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By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they don’t know the language, don’t know the culture, and they all of a sudden have to survive,” said Stephanie Giddens, founder and executive director of Vickery Trading Company. “They need extra resources,
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims were up by 18,000 to a 206,000, still low by historical standards. The four-week average, which smooths out week-to-week
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims were up by 18,000 to a 206,000, still low by historical standards. The four-week average, which smooths out week-to-week
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police said a former American Idol contestant is responsible for a shooting at a recording studio this weekend. According to investigators, Leroy Wells was recording music at Kingdom Enterprises on Three Notch Road Sunday night when the victims showed up
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Delta CEO Ed Bastian thinks wearing masks on airplanes is a good idea. The day after Southwest CEO Gary Kelly suggested at a Senate hearing that wearing masks on a plane was not necessary, Bastian said he doesn’t agree. He said masks would be necessary for the foreseeable future. “I
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LONDON (AP) — A fourth Premier League match in five days has been postponed after coronavirus infections led to Leicester’s game against Tottenham being called off hours before kickoff. It is the third consecutive Tottenham match postponed due to coronavirus cases, including a Europa Conference League game. Leicester had an earlier request to postpone the
Continue ReadingBy MARIYA MURROW Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Six deputies indicted for the 2018 murder of a Fulton County inmate are expected to make an appearance in court today. Antonio May, 32, died on Sept. 11, 2018, after being arrested for criminal trespassing. According to jail staff, a confrontation
Continue ReadingJoseph Ataman and Francesca Street, CNN UK travelers are to be banned from traveling to France for tourism and will instead be required to present a “compelling reason” to enter the country. The new travel restrictions, which will be enforced from midnight on December 17, come in response to the Omicron coronavirus variant, with the
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business H&R Block is suing Block, the digital payments company previously known as Square, for trademark infringement. The 65-year-old company said in a press release Thursday that CEO Jack Dorsey’s company “appears to be taking a shortcut to capitalize on the well-known Block moniker.” H&R Block alleged that the change is
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — There’s a permanent change now inside Harrah’s Cherokee casinos in the mountains. Tribal leaders have voted to ban indoor smoking for good inside their facilities. Up until the pandemic shut things down in March of 2020, Harrah’s casinos in Cherokee
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macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Apple suspenderá el regreso de sus trabajadores a la oficina hasta una fecha “aún por decidirse”, y además entregará a todos sus empleados corporativos y minoristas US$ 1.000 para equipar sus oficinas en casa. La medida se anunció a los empleados de Apple en un correo electrónico del CEO Tim Cook
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps aimed at reducing lead in drinking water, releasing $2.9 billion in infrastructure bill funds for lead pipe removal. It has also announced plans by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose stricter rules to limit exposure to the health
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Tiny organisms around the world are evolving to eat plastic pollution, according to a new Swedish study. Mass production of plastic has skyrocketed in the past 70 years, from approximately two million tonnes to around 380 million tonnes per year, with
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of thousands of children’s books published in the last 60 years suggests that male protagonists remain overrepresented, despite a higher portion of books now featuring female leads. To see whether gender bias still exists in American children’s literature, researchers
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has decided not to abruptly pull back its pandemic support for the economy as the new omicron variant of COVID-19 stirs uncertainty about the continent’s recovery. The move Thursday comes despite inflation hitting record highs and the U.S. speeding up its
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has decided not to abruptly pull back its pandemic support for the economy as the new omicron variant of COVID-19 stirs uncertainty about the continent’s recovery. The move Thursday comes despite inflation hitting record highs and the U.S. speeding up its
Continue Reading Delta Air Lines no longer expects to lose money in the fourth quarter with travel during the holiday season heating up. The company said Thursday that it now foresees an adjusted profit of approximately $200 million in the final quarter of the year. In October Delta cautioned that it expected a “modest” loss in the
Continue Reading By Pamela Kirkland and Dakin Andone, CNN The juvenile court records of Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused in 1955 to give up her seat to a White person on an Alabama bus, have been sealed, destroyed and expunged following a judge’s ruling. Colvin, now 82, was arrested when she was 15 for
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday announced a new administration push to eliminate lead from water pipes and homes in the next decade using billions in new funding allocated through the new bipartisan infrastructure law. “Here’s the truth, and it’s a hard truth: Millions of people in our
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has sent a clear signal that the era of rock-bottom interest rates will end in 2022. What’s happening: Rates have been near zero since March 2020, when government leaders around the world shut down the economy to slow the spread of Covid-19. But on Wednesday, the Fed
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