade should be upheld, while 27% say it should
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By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers through fraudulent buying practices. The Iowa State Patrol says 70-year-old Steven Demaray, the former regional buying manager
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By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers through fraudulent buying practices. The Iowa State Patrol says 70-year-old Steven Demaray, the former regional buying manager
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says crowds will once again fill Times Square this New Year’s Eve. The mayor said Tuesday that proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person. De Blasio said the celebration will come back “full strength the
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TAOS, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a bear with arrows along a road near Taos. Game and Fish Department spokesman James Pitman told the Albuquerque Journal that the killing occurred Oct. 29. Pitman said bear hunting was in season then but that it’s illegal to shoot an animal
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Americans keep spending even as prices are spiking. That’s good news for retailers heading into the holiday season, as well as for the economy as a whole, which runs on consumer spending. Adjusted for seasonal swings, US retail sales rose 1.7% in October compared to the previous
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — La inclinación política es ahora un mejor indicador del estado de vacunación contra el covid-19 en Estados Unidos que la edad, la raza, la educación o el estado del seguro de salud, según un análisis publicado el martes por la Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). En el nuevo análisis, los investigadores descubrieron
Continue Reading By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Networking. Just the thought of it may make you feel uncomfortable. Who do you reach out to? What do you say? How do you stay in contact? But even if it feels awkward, networking can play a major role in advancing your career. “People are nervous about networking,” said Marcia
Continue Reading CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. While watching the news coverage of Steve Bannon’s initial appearance in federal court on Monday, I kept thinking about his 2018 confession to the acclaimed writer Michael Lewis. His
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. While watching the news coverage of Steve Bannon’s initial appearance in federal court on Monday, I kept thinking about his 2018 confession to the acclaimed writer Michael Lewis. His quote
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls and women when a judge began questioning them individually. Wearing a black suit, Ghislaine Maxwell hugged her lawyers when she entered the courtroom Tuesday and
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman is scheduled to be a witness when her stepfather is executed this week. David Neal Cox is set to die by lethal injection Wednesday for the 2010 killing of his wife, Kim Kirk Cox. He also pleaded guilty to other crimes,
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Estonian and Swedish accident investigation boards say a research expedition earlier this year to the wreck of a ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea 27 years ago hasn’t provided new evidence contradicting the official accident investigation report. The M/S Estonia sank in rough weather on
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime California Rep. Jackie Speier is the latest congressional Democrat to announce retirement from Congress ahead of the 2022 midterm election cycle. The seven-term congresswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area said in a video message Tuesday that after nearly 40 years in public office at the
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to allow them to introduce virus passports that can help control the rising spread of COVID-19. Several regions are worried by a rise in infections, including the Basque Country, Valencia, Navarra and Catalonia. They say they are ready to be the first autonomous regions
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to allow them to introduce virus passports that can help control the rising spread of COVID-19. Several regions are worried by a rise in infections, including the Basque Country, Valencia, Navarra and Catalonia. They say they are ready to be the first autonomous regions
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 45-year-old male river hippopotamus named Otis and nicknamed the smiling hippo has died at the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday that Otis had been under care for degenerative joint and spinal disease. A decision to euthanize him was made last weekend when his condition
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — México comenzará a vacunar contra el covid-19 a todos los jóvenes de 15 a 17 años y el registro comenzará a partir de este viernes, anunció el martes el secretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. Esto se produce después de que el mes pasado un juez ordenó a las autoridades de
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By Jack Guy, CNN A family of four were rescued by a helicopter Tuesday after their vehicle got stuck in the Australian outback following bad weather and flooding. The two adults and two children were traveling in a Mitsubishi Canter 4WD when they got bogged down in the Simpson Desert near Oodnadatta, central Australia, according
Continue Reading CNN By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Americans keep spending even as prices are spiking. That’s good news for retailers heading into the holiday season, as well as for the economy as a whole, which runs on consumer spending. Adjusted for seasonal swings, US retail sales rose 1.7% in October compared to the
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By Marianne Garvey The “Ghostbusters” were back. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson appeared together on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where they discussed the upcoming sequel to the classic, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” “Jason Reitman wrote a great script, so full of heart, going right back to the first two movies and its DNA…
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announced on Tuesday he is running for governor, joining a Democratic primary that already includes Gov. Kathy Hochul, who replaced Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this summer, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Williams, who was re-elected to his current post two weeks
Continue Reading ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The NBA is bringing two preseason games to Abu Dhabi next season, marking the first time the league will play in the Arabian Gulf. The games will be in October 2022. The exact dates and the teams involved have not been announced. No preseason games have been played
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed a ban on lawmakers acting as “paid consultants” and promised to tighten ethics rules in response to scandals over lobbying and outside jobs. Johnson said lawmakers should be banned from acting as “paid political consultants or lobbyists.” He promised on
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Michelle Beckley says she’s running for Texas lieutenant governor. Her announcement Tuesday comes after Beto O’Rourke jumped into the governor’s race to give Texas Democrats a national figure atop their ticket in 2022. Beckley is a state representative in suburban Dallas and one of the more liberal members of the
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