By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose for a fourth day in a row Friday, closing out their biggest weekly gain since November 2020. The S&P 500 added 1.2%, bringing its weekly gain to 6.2%. The Nasdaq climbed 2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%. Investors have welcomed
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By Laura He, CNN Business As Covid makes a resurgence in China, the country’s leader signaled that his focus this time around is on containing the collateral damage to its huge economy. China must “strive to achieve the maximum prevention and control at the least cost, and minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN For several months at the beginning of the pandemic, American workers felt genuinely cared for by their bosses, according to a new survey released Friday by Gallup, an international polling organization. By April 2020, only a month into the nationwide lockdown, 49% of workers felt warm and fuzzy about how they
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The son of a man on death row in Bahrain has again sent a drawing to seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. He still hopes Hamilton can help save his father’s life. Ahead of Sunday’s season-opening F1 race in Bahrain the 12-year-old Ahmed proudly
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov scored twice, Nic Roy got the game-winner in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Brett Howden and William Karlsson each added a goal for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson made 33 saves as Vegas snapped a five-game
Continue Reading ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian official says state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia earlier this week to secure its energy needs, resisting Western pressure to avoid such purchases. The official said India will be looking to purchase more oil from Russia despite calls
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — KJ Williams scored six of his 18 points in overtime after Murray State blew an eight-point lead late in regulation, and the seventh-seeded Racers extended their winning streak to 21 games with a 92-87 victory over San Francisco in the first round of the NCAA
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By Mark Morales, CNN His victim begged for mercy, police say. But all Gerald Brevard allegedly did, according to court documents, was pull the trigger, then sit on a nearby curb. A surveillance camera picked up music playing. New details have emerged in court documents that describe the shooting spree in which Gerald Brevard allegedly
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter and An Phung, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Nicholas Kristof said something prophetic on last Sunday’s “Reliable Sources” telecast: “I’m not sure people fully appreciate — it is the photographers and the TV journalists and
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By Ross Levitt, CNN Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is not going to be on Blue Origin’s next space flight after the company pushed back the launch date by six days. The launch of the Jeff Bezos-owned company’s rocket originally set for March 23 is now slated to fly on March 29, the company
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A central Texas sheriff’s deputy died Thursday while going door to door and helping people evacuate as several wildfires ravaged the area, authorities said. Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, was assisting evacuation efforts in Carbon and was last heard from when she was on her way
Continue Reading Dry conditions in Texas have led to a combination of uncontained wildfires while the threat for severe weather moves into the Southeast. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the latest forecast.
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Remy Martin had 15 points and Christian Braun 14 to lead five players scoring in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their 50th NCAA Tournament with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern. The SWAC champion Tigers had their only lead over
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Remy Martin had 15 points and Christian Braun 14 to lead five players scoring in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their 50th NCAA Tournament with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern. The SWAC champion Tigers had their only lead over
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic made 43 saves, Pius Suter scored and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Thursday night to end a six-game winless streak. Nedeljkovic had his second of the season and the fifth of his career. Suter scored midway through the second period, with help from
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar scored on the power play, Cal Petersen made 29 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0. Phillip Danault and Adrian Kempe each scored a goal, Sean Durzi had two assists, and the Kings avoided being swept in the four-game season series against the Sharks.
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa will go into lockdown from Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of COVID-19 after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive during a routine test. Although health authorities have so far found just a single case, it is the
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tyger Campbell rescued UCLA from a potential upset, scoring eight straight points late in the second half as the fourth-seeded Bruins rallied for a 57-53 win over No. 13 seed Akron in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Campbell finished with 16 points and
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Jackson Zinn had a big heart and was close to his parents and two younger sisters. But when it came to the golf course, the 22-year-old University of the Southwest student was all business, self-disciplined and competitive. Family and friends remembered Zinn on Thursday as more
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Jackson Zinn had a big heart and was close to his parents and two younger sisters. But when it came to the golf course, the 22-year-old University of the Southwest student was all business, self-disciplined and competitive. Family and friends remembered Zinn on Thursday as more
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Jackson Zinn had a big heart and was close to his parents and two younger sisters. But when it came to the golf course, the 22-year-old University of the Southwest student was all business, self-disciplined and competitive. Family and friends remembered Zinn on Thursday as more
Continue Reading Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton says Russia may use ships stationed at Vladivostok and move them through the Pacific Ocean to try and replenish their military force fighting in Ukraine.
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press It’s not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they’re young, sometimes even before they reach their teens. But the news that a 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that blew a tire and struck a van in West Texas
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press It’s not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they’re young, sometimes even before they reach their teens. But the news that a 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that blew a tire and struck a van in West Texas
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Stanley Umude scored 21 points, JD Notae scored all 17 of his points in the second half, and No. 4 seed Arkansas hung on for a 75-71 victory over 13th-seeded Vermont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Jaylin Williams scored 13 points and
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short trip to space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. Bezos’ Blue Origin space travel company said Thursday that the “Saturday Night Live” star is no longer able to make the flight, which has been delayed for almost a week. Blue Origin announced earlier this
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fiery head-on crash in Texas don’t know why a 13-year-old boy was driving while his father sat in the passenger seat. Their pickup truck crossed into the oncoming lane Tuesday and collided with a passenger van, killing nine
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fiery head-on crash in Texas don’t know why a 13-year-old boy was driving while his father sat in the passenger seat. Their pickup truck crossed into the oncoming lane Tuesday and collided with a passenger van, killing nine
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally. That’s one of the key findings of the World Happiness Report, a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network that draws on
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden spoke Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, it wasn’t just another phone call in an ongoing flurry of telephone diplomacy. This call — which went nearly two hours, according to the White House — comes at a potential turning point for ties between the United States and
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