Mortgage rates fall slightly, but still hover above 5%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates took a breather last week, dropping slightly after seven consecutive weeks of increases. The 30-year…
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‘Avatar 2’ debuts footage from movie at CinemaCon and gets official title
By Marianne Garvey “Avatar 2” is finally closer to reality. Director James Cameron returns to direct the long-awaited sequel to the 2009…
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He’s back! Acuña returns to Braves after major knee injury
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — He’s back! Outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. returns to the Atlanta Braves nearly 10 months after…
Continue Reading Halep and Badosa to meet in 2nd round of Madrid Open
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Two-time Madrid Open champion Simona Halep and second-ranked Paula Badosa will meet in the…
Continue Reading New deal to help USA Track & Field simplify abuse reporting
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer USA Track and Field has signed on to use technology that will give athletes and members an additional method to…
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Yellen says more shocks likely to ‘challenge the economy’
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Continue Reading Spain out of Rugby World Cup for using ineligible player
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Spanish rugby federation says the country will not play at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France…
Continue Reading Putin gas cutoff shakes up Europe at little cost to Kremlin
By LORNE COOK, DANICA KIRKA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is putting pressure on European…
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US and over 55 other countries commit to democratic internet governance
By Brian Fung, CNN More than 55 countries and the United States announced their commitment Thursday to defending a free and open internet, agreeing…
Continue Reading Long-term US mortgage rates edge down this week to 5.1%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged down for the first time in two months following a…
Continue Reading Kim Kardashian cries as Kanye West retrieves rest of sex tape
By Lisa Respers France, CNN We now have more insight into how Kanye West helped Kim Kardashian get the remaining footage of her infamous sex tape. On…
Continue Reading Once Wall Street’s stars, Big Tech falls back to Earth
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After years of screaming higher, almost regardless of what the economy was doing, tech-oriented…
Continue Reading Freiburg’s European bid breathes life into Bundesliga
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The German title race has ended with another dominant win for Bayern Munich but…
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One ticket wins the $473.1 million Powerball jackpot
By Jason Hanna, CNN The year’s second-largest Powerball jackpot is off the board, with only one winning ticket to claim it. A ticket sold in…
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DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney on new GOP effort to beat him: ‘Bring it’
By Melanie Zanona and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently…
Continue Reading McDonald’s left with millions of dollars of Russian food it can’t use
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s exit from Russia is costing it a lot of money — and food. The company announced last…
Continue Reading ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ flies high, while ‘Shining Girls’ doesn’t
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Two limited crime series with literary underpinnings yield very different verdicts, with “Under the Banner of…
Continue Reading Monaco hunts Champions League spot, Clement still in charge
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Monaco is in great form at a crucial time of the season. Belgian coach Philippe Clement has seen his Riviera…
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La economía de EE.UU. se contrae drásticamente en el primer trimestre de 2022
macamilarincon (CNN) –– La economía de Estados Unidos se desaceleró en el primer trimestre de 2022, según revelaron datos de la Oficina de…
Continue Reading US economy shrinks, threats loom, but growth likely to last
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank last quarter for the first time since the pandemic recession…
Continue Reading ‘The Offer’ mines the drama behind the making of ‘The Godfather’
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Considering that one major fight over “The Godfather” was its length, there’s some irony that the…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans file for jobless claims last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell again last week and…
Continue Reading Russian gas customers in Europe may accept Putin’s payment terms
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Some of Russia’s biggest natural gas customers in Europe’s are preparing to accept the Kremlin’s new…
Continue Reading Soaring costs and shortages push German industry to the brink
By Anna Cooban and Inke Kappeler, CNN Business Siempelkamp Giesserei has seen its fair share of crises in its 99 years. But pandemic shutdowns,…
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StormTRACK Weather: Very dry and windy conditions trigger fire danger
Good morning! A weather disturbance will bring breezy to windy conditions along with areas of blowing dust Thursday. Winds will peak near 35 mph…
Continue Reading Barcelona to play 2023-24 season away from Camp Nou
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it will play the 2023-24 season away from Camp Nou while Europe’s largest soccer stadium undergoes a…
Continue Reading Southwest is set to return to profitability
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines posted a first-quarter loss, but the company said that will be the last time it loses money for…
Continue Reading Meta earnings and the metric Wall Street is obsessing over
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Every quarter, investors on Wall Street parse earnings for intel on how much money a company brings in and the size…
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Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine as war enters new phase
By Arlette Saenz, Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress for a $33 billion supplemental…
Continue Reading Biden to send Congress proposals to further pressure Russian oligarchs
CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden will send a proposal to Congress Thursday outlining a legislative package to further pressure Russian…
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