By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — While genealogical DNA tests may be marketed as harmless and exciting way for people to learn more about their ancestral heritage, one Canadian researcher says there needs to be more support for those who receive unexpected results that have potential to
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors cheered a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other retailers. The S&P 500 rose 1.8% as of 3:27 p.m. Eastern and is solidly in the green for
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says a new U.S.-backed economic pact is further proof of how important and relevant Asia is today. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced earlier this week that 13 countries have joined the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. It’s a new trade pact that will
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN | Teele Rebane, CNN For almost 25 years, the soaring “Pillar of Shame” stood on the University of Hong Kong (HKU) campus to honor victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The school’s controversial decision to pull the statue down last December signaled a major blow to freedom of expression in the
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates fell for a second consecutive week, but still remain above 5%. The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.10% in the week ending May 26, down from 5.25% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is still well above the 2.95% average from this time last year. “Mortgage rates
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urielblanco (CNN) — “Una vez más” (“Again”). Ese fue el titular de la primera página del Dallas Morning News este miércoles por la mañana, después de que 19 niños y dos profesores fueran asesinados por un hombre armado de 18 años en Texas. “Ella murió tratando de salvar a sus compañeros”: lo que sabemos de
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers’ return to occasion dressing helped to power Macy’s fiscal first-quarter results. The department store chain raised its annual earnings outlook even as surging inflation is crimping Americans’ budgets. The results announced Thursday was among the few bright spots in a pile of reports from
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company VMware, one of the biggest deals of the year despite an environment of rising inflation and economic uncertainty. The proposed deal comes just weeks after billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered
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CNN, KABB, WOAI By Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN We may never know why a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers in a massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. But as the nation mourns 21 lives lost, more details are emerging about the shooting and the investigation,
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN The 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not confronted by police before he entered the school, a Texas law enforcement official said Thursday, contradicting earlier comments from authorities and raising further questions about the police response to
Continue Reading CNN By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. “It’s going to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening solidly in the green on Wall Street as investors applaud a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other retailers. The better-than-expected reports helped allay investors’ worries about the sector, which took big losses last week after Target and Walmart reported dismal results. Macy’s and a few
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its slowest quarter yet as its online services and e-commerce businesses took a hit amid COVID-19 lockdowns across China. Revenue increased 9% to 204.05 billion yuan ($30.3 billion) in the three months ended
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Millions of students who participated in virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic had their personal data and online behaviors tracked by educational apps and websites without their consent and in many cases shared with third-party advertising technology companies, a new report has found. Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed hopes for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war as dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town of Davos. Both came on the last day of the World Economic Forum’s meeting of global elites. It ended Thursday
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Look At Me: XXXTENTACION” tries to thread a needle, celebrating the talent of the late musical star, who was murdered at age 20, and addressing his mental-health issues while acknowledging allegations of domestic violence. Produced by his mother and his manager, the result is an awkward construct that doesn’t overlook
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Korean pop supergroup BTS is set to meet President Joe Biden on Tuesday, the White House announced, a visit aimed at discussing Asian inclusion and representation and addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation. The Grammy-nominated boyband’s visit comes days after Biden returned from his first trip to Asia as president, which
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