US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight…
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US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight…
Continue Reading Turkish central bank bows to Erdogan’s pressure to cut rates
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has unexpectedly cut the main interest rate by one percentage point, bowing to President Recep Tayyip…
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These families of missing Black people are frustrated with the lack of response to their cases
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went…
Continue Reading Families of missing Black and brown people are frustrated with ‘Missing White Women Syndrome’
Mara Schiavocampo explains how intense media coverage of White women who go missing, as in the case of Gabby Petitio, can have real-life implications…
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Democrats: Govern or bust
By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst In a way, it’s almost hard to believe: Here Democrats are, in control of the Congress and the…
Continue Reading Mary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who had been…
Continue Reading Once-hot SPAC investments return to earth
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The spectacular run for a once-hot investment has fizzled so much that many have been relegated to…
Continue Reading In Hill talks, Biden takes down the temperature in push for commitments and an end game
Rep. Mark Pocan joins The…
Continue Reading In Hill talks, Biden takes down the temperature in push for commitments and an end game
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden didn’t enter the back-to-back-back meetings on Wednesday with nearly two dozen…
Continue Reading Veterans at Revolutionary battlefield dig find camaraderie
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press STILLWATER, N.Y. (AP) — Veterans are helping with an archaeological dig at the Saratoga National Historical Park…
Continue ReadingEvergrande’s fiasco could damage the global economy
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business All eyes are on China’s Evergrande, the heavily-indebted real estate conglomerate that’s become a market…
Continue Reading The United Nations held a major meeting on race. Why the US and UK skipped it
By Caitlin Hu, CNN After more than a year of racial reckoning that saw historic monuments to enslavers and colonists torn down on both sides of the…
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Tech billionaire: Facebook is what’s wrong with America
By Matt Egan, CNN Business From the climate crisis to Covid, Marc Benioff sees a common thread for what ails America today: deception that is allowed…
Continue Reading A London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK’s gender violence epidemic
By Kara Fox, CNN Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old teacher from south London, is believed to have been murdered on the five-minute walk from her house to a…
Continue Reading A London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK’s gender violence epidemic
Mara Schiavocampo explains how intense media coverage of White women who go missing, as in the case of Gabby Petitio, can have real-life implications…
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‘Keep the kids engaged’: El Paso phys ed coach outlines challenges of pandemic weight gain
EL PASO, Texas — After being cooped up at home for quite some time, Borderland doctors are starting to see more kids and teens come in with issues…
Continue Reading Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A woman with Down syndrome has lost a court challenge against the British government over a law…
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Genoa, Italy’s oldest soccer club, sold to American company
GENOA, Italy (AP) — The oldest soccer club in Italy is the latest in a growing number of Serie A teams with North American owners. Genoa has been…
Continue Reading One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single…
Continue Reading One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single…
Continue Reading Detained Australian economist appears in Myanmar court
BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian economist arrested when Myanmar’s military seized power in February has made a court appearance in the capital where…
Continue Reading Bank of England keeps rates on hold, warns over inflation
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.1% but warned that inflation is…
Continue Reading Bank of England keeps rates on hold, warns over inflation
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.1% but warned that inflation is…
Continue Reading Top-seeded Karatsev loses opening match at Astana Open
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Top-seeded Aslan Karatsev and third-seeded Dusan Lajovic were among three seeded players who lost their opening…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize ceremonies to be curtailed again due to pandemic
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be reined in for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The winners of this year’s…
Continue Reading How the Supreme Court crafted its Roe v. Wade decision and what it means today
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s landmark decisions guaranteeing a constitutional right…
Continue Reading EU legal advisor: Diesel software faces strict limits
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…
Continue Reading EU legal advisor: Diesel software faces strict limits
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…
Continue Reading ‘Brothers in blue’: One fallen officer’s kidney was a match to a fellow officer who was injured in the line of duty
By Amy Simonson, CNN Police officers are supposed to protect and serve. One officer’s service is living beyond his time. Officer Mark Priebe,…
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