By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers were less confident this month as concerns about inflation took hold again after receding in recent months. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 102.5 in October, from 107.8 in September. Consumers had grown more confident in the two
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By Holly Yan, Adrienne Broaddus and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Jean Kuczka and Alexzandria Bell were on the brink of celebrating exciting milestones in their lives. Alexzandria, 15, was looking forward to traveling to Los Angeles to celebrate her Sweet 16, her father said. And Kuczka, 61, was getting ready to retire after a long, illustrious
Continue Reading The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people and wounded several others at his former high school left a note saying his struggles led to “the perfect storm for a mass shooter,” St. Louis police said. CNN correspondent Adrienne Broaddus reports.
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business After Rebecca Kasten Higgins lost her husband in a car accident a few days before their 20th anniversary in 2018, she kept her relationship status as “married” on Facebook for three years. Then she started dating someone. “When I first changed my status from ‘widowed’ to ‘in a relationship,’
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Serena Williams continúa bromeando con los fanáticos del tenis sobre si la verán de regreso en la cancha, esta vez diciendo que “no está retirada” del deporte. Williams, considerada por muchos como la mejor jugadora de todos los tiempos, anunció que “desaparecería del tenis” después del US Open de este
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Ash Carter, quien fue el último secretario de Defensa del expresidente Barack Obama, murió a los 68 años, informó su familia este martes. El exfuncionario falleció durante la noche del lunes en Boston, de acuerdo al comunicado. En 2014, el entonces presidente Obama propuso a Carter para el cargo de secretario de
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence is stuck at its lowest level in more than two years as energy worries fuel expectations of a difficult winter. The Ifo institute said Tuesday that its monthly confidence index, a prominent health indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, edged down to 84.3 points
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Christian Edwards, CNN Artist Spencer Tunick is once again asking thousands of volunteers to get naked for one of his iconic mass nude photo shoots. The American artist is returning to Sydney — where in 2010 some 5,500 people descended on the city’s famous Opera House — to stage his next “nude installation,” in order
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden‘s noticeably sharpened political message is rooted in an intentional effort to ramp up the stakes of a midterm election campaign in its closing days, advisers say. But it’s also a window into a view Biden and his top aides hold that there is a path to buck decades
Continue Reading By Karl de Vries, CNN Ashton Carter, who served as President Barack Obama’s final defense secretary, has died, his family said. He was 68. Carter, who led the Defense Department from February 2015 to January 2017, suffered a “sudden cardiac event” on Monday night in Boston, his family said in a statement. He is survived
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El precio dólar en Colombia está imparable y sigue alcanzando máximos históricos con una subida diaria que lo tiene ad aportas de los 5.000 pesos. Este lunes, el peso colombiano llegó a un nuevo mínimo frente al dólar y cerró con una caída del 1,46% a 4.990 pesos por
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to first-team training with Manchester United after being omitted from the squad ahead of the team’s Premier League match at Chelsea at the weekend. Ronaldo was disciplined for refusing to come on as a substitute in United’s 2-0 win over Tottenham in the league on Wednesday. He
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By Tara John, CNN N. R. Narayana Murthy, one of India’s richest people, had mixed feelings when he first heard about the man who would become his son-in-law. “I, too, was a little sad and jealous when you told us you had found your life partner,” he wrote to his daughter Akshata Murty in a
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Naomi Alderman is a “what if” kind of writer, as in: What if women were able to release electricity through their fingers, the premise of her acclaimed bestseller “The Power “? For her upcoming book, simply and descriptively titled “The Future,” she imagined a
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Good morning! We were off to a cold start but we will gradually warm to the 60s this afternoon. The pleasant weather continues through Wednesday before the next cold front moves in on Thursday picking up the winds and cooling temperatures down on Friday.
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is rolling out a feature that allows shoppers to pay for items using their Venmo accounts. The option to pay with Venmo will be available for select Amazon.com customers beginning on Tuesday, the e-commerce giant said in a news release. By Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving
Continue Reading The Associated Press Biogen delivered a better-than-expected third quarter and hiked its 2022 forecast as cost cutting continued to help the drugmaker balance sliding sales. The maker of the multiple sclerosis treatment Tecfidera said Tuesday that it chopped research and development costs 22% and also booked a $504 million gain from the sale of a
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Lexie Brown is back for a second year of the Athletes Unlimited basketball league after having a great experience in the inaugural season. She is one of 15 players with significant WNBA experience already signed on to play in the league that will run from Feb. 22 to March
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Lexie Brown is back for a second year of the Athletes Unlimited basketball league after having a great experience in the inaugural season. She is one of 15 players with significant WNBA experience already signed on to play in the league that will run from Feb. 22 to March
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business US home prices continued to gain ground in August, but the pace of growth slowed considerably as rising mortgage rates pushed more prospective buyers out of the market. Home prices rose 13% in August from the year before, a smaller jump than the 15.6% growth seen in July and 18.1%
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines has stoked anger and frustration among patients, and U.S. officials are weighing unprecedented legal action to speed a replacement effort that is set to drag into next year. Sound-dampening foam in the pressurized breathing machines can break
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business In the last few weeks, retailers, social media platforms, celebrities and fashion and entertainment companies have peeled away from business alliances with rapper Ye. Ye, also known as Kanye West, has become a controversy magnet. In early October, Ye wore a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt and dressed several Black models
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month. A preliminary estimate released Monday by the Florida Department of Agriculture says the Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion in losses to the state’s crops and agriculture infrastructure when it tore through
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) de Colombia le concedió a Rodrigo Granda, exintegrante del secretariado de la desmovilizada guerrilla de las FARC, una amnistía por el delito de rebelión, de acuerdo con una copia del fallo que obtuvo CNN este lunes. Según la resolución de la JEP, los efectos
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s McRib is soon returning to its menus — and this could be the last time. The chain said the fan-favorite menu item is coming back on October 31 for a limited period. McDonald’s teased in a statement that “this could be your last chance to taste it” because the
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund’s 17-year-old forward Youssoufa Moukoko has reportedly been included in Germany’s preliminary squad for the World Cup. German tabloid Bild says Union Berlin midfielder Rani Khedira, Borussia Mönchengladbach defender Luca Netz and Werder Bremen forward Niclas Füllkrug all made coach Hansi Flick’s preliminary list. Germany
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Adidas terminó su asociación con Ye, también conocido como Kanye West, con “efecto inmediato”. En un comunicado emitido este martes, el fabricante de ropa deportiva dijo que “no tolera el antisemitismo ni ningún otro tipo de discurso de odio” y dijo que los comentarios recientes de Ye son “inaceptables,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Unilever retiró del mercado ciertos champús secos en aerosol de Dove, Nexxus, Suave, TIGI y TRESemmé debido a la posible presencia de benceno, una sustancia química que puede causar cáncer. Los productos afectados se fabricaron antes de octubre de 2021 y se distribuyeron en minoristas de todo el país,
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The US military conducted an airstrike over the weekend against the al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia, which was attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, US Africa Command said. The strike occurred about 218 kilometers north-northwest of Mogadishu and the initial assessment is that it “killed two attacking
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Luiz Felipe Scolari likely faces the last final of his 40-year coaching career on Saturday when he leads Athletico against Flamengo in the Copa Libertadores decider. It’s the third straight all-Brazilian final in South America soccer’s most prestigious club competition. The game at Guayaquil, Ecuador,
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