By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Business This summer, flying Southwest Airlines has been a toxic mix of canceled flights, long delays and disgruntled pilots and flight attendants. Apologizing to its passengers for its bad service, the company is promising to fix the problem by cutting the number of flights it operates this fall.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The SUV carrying Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was stopped and surrounded by a radical teachers’ group Friday, preventing him from leading his usual daily morning news conference. The incident occurred in the southern state of Chiapas. López Obrador’s vehicle was allowed to procede after a couple of hours. The
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin and son of a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, benefitted from nearly $24,000 in property tax breaks in New York and Wisconsin that are supposed to be applied only to a primary residence. Property records from
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By TERRY TANG and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases Friday. There are now more than a dozen states that have crossed the grim threshold as the nation wrestles with yet another major spike in infections. The benchmark is the latest in a tumultuous year-and-a-half where Arizona
Continue Reading CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say one person was critically wounded in a shooting inside a Southern California mall. The suspects were not immediately found after the violence at the Westfield Mall in Culver City on Thursday night. The victim was struck several times by bullets and was in critical condition. Officials say police
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve‘s favorite measure of inflation rose to its highest level since 1991 in July, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday. The price index for American consumer spending, also known as the PCE index, rose at a rate of 4.2% in the year ended July, the fastest pace
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Officials: Arizona passes milestone of 1 million confirmed coronavirus infection cases after reporting 3,707 new cases.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH AND AUREL OBREJA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western president was joined Friday in the capital Chisinau by her counterparts from Romania, Poland, and Ukraine to celebrate the country’s three decades of independence from Soviet rule. Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, proclaimed its independence from the
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he could stay at the club for another “five years” as he backtracked on comments he made this week at a Brazilian business forum. The 50-year-old Spaniard had told Brazilian investors he would need a break when his contract ends in 2023 saying his next
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Another year, another double dose of movies devoted to serial killer Ted Bundy. For the same reasons that Bundy became a disturbing source of fascination before his execution in 1989, Hollywood remains infatuated by the name and the commercial prospects of Bundy-related titles. Recent examples include the movie “Extremely Wicked,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La Junta Médica de Arkansas está realizando una investigación luego de que un médico dijera que recetó el medicamento antiparasitario ivermectina “miles” de veces para el tratamiento del covid-19, incluso a reclusos de una cárcel de Arkansas. La FDA lleva advirtiendo sobre el uso de la ivermectina para el tratamiento del
Continue Reading WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of gunfire in West Hollywood found four men with gunshot wounds. Multiple gunshots were reported around 4:15 a.m. Friday. Three victims were found at one location on a street and the fourth was found a half-block away. All were taken to a
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman accused of hiding 26 children behind a false wall at her day care center has been found guilty of child abuse and other charges. A jury found Carla Faith guilty of 26 counts of misdemeanor child abuse, a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the economic recovery is continuing apace, high inflation is just temporary, and the Fed will soon wind down the emergency economic stimulus program. But, in his highly anticipated speech at the virtual Jackson Hole Symposium, Powell tempered his optimism with some words
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the economic recovery is continuing apace, high inflation is just temporary, and the Fed will soon wind down the emergency economic stimulus program. But, in his highly anticipated speech at the virtual Jackson Hole Symposium, Powell tempered his optimism with
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Gap’s remarkable turnaround under CEO Sonia Syngal is continuing, thanks in part to Kanye West, TikTok and Simone Biles. Gap shares were up about 3% Friday morning after the retailer reported earnings and sales for its most recent quarter that topped forecasts and issued an upbeat outlook
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will attend the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland in November. British official Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 conference, said he is “absolutely delighted” the queen will be at the event, which is due to be held in Glasgow Nov. 1-12. Details of the monarch’s schedule have
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BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — T-Mobile says it has notified nearly all of the millions of customers whose personal data was stolen and that it is “truly sorry” for the breach. CEO Mike Sievert said in a written statement Friday that the company spends lots of effort to try to stay ahead of criminal hackers “but
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN In the space of just a few years, an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan has seized on the country’s instability to become one of the region’s most feared terror groups. ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday, which targeted a frantic Western evacuation operation
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN In the space of just a few years, an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan has seized on the country’s instability to become one of the region’s most feared terror groups. ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday, which targeted a frantic Western evacuation operation and
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