SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Maricopa County Sheriff’s lieutenant has died after being struck by a vehicle while working traffic control in Scottsdale. Sheriff’s officials say Chad Brackman was working off-duty when he was struck about 10 a.m. Wednesday, Brackman was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. Scottsdale police
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury is cutting back on hard practices as his team tries to navigate through several injuries to key players. Quarterback Kyler Murray missed last week’s game against the 49ers because of an ankle injury. Star receiver DeAndre Hopkins also missed the
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury is cutting back on hard practices as his team tries to navigate through several injuries to key players. Quarterback Kyler Murray missed last week’s game against the 49ers because of an ankle injury. Star receiver DeAndre Hopkins also missed the
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Michael Warren, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6 is interested in gathering information from at least five members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s inner circle, according to three sources familiar with the effort. Among them is Pence’s former national security adviser, Keith Kellogg, who was subpoenaed
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares of Rivian Automotive jumped in their debut Wednesday, rising as much as 53% as investors look for the next big winner in the electric vehicle market. The closing price of $100,73 gave Rivian a market value of about $85.9 billion, greater than that
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares of Rivian Automotive jumped in their debut Wednesday, rising as much as 53% as investors look for the next big winner in the electric vehicle market. The closing price of $100,73 gave Rivian a market value of about $85.9 billion, greater than that
Continue Reading By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press Federal wildlife officials overseeing the world’s only wild population of endangered red wolves announced they are abandoning a 2018 plan to limit the animals’ territory and loosen protections for wolves that strayed from that area in eastern North Carolina. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the announcement Wednesday as
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Business) — Los principales actores de la industria automotriz se niegan a respaldar el compromiso de vender solamente autos y camionetas de emisiones cero para 2040, dando un golpe a las esperanzas de que se logre un progreso significativo en la lucha contra la crisis climática durante la COP26. La cumbre climática
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Walt Disney Co. returned to a quarterly profit as it once again got a bump from reopened parks. Disney has closed or limited capacity at its theme parks during the pandemic, weighing on revenue. But Burbank, California-based Disney’s financial results on Wednesday came short of analyst predictions, and
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Walt Disney Co. returned to a quarterly profit as it once again got a bump from reopened parks. Disney has closed or limited capacity at its theme parks during the pandemic, weighing on revenue. But Burbank, California-based Disney’s financial results on Wednesday came short of analyst predictions, and
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Christie’s auction of pre-Hispanic artifacts has gone ahead despite the Mexican government’s appeals to stop it, the latest round in Mexico’s losing battle to stop such sales. Christie’s Paris branch auctioned off 72 sculptures and figurines from the Maya and Olmec cultures despite Mexico’s claim that the pieces were national
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By Devon M. Sayers, Pamela Kirkland and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Rev. Al Sharpton is asking for a just verdict in the trial of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery who was shot while jogging in Georgia last year. “What has happened in this case, is a lynching in the 21st century,” Sharpton
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat reported lower-than-expected sales in the third quarter due to a slump in U.S. demand. Beyond Meat said its sales increased 12.7% to $106.4 million for the July-September period. That was lower than the $109 million Wall Street forecast. Beyond Meat had lowered its sales
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat reported lower-than-expected sales in the third quarter due to a slump in U.S. demand. Beyond Meat said its sales increased 12.7% to $106.4 million for the July-September period. That was lower than the $109 million Wall Street forecast. Beyond Meat had lowered its sales
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Descendants of people enslaved in Louisiana are seeking to keep a $400 million grain terminal out of their community by asking a state court to abolish what they call the land’s corrupt rezoning. It was rezoned for heavy industry in 1990 as part of a deal
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Spanish woman has admitted to aiding a banned Palestinian militant group in a plea bargain reached in an Israeli military court. Israel seized on the conviction as proof that it was justified in branding six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups last month. But the
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago woman who was arrested on a murder conspiracy charge in the 2014 slaying of her mother in Indonesia will remain locked up after her attorney declined to argue for her release. Keith Spielfogel did not explain why he wanted to waive Wednesday’s detention hearing for
Continue Reading By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top aid official says thousands of Afghan refugees are fleeing the Taliban into neighboring Iran every day and the trend could eventually become a crisis for Europe. Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, visited refugees this week around Kerman province in eastern Iran
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Perrigo, Wendy’s fall; RingCentral, Newmont rise.
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles. Uber says it has already made changes and denies that it’s discriminating. According to the Department of Justice, Uber began adding the wait
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