US officials believe Russia arrested hacker responsible for Colonial Pipeline attack
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US believes that Russia’s domestic intelligence agency has arrested the hacker responsible for the May ransomware…
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Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the…
Continue Reading Scientists: Duck is 1st wild bird flu case in US in 5 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Scientists say a duck killed by a hunter in South Carolina had a contagious and dangerous bird flu not seen in the wild in…
Continue Reading Judge bans ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli from pharmaceutical industry ‘for life’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled Friday former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli should be barred “for life” from…
Continue Reading British energy company apologizes after sending thousands of customers socks during heating crisis
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business A large British energy firm apologized to its customers Friday after sending them socks advising them to turn the…
Continue Reading Judge bans ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli from pharmaceutical industry ‘for life’
CNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled Friday former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli should be barred “for life” from…
Continue Reading North Korean hackers said to have stolen nearly $400 million in cryptocurrency last year
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, making it one of the most lucrative…
Continue Reading Thieves in LA are looting freight trains filled with packages from UPS, FedEx and Amazon
By Matt McFarland and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County,…
Continue Reading Thieves in LA are looting freight trains filled with packages from UPS, FedEx and Amazon
CNN By Matt McFarland and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County,…
Continue Reading ‘Worst house on best block’ of San Francisco sells for $2M
By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A decaying, 122-year-old property marketed as “the worst house on the best block” of…
Continue Reading FedEx asks FAA permission to add anti-missile system to some cargo planes
By Pete Muntean, CNN FedEx wants to operate cargo planes outfitted with lasers that throw off incoming heat-seeking missiles, according to a newly…
Continue Reading FAA sets rules for some Boeing 787 landings near 5G service
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Federal Aviation Administration is telling pilots to take extra precautions when landing on slick runways near…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press A late-afternoon recovery in technology stocks helped erase most of the market’s losses Friday, but it wasn’t enough to keep…
Continue Reading Mexico seizes 380,000 boxes of Kellogg’s cereal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to improve children’s diets, so it seized 380,000 boxes of Corn Flakes, Special K and other Kellogg’s…
Continue Reading Netflix upping US, Canada prices with competition growing
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is raising prices for customers in the U.S. and Canada. The boost comes less than a year…
Continue Reading JPMorgan, Sherwin-Williams fall; Wells Fargo, ODP rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: JPMorgan, Sherwin-Williams fall; Wells Fargo, ODP…
Continue Reading Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales
By The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding…
Continue Reading Netflix is raising prices
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Your Netflix bill is about to go up again. The streaming media company said Friday it is raising the prices on its…
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…
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Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return $64.6 million in…
Continue Reading Thieves raiding rail cargo containers in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed…
Continue Reading Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return $64.6 million in…
Continue Reading Walgreens and CVS temporarily close some stores as Covid surges
by Alison Kosik, CNN Two of the biggest retail pharmacies in the U.S. are temporarily closing some stores and pharmacies on the weekends as the…
Continue Reading Dow falls as big banks get pummeled
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors clearly didn’t want to go into the upcoming three-day weekend holding onto financial stocks. The…
Continue Reading Federal testing website launches next week, 4 tests per home
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will…
Continue Reading Bank profits soared in 2021, but inflation is front of mind
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three of the nation’s biggest banks reported blowout profits for 2021 on Friday, helped by the…
Continue Reading Crowds protest sanctions, pressure, after Mali vote delay
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Thousands have joined in a government-sponsored rally in Mali’s capital to protest new…
Continue Reading Cyber attack in Albuquerque latest to target public schools
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Around 75,000 New Mexico schoolchildren are missing school Friday…
Continue Reading Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein, who uncovered the Watergate scandal, has some advice for today’s reporters
By Yvette Killian, CNN Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein has a message for reporters: “It’s not rocket science.” Bernstein is…
Continue Reading Czechs to let some workers stay on after testing positive
PRAGUE (AP) — The new Czech government will allow some workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus to stay on the job, in an extraordinary…
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