By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday as corporate earnings reporting gets into full swing. The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.7%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%. Health care companies were making some of the biggest gains.
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday as corporate earnings reporting gets into full swing. The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.7%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%. Health care companies were making some of the biggest gains.
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been working the phones to try and bolster support for voting legislation teed up for Senate consideration this week, even as the bill is set to run into a Republican blockade. Biden spoke with Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex
Continue ReadingCNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been working the phones to try and bolster support for voting legislation teed up for Senate consideration this week, even as the bill is set to run into a Republican blockade. Biden spoke with Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The second storm of the week is headed toward Northern California and more systems are lined up behind it, with potential to bring a long fire season to an end in that part of the drought-stricken state. Forecasters say rain is expected to spread over the region during Tuesday evening and
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The second storm of the week is headed toward Northern California and more systems are lined up behind it, with potential to bring a long fire season to an end in that part of the drought-stricken state. Forecasters say rain is expected to spread over the region during Tuesday evening and
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has thrown out a lawsuit against American treasure hunters that accused them of having destroyed an underwater archaeological site when they looted a sunken galleon for tons of precious coins. In 2007, the Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration scooped up over half a million silver and gold coins when it
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has thrown out a lawsuit against American treasure hunters that accused them of having destroyed an underwater archaeological site when they looted a sunken galleon for tons of precious coins. In 2007, the Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration scooped up over half a million silver and gold coins when it
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is planning on allowing Americans to receive a different coronavirus vaccine for their booster shots than their original dose, according to two sources familiar with the current thinking inside the agency. While the details on exactly what language the FDA will use remains unclear, it’s
Continue ReadingCNN, WWNY, WBBM, KMGH, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, FDA, GETTY IMAGES, FOX NEWS, CHICAGO FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, MODERNA By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is planning on allowing Americans to receive a different coronavirus vaccine for their booster shots than their original dose, according to two sources familiar with the current
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Jamie Foxx knows his family dynamic is a little untraditional and that’s the way he likes it. The actor says there’s a “whole lot of love” in his family and he just doesn’t need the “pressure” of being married. “The 2.5 children, the wood paneling on the station wagon and the
Continue Reading By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 22 people have died and others are missing in floods triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Indian Meteorological Department says heavy to very heavy rain will continue to fall in the state for the next two days. Several
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, Travis Barker did more than just present Kourtney Kardashian with a massive engagement ring. Schwartz told People magazine the rocker was actively involved in the design of the huge oval shaped diamond which she said is “a flawless, beautifully cut diamond stone.” “I
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN According to celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, Travis Barker did more than just present Kourtney Kardashian with a massive engagement ring. Schwartz told People magazine the rocker was actively involved in the design of the huge oval shaped diamond which she said is “a flawless, beautifully cut diamond stone.” “I worked
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By Claire Colbert and Omar Jimenez, CNN The funeral for 25-year-old Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, was held Tuesday in Danville, Illinois. About 30 people attended the ceremony, including civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and several members of his Rainbow
Continue Reading CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion and continue with her plans of moving to Atlanta for college, or stay home in Texas and figure out a way to raise a baby with
Continue Reading THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say a vehicle carrying 10 migrants hoping to head from Greece north into the Balkans has crashed in northern Greece overnight. One person has been killed and nine others have been injured including one seriously. Police said Tuesday that the seven-seater car had been heading out of the northern
Continue Reading ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A 50-year-old Louisiana woman has accepted a 50-year sentence as part of a plea agreement in the death of her 25-year-old disabled daughter, who died dehydrated and in filth. A coroner estimated that Cyra Shantelle Marie Harrison weighed between 65 and 70 pounds at the time of her death. The Town
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are laying out plans to let most Americans buy hearing aids without a prescription. Tuesday’s announcement is a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of Americans with hearing problems. The Food and Drug Administration said the proposal would
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are laying out plans to let most Americans buy hearing aids without a prescription. Tuesday’s announcement is a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of Americans with hearing problems. The Food and Drug Administration said the proposal would
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