Stocks climb on Wall Street, led by more gains in tech
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a higher start on Wall Street Monday led by more gains in big tech companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. The…
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Consumer borrowing, Campbell Soup earns, consumer prices
The Associated Press The Federal Reserve issues its latest snapshot of U.S. consumer borrowing Tuesday. Campbell Soup reports quarterly results…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Continue Reading New Orleans Starbucks store 1st in Louisiana to vote union
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize. WWNO-FM reports ballots were cast Friday…
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50 years after Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein see lessons for today’s journalists
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published their groundbreaking Watergate reporting that led to the resignation of former…
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CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published their groundbreaking Watergate reporting that led to the resignation of…
Continue Reading Starbucks workers claim their store is closing due to union activism
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Starbucks workers at an Ithaca, New York, store claim their location is being shut down in retaliation for their union…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun’ stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32%…
Continue Reading Digital currencies flow to campaigns, but state rules vary
By ANDREW SELSKY and STEVE LEBLANC Associated Press For congressional candidate Shrina Kurani, cryptocurrency is not only the future of money, it’s…
Continue Reading Autonomous Mayflower reaches American shores — in Canada
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has finally reached…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ soars to big second weekend, crosses $500 million worldwide
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business A week after taking off at the box office, “Top Gun: Maverick” is still flying high. The sequel to the…
Continue Reading Inflation divide: The wealthy splurge, the poorest pull back
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Americans at the low end of the income rung are once again…
Continue Reading What to expect at Apple’s annual developer conference
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is about to hold its annual developer conference this week where it’s expected to show off new…
Continue Reading Amazon’s stock price is set to drop, but that won’t make it cheaper
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business For many average investors, the price of just one Amazon share has been prohibitively expensive. There are a lot…
Continue Reading The buzzy new drinking trend: Alcohol-free booze
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Non-alcoholic alternatives to booze have been around for a while. But recently, the sector…
Continue Reading The buzzy new drinking trend: Alcohol-free booze
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Non-alcoholic alternatives to booze have been around for a while. But recently, the sector has been booming.…
Continue Reading At least 49 dead in 2nd day of Bangladesh cargo depot fire
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at…
Continue Reading Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on…
Continue Reading China launches mission to complete space station assembly
BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station. The Shenzhou…
Continue Reading Brad Johnson of ‘Melrose Place,’ Marlboro Man ads dies at 62
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Johnson, a movie and TV actor who portrayed the Marlboro Man in ads, has died.…
Continue Reading $1 billion has been lost in cryptocurrency scams since 2021, FTC warns
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Cryptocurrency scammers have stolen over $1 billion from 46,000 people since the start of 2021, a new Federal Trade Commission…
Continue Reading Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been…
Continue Reading At 17, she was her family’s breadwinner on a McDonald’s salary. Now she’s gone into space
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin carried its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space, including…
Continue Reading Worker shortage forces summer camps to trim — or cancel — all programs
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Many working parents who rely on local summer camps to keep their kids busy when school’s out for the summer…
Continue Reading Believe it or not, gas station bathrooms used to be squeaky clean. Here’s what changed.
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Gas station bathrooms are the last place most people want to stop to do their business. But that wasn’t…
Continue Reading NATO chief speaks with Erdogan about Finland, Sweden joining
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Finland’s prime minister and spoken to Turkey’s president as he seeks to…
Continue Reading As Ukraine loses troops, how long can it keep up the fight?
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is losing 60 to…
Continue Reading In eastern Ukraine, keeping the lights on is a dangerous job
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — As the fighting in eastern Ukraine inches forward, Russian attacks are knocking out…
Continue Reading China plans to complete space station with latest mission
BEIJING (AP) — China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station. The China Manned…
Continue Reading Online pro-gun extremism: ‘Cool for active shooter stuff’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press The young man in the jeans and sunglasses proudly shows off his gun in the YouTube video, then instructs his 1…
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