By Brian Fung, CNN Google is relaxing Covid-19 policies at its headquarters and other offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and bringing back some of its famous office perks as it fully opens some of its facilities. Gone are Google’s mask mandates in all Bay Area offices, except for those in Santa Clara County,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ucrania es el segundo país europeo más grande en área después de Rusia. Limita con Moldava, Rumania, Hungría, Eslovaquia, Polonia, Bielorrusia, Rusia y el Mar Negro en Europa del Este. Estos son algunos datos generales sobre Ucrania, según el World Factbook de la CIA. Guerra Rusia – Ucrania: última hora
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect is dead after being shot by at least a Sparks police officer during an incident in Reno. The shooting occurred late Wednesday night after the suspect ran from Sparks police who had gone to Reno apartment complex as part of an investigation, police told local news outlets.No
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell slightly this week, after rising to their highest level in three years last week. The average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.89% this week from 3.92% the previous week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Available housing has
Continue Reading By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A new report shows over half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery. The trend spiked during the pandemic as telemedicine increased and pills by mail were allowed. The Guttmacher Institute report says pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions in 2020. That’s up
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled worldwide Thursday after Russia’s attack of Ukraine sent fear coursing through markets and upped the pressure on the high inflation already hurting people and businesses around the world. The S&P 500 sank 1.6% to continue its dismal start of the year. It’s now
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was working the phones with top national security officials in the moments before and after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced he was launching a military intervention in Ukraine, the grim fulfillment of Biden’s predictions stretching back weeks. National security aides had already been huddling in the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was working the phones with top national security officials in the moments before and after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced he was launching a military intervention in Ukraine, the grim fulfillment of Biden’s predictions stretching back weeks. National security aides had already been huddling in the West
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Caddo Parish schools may bump up the start of next school year to Aug. 3. School board member Tony Nations said the district is having to make up for lost time during the pandemic the last two years. The Louisiana Department
Continue ReadingCNN By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that
Continue ReadingCNN By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La invasión de Rusia a Ucrania comenzó horas antes del amanecer con una serie de misiles contra lugares cercanos a Kyiv, así como el uso de artillería de largo alcance contra la ciudad nororiental de Kharkiv, cerca de la frontera con Rusia. Rápidamente, el ataque se extendió por el centro y
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOE McDONALD and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration prepares its response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, U.S. Treasury Department officials and their counterparts in Europe are tasked with finding ways to make Russia’s economy pay a price. One key question is how to measure the success.
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The Associated Press has learned that UEFA will no longer stage this season’s Champions League final in St. Petersburg after Russia attacked Ukraine. An extraordinary meeting of the UEFA executive committee will be held on Friday to discuss the geopolitical crisis and a person with knowledge of the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled worldwide Thursday after Russia’s attack of Ukraine sent fear coursing through markets and upped the pressure on the high inflation already hurting people and businesses around the world. The S&P 500 sank 2% to continue its dismal start of the year. It’s now down almost 14% from the record
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ty Pennington was just trying to make his wife laugh and it brought out the trolls. The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” host responded Wednesday on Instagram to negative comments on an earlier video he posted in which he danced on the beach. “What was an honest moment of just trying
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Thank goodness Lindsay Lohan joined TikTok so the world could learn the proper pronunciation of her last name. The “Mean Girls” introduced herself in her first post. “Hey everyone it’s Lindsay Lohan and guess what? Now I’m on TikTok,” she said in the video. She pronounced her last name “Lo-wen”
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN More than half of US abortions in 2020 were conducted using medication, according to new data assembled by a reproductive rights think tank that marked a notable inflection point in the method’s growing popularity amid new efforts to limit access to the pills. Use of medication abortion, in which patients use
Continue ReadingBy Caitlyn Penter Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville Police Chief David Zack said he wishes police had been called sooner to the Omni Grove Park Inn overdose incident earlier this month. Officials said six people had to be taken to the hospital for suspected overdoses that night,
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN Business The West is promising “massive” sanctions on Moscow in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that European sanctions would target Russia’s military, economy and energy, and Germany’s decision this week to halt certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline built by Russia’s Gazprom shows
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