By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Labor organizers always knew it would be tough to convince Amazon workers to unionize. But early results in two elections are giving them hope. In Staten Island, New York, 1,518 warehouse workers have so far voted “yes” to forming a union while
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times. And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will ease some of its pandemic restrictions starting next week as officials express cautious hope the worst of its omicron outbreak has passed. The limit on private social gatherings will be raised from eight to 10 people starting Monday, while restaurants, bars and
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 7:43 remaining, Pavel Francouz stopped 25 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2. Andre Burakovsky, Darren Helm and Alex Newhook also added goals for the Avalanche. Colorado earned their 27th win
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 7:43 remaining, Pavel Francouz stopped 25 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2. Andre Burakovsky, Darren Helm and Alex Newhook also added goals for the Avalanche. Colorado earned their 27th win
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen as a resurgence of Russian attacks dashed hopes for any quick end to the war in Ukraine. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Hong Kong but surged in Shanghai. A closely watched quarterly gauge of business sentiment in Japan called the
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By Rob Frehse and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A police officer was killed and two others were injured by gunfire after responding to a burglary call in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. Lebanon city police Lt. William Lebo, 63, was killed in the line of duty, Pier Hess Graf, district attorney of Lebanon County, said at a
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 50 points and the Chicago Bulls rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 135-130 in overtime. DeRozan finished two points shy of his career high. The five-time All-Star scored 17 in the fourth quarter, though he missed the go-ahead free throw
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 50 points and the Chicago Bulls rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 135-130 in overtime. DeRozan finished two points shy of his career high. The five-time All-Star scored 17 in the fourth quarter, though he missed the go-ahead free throw
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN An independent report commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety detailed multiple breakdowns in procedure and “inadequate coordination” at times during the protests and violence that followed the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The report also found that state law enforcement used tactics that were often perceived as
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CNN By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Ashley Semler, CNN In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence
Continue Reading By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored 3:57 into overtime and Rickard Rakell had two goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins halted Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Wild. Jake Guentzel added his 32nd goal of the season for Pittsburgh. Rakell has three goals in six
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Toyota Corolla became world’s best-selling car mostly because it’s inexpensive, efficient and practical. Exciting? Maybe not that. Over the decades — the Corolla model has been in production since 1966 — there have been some fun, high-performance versions of the compact car, though. On Thursday night in Long Beach,
Continue Reading CNN, APPDIRECT By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Toyota Corolla became world’s best-selling car mostly because it’s inexpensive, efficient and practical. Exciting? Maybe not that. Over the decades — the Corolla model has been in production since 1966 — there have been some fun, high-performance versions of the compact car, though. On Thursday night in
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Wrter Organizers of the World University Games — which open in just under three months in Chengdu, China — say they are going ahead despite countries pulling out of the event. Officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Luxembourg have withdrawn due to COVID-19
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Los Razzies, un programa de premios irónicos que otorga honores a lo peor cine del año, retiraron el premio destinado a Bruce Willis luego de que la familia del actor revelara que sufre de afasia, una afección médica que afecta sus capacidades cognitivas. “Después de mucho pensar y considerar, los Razzies
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN He was a gentle giant who always supported others. A teammate often turned mentor. A kind and funny friend, always soft-spoken. That’s how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on a spring
Continue Reading BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Grinnell, one of a beloved pair of peregrine falcons who made their longtime home atop the bell tower at the University of California, Berkeley, has died. The group Cal Falcons says Grinnell was found dead Thursday afternoon and may have been struck by a car. He and Annie had nested atop
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – Después de ser absuelta por la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJN), Alejandra Cuevas dice que ella y su familia “buscarán reconstruirse” y por el momento no piensan emprender acciones judiciales contra los responsables de su encarcelamiento, un proceso que se extendió a lo largo de 528 días. Cuevas fue absuelta
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become Milwaukee’s career scoring leader on a 3-pointer that forced overtime, and then made two free throws in the final seconds to give the Bucks a 120-119 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night. The defending NBA champions
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