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By Brian Fung, CNN The US government is poised to ban all future telecom equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese technology giants, from the American market in an expanding crackdown against perceived national security risks from China, according to a person familiar with the matter. The restrictions, outlined in a draft order by
Continue ReadingBy Erin Jones Click here for updates on this story MIDLOTHIAN, Texas (KTVT) — In Midlothian, the community is coming together to help a beloved high school football coach fighting a rare type of bladder cancer. Wednesday night, they hosted a series of fundraisers. Clif White is on oxygen and confined to a wheelchair but
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By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging sharply higher on Wall Street Thursday after erasing steep earlier losses caused by a worse-than-expected report on inflation, the latest set of corkscrew moves to rock financial markets. The S&P 500 was 2.5% higher in afternoon
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Hsu Click here for updates on this story NEWTOWN, Connecticut (WCBS) — We are coming up on 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting left more than 25 people dead, nearly all of them children. CBS2’s Cindy Hsu recently met a mother of one of the children who loved animals. She’s
Continue ReadingChristian Edwards, CNN A pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000. The jeans — found in an abandoned mine by a “denim archaeologist” — were bought by 23-year-old Kyle Hautner and Zip Stevenson, a veteran of the vintage denim
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as cost-of-living pressures mount. As many as 115,000 Royal Mail staff went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay and working conditions. It was the first of 19 days
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By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the remainder of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered,
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago. Instead, the agency issued a solicitation for the creation of a $5
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago. Instead, the agency issued a solicitation for the creation of a $5
Continue Reading By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The president of Michigan State University announced his resignation Thursday, apparently unable to fend off challenges by the school’s governing board, three years after he was hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Samuel Stanley Jr. said he has
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German federal prosecutors are taking charge of the investigation into the suspected sabotage of a railway communication system that brought trains to a standstill Saturday across northwestern Germany. The federal prosecutors office said Thursday it is taking over the probe from state investigators due to the gravity of the case. Officials said
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended decisions made during her tenure to buy natural gas from Russia. Speaking in Lisbon Thursday, Merkel said “you always act in the time you are in” and that she doesn’t regret decisions she made. She said that it was clear that Germany needed to diversify
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia would be crossing a “very important line” if it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine. His remarks Thursday came after a meeting of NATO’s secretive Nuclear Planning Group. It was held as the alliance presses ahead with plans to hold a nuclear
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for actor Kevin Spacey has tested positive for COVID-19, but the week-old civil sex abuse trial resumed Thursday with testimony from a psychologist. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said his first concern after attorney Jennifer Keller tested positive Thursday morning
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Six months after his “Hand of God” shirt broke auction records, another piece of memorabilia connected with Diego Maradona’s most famous match is expected to sell for millions. The ball used in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and England is up for auction in London on November 16 and
Continue Reading By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — In two decades of street outreach on Milwaukee’s south side, evangelical pastor Marty Calderon has offered Bible study, gang prevention, a safe place to stay for those battling addiction, and help getting jobs for those newly released from prison. But as he’s watched rising crime threaten those
Continue ReadingSonia Moghe, CNN Jennifer Keller, a lead attorney representing Kevin Spacey in the sexual misconduct lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp, has tested positive for Covid-19. Keller tested positive Thursday morning and is symptomatic, US District a judge Lewis Kaplan told the court. “I would ask that everybody at the defense table mask now,” Kaplan said.
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging higher on Wall Street Thursday after erasing steep earlier losses caused by a worse-than-expected report on inflation, the latest set of corkscrew moves to rock financial markets. The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in midday trading, a neck-snapping turn after being down
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief has rejected suggestions that the Conservative government would reverse course on economic plans that have roiled financial markets. The comments came even after Prime Minister Liz Truss faced widespread criticism from her own lawmakers during a closed-door meeting. Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng on Thursday
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region. The announcement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin came shortly after the head of
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