By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as employers in the the nation’s most populous state continued to defy expectations by adding 84,800 new jobs. Record-high inflation coupled with a cool-down in the housing market have prompted warnings of an
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, is expanding travel and abortion coverage for its US employees effective immediately. The company’s healthcare plans will now cover abortion under certain circumstances: when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability, according
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PORTALES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police say an elderly woman in Roosevelt County has died after she was hit by a vehicle driven by an elderly neighbor. Authorities say the incident happened Thursday around noon as 82-year-old Virginia Poe was checking her mail at her home outside Portales. Her 88-year-old neighbor was driving
Continue Reading The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 27 cents to $90.77 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery rose 13 cents to $96.72 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery fell 1 cent to $3.02 a gallon. September heating oil rose 5 cents to $3.70 a gallon. September natural gas
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Boise State finished last season with seven wins for its lowest total since 1998. The Broncos responded with a renewed focus on the roots of the program’s success. For the first time since 2016, Boise State did not end last season in the Mountain West Conference championship game. The
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department must make public an internal legal memo commissioned by then-Attorney General William Barr in 2019 to analyze whether he should charge then-President Donald Trump with obstruction related to the Russia investigation, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The ruling from the DC Circuit
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Vanessa Bryant, viuda de la leyenda de la NBA Kobe Bryant, testificó el viernes que sufre de ataques de pánico y ansiedad ante la posibilidad de ver fotos del accidente de helicóptero de 2020 que mató a su esposo, a su hija adolescente y a otras siete personas. En el estrado
Continue Reading WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Charlene Curtis, the first Black women’s head basketball coach in the ACC, has died. She was 67, and died after a battle with cancer, the conference announced. Curtis was the head coach at Wake Forest from 1997-2004, after head coaching stops at Radford and Temple, where she also was the first
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ largest bank says it has rejected three successive cash bids by LSF XI Investments LLC to buy all its share capital over the last three months on the grounds that they “fundamentally undervalue” the financial institution. In a statement Friday, the Bank of Cyprus said the first bid was made
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Helio Castroneves will return next year for a 26th full season in IndyCar. He has signed a one-year contract extension with Meyer Shank Racing. The additional season was announced ahead of Saturday night’s race outside of St. Louis on the final oval on this
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000. Boston-based RR Auction says the prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer
Continue Reading CNN en Español (CNN Español) — José Adán Aguerri Chamorro, dirigente opositor y expresidente del Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP) de Nicaragua, fue enviado este jueves por las autoridades judiciales a cumplir su condena en su casa, según lo informaron sus familiares al Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh). La policía detuvo a
Continue Reading CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why it is taking so long to get the spread under control, casting the response as reactive to the disease’s
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why it is taking so long to get the spread under control, casting the response as reactive to the disease’s trajectory.
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have had a rash of injuries at center in training camp. Since camp opened in late July, New York has seen five centers hurt at some point. Coach Brian Daboll says the Giants will not have starter Jon Feliciano and
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion. In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Dan Price was the poster child for resisting corporate greed, making headlines in 2015 for setting a minimum $70,000 salary for all employees at the payments company he led — saying he cut his own salary as CEO by 90% to achieve it. On Wednesday, amid allegations of misconduct and
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Monseñor Rolando Álvarez, obispo de la Diócesis de Matagalpa y administrador Apostólico de la Diócesis de Estelí, junto a otros 7 sacerdotes y seminaristas que se encontraban retenidos en la curia desde hace 16 días, fueron trasladados a Managua durante un operativo ejecutado la madrugada de este viernes, como parte
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are 13 different regions near the lunar south pole where the first woman and next man on the moon could land through NASA’s Artemis III mission in 2025, according to the agency. The announcement comes as NASA is preparing for the launch of Artemis I, the first uncrewed mission that
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers don’t give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays. Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Amy Simonson, CNN One of the officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home, Sergeant Kyle Meany, has been terminated from the Louisville Metro Police Department. Louisville Police Chief Erika Shields released the following statement Friday, “I made the decision to terminate Sergeant Kyle Meany after careful consideration and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN We now know the two actresses Miley Cyrus beat out to star on “Hannah Montana.” There had been online speculation that singer Belinda, who appeared in the 2006 film “The Cheetah Girls 2,” almost snagged the lead role on the popular Disney Channel teen sitcom which ran from 2006 to
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Se cree que dos pilotos se quedaron dormidos y se perdieron el aterrizaje del avión durante un vuelo de Sudán a Etiopía. El incidente tuvo lugar este lunes a bordo de un Boeing 737-800 de Ethiopian Airlines en ruta de Jartum a Addis Abeba, según un reporte del sitio de noticias
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Texas school districts have begun receiving donated posters and framed copies of the national motto, “In God We Trust,” that they will now be required to display in accordance with a new state law. The law says a public elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher education “must” display
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Laviska Shenault is scheduled to make his preseason debut against Pittsburgh Saturday night. It might also serve as an audition for the rest of league. That’s because Shenault is fighting for a roster spot. A second-round draft pick in 2020, Shenault
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida utility has been fined $500,000 and placed on three years’ probation for a 2017 deadly explosion at a coal-fired power plant that killed five workers. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release Friday that Tampa Electric Co. also must adhere to a new safety compliance plan. The
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti has unveiled what the French automaker hopes will be the world’s fastest convertible. The 1,600-horsepower, $5 million W16 Mistral is, essentially, an open-topped version of the Bugatti Chiron supercar, though there are major design differences. It is also Bugatti’s last gasoline-only car. Future models will be hybrid. Only 99
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been fined 35,000 pounds ($41,000) and given a one-match touchline ban over his scuffle with Tottenham counterpart Antonio Conte after Sunday’s Premier League derby. Conte was fined 15,000 pounds ($18,000) but avoided a touchline ban after both managers admitted improper conduct in the 2-2 draw at Stamford
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