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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Markets plunged on Thursday morning after red-hot inflation data raised fears on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking interest rates aggressively. Then, something strange happened. Stocks staged a massive comeback. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,500 points from peak to trough and the S&P 500 posted
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FIND Food Bank is trying to educate the public about CalFresh to help get people signed up and access more food options. While the FIND Food Bank’s mobile food markets help get food into people’s fridges, CalFresh is a program also available to help with that. CalFresh is a supplemental nutrition program formerly known as
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MADRID (AP) — European Union police agency Europol says Spanish police have dismantled an organized crime group believed to have been running Europe’s biggest “narco-bank,” used to launder the proceeds from drug trafficking. Europol says the group, composed mainly of Syrians, operated out of a Spanish town and provided financial services to gangs linked to
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By MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s military has carried out an arrest raid Friday in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and killed two Palestinians in gun battles. In the evening, the military said it killed a Palestinian who shot and wounded a civilian near a
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The shooter who killed five people along a walking trail in North Carolina’s capital city is a 15-year-old boy who has been hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday. Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson told reporters that the suspect opened fire Thursday on
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Western sanctions have sharply curtailed Russia’s ability to replenish the munitions it is using in Ukraine, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, forcing Moscow to task its intelligence services with finding ways to evade restrictions and procure the critical technology and parts to
Continue ReadingCNN Lisa Morrow, CNN A rich palette of shimmering caramel swirls, ochers, creams and pinks unfolds across the landscape like an enormous handwoven carpet. Stands of poplars line paths carved by ancient lava flows from three now extinct volcanoes, crisscrossing valleys studded with conical peribacı. This is Cappadocia, central Turkey, famous for its whimsical “fairy
Continue ReadingLisa Morrow, CNN A rich palette of shimmering caramel swirls, ochers, creams and pinks unfolds across the landscape like an enormous handwoven carpet. Stands of poplars line paths carved by ancient lava flows from three now extinct volcanoes, crisscrossing valleys studded with conical peribacı. This is Cappadocia, central Turkey, famous for its whimsical “fairy chimneys,”
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An area of low pressure that is ushering more moisture into Southern California is generating showers and thunderstorms across the mountains and deserts. The primary concern is heavy rain that could lead to runoff flooding in low-lying areas, including desert roadways. A Flood Watch has been issued from 8:00 a.m. Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Sunday
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In the past two months, Apple, Google and Samsung have all unveiled their newest smartphones and other devices with the goal of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the holidays. But in the process, these and other companies may also be adding to a growing problem: electronic waste. The
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In the past two months, Apple, Google and Samsung have all unveiled their newest smartphones and other devices with the goal of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the holidays. But in the process, these and other companies may also be adding to a growing problem: electronic waste. The limited
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — NASA’s James Webb Space telescope picked up an unusual photo in the night sky. From just over 5,000 light-years from Earth, researchers saw at least 17 dust rings around a pair of stars. The duo is known as Wolf-Rayet 140, which
Continue ReadingBy Daniele Hamamdjian Click here for updates on this story LONDON (CTV Network) — With martial law still in place in Ukraine, civilian men are only allowed to travel for exceptional reasons and one has been offered by the United Kingdom: its armed forces are training Ukrainian men and turning them into combat-ready soldiers. The
Continue Reading WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Two Ukrainians who documented the horrors of the Russian invasion and siege of Mariupol for The Associated Press are being honored with Colby College’s Lovejoy Award in Maine. Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka continued reporting as the last international journalists in Mariupol, an industrial city on the Sea of Azov. They
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — France’s foreign minister has urged Lebanon’s political leadership to swiftly elect a new president and warned that a political vacuum could plunge the Mediterranean country into a deeper crisis. The country’s divided parliament has twice failed to elect a new president to succeed President Michel Aoun, whose
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Two of the nation’s largest grocers have agreed to merge in a deal that would help them better compete with Walmart, Amazon and other major companies that have stepped into the grocery business. Kroger on Friday bid $20 billion for Albertsons. Kroger will also assume $4.7 billion of Albertsons’
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CNN, WFSB, NEWS 12 CONNECTICUT, INC. By Holly Yan and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A man who authorities say lured officers to a deadly attack fired over 80 rounds at police before he was killed by a wounded officer, the Connecticut inspector general’s office said. Bristol police Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy were responding
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wells Fargo easily beat Wall Street’s third-quarter revenue forecasts as higher interest rates helped offset a steep decline in home lending. The nation’s biggest mortgage lender brought in $19.5 billion in revenue for the period, thanks to $12.1 billion in net interest income, a 36% increase
Continue ReadingChristian Edwards and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Two anti-fossil fuel protesters who were filmed throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in a London gallery Friday have been charged with criminal damage offenses. The two young women from the campaign group Just Stop Oil threw the contents of two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton laughs at the idea that she is some sort of secret philanthropist. Sure, social media sleuths did piece together this week that the country superstar had been quietly paying for the band uniforms of many Tennessee high schools for years. And yes, it
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