Bills soar as Spain approaches record for electricity prices
MADRID (AP) — Households and businesses in Spain will be thinking twice about using appliances and switching on lights starting Thursday when the…
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Indian Swiss tycoon could owe $137 million in back taxes
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s highest court say an Indian Swiss tycoon could owe the Geneva region about $137…
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Amazon adding 55,000 employees globally in first hiring push under CEO Andy Jassy
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business After growing its workforce to more than 1.3 million people in 2020, Amazon is planning to hire another 55,000 employees…
Continue Reading Kansas City Southern takeover vote delayed after bid gutted
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A planned shareholder vote on Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer has been delayed after…
Continue Reading Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17. It has become one of the first…
Continue Reading iPhone users will no longer need to bring their IDs to the airport in these states
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Apple has enlisted eight states in a program that allows people to “seamlessly and securely” add their…
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Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other…
Continue Reading Israeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has played down criticism of the country’s regulation of the…
Continue Reading Amtrak might add more than 50 new routes. But they still won’t be faster than a car
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The $1 trillion infrastructure bill appears set to give passenger and freight rail $66 billion, an infusion that will…
Continue Reading Amazon says it’s looking to hire 55,000 people
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is going on another hiring spree. The company said Wednesday that it plans to hire 55,000…
Continue Reading Greek twin bond raises $3 billion, rates ‘historically low’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s finance minister says the country has raised 2.5 billion euros, or $3 billion, through two bond issues. He…
Continue Reading Growth in US manufacturing up in August despite problems
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. manufacturing accelerated in August despite the fact that companies were…
Continue Reading For misinformation peddlers on social media, it’s three strikes and you’re out. Or five. Maybe more
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business When Twitter suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for a week last month for posting misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines,…
Continue Reading Power makes slow return to eastern New Orleans
Entergy said Wednesday that it is slowly adding power back to New Orleans, and the pace of that work will determine how quickly the region’s…
Continue Reading Comercio, submarinos alemanes y un cambio cultural: América Latina en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Desde Europa hasta Asia, pasando por el Norte de África, el Atlántico y el Pacífico, la Segunda Guerra…
Continue Reading German central bank inundated with money damaged in floods
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s central bank says it has been inundated with more than 50 million euros’ ($59 million) worth of damaged bank notes…
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Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges
By KATHY GANNON, RAHIM FAIEZ and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An official says the United Nations’ stockpiles of…
Continue Reading France first big EU nation to start widespread booster jabs
By ALEXANDER TURNBULL and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has started administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to people…
Continue Reading Un hombre supuestamente murió después de que un caimán lo atacara mientras caminaba en las aguas de una inundación en Louisiana
urielblanco (CNN) — Las autoridades de Louisiana están investigando un supuesto ataque mortal de un caimán a un hombre de 71 años que…
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ABC-7, Albertsons team up to help El Pasoans Fighting Hunger
EL PASO, Texas — The challenge continues for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger as the Borderland’s food bank continues to help thousands of El Pasoans…
Continue Reading Wisconsin backs down on regulating swimming pool rental app
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin regulators have backed down on requirements that operators of a startup that allows…
Continue Reading Julie Pace named new Associated Press executive editor
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Pace, a longtime Washington journalist who managed coverage of the U.S. government during a…
Continue Reading Marihuana legal: los países de América que han legalizado el uso del cannabis y los que no
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — En América Latina al menos ocho países han aprobado la marihuana con fines medicinales, y solo…
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Walmart is looking to hire 20,000 supply chain workers
By Chris Isidore and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Walmart is looking to hire 20,000 workers for its distribution and fulfillment centers, trying…
Continue Reading A mother and her four daughters were separated at the border in 2018. This is what they lost
By Catherine E. Shoichet, Madeleine Stix and Ana Maria Luengo-Romero, CNN Casandra shouts to her sister as she races to her bedroom. “She…
Continue Reading Spain announces 107 arrests in major marijuana raids in July
MADRID (AP) — Europol says that over 100 people were arrested when police in Spain busted an illegal drug ring earlier this summer. The European…
Continue Reading US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla’s Autopilot…
Continue Reading Friend shares conservative vaccine denier’s last words to her
There is a growing list of conservatives who have used their platforms to discourage people from getting a Covid-19 vaccine… but they did not live…
Continue Reading Edmunds: Vehicle prices remain high this Labor Day weekend
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds If this were a normal year, Labor Day would traditionally kick off the start of end-of-model-year vehicle clearance sales.…
Continue Reading Google appeals $591M French fine in copyright payment spat
PARIS (AP) — Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with…
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