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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving broadly lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday, led by drops in big technology companies and erasing the S&P 500′s gains for the week. The S&P 500 slipped 1.1% as of 12:03 p.m. Eastern. Trading has been choppy throughout the
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman Big changes are coming to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary as the nation’s lead public health agency. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky met with senior leadership at the agency this morning to lay out her plans for overhauling how the agency works.
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macamilarincon (CNN) — La llamada al 911 sobre el accidente de la actriz Anne Heche comienza con una observación estremecedora: “Un auto acaba de atravesar la casa de mi vecina”. Anne Heche, estrella de ‘Wag the Dog’ y ‘Donnie Brasco’, muere a los 53 años Heche se estrelló en su Mini Cooper azul contra una
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization is expected to plead guilty Thursday to a 15-year tax fraud scheme, and he is willing to testify in a possible future trial but will not enter into a cooperation agreement to aid New York prosecutors in their criminal investigation of the
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Imperial Irrigation District says power is back on for 725 customers in parts of Indio and Coachella. The outage was first reported by IID before 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. The areas affected were on the streets of San Mateo Avenue, Mecca Hills Avenue, Dillon Road, Charlton Peak Street, Van Buren Street, Phoenix Street, as well as
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Derwin James has agreed to a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press, making him the NFL’s highest-paid safety. The deal includes $42 million in guaranteed salary, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden was feeling “a bit better” on Wednesday morning as she continues to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander told CNN. Biden tested positive Monday evening for Covid-19 after feeling unwell. Alexander said Biden’s “cold-like symptoms” remain, despite the uptick in her
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community. It has pitched a few who are denouncing the violence against fervent followers of the Iran-backed Shiite militant Hezbollah group who have praised the attack. One Rushdie defender has received death threats.
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Early in the pandemic, people couldn’t get enough pizza. Now, not so much. Papa Johns’ sales are still up, but growth is slowing. In the second quarter, sales at its North American restaurants open at least a year grew just under 1%, down from 5% in the the same period
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Weeks after Airbnb said it would permanently ban parties at properties rented through its platform, the company is deploying so-called “anti-party technology” in the United States and Canada to help enforce the measure. The new system analyzes a variety of factors, according to a company announcement Tuesday, including previous reviews,
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. In part,
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. In part,
Continue ReadingCNN By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would give “due consideration” to any formal invitation to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, while hinting at potential executive privilege issues. Pence made the remarks during a Q&A after a speech
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hermit who was evicted from New Hampshire property on which he had lived for nearly three decades has found a new home in Maine. Eighty-two-year-old David Lidstone has put in windows and is working on installing a chimney on his rustic three-room cabin. He said
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Comienza el Mundial de Qatar con la participación, por primera vez, de 32 selecciones y 64 partidos que se podrán disfrutar en todos los rincones del mundo. Argentina – Francia en vivo, final del Mundial de Qatar: resultado, goles y más Las transmisiones de los partidos del Mundial de
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo will hold high-level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans. Russia has been trying to further increase its influence in the region amid the war in Ukraine. Hopes that the rare face-to-face meeting
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After another active day of storms, the dew point and relative humidity values are lower today, but the threat of mountain and high desert thunderstorms remains. The chances are lower, but not zero. Highs hit 110 yesterday and for the next couple of days we’ll be close to that. Humidity increases on Friday and into
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A UK court has sentenced Queen Elizabeth II‘s stunt double to 18 months in prison after he threw his girlfriend down a staircase and shattered her shoulder. Gary Connery was convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, a spokesman for the court told CNN on
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has arrived at the launchpad — and this time, it’s for liftoff on a journey around the moon. Engineers and technicians have been busy with checkouts and final testing of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s
Continue Reading By WILFREDO LEE Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs. The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a
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