ABC-7 Xtra: Where things stand with the El Paso Electric Rate increase
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A proposed hike to your electric bill has been on hold for nearly a year. El Paso Electric requested a rate increase of…
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Okta concedes hundreds of clients could be affected by breach
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A January cybersecurity incident at popular identity authentication provider Okta may have affected hundreds of the firm’s…
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Voice recorder found in wreckage of China Eastern plane
By NG HAN GUAN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — Investigators have found what they believe to be the cockpit flight recorder…
Continue Reading Japan lifts power outage warning, but supply outlook fragile
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government lifted a warning of potential blackouts for the Tokyo region as weather and…
Continue Reading New Zealand to remove pandemic mandates as omicron wanes
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will remove many of its COVID-19 pandemic mandates over the next two…
Continue Reading California Gov. Newsom and wife earned $1.5 million in 2020
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) — Tax records show California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife earned nearly $1.5…
Continue Reading US agrees to lift taxes on British steel, aluminum
The Associated Press The United States has agreed to lift tariffs on British steel and aluminum, mending a rift between allies that dates back to the…
Continue Reading Union wins right to represent Starbucks workers in its Seattle hometown
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Workers at a Starbucks store in its Seattle hometown voted unanimously to be represented by a union, giving the…
Continue Reading Miami Beach, after shootings, extends spring break curfew
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach city commissioners have voted to extend a curfew, a day after it was…
Continue Reading FDA details problems at plant behind recalled baby formula
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety inspectors say baby formula maker Abbott failed to maintain sanitary…
Continue Reading Colorado city marks anniversary of deadly supermarket attack
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado college town of Boulder is marking the one-year anniversary of a supermarket…
Continue Reading Seattle Starbucks unionizes in coffee giant’s home city
SEATTLE (AP) — Baristas and other employees at a Seattle Starbucks have voted to unionize, the first such vote in the city where Starbucks…
Continue Reading French energy giant TotalEnergies to stop buying Russian oil by year-end
By Xiaofei Xu and Anaëlle Jonah, CNN French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Tuesday that it would stop buying Russian oil and oil products by the…
Continue Reading FBI sees growing Russian hacker interest in US energy firms
By ERIC TUCKER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning that it has seen increased interest by Russian hackers in…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes looms over trial of former lover, partner
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Although not in the courtroom, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the…
Continue Reading Judge wants names behind bribes in Ohio statehouse scandal
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio says he wants attorneys for investors in utility giant FirstEnergy Corp. to reveal who from the company…
Continue Reading Suez Canal says transit fees for ships will increase in May
BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez…
Continue Reading Abandoned lobster traps in Long Island Sound to be removed
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday and oil prices eased as investors remained focused on the outlook for inflation.…
Continue Reading Nike, Alibaba rise; Okta, Hess fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Nike, Alibaba rise; Okta, Hess…
Continue Reading This new union boss could start the biggest strike in decades
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business You might not know Sean O’Brien. But he is poised to shake up the US economy in a way no one else has in recent…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs’ CEO will perform at Lollapalooza
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon will DJ at Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival this July alongside acts like…
Continue Reading US-Saudi investor, the Medina Spirit owner, bids for Chelsea
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The owner of disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is among the bidders for Premier…
Continue Reading Judge: Cruises to Cuba were not allowed, companies must pay
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has ruled that four of the largest cruise companies engaged in…
Continue Reading BuzzFeed cutting jobs, top editors leaving news division
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer BuzzFeed is shrinking and shifting the focus of its Pulitzer prize-winning news division. The digital media company…
Continue Reading Tesla delivers first cars from Berlin factory
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla opened its third assembly plant near Berlin, Germany, and made the first deliveries of its Model Y sedan there…
Continue Reading Biden to announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says President Joe Biden plans to announce…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading TotalEnergies to halt all Russian oil purchases by year-end
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies says it has decided to halt all its purchases of Russian oil…
Continue Reading BuzzFeed News is offering buyouts and three of its top editors have resigned
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business BuzzFeed News announced on Tuesday that its editor in chief is stepping down and the company is offering buyouts to…
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