US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler
By ZEKE MILLER, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. identified its first known case of the omicron…
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EU chief calls for debate on making COVID-19 jabs mandatory
By RAF CASESRT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of the European Union’s executive arm says EU nations should consider making COVID-19…
Continue Reading NATO chief says mission creep, corruption hurt Afghan effort
By LORNE COOK and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press RIGA, Latvia (AP) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization was a…
Continue Reading Austrian lockdown extended through Dec 11 as planned
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s lockdown has officially been extended until Dec. 11 as planned amid signs that the measures are helping to bring down a…
Continue Reading China calls on citizens to leave eastern Congo after attacks
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging its citizens to leave three provinces in eastern Congo as violence intensifies in the mineral-rich region. A posting…
Continue Reading ‘Buy now, pay later’ catches on just in time for holidays
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fueled by several financial technology companies as well as an entry by the big credit card…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed after Wall St decline, virus unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after a turbulent day on Wall Street as traders tried to forecast…
Continue Reading Haugen urges lawmakers to avert impasse on social media laws
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers to avert the usual…
Continue Reading Algeria’s top parties keep power in local elections
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The parties of Algeria’s ruling majority dominated local and regional elections while Islamist parties saw their support…
Continue Reading For sale: Rome villa restored by Texas princess auctioned
By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A villa in the heart of Rome that features the only known ceiling mural…
Continue Reading China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
BEIJING (AP) — China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025.…
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Renewables are being installed at top speed — but still far too slow to fix the planet, energy watchdog says
By Kara Fox, CNN Business Growth in renewable energy is set to hit an all-time record this year, but is still falling “well short” of…
Continue Reading Fiji welcomes back tourists despite omicron threat
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji has welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days after pushing ahead…
Continue Reading California lawyer defends legality of women board member law
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the state of California defended the constitutionality of the nation’s first law…
Continue Reading Oil demand, climate change clash in California pipeline plan
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposed oil pipeline in California that could allow ExxonMobil to resume production at…
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US panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers have endorsed an antiviral drug from Merck to treat COVID-19. It sets…
Continue Reading Arizona officer fired after shooting of shoplifting suspect
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Arizona has been fired after he was accused of fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect who…
Continue Reading Alec Baldwin sits down with ABC News after fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
By Chloe Melas and Oliver Darcy, CNN Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News for his first formal interview since discharging a prop firearm that killed…
Continue Reading Ex-airline employee sentenced for stealing guns from bags
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines employee is being sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing stolen guns.…
Continue Reading CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says it is suspending anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely pending a further review of documents…
Continue Reading New Texas rules after blackout, but not for this winter
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Regulators of Texas’ oil and gas industry that buckled during February’s deadly freeze…
Continue Reading Sports bettors dream: 86 able to bet on game after it ended
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Eighty-six gamblers in New Jersey thought they’d found the Holy Grail of sports…
Continue Reading Swift selling local media assets to Ogden Newspapers
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Swift Communications is selling its local media and publishing businesses to West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers. The…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes gets emotional under fire by prosecutors
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — One-time entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday struggled to recall key events…
Continue Reading Sky high home prices push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to back loans of nearly $1 million
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices across the US have seen stratospheric increases within the past year as demand for homes spiked and…
Continue Reading Labor group says Amazon massively underreported Covid cases contracted at work
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon had at least 20,000 employees test positive for Covid-19 last year. But it reported that only 27 of those cases…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off its support…
Continue Reading Can California legally require women on corporate boards?
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring women on corporate boards is being…
Continue Reading Stocks plummet as Omicron variant rattles Wall Street
NEW YORK, NY — Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday amid worries that the omicron variant would hit the global economy. On top of those…
Continue Reading RR Donnelley, Lithia Motors rise; Intuit, Moderna fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: R.R. Donnelley, Lithia Motors rise; Intuit, Moderna…
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