CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hertz has made a lot of headlines lately thanks to its deals with Tesla and Uber. Wall Street has noticed, too. But rival rental car company Avis Budget is doing even better. Shares of Avis Budget have surged 125% since July and are up 370% so
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hertz has made a lot of headlines lately thanks to its deals with Tesla and Uber. Wall Street has noticed, too. But rival rental car company Avis Budget is doing even better. Hertz stock, which currently is listed on Nasdaq’s bulletin board and hopes to return to the
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Denver (AP) — Colorado’s Supreme Court is signing off on the state’s new congressional map. The state’s high court has approved the independent redistricting commission’s new map. It rejected arguments that the map needs to be redrawn to provide Latinos more of a say in congressional elections. Instead the court
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden has thrown his political weight behind two-term Democratic state Rep. Allison Russo, who faces a Trump-backed Republican in Tuesday’s race for an open central Ohio congressional seat. The Democratic president’s endorsement Monday came as his party is seeing its best chance in
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UPDATE, Nov. 3: A judge at a court hearing on Wednesday denied a bond reduction for the 23-year-old man accused of making a terroristic threat that placed Parkland High School on lockdown earlier this week.According to court documents obtained by ABC-7, Pablo Paredes is accused of repeatedly sending threatening and harassing messages to a Parkland
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BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Bikini-style uniforms will no longer be mandated for female beach handball players. Equipment rules have been changed by the sport’s governing body following protests by players and European lawmakers. The new wording follows a campaign started by the Norwegian national team in July. It now allows women to wear “short tight
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State has fired football coach Donald Hill-Eley two days after the Hornets’ latest loss to rival Alabama A&M. Alabama State athletic director Dr. Jason Cable announced the “change in leadership” on Monday. Defensive coordinator Travis Pearson will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season, starting with Saturday’s
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden apologized to other world leaders on Monday for the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement, saying during the United Nations’ climate summit that the US’ exit put the country behind in its climate goals. “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That’s according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday about pending vaccine mandate rules from the Occupational Safety and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That’s according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday about pending vaccine mandate rules from the Occupational Safety and
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Andy Murray has blown seven match points and lost his Paris Masters opener to lucky loser Dominik Koepfer of Germany 7-6 in third set. In the deciding set, Koepfer saved two match points at 5-4 with a smash and a backhand winner and saved five more in the tiebreaker. The match went
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Disney+ has released a new trailer for the new “Star Wars” series “The Book of Boba Fett.” “I am not a bounty hunter,” Boba Fett says in a voiceover. An unknown voice responds, “I’ve hear otherwise. I know that you sit on the throne of your former employer,” meaning Jabba the
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By Stephanie Busari, Eliza Mackintosh and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, on Monday, authorities said. The building, located on Gerald Road in the city’s affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, is a construction site for luxury
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democrats’ $1.75 trillion economic and climate bill could end up delivering a tax cut for the richest 5% of Americans, a new analysis finds. The Build Back Better framework released by the White House last week calls for tax increases on the richest families, including a surtax on multi-millionaires and
Continue Reading CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democrats’ $1.75 trillion economic and climate bill could end up delivering a tax cut for the richest 5% of Americans, a new analysis finds. The Build Back Better framework released by the White House last week calls for tax increases on the richest families, including a surtax on multi-millionaires
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing growth slowed in October amid growing headaches from supply chain bottlenecks. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Monday that its index of manufacturing activity dipped to a reading of 60.8% in October, 0.3 percentage-points below September’s 61.1%. Any
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has testified in court for a second time, addressing charges that she violated coronavirus pandemic restrictions during the 2020 election campaign. A person with knowledge of the proceedings says she denied breaking the restrictions when she waved to a campaign convoy for her National League
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By Elissa Strauss, CNN During school shutdowns, educators did their best to re-create in-class learning online. But what about the kind of learning that happens in the hallways in-between classes, or on the playground during lunch and after school? Those in-person social interactions, the sort that emotionally challenge, enlighten and torment our children, were not
Continue Reading By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi students have returned to classrooms for the first time in a year, following the prolonged closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Iraq’s Health Ministry has mandated health safety protocols that include obligatory vaccination or weekly PCR tests for teachers, social distancing among students and face masks.
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ZURICH (AP) — Mexico will have to play in an empty stadium for its next two home games in World Cup qualifying because of persistent anti-gay chants by fans. Mexico will host Costa Rica on Jan. 30 and Panama on Feb. 2. The empty stadium will cost the Mexican soccer federation millions of dollars in
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urielblanco (CNN) — Adoptar una dieta vegana se ha convertido en algo cada vez más habitual en los últimos años. El cambio de los consumidores hacia las alternativas basadas en plantas modificó las opciones de comida rápida y de alimentación, mientras que Impossible Burger y Beyond Meat se han convertido en empresas masivas que capitalizan
Continue Reading By Brad Parks, CNN While technical issues were sorted prior to jury selection in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder played “Jeopardy!” with prospective jurors to pass the time. “Not to be Confused for 400,” Schroeder said. “On the menu, scallops are shellfish and these are immature or green onions.” “Scallions,” many prospective
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Federal Register will publish within days the Labor Department’s rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to vaccinate them or test them weekly, fulfilling an announcement President Joe Biden made in September. The Office of Management and Budget completed its required review of the emergency rule on Monday.
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Si estás haciendo compras para Navidad probablemente hayas notado que los precios han subido en comestibles, artículos básicos, electrodomésticos, comida rápida y todo tipo de bienes de consumo. La inflación en Estados Unidos está en un máximo de más de una década. Eso significa que 2021 será una de
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could prove to be a risky balancing
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could prove to be a risky balancing
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The son of former State Senator Steve Komadina has been identified as the victim of Corrales’ first homicide in almost 20 years. Corrales Police Chief Victor Mangiacapra told KOAT-TV that 46-year-old Spencer Komadina was allegedly shot and killed Saturday by his roommate after they got in a fight at their home.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s police chief has apologized for an incident in which officers were pictured practicing push-ups on a part of the German capital’s memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust. Pictures published by Berlin’s B.Z. tabloid on Monday showed uniformed policemen leaning onto one of the slabs that makes
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former business partner of presidential son Hunter Biden who was seeking to overturn his criminal conviction for securities fraud. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that reinstated the fraud conviction of Devon Archer. A
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former business partner of presidential son Hunter Biden who was seeking to overturn his criminal conviction for securities fraud. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that reinstated the fraud conviction of Devon Archer. A
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