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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A U.S. Census Bureau survey that is the premier source of yearly information about the nation’s population and workforce needs more funding — lots of it, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of experts. Increasing funding by tens of millions of dollars for the annual American Community
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nickel prices have soared to all-time highs in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, threatening the global transition to electric vehicles. The London Metal Exchange suspended trading in nickel on Tuesday for the first time in its 145-year history after prices doubled in a matter of hours to $100,000
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world swung on Tuesday, oil prices rose sharply and the price of nickel surged so much that trading for it was shut in London, as the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine keeps rocking markets. The S&P 500 was down 0.8%
Continue Reading By VADIM GHIRDA and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKY Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Food, water and medicine grew rarer in Ukraine on Monday, well into the second week of war with Russia. Tent villages with kitchens have sprung up in the capital Kyiv, serving hot meals. That’s given some volunteers a chance to keep from “sitting
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ARNOLD, Missouri (KMOV) — Large rocks collapsed off a cliff into an Arnold apartment building Sunday. Firefighters were called out to the 3900 block of Richmond Court near I-55 just before 8 a.m. for a partial landslide. No injuries were reported, and the rocks did
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Drama meets “Dateline” in “The Thing About Pam,” an NBC series that seeks to turn one of the newsmagazine’s salacious stories into a limited series, complete with ghoulish narration by reporter Keith Morrison. Featuring Renée Zellweger tromping around under the weight of prosthetic makeup, it’s a true-crime experiment that clearly
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking a federal judge to nullify a subpoena from securities regulators and throw out a 2018 court agreement in which Musk had to have someone pre-approve his posts on Twitter. In a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Musk attorney Alex Spiro contends that
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL’s salary cap for 2022 will be $208.2 million — a healthy increase from the previous, pandemic-impacted years. The cap is going up from $182.5 million, which was down by nearly $10 million from the 2020 season. Adding in benefits attached to the cap, teams will be
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Enrollment in education programs across the country is decreasing and at Webster University, it’s no different. “It’s not good,” said Stephanie Mahfood, an associate dean at the Webster School of Education. There are a multitude of reasons for declining enrollment
Continue Reading The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. hit a record $4.17 on Tuesday as the country prepares to ban Russian oil imports. The average price rose by 10 cents per gallon in one day, and it’s up 55 cents since last week, according to AAA data. Total domestic gasoline stocks decreased
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Morgan Wallen was removed from the Academy of Country Music Awards ballot last year after being caught on video using a racial slur. This year, he had a big night. Wallen was awarded album of the year by the academy for “Dangerous: The Double Album” at the 57th ACM Awards
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the decision says the Dallas Cowboys are using the franchise tag on tight end Dalton Schultz. The move buys time for the sides to agree on a long-term deal for one of Dak Prescott’s most reliable targets. The one-year contract will be worth
Continue Reading PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods introduced his son to the spotlight at the PNC Championship the last two years. Now it’s his daughter’s turn. Woods has chosen 14-year-old Sam to introduce him Wednesday night when he and three others are inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the older
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The industry that harvests one of the most valuable fish species in the United States is hoping for a more stable year in 2022 after two years of volatile price swings. Fishermen in Maine harvest baby eels. The elvers are sometimes worth more than $2,000 per
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mary Beth Laughton for CNN Business Perspectives When I started my career in the late 1990s, only six women had ever broken the proverbial glass ceiling to become CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. This small but mighty group was an inspiration to young women like me just starting their careers, especially considering the
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Chinese government-backed hacking group has breached local government agencies in at least six US states in the last 10 months as part of a persistent information-gathering operation, investigators at cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Tuesday. The wide range of state agencies targeted include “health, transportation, labor (including unemployment benefit systems), higher
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Rosario Dawson goes to battle in a fictional American civil war in a trailer for “DMZ.” The HBO Max four-part limited series is based on a DC Comic and is produced and directed by Ava DuVernay. In the show, the United States enters a second civil war when a group called
Continue ReadingBy Erin Coogan Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Dozens gathered at the State Capitol Monday afternoon to protest House Bill 1697. If passed, the bill would have educators be required to undergo comprehensive trainings on sex health topics, including that of the LGBTQ+ community, opponents claim it’s an overstep in
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world swung on Tuesday, oil prices rose sharply and the price of nickel surged so much that trading for it was shut in London, as the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine keeps rocking markets. The S&P 500 was virtually flat
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League will disappear from Russian TV after terminating its deal with its state-owned broadcast partner after the invasion of Ukraine. Clubs agreed at a meeting in London on Tuesday to cancel the rights deal with Sberbank-owned Rambler that was due to run until the end of the season. No
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