Month: November 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime pilot for Jeffrey Epstein has resumed his testimony at the trial of a British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse. Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr. testified Tuesday that Ghislaine Maxwell was the “Number 2” in the hierarchy of Epstein’s world. He says Epstein was

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados has honored Rihanna as a national hero at a historic moment for the nation. The government on Tuesday honored the singer with the title of “the right excellent” as the island bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II and

BERLIN (AP) — Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis have announced agreements with U.S. company Factorial Energy to help develop solid state battery technology. Mercedes-Benz, which is part of Daimler AG, said it is joining forces with Factorial to jointly develop batteries with the aim of testing prototype cells as early as next year. It said it

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant could slow the economy and hiring. He also says it raises uncertainty about inflation. Powell says in remarks to be delivered to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that he recent increase in

By RAF CASERT and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — New findings about the coronavirus’s omicron variant made it clear that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their defenses were up, as two distant nations announced their first cases and a third reported its presence before South African officials sounded the alarm. The

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, some charities are struggling to secure holiday gift wishes from kids in need. They’re reporting they can’t find enough items in stock, or are facing shipping delays both in receiving and distributing the gifts. The founder of the organization One

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Kurdish official says a tanker truck distributing water at a sprawling camp housing families of Islamic State group members in northeast Syria rammed into a tent. The official says Tuesday the truck killed three Iraqi women and injured two children from the same family, apparently by

Associated Press Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after the head of a major vaccine maker expressed concern about how effective current jabs will be against the new variant of the coronavirus. The S&P 500 gave back 0.6%, the Nasdaq slipped 0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%. European markets were also