By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brace for a rude surprise on your winter heating bills. After years of unusually inexpensive levels, the price of natural gas in the United States has more than doubled since this time last year. In Europe and Asia, wholesale prices are more than five times
Continue ReadingBy Amy Powell Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KABC) — The family of Mona Rodriguez, the 18-year-old woman shot by a school safety officer in Long Beach, is pleading for the hospital to keep their loved one on life support. Relatives showed up for a vigil outside Long Beach Memorial
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears‘ father is reacting to his suspension as the conservator of his daughter’s estimated $60 million dollar estate. An attorney for Jamie Spears described Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Brenda Penny as a “loss” for the singer. “Mr. Spears loves his daughter Britney unconditionally. For thirteen years, he has tried to
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business United Airlines announced Tuesday that only 593 of its workers face dismissal for not complying with the requirement to get a Covid-19 vaccine. That is less than 1% of its 67,000 US workers who are covered by the rule. About 2,000 other employees, or less than 3% of the workforce,
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press Three Democratic members of Congress on Thursday offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined how to respond to conservative states that are passing laws limiting abortion access. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she was raped on a church youth trip. Rep. Barbara Lee
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press Three Democratic members of Congress on Thursday offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined how to respond to conservative states that are passing laws limiting abortion access. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she was raped on a church youth trip. Rep. Barbara Lee
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies punched a Black man so brutally while booking him into a north Louisiana jail two years ago that they broke his nose and left eye socket, civil libertarians said in challenging Louisiana’s one-year statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging police abuse. Jarius Brown, who
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By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer No. 25 Clemson is for answers when it faces Boston College. The Tigers lost for a second time this season when they fell in overtime at North Carolina State last week. The defeat likely leaves Clemson on the outside of the College Football Playoff after making the field the
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Coastal Carolina right tackle Steven Bedosky has seen things nearly completely change in the football program during his six seasons with the 16th-ranked Chanticleers. Bedosky and his teammates looking for one more change this week when they try and end their career winless streak against Louisiana Monroe. The Chants
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers are coming into their first meeting of the season off losses. Seattle has had the better of the NFC West rivalry of late, having won 13 of the past 15 meetings, including a sweep in the season series in 2020. Four of the past
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers are coming into their first meeting of the season off losses. Seattle has had the better of the NFC West rivalry of late, having won 13 of the past 15 meetings, including a sweep in the season series in 2020. Four of the past
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — C.J. Henderson is eager for a new beginning and the Carolina Panthers are more than happy to give it to him. The No. 9 pick in the 2020 draft washed out after a little more than a year in Jacksonville, and is hoping to jumpstart
Continue ReadingBy Marc Cota-Robles Click here for updates on this story SANTA MONICA, Californa (KABC) — Kian Faghih is in a fight for his life. The 11-year old was diagnosed with a rare stage 4 cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, that’s spread to his lungs. He’s gone through chemotherapy – with disappointing results. And so Kian moved to Southern
Continue Reading BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Syracuse has matched its best opening month of the football season since Dino Babers took over the program in 2016. Florida State has endured its worst September since 1973, losing its first four games. The Orange have won three of their first four contests and would love
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The coronavirus pandemic has focused attention on the role of science in society like never before — and the pace of scientific discovery has been blistering. The greatest minds in physics, chemistry and medicine will be honored when the Nobel Prizes, the pinnacle of scientific achievement, are announced next week. The
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-installed government has defended its detention of an American journalist it has now held for four months, without offering any details of the crimes it alleges. A military spokesman did not elaborate at a news conference to a question about Danny Fenster, a Detroit area native
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street in Manhattan — arguably the most nation’s most prominent department store — is under fresh assault from Amazon, which reportedly wants to advertise on the massive billboard adjacent to the store. And Macy’s is fighting back, going to court to argue the company would
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street in Manhattan — arguably the most nation’s most prominent department store — is under fresh assault from Amazon, which reportedly wants to advertise on the massive billboard adjacent to the store. And Macy’s is fighting back, going to court to argue the company
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Dozens of local residents are looking for a new place to stay after recent storms severely damage units in one Saginaw County apartment complex. Multiple units are undergoing what the company says is extended restoration keeping residents away
Continue Reading By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 20 people have died in flooding in recent months amid torrential rains that are still afflicting a remote part of South Sudan, an official said Thursday. The deaths between July and September occurred in one county of Warrap State, Gorial West County Commissioner
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