Germany to limit use of gas for electricity production
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible…
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Maryland Apple workers face hurdles after vote to unionize
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — The historic vote by employees of a Maryland Apple store to unionize — a first for the technology giant — is a significant…
Continue Reading New park in central Bangkok gives Thais needed green space
By JERRY HARMER and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Bursting with trees, ponds, plants and birdlife, a new inner-city park is…
Continue Reading Apple workers vote to unionize at Maryland store
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, a union said, joining a…
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Mark Shields, political analyst on CNN and PBS ‘NewsHour,’ dies at 85
CNN By Brian Stelter and Nicole Goodkind, CNN Mark Shields, the political sage and longtime analyst for CNN and PBS, died Saturday morning at the age…
Continue Reading Mark Shields, political analyst on CNN and PBS ‘NewsHour,’ dies at 85
By Brian Stelter and Nicole Goodkind, CNN Mark Shields, the political sage and longtime analyst for CNN and PBS, died Saturday morning at the age of…
Continue Reading The most popular air travel day this year was a mess. That won’t change anytime soon
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Americans gained a new federal holiday last year: Juneteenth. This year the holiday, which commemorates of the end…
Continue Reading Buttigieg: US may act against airlines on consumers’ behalf
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The day after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline leaders to quiz them about widespread…
Continue Reading US opens COVID vaccine to little kids; shots begin this week
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s final charity lunch draws record $19M bid
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in…
Continue Reading Milan designers invoke joy, nostalgia in menswear
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Denim, fringe and chunky rubber sliders. These are the elements of next year’s summer wardrobe…
Continue Reading EU: Turkish Cypriots must curb migrants arrivals to Cyprus
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior European Union official says breakaway Turkish Cypriots on ethnically…
Continue Reading Georgia cooperatives move to freeze nuclear costs at $8.1B
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One of the owners of a nuclear power plant being expanded in Georgia says it’s shifting costs to…
Continue Reading Bitcoin drops below $20,000 as crypto meltdown continues
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The price of bitcoin breached $19,000 and ethereum fell below $1,000 Saturday morning, extending the brutal crypto…
Continue Reading Big crowds take to London streets to protest soaring costs
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people have marched through central London in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain. Huge crowds flooded…
Continue Reading Biden, mulling tariff decision, will talk soon to China’s Xi
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to talk to Chinese leader Xi Jinping soon as he…
Continue Reading Hot weekend for Europe, officials warn of extreme fire risk
BERLIN (AP) — People flocked to parks and pools across Western Europe on Saturday for a bit of respite from an early heat wave that saw the mercury…
Continue Reading Georgia city official resigns after Confederate shop reopens
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with…
Continue Reading US financial markets closed Monday for Juneteenth
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. financial markets will observe the Juneteenth holiday for the first time Monday. Last year, Juneteenth was designated a…
Continue Reading In Ukraine, funeral for activist killed and mourned in war
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poppies, the blood-red flowers that cover the battlefields of Europe’s two world…
Continue Reading Bitcoin drops below $20,000 as crypto selloff quickens
By HALELUYA HADERO and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin has fallen below $20,000 for the first time since late 2020, in a fresh…
Continue Reading Housing market slows retreat from rising seas, bigger storms
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Chuck and Terry Nowiski lived in their country-style farmhouse with a wrap-around porch for 36 years before it…
Continue Reading The couple behind the bag that sold out in 2 minutes
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business In 2020, when the pandemic brought all nonessential travel to a grinding halt, Ami and Jason Richter had to think…
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History of telemedicine in America
Rex MD compiled a list of medical and technological advancements in history that contributed to the state of telemedicine…
Continue Reading Why New Jersey and Oregon still don’t let you pump your own gas
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Most Americans facing record gas prices cringe when they fill up their tanks. But not people in New Jersey and…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?
By KELVIN CHAN and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the…
Continue Reading Velveeta releases a cheese-scented nail polish in collaboration with Nails Inc.
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Cheese-lovers can now wear their favorite dairy product on their fingertips, thanks to Velveeta and British nail polish brand…
Continue Reading Vince McMahon takes ‘Smackdown’ stage after misconduct allegations emerge
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon is in the middle of a corporate firestorm, but he still opened the company’s wrestling telecast…
Continue Reading Verizon, AT&T delay some 5G service over airlines’ concerns
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Verizon and AT&T won’t power up some wireless towers near airports until next summer to give airlines…
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El Paso Starbucks workers cancel union vote
Organizers with the Starbucks at The Fountains at Farah shopping center in El Paso have withdrawn their petition to unionize, according to the…
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