By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — As parts of rural Nevada plan to count ballots by hand amid misinformation about voting machines, the Nevada secretary of state’s office on Friday approved regulations for counties to hand count votes starting as soon as this fall’s midterm elections. But the revised regulations
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall Street’s hopes that it may soon ease up on high interest rates in its effort to tame inflation. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Shia LaBeouf dice que dio un giro hacia el catolicismo después de un período oscuro en su vida. El actor, que fue criado dentro de las tradiciones judía y cristiana, conversó con el obispo Robert Barron de los Ministerios Católicos Word on Fire para hablar de cómo su fe le ha
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los investigadores del Servicio Secreto de EE.UU. incautaron US$ 286 millones en fondos de ayuda para la pandemia de coronavirus obtenidos ilegalmente, según anunció la agencia este viernes. Una investigación llevada a cabo por la oficina de campo del servicio en Orlando, Florida determinó que los conspiradores presentaron solicitudes de préstamos
Continue Reading BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A man with a long gun was arrested at the Mall of America in what mall officials said was an armed robbery attempt, just three weeks after the mall was locked down after shots were fired near a store. The mall said in a statement that security “immediately became aware of
Continue ReadingCNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Two summer staples — hot dogs and popsicles — are coming together. For whatever reason. Oscar Mayer is selling its first-ever “Cold Dog,” a frozen pop that tastes like the brand’s hot weiner that allegedly boasts “both refreshing and smokey, umami notes” of a hot dog and topped with
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By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday kept in place a Jim Crow-era voting restriction in Mississippi’s constitution that removes voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, ruling that the provision was created with racist intent — but no longer operates in a racist manner in the state. Section
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By MARCY GORDON and JOE MCDONALD AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and China have reached a preliminary agreement allowing U.S. regulators to inspect the audits of China-based companies whose stocks are traded on U.S. exchanges. In a long-festering dispute, U.S. regulators have threatened to boot a number of Chinese companies off U.S.
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks ended sharply lower after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall Street’s hopes that it may soon ease up on rate hikes in its effort to tame inflation. The S&P 500 lost 3.4% Friday, its biggest drop in two months, after Jerome Powell said the Fed will likely need to
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge who ruled that a voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law changes and expanding voting access qualified for the ballot revised his decision Friday and said the Free and Fair Elections Act did not make the ballot. The new decision is being appealed to
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge who ruled that a voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law changes and expanding voting access qualified for the ballot revised his decision Friday and said the Free and Fair Elections Act did not make the ballot. The new decision is being appealed to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Dell, Marvell fall; Workday, Farfetch rise.
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ending sharply lower after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall Street’s hopes that it may soon ease up on rate hikes in its effort to tame inflation. The S&P 500 lost 3.4% Friday, its biggest
Continue ReadingBy Karol Suarez, CNN The families of the ten miners trapped underground in Mexico since early August have rejected a new rescue strategy proposed by the government, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday. The proposal, which entailed tunneling underground, was rejected on the basis of how time-consuming it would be, Lopez Obrador
Continue ReadingBy Naomi Thomas, CNN Older heart disease patients who took a combination “polypill” made up of three different medications had a lower risk of major cardiovascular events, according to a new study published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Spain. Study authors led
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando Brad Pitt llegó al estreno de su nueva película “Bullet Train” el mes pasado, su traje de lino fue noticia en todas partes, o al menos parte de él. El actor, conocido por sus papeles hipermasculinos en películas como “Fight Club” y “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, completó su
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will consider Patricia Guerrero to become the state Supreme Court’s 29th chief justice in November after the state’s Commission on Judicial Appointments on Friday approved her nomination. Gov. Gavin Newsom picked Guerrero to be the first Latina to serve as California’s chief justice, after
Continue ReadingBy Katrenia Busch Click here for updates on this story SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A man who was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree and furnishing alcohol to a minor has been sentenced, according to Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Office. A jury found Remon Humphrey guilty on both charges on July 20.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica and Michael Warren, CNN Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters attempted to tone down his position on abortion Thursday, scrubbing his website of his support of a “federal personhood law” and a host of other strict anti-abortion positions while releasing a video in which the Republican nominee took a softer stance on the
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN The US State Department has asked Russia to release American citizen Marc Fogel on humanitarian grounds, his family and his lawyer told CNN. His legal team believes the request was made because of his age and his health condition, though the State Department did not provide them with details about the
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