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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Apes of Reddit, rejoice! Shares of meme stock darling GameStop soared 10% Thursday, prompting trades to be halted several times due to volatility. But there was no specific news to justify or explain the big pop. Other meme stocks, including AMC, Bed Bath & Beyond and Beyond Meat
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples such as cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk on Thursday. Scores of alarmed Iranians waited in long lines to snatch up bundles of food and emptied supermarket shelves across the country
Continue Reading By MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Southern California Edison has told state utility regulators that unspecified electrical “circuit activity” happened at about the time that a wildfire erupted near the wealthy coastal city of Laguna Niguel and burned at least 20 homes, including mansions. Plumes of smoke rose from the
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Republicans in Congress and governors’ mansions are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce a 1950 federal law that makes it illegal to hold protests outside the homes of judges in order to influence their decisions. In recent days, protesters have held peaceful demonstrations outside the homes of multiple conservative
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and PAT EATON-ROBB ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby formula shortage in the United States is driving parents to swap, sell and offer leftover supplies to each other, while President Joe Biden plans to speak with manufacturers and retailers Thursday about the plight facing families. The problem is the result of
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws. The U.S. Justice Department and the Equal Employment
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Thousands gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday to mourn slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, as the Palestinian Authority vowed to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Journalists, diplomats, religious leaders, and officials including Arab members of Israel’s parliament, the
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik It wasn’t a shock when LeBron James showed up to a Lakers game on Halloween 2018 dressed as Jason Voorhees from the “Friday the 13th” horror films. James had previously called the series “one of my favorites” and posted an Instagram photo of himself dressed in Jason’s chosen head gear, a hockey
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Of course he did. Late comedian Norm Macdonald has left audiences an opportunity to hear him tell a few more jokes. In a tribute to Macdonald for CTV News, his sister-in-law Joyce Napier (the CTV National News Ottawa bureau chief) revealed that he recorded a new hour of material before his
Continue Reading By ASHIFA KASSAM and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A government proposal that could make Spain the first country in Europe to allow workers to take menstrual leave has sparked debate over whether the policy would help or hinder women in the workplace. A leaked draft of new legislation that the Spanish Cabinet
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature on Thursday agreed to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, resolving one of the thorniest disputes in state politics by raising a cap on damages for the first time in 47 years. Since 1975, the most money a
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many parents are hunting for infant formula because of a combination of short- and long-term problems that has hit most of the biggest U.S. brands. Millions of babies in the U.S. rely on formula, which is the only source of nutrition recommended for infants who aren’t
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Rebel Wilson says she didn’t really date in her twenties as she was focused on making it in Hollywood. But the 42-year-old is “now happily in a relationship.” During an appearance on the podcast “U Up?” Wilson talked about the differences between dating in Australia and dating in the US.
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SCALEA, Italy (AP) — French cyclist Arnaud Démare has beaten Caleb Ewan in a photo finish to win a second successive Giro d’Italia stage. Juan Pedro López kept hold of the leader’s pink jersey after the race’s sixth leg. Démare came from behind to edge Ewan by the smallest of margins with Mark Cavendish about
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s commercial fishing industry fell 10% in catch volume and 15% in value during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the 2020 haul of fish was 8.4 billion pounds, while the value of that catch was
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Manhattan rents just hit an all-time high — again. For the third straight month, rents have reached new record highs. The monthly rent paid by a tenant for a condo or coop in Manhattan was $3,870 in April, up 39% from a year earlier, according to a report from the
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says midfielder Fabinho will miss the FA Cup final on Saturday but has a chance of playing in the Champions League final on May 28. The Brazil international was forced off with a hamstring problem in the 2-1 win at Aston Villa in the Premier League on
Continue ReadingBy Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story ATASCOCITA, Texas (KTRK) — There’s an urgent search for a man who’s wanted in his wife’s murder in northeast Harris County. Leonardo Pimental-Lopez, 27, is accused of stabbing his wife, 21-year-old Nelaine Castellano, to death at a home in the 17500 block of Holroyd near
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies are leading stocks broadly lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday after investors received another dire readout on inflation. The S&P 500 was down 1.1% as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 417 points,
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