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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that existing home sales fell 5.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has given the green light to a new nuclear power station that’s expected to generate enough low-carbon electricity to power 6 million homes. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said development consent was granted for the building of the plant, called Sizewell C, on eastern England’s Suffolk coast. French energy company EDF,
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By LORI HINNANT, CARA ANNA, VASILISA STEPANENKO and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press NARVA, Estonia (AP) — For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Russian forces had bombed the orphanage where he worked, and he was huddling with dozens
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump. The two will hold dueling events in Arizona on Friday as they stump for rival candidates who offer dramatically different visions of the Republican Party in a critical
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump. The two will hold dueling events in Arizona on Friday as they stump for rival candidates who offer dramatically different visions of the Republican Party in a critical
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street, a day after the market logged its biggest gain in more than three weeks. The S&P 500 was little changed after the first few minutes of trading Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%. Gains for several big
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street, a day after the market logged its biggest gain in more than three weeks. The S&P 500 was little changed after the first few minutes of trading Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%. Gains for several big
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Shell-shocked family pets started roaming around Ukraine’s capital with nowhere to go in the opening stages of Russia’s war. Volunteers opened a shelter to take them in and try to find them new homes or at least some human companionship. Every day, Kyiv residents come to
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN When Jane Gilbert was appointed last summer as Miami-Dade County’s first “chief heat officer” — and the first in the country — she was charged with a seemingly impossible task: raise the public’s awareness about the dangers of extreme heat to the same level as hurricanes. Gilbert said most of Miami’s
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Macao’s casinos have been bleeding hundreds of millions of dollars a month during the pandemic. Now a prolonged lockdown is adding more uncertainty for players in the world’s largest gambling hub. Since last week, Macao has been under strict stay-home orders as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN There’s an understandably strong sentimental streak running through “Dickie V.,” a documentary tribute to ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, as he deals with his mortality after being sidelined by cancer. Yet the lack of depth about Vitale’s influence over how college basketball is covered, to use his parlance, prevents this from
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Bieber will be resuming his tour after being diagnosed with an illness which left him with partial facial paralysis. “Justin Bieber RESUMES WORLD TOUR!!!” AEG Presents UK tweeted Monday. “Starting a run of European festivals in Italy on 31st July, then continue across South America, South Africa, The Middle
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Cost cutting helped Biogen beat second-quarter expectations soundly even as revenue slid and sales of the drugmaker’s controversial Alzheimer’s treatment collapsed. Aduhelm, a drug once expected to generate billions in annual sales, brought in only $100,000 in the quarter. That’s down from the $1.6 million in sales it recorded
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un camarógrafo se convirtió en una estrella involuntaria de la carrera de obstáculos de 3.000 metros de esta semana en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo, al salir a la pista mientras los competidores pasaban corriendo. Los 15 atletas se vieron obligados a esquivar al camarógrafo quien, de espaldas a los
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Six of the 13 Turpin family children have filed a lawsuit against Riverside County. They escaped their abusive parent’s Perris home in western Riverside County in 2018. “Our clients are telling us that what happened in this foster family, in many instances was worse,” said Elan Zektser, attorney with Oakwood Legal Group, representing the Turpin siblings.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street futures pointed toward a lower open before the bell on Wednesday, one day after rallying to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3%, as did futures for the S&P 500.
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN and MARÍA VERZA The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is putting pressure on Mexico over energy policies that Washington says unfairly favor Mexico’s state-owned electricity and oil companies over American competitors and clean-energy suppliers. Among the specific issues in dispute is an amendment to Mexican law last year that
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has given Novavax approval for its two-dose vaccine series for adults. The vaccine is going to be available for those 18 years old and older. It is now the fourth coronavirus vaccine being made available in the United States. The CDC said the vaccine will be available
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Bruce Willis revisited the site of one of his most famous films. The actor’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, posted a video on her verified Instagram account recently that showed her husband visiting Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, which was the setting for Nakatomi Plaza in his now iconic 1988 film,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las enfermedades relacionadas con el calor son lo más importante hoy en día para muchas personas en todo el mundo que no están acostumbradas a lidiar con el calor extremo. Cuando la temperatura del cuerpo aumenta más rápido de lo que puede enfriarse por sí mismo, se pueden producir daños
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