By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks gave up early gains and turned mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as markets struggle to settle down following several days of whiplash moves. The S&P 500 index rose 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% and the Nasdaq fell 0.2%. Investors were encouraged
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Ernie Francis Jr. has been hired to drive in Indy Lights this season in a move that could promote him into IndyCar as part of the series’ Race for Equality & Change initiative. Francis is a Florida native of Haitian descent who has been fast-tracked in IndyCar’s ladder
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Wendy Guerra es escritora cubanofrancesa y colaboradora de CNN en Español. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios de todo el mundo, como El País, The New York Times, el Miami Herald, El Mundo y La Vanguardia. Entre sus obras literarias más destacadas se encuentran “Ropa interior” (2007), “Nunca fui primera dama”
Continue ReadingBy Amicia Ramsey Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A German Shepherd is now recovering after being dumped in a local park. Last week while on patrol near 34th Street and Keystone Avenue, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Robyn Frazier noticed a dog walking around Washington Park. So, she decided to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, California (KPIX) — One person has died following a fatal crash and fire involving a big-rig on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Wednesday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, a big-rig and small car heading east from Marin County to Richmond crashed mid-span around
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By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett, who was convicted last month for lying to police about a racist, homophobic attack that authorities said he staged, will return to court for sentencing March 10. Cook County Judge James Linn on Thursday set the sentencing date in Chicago for the former “Empire” actor.
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday affirmed his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it was “long overdue.” He praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant and promised a nominee by the end
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By Amanda Watts and Eric Levenson, CNN Investigators believe there are multiple suspects in the shooting of six people who were found dead this week in a Wisconsin home, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said Thursday in a news conference. Four persons of interest — all adults — are in custody, Norman said. No criminal
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Fans of German soccer club Schalke have unveiled a memorial to commemorate the deportation of more than 500 Jews from the local area to a ghetto in Riga, Latvia, 80 years ago. The fans have been working with the club, the city of Gelsenkirchen, local historians
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The remains of 20 Native Americans massacred in Northern California in 1860 have been returned to their tribe. Officials announced this week that the skeletal remains and artifacts found in the graves were returned last fall to the Wiyot Tribe that lives in the Eureka area.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — An unidentified suspect known to law enforcement as the “Green Gaiter Bandit,” is wanted in connection with more than a dozen Southern California bank robberies or attempts. On Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with Police Seek Tips,
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Dakin Andone, CNN Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of killing four people in a shooting at a Michigan high school in November, is planning on using an insanity defense at trial, according to a court filing. Crumbley’s defense attorneys filed a notice on Thursday saying that they plan to “assert the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee will hold a roundtable next week with former Washington Football Team employees about workplace misconduct and sexual harassment. The discussion is set for Feb. 3, a day after Washington reveals its new name. Five former employees are scheduled to be a part of the roundtable. The NFL
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ARVADA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Arvada teacher took matters into her own hands when a lack of school bus drivers threatened a field trip. Stephanie Hultine is a fourth-grade teacher at Foster Dual Language School in Jefferson County. She started a fundraiser to charter a
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve is shifting gears and going into inflation-fighting mode. Fed officials indicated Wednesday they plan to raise interest rates in March, launching a series
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Got milk? There was a time when the milkman was as common as the mail carrier. And a Minnetrista man is going all-out to make sure people never forget that. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how Bill
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A day before her 22nd birthday, UT Dallas student Jaqueline Durand was mauled by two dogs and left “permanently and catastrophically disfigured,” according to her attorney Chip Brooker of Dallas’ Brooker Law. Two days before Christmas, Durand allegedly went to the
Continue ReadingCNN, KSAT, WJLA, WCBS, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY, KPHO, CDC, WHITE HOUSE, PIDEMONT HEALTHCARE By John Bonifield and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Three large new studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the importance of getting a booster shot to provide the best protection against the Omicron coronavirus variant. This is the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Bill Russell, 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1934 Death date: July 31, 2022 Birth place: Monroe, Louisiana Birth name: William Felton Russell Father: Charles Russell Mother: Katie (King) Russell
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Estadísticas muestran que el 2021, 31 muertes ocurridas en el Valle de Coachella fueron investigadas como homicidio y según el reporte en Palm Springs registraron ocho asesinatos, en Palm Desert ocurrieron cuatro, Cathedral City tres, Desert Hot Springs seis, Indio seis y Coachella dos. En Indian Wells, La Quinta y Rancho Mirage no hubo homicidios.
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