By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 23 declined
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter illegal behavior in the financial industry, saying some companies have gotten so big that the money makes little difference. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rohit Chopra signaled
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– La economía de Estados Unidos se contrajo nuevamente en el segundo trimestre, informó este jueves la Oficina de Análisis Económico. El producto interno bruto (PIB), un indicador de gran alcance sobre la actividad económica, cayó un 0,9% sobre una base anualizada de abril a junio. Esa reducción marca un umbral clave para
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democratic leadership will announce legislation next month that would ban lawmakers, their spouses and senior staff from trading stocks, a source familiar with the plan tells CNN. The proposal would force lawmakers to choose between putting their stocks in a qualified blind trust or completely divesting their investment portfolios. The
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — Micronesians and other Pacific Islanders were hit especially hard by COVID-19 in Hawaii. And now many of them are worried about their families back home in the Federated States of Micronesia. “You know we’ve seen how influenza and all those other diseases
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN With two first-time Emmy nominations for her roles in “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” Sydney Sweeney is riding pretty high in Hollywood. But that doesn’t mean she’s set for life. “If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The foreign minister of Cyprus says his government and Greece will consult with other European Union members on how to respond if Turkey tries again to drill for oil and gas in waters to which Cyprus claims exclusive rights. Turkey’s energy minister said earlier this week
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. This is the third such test that Facebook has failed. Each time, Global Witness submitted ads with blatant, violent hate speech to see if
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was speaking Thursday morning with China’s Xi Jinping, the fifth conversation of their presidencies, as the two leaders chart the future of their complicated relationship at a time of simmering economic and geopolitical tensions. The call, which began at 8:33 a.m.
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Labor organizers at a Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts will find out Thursday if there is enough support among employees to form the chain’s first union. About 80 workers at the store in Hadley were expected to cast ballots over two days, said Maeg Yosef, a union organizer who has worked at Trader Joe’s for
Continue Reading Labor organizers at a Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts will find out Thursday if there is enough support among employees to form the chain’s first union. About 80 workers at the store in Hadley were expected to cast ballots over two days, said Maeg Yosef, a union organizer who has worked at Trader Joe’s for
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness, a bipartisan achievement that will send tens of billions of dollars into American manufacturing and scientific research. The final vote was 243-187 with
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Amid Pope Francis’ “penitential” journey in Canada, Indigenous people are witnessing what the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has called “a significant gesture and a historic step to fulfilling reconciliation.” Aside from admitting the Catholic Church’s responsibility in the designation of
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s annual inflation rate has declined slightly for the second consecutive month, but July’s pace of 7.5% is still within sight of the nearly half-century high it reached in May. Inflation in Europe’s biggest economy rose 7.9% in May from a year earlier, the highest level since the early 1970s, before slipping
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By MIKE SILVERMAN For The Associated Press Lauren Pearl is giving new meaning to the term high-flying soprano. Sure, her latest venture calls for her to sing up to a high C, but plenty of operatic heroines do that. What’s different is that Pearl will be singing while scaling a 60-foot brick wall. She is
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With record-breaking delays and lost baggage claims overwhelming Canadian airports, some travellers may be hoping to lighten their loads and abandon checked bags in favour of carry-on hand luggage. However, for those who aren’t naturally light packers, moving to a streamlined
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is speaking Thursday morning with China’s Xi Jinping, the fifth conversation of their presidencies, as the two leaders chart the future of their complicated relationship at a time of simmering economic and geopolitical tensions. The call, which began at 8:33 a.m.
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 23 declined
Continue ReadingBy T.W. Starr Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — High fuel prices are impacting every part of society and business. And local public safety departments are not immune. When it comes to those higher higher fuel prices families can make adjustments on where they go, when they go or if
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and DAVID CRARY Associated Press In his extensive papal travels, Pope Francis has never journeyed farther north than Iqaluit, capital city of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut. On Friday, it will be the final stop of his somber six-day visit to Canada. It is a distinctive destination – home to about 7,500
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