By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The New York Post said that a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published Thursday morning were the result of a rogue employee. “The New York Post’s investigation indicates that the unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee, and the employee has been terminated,” the Post said in
Continue Reading By Matt Egan Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders instead of aggressively investing in new supply. “Big Oil just made another round of record profits by gouging Americans at the gas pump,” Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, said in a statement.
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CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Casey Gannon and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s legal defense team and federal prosecutors appeared at a sealed hearing on Thursday that was related at least in part to the Justice Department’s ongoing demands to make sure all documents marked classified have been returned to the federal
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand The man who pulled former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone into the crowd of violent rioters on January 6, 2021, yelling “I got one!” was sentenced Thursday to 90 months behind bars. In the lower west terrace tunnel, a small entryway into the Capitol, the mob fought police with chemical
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El premio gordo del Powerball es de US$ 800 millones, el segundo más grande en su historia. Pero no te ilusiones tan rápido: si lograras acertar todos los números, el premio que recibirías es mucho, mucho menor. Esta es la matemática: para el sorteo del próximo sábado, el premio
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las muy esperadas memorias del príncipe Harry se titularán “Spare” y se lanzarán el 10 de enero, reveló su editor el jueves. El libro de 416 páginas incluirá el recuerdo de Harry del funeral de la princesa Diana en 1997, cuando el príncipe de 12 años caminó detrás del
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The demand to buy US Series I savings bonds this week has been so great that it temporarily crashed the Treasury web site where those bonds are purchased. That could mean some investors’ requests may not be processed in time to lock in the bond’s 9.62% rate by the October
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nearly a year after losing her infant son, Alyssa Scott has announced she is pregnant again. Scott shared five-month-old son Zen with Nick Cannon. He died in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer. She also has a 4-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. This will be her third baby,
Continue Reading By Christine Romans, CNN Business Don’t expect the bounce-back in the US economy in the third quarter to quiet the chorus of recession calls. The US economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 2.6% from July to September, after contracting 1.6% in the first quarter and 0.6% in the second quarter of the year. The welcome GDP
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HOUSTON (AP) — The roof at Minute Maid Park will be closed for Game 1 of the World Series and likely will be shut for Game 2. The forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain when the World Series opens on a Friday for the first time since 1915. Major League Baseball makes the
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HOUSTON (AP) — The roof at Minute Maid Park will be closed for Game 1 of the World Series and likely will be shut for Game 2. The forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain when the World Series opens on a Friday for the first time since 1915. Major League Baseball makes the
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN In a possible warning sign for the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, Chile’s 2022 flu season started much earlier than usual and brought more hospitalizations than during the pandemic, but the effectiveness of the vaccine against hospitalization was estimated to be almost 50%, according to a new study published by
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new exhibit celebrating the ancient pharaoh King Tut is about to land in several cities with a very modern twist — taking a digital look at the boy king for the Instagram age. Not a single golden treasure or artifact from the tomb is
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CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Inflation is relentlessly high and food prices in particular are soaring. In this environment, customers are turning to McDonald’s — even as the burger chain raises its own prices. In the third quarter, McDonald’s US prices were up about 10% year-over-year on average. Even so, the brand is gaining
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN People of color — especially Black and Hispanic people — were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other Covid-19 treatments, according to a study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Throughout the pandemic, Black and Hispanic people have been about two times more likely than White
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has avoided a touchline ban for his red card in the 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League this month. The German coach was sent off for confronting Anthony Taylor after the referee failed to give a foul for a challenge on Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 4 Michigan is aming to end a two-game losing streak against rival Michigan State. The Wolverines will host the Spartans on Saturday night under the lights. Michigan wants to keep pace with its goals to win Big Ten and national championships. Michigan State is playing for bragging rights and to
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Broncos general manager George Paton said Thursday that he still believes in embattled rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett and expressed faith that scuffling quarterback Russell Wilson will start to resemble his old self soon. Paton defended Hackett, who’s been hammered nationally over his persistent game management mistakes, and
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police are attempting to locate a mother, after the discovery of a discarded fetus in the lower valley. The discovery happened on Sept. 25 on the 9100 block of Cuernavaca. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimes Against Persons at (915) 212-4040 or can remain anonymous by calling
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN The Miami Beach City Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to prohibit discriminatory practices “based on the texture or style of a person’s hair,” according to a news release. The new ordinance bans discrimination based on a person’s hair when seeking housing, employment, public services, funding or use of facilities across the
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ state police chief said Thursday that his department “did not fail” Uvalde during the hesitant law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, as a Republican congressman joined angry parents of some of the 19 children killed in the May
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 10 Wake Forest seeks its fourth consecutive victory, while revived Louisville looks for its third in a row when the teams meet in ACC play. The Demon Deacons feature the nation’s No. 10 scoring offense in FBS at 41.4 points per game and the No. 14 passer in Sam Hartman,
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker government has approved the purchase of a second batch of eight new F-16 fighter jets needed to bring its air force in line with NATO standards. The decision still needs parliamentary approval. But the Bulgarian government said Thursday that the Cabinet authorized the country’s defense minister to sign the
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — El Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico informó este miércoles sobre la incautación de un cargamento de 1.200 kilos de cocaína, valorados en US$18 millones. El operativo policial se llevó a cabo en el mar, a unos 40 kilómetros de la isla de Vieques, en este de Puerto Rico. El
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Weeks after Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, he told families calling for his resignation Thursday that the agency has not failed as an institution. “If DPS as an institution — as an
Continue Reading By Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Vanessa Marcotte, a 27-year-old Google employee who was killed after she went for a walk in 2016, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Angelo Colon-Ortiz, 36, of Worcester, won’t be eligible for parole for at
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Before their courthouse marriage in Santa Barbara and their big Italian wedding celebration, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker had a secret ceremony in Las Vegas. Kardashian says she doesn’t remember much of it. On the latest episode of “The Kardashians,” Kardashian laughs when her friend Simon Huck brings up the Vegas
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US must strengthen its defenses against increasing threats from both China and Russia, focusing on Beijing as its main global competitor, the Biden administration’s national defense strategy released Thursday says. While Russia remains an “acute threat” to the US according to the strategy, it has
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) — Europa tiene tanto gas natural que no sabe qué hacer con él. A tal punto que los precios al contado se desplomaron brevemente por debajo de cero a principios de esta semana. Durante meses, funcionarios advirtieron sobre una crisis energética este invierno luego de que Rusia ––que alguna vez fue el
Continue Reading CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Oklahoma State junior Bo Jin of China had a stressful time getting to the Asia-Pacific Amateur in Thailand. It was all worth it when he opened with a 65 to take a two-shot lead. The winner of the premier amateur event in Asia earns a spot at Augusta National next April
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