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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. manufacturing slowed in December as companies continued to combat supply chain problems. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reported Tuesday that its index of manufacturing activity fell to a reading of 58.7 in December compared to a reading
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto, has been pushed back by Sony from Jan. 28 to April 1, the studio announced. Leto plays Michael Morbius, a scientist who attempts to cure his rare blood disease by using bat DNA, but instead turns into a vampire. The first trailer featured Morbius walking by a poster
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year’s coronavirus recession. The Labor Department also reported Tuesday that employers posted 10.6 million job openings in
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year’s coronavirus recession. The Labor Department also reported Tuesday that employers posted 10.6 million job openings in
Continue Reading CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The wife of an Ohio man who was fatally shot by police just minutes into the new year says he had been firing a gun to celebrate the arrival of 2022 when an officer opened fire on him without warning. Marquetta Williams told The Repository newspaper of Canton that her 46-year-old
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member
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By Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN There were no winners in Monday night’s Powerball drawing for an estimated $522 million. The winning numbers on Monday were 02, 13, 32, 33, 48 and Powerball 22. The new estimated jackpot was revised upward Tuesday from $575 million to $610 million for Wednesday’s drawing, making it the
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has sacked a government minister after he criticized a now-abandoned government decision to ban chemical fertilizers. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office says education minister Susil Premajayantha was dismissed with immediate effect. It did not give a reason for his removal. Premajayanta said on
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has sacked a government minister after he criticized a now-abandoned government decision to ban chemical fertilizers. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office says education minister Susil Premajayantha was dismissed with immediate effect. It did not give a reason for his removal. Premajayanta said on
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mostly higher start on Wall Street as traders gear up for economic reports and company earnings to resume after the year-end holidays. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in the early going Tuesday. Weakness in some big technology companies held the Nasdaq to a gain of less
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mostly higher start on Wall Street as traders gear up for economic reports and company earnings to resume after the year-end holidays. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in the early going Tuesday. Weakness in some big technology companies held the Nasdaq to a gain of less
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Tristan Thompson has revealed he is the father of a newborn son and has apologized to Khloé Kardashian. The Sacramento Kings basketball player posted a note on his Instagram stories Monday stating that a paternity test has proven he fathered a child in December with fitness model Maralee Nichols. “I
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales rebounded slightly last year from 2020′s dismal numbers, but were still about 2 million below the years before the coronavirus pandemic. The problem isn’t consumer demand. It’s low vehicle supplies caused by the global shortage of computer chips. Sales hit just over
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says Romelu Lukaku will be reintegrated to the squad after being dropped for an English Premier League game for expressing his unhappiness at the club in a TV interview. Tuchel says Lukaku has apologized. The Belgium striker could return to the team for Wednesday’s first-leg
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Nota del editor: Christine Todd Whitman es exgobernadora de Nueva Jersey y fue administradora de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (APA) del gobierno de George W. Bush. Norman Eisen, exembajador en la República Checa y fiscal especial del expresidente Barack Obama sobre ética; fue fiscal especial de juicio político para los demócratas
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Mesa have released the name of a knife-wielding man who was fatally shot by officers during an encounter at a mobile home community. The incident occurred Monday evening when police said officers responded to a 911 call reporting a person acted erratically and causing a disturbance and another call
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Current and former Black state lawmakers in Detroit have announced a pending lawsuit to block Michigan’s newly drawn congressional and legislative districts, contending they illegally dilute the voting strength of African Americans. The step Monday came days after the new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission finalized U.S.
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