BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to create jobs across the United States by capping abandoned oil and gas wells in communities plagued for decades by air and water pollution from wells. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the funding will help the country “confront the legacy pollution
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BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to create jobs across the United States by capping abandoned oil and gas wells in communities plagued for decades by air and water pollution from wells. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the funding will help the country “confront the legacy pollution
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks had a strong holiday season in the U.S., but those results were offset by higher labor and commodity costs and weaker sales in China. U.S. same-store sales, or sales at stores open at least a year, were up 18% over the October-December period a year ago despite higher
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s digital advertising empire turned in another strong performance during the holiday shopping season, propelling a 36% increase in its corporate parent’s profit during the final three months of 2021. The results announced Tuesday underscore how technology giants have adapted to become even more
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By Gabby Orr, CNN A proposal to endorse removing GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from the House Republican Conference has gained steam ahead of its introduction at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting this week. The proposed resolution, which has garnered more than 50 co-sponsors, seeks to punish the two Republican lawmakers over
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors reported record earnings for 2021, despite struggling with a shortage of computer chips and other parts that crimped its ability to build and sell all the cars and trucks it wanted. Quarterly earnings reached nearly $2 billion, excluding special items, topping the consensus forecast of $1.7 billion from
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday, getting February off to a decent start after a miserable January. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq composite and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all rose. Nearly all of the gains came in the last hour after the market spent most of the day waffling between
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke and being hospitalized last week, when he began to experience dizziness and fatigue. The 49-year-old Democrat checked himself into a hospital in Santa Fe on Thursday. His chief
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico announced Tuesday that he “suffered a stroke in the cerebellum” last week but is expected to make a full recovery. “As part of his treatment plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling,” a statement posted to the Democrat’s Twitter account said.
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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut says it has complied with a recent arbitration ruling and has paid former men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie more than $11.1 million. The payment was ordered last month and represents what Ollie would have been due under the remainder of his
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors increased its net income 56% last year, helped by higher prices for its vehicles that were made scarce by a global shortage of computer chips. The Detroit automaker said Tuesday that it made $10.02 billion for the full year. And it predicted record pretax
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business America’s national debt just hit another sobering milestone. Total public debt outstanding is now above $30 trillion, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday. Government borrowing accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic as Washington spent aggressively to cushion the economic blow from the crisis. The national debt has surged by about
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner phones to the Beijing Winter Olympics this month, citing the potential for “malicious cyber activities.” “The FBI urges all athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un estudiante murió y otro resultó herido después de un tiroteo en una escuela en Richfield, Minnesota, anunciaron las autoridades este martes. “Este es un día trágico en la ciudad de Richfield”, dijo el jefe de policía Jay Henthorne durante una conferencia de prensa. El tiroteo ocurrió poco después del mediodía
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: UPS, Gannett rise; AT&T, Pitney Bowes fall.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — How far the Federal Reserve can go to compel banks to consider the consequences of climate change in their lending policies could take center stage at a Senate hearing Thursday on the nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin and two economists to the Fed’s influential Board of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico suffers stroke, expected to make ‘full recovery,’ office says.
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores has sued the NFL and three teams, alleging racist hiring practices by the league even as it publicly condemns racism. The lawsuit seeks class-action status. Flores was fired last month by Miami after leading the Dolphins to a 24-25 record
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By Michelle Watson, CNN A New Mexico state senator has introduced a bill that would require film set employees who handle firearms to complete a safety training course, just months after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” film set. Senate Bill 188, which Cliff Pirtle introduced on Monday, says, “All individuals
Continue Reading By Bill Kirkos and Omar Jimenez, CNN Another 19 people had their criminal convictions vacated as part of a review of convictions tied to a crooked Chicago cop, former Sgt. Ronald Watts, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said Tuesday. More than 100 people with over 133 cases have had their convictions vacated since 2017,
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are looking for a new owner in what’s expected to be the most expensive team sale in U.S. sports history. The Pat D. Bowlen Trust announced Tuesday it’s in the “beginning of a sale process” for a franchise that’s valued at
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, CNN Quebec’s premier said Tuesday his province would scrap any attempt to tax people who haven’t gotten their Covid-19 vaccinations, as his government proposed just weeks ago, citing concerns about dividing people and straining their mental health. “I have to make sure that I protect the health of Quebecers, but I have
Continue Reading Truckers and protesters against Covid-19 mandates block a border crossing and flood Canada’s capital. Trudeau responds with sharp words
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area deputy who was fatally shot last month during a traffic stop is being remembered as a mentor, a friend and someone who strived to serve his community. The funeral service for Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway was held on Tuesday as two
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In June 2019, after years of being under scrutiny for the impact its platforms have on society, Facebook unveiled one of its most ambitious projects yet: a cryptocurrency called Libra, which would be backed by an international consortium of companies. The effort had such lofty goals as providing financial services
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation already have voiced strong opposition to building a multibillion-dollar facility that would store tons of spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants. Now, the Legislature is considering a bill that supporters say would keep
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation already have voiced strong opposition to building a multibillion-dollar facility that would store tons of spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants. Now, the Legislature is considering a bill that supporters say would keep
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation already have voiced strong opposition to building a multibillion-dollar facility that would store tons of spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants. Now, the Legislature is considering a bill that supporters say would keep
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Joe Sutton, CNN Two suspects are in custody in connection with a shooting in Richfield, Minnesota, that left one teenage student dead and another critically injured, Police Chief Jay Henthorne said at a Wednesday news conference. The shooting occurred Tuesday just after noon at the South Education Center, the chief announced.
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EL PASO, Texas – Entrepreneurs who hope to come face to face with the sharks on ABC’s hit series ‘Shark Tank’ can take part in an online casting call for the show’s 14th season later this year. Casting director Mindy Zemrak appeared Monday on ABC-7 at 4. “We’re on the hunt for some really excited
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