Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El año pasado fue histórico para el empleo en Estados Unidos. Un número récord de trabajadores renunció a sus empleos, mientras que los empresarios estadounidenses tenían más vacantes que cubrir que nunca. En diciembre, 4,3 millones de estadounidenses abandonaron sus empleos, un poco menos que el récord de
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By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A hydrogen fuel cell and transportation company says it plans to move its global headquarters from California to Ohio. Hyperion Companies Inc. announced Tuesday it would also locate its research and development center and manufacturing operations in Columbus. Hyperion in a statement says it will invest nearly
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LONDON (AP) — An enhanced maternity policy will feature in new contracts for professional female players in English soccer beginning next season. Players in the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship going on maternity leave will be entitled to 14 weeks at 100% of their regular salary and any additional remuneration, before reverting to the
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Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The first surprise for a pair of suburban homeowners in New Mexico was finding an armed burglar in their house. The second was that he apologized, and gave them $200 before fleeing the area. A Santa Fe County Sheriff’s report says the man left the money for a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The history is with Pebble Beach. The appearance money is in Saudi Arabia. Most of the top players from the top 50 in the world are at the Saudi International. The tournament is part of the Asian Tour. The field features Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, along with Phil Mickelson. It
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de la universidad Bridgewater College, el Dr. David Bushman, nombró a los dos agentes muertos durante el tiroteo del martes en el campus de Bridgewater, Virginia, en un mensaje a los estudiantes. Según un correo electrónico obtenido por WTVR, afiliada de CNN, Bushman le dijo a los estudiantes, profesores
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EL PASO, Texas- In a unanimous vote, the El Paso City council expanded reduced-fare benefits for riders with serious mental illness and those in substance use rehabilitation. The city worked with Emergence Health Network to introduce the resolution. “People diagnosed with mental illness are constantly striving to reach their highest level of functioning, and having
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — España ha superado este miércoles los diez millones de casos positivos de covid-19 registrados desde el inicio de la pandemia, tras sumar 77.873 infectados al recuento oficial. Concretamente, el país ha notificado 10.039.126 contagios desde el 31 de enero de 2020, momento en que se detectó el primer caso positivo
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s latest No. 1 recruiting class is gradually starting to contribute to the top-ranked Gamecocks’ success. Coach Dawn Staley has signed the country’s No. 1 recruiting class in two of the past three seasons. The group from 2019 comprise the bulk of the Gamecocks
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the country is speeding up the rollout of a “new generation” of missile defense technology to help protect the country from rocket attacks. Naftali Bennett told a security conference Tuesday that the new system will be unveiled within a year in
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been criticized as “reverse racism” in several outlets, with some conservatives even calling Biden’s decisions “definitionally affirmative action.” But Biden is not the first president to limit his search or shortlist
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal to increase to annual state general fund spending by $1 billion advanced toward a House floor vote with the backing of key Democrats in the legislative majority and some Republicans. The lead House budget-writing committee endorsed the legislation Tuesday on a 15-3 vote.
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CNN’s John Avlon looks at the reasons why several states have introduced bills restricting the teaching of sensitive topics in schools and banning books deemed offensive to children.
Continue Reading By Maya Brown, CNN More than 17.7 million public school students enrolled in almost 900 districts in the US have had their learning restricted when teaching concepts related to race, racism and gender, according to a new study. Researchers at UCLA and UC San Diego released a study, titled “The Conflict Campaign,” last week. The
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Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The airline that flew a load of monkeys to the U.S. who were later involved in a highway wreck says it will stop this shipments this month. Kenya Airways says it will not renew its contract with the monkey provider, whom it did not identify. The airline flew 100
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is making “the strongest possible appeal” to all combatants in Ethiopia to observe the Olympic Truce and halt hostilities. The U.N. chief told reporters Tuesday that observing the truce can allow people in need throughout the country to receive humanitarian aid and can help pave the way for
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Whatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and Major League Baseball. Players made two slight moves during the first meeting in a week. Given the lack of
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ready to put his money into NASCAR. The Money Team Racing hopes to debut at the Daytona 500 with Kaz Grala as the driver. Grala will drive the No. 50 Chevrolet for the retired boxing great. Mayweather is the latest A-lister on the grid and
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — UFC President Dana White has struck a partnership deal with the Pitbull-owned NASCAR race team Trackhouse Racing. The deal starts this week at the exhibition Clash in Los Angeles. White’s Howler Head Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey will serve as primary sponsor of Ross Chastain’s No. 1 Chevrolet in Sunday’s race at
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EL PASO, Texas – Hughey Elementary in east El Paso has been evacuated due to a gas leak. According to EPISD officials, a construction crew working near the school hit a gas line. Students are being evacuated to an area between Ross Middle School and Hughey Elementary. The call came out just after 12:30 p.m.
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By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Rogers and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN Some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate have raised enormous sums and head into the midterms with massive war chests, new campaign finance reports show. But they will face a well-funded opposition: In a sign of momentum for the political
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An Iran-flagged supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of condensate has docked at a Venezuelan port, with both countries facing U.S. sanctions. Analysts and satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press indicate the tanker Starla is at the port of Barcelona in northeastern Venezuela.
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HOUSTON, Texas – Space tourism company Zero-G Experience is inviting Borderland residents to find out what it’s like to be weightless in space, but only going up 36,000 feet in a plane. In March, the company will be in Houston and Austin, offering people the chance to board a specially-equipped Boeing 727 and float in
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban lobbied for a higher volume of Russian natural gas shipments to Hungary during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting Tuesday came as tensions continue to soar over Russia’s buildup of troops along its borders with Ukraine.
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden spent Tuesday afternoon starting the process of courting crucial senators who will play key roles in confirming his future Supreme Court nominee, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as he got set to pick the man who will guide the nominee through the
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Wordle has taken over the internet. A no-frills daily word game in which players have six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day, the game has become a phenomenon. Every day, social media is alight with users posting the green and yellow boxes indicating their scores. The game is
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business In a few years, cars going down a road in a historic section of Detroit will theoretically be able to charge their batteries as they drive. That’s the goal of an Israeli company that is finalizing an agreement with the state of Michigan’s Department of Transportation to build the roughly
Continue Reading SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A rare football card featuring Tom Brady in the year he won his first Super Bowl has sold for $118,000 at auction. The 2002 Topps Finest X-Fractor card was one of only 20 featuring the NFL quarterback who won his first Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2002. He won a total
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of President Joe Biden’s remaining domestic agenda, saying on Tuesday that the Build Back Better act is “dead,” underscoring how the sweeping proposal to expand the social safety net has
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