Business owners increasingly worry about payment fraud, survey finds
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses are increasingly concerned about payment fraud. In a recent survey from…
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Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer capture 1960s rebel cool in ‘The Bikeriders’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle club for over twenty years. The obsession started in…
Continue Reading Bob Schul, the only American runner to win the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, dies at 86
By The Associated Press Bob Schul, the only American distance runner to win gold in the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, has died. He was 86. His death…
Continue Reading Study finds global luxury sales flattening amid self-inflicted creativity crisis and price hikes
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is set to stall this…
Continue Reading This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded…
Continue Reading This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded…
Continue Reading Estonia convicts a university professor from Russia of spying for Moscow
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A university professor has been jailed in Estonia after being found guilty of spying for Russia. Viacheslav Morozov,…
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America’s diet quality moved from an F to a D. Here’s how to turn yours into an A
Originally Published: 17 JUN 24 17:00 ET By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean…
Continue Reading Singer Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
By PHILIP MARCELO and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged early Tuesday with drunken…
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Use of popular diabetes drug in preconception or early pregnancy may not be tied to higher birth defect risk, studies suggest
Originally Published: 17 JUN 24 17:00 ET Updated: 17 JUN 24 22:58 ET By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Some studies have raised concerns about…
Continue Reading Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
By RYAN DOAN-NGUYEN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning…
Continue Reading Retail sales rise a meager 0.1% in May from April as still high inflation curbs spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high…
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Boeing hid questionable parts from regulators that may have been installed in 737 Max planes, new whistleblower alleges
CNN By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — A current Boeing employee claims that the company tried to shield broken or…
Continue Reading Quavo hosts summit against gun violence featuring VP Kamala Harris on late rapper Takeoff’s birthday
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Migos rapper Quavo’s quest to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic…
Continue Reading Ralph Lauren goes with basic blue jeans for Team USA’s opening Olympic ceremony uniforms
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics’opening ceremony,…
Continue Reading Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so…
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Team USA’s new Olympic uniforms revealed
CNN By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Since 2008, Ralph Lauren has outfitted Team USA at nine consecutive Olympics and Paralympics, designing uniforms…
Continue Reading New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big new wildfires are challenging California firefighters even as they increase containment of…
Continue Reading Post Malone and Doja Cat to headline Global Citizen Festival to mobilize young people
By GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Hot and dry Tuesday, Ruidoso fire conditions
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – No surprise we are in for another hot day as we are dry and awaiting moisture. For your Tuesday we are looking at reaching…
Continue Reading Anouk Aimée, the radiant French star of ‘A Man and a Woman’ and ‘La Dolce Vita,’ dies at 92
By JOHN LEICESTER and JAKE COYLE Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Anouk Aimée, the radiant French star and dark-eyed beauty of classic films…
Continue Reading Thousands of NATO troops join drills in the strategically sensitive Baltic Sea region
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 9,000 troops from 20 NATO countries are participating in military exercises in the Baltic Sea region, which has become…
Continue Reading Ukraine claims its drones hit a Russian oil facility, sparking a huge blaze
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility…
Continue Reading More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Kenyan capital Nairobi in ongoing protests…
Continue Reading Stellantis recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles to fix software glitch that disables rear camera
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rearview…
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‘A study to give us hope’: Lifestyle changes improve Alzheimer’s symptoms for some
CNN By Sandee LaMotte and A. Chris Gajilan, CNN (CNN) — Looking back, Tammy Maida, 67, said things started to change in her late 50s. At first,…
Continue Reading The Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes from 200 countries or regions. But the Olympics are more than just…
Continue Reading A Swedish diplomat says his release from a 2-year detention in Iran is like a dream
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish European Union diplomat who was held in Iran for two years and freed in a prisoner swap over the weekend…
Continue Reading Muslim pilgrims wrap up the Hajj with final symbolic stoning of the devil and circling of the Kaaba
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat with the…
Continue Reading A third trial of suspects in an alleged far-right coup plot opens in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Eight people accused of involvement in a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in Munich, in…
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