By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Denis Wang says he always hated the car-buying process — until he met Rivian. Buying the automaker’s R1T electric pickup was so wonderful that he says he drove 45 minutes to Rivian’s Irvine, California, office to take the Rivian employee who shepherded him through his purchase out for coffee. (Rivian
Continue ReadingBy KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KCTV) — The 21-year-old sister of a 12-year-old who was killed in a shooting that occurred April 14, 2021, was convicted Wednesday of one count of involuntary manslaughter. Brooke Johnson, 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, was convicted of the severity level 5 felony
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week, topping 7% for the first time since 2002. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.08% in the week ending October 27, up from 6.94% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate stood at 3.14%. The last time the
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke Thousands of Instagram users reported issues with accessing the platform on Monday morning. Approximately 7,000 users reported the app was down around 10:15 a.m. ET, according to outage-tracking site Down Detector. After about 45 minutes, however, the number of reports had dipped noticeably. Instagram said in a tweet Monday that it
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Mostafa Salem, Mia Albert, Celine Alkhaldi and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Israel and Lebanon finalized an agreement defining their maritime borders in the Mediterranean on Thursday, President Joe Biden announced on Twitter, inking a United States-brokered deal at the United Nations mission on the land border between the countries. The signing ceremony officially
Continue ReadingBy KCAL Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Nearly a year and a half later the explosion, the strip in South L.A. has turned into a ghost town with streets still blocked off, homes still boarded up and a single police car providing security for those that still remain.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street with the notable exception of Facebook’s parent company. Meta Platforms lost another one-quarter of its value after reporting a second straight quarter of revenue decline amid falling advertising sales and stiff competition from TikTok. That followed weak earnings reports from Google’s parent company,
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk tells advertisers he’s buying Twitter to “help humanity” and won’t let it become “free-for-all hellscape.”
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Lisa Respers France, CNN Fresh on the heels of breaking chart records, Taylor Swift has announced a new tour. The US leg of “The Eras Tour” kicks off in the spring. “I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hughes Click here for updates on this story DOWNINGTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a mother who is wanted for abducting her 6-year-old daughter in Chester County. Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert after the little girl was taken outside an elementary school on Tuesday. “None of
Continue ReadingBy Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story KINGSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The latest group of guests to check into a Kingston hotel has the rest of the community scrambling to accommodate their stay. Almost overnight, the property off Route 3 became home to many migrants. The town administrator said the only warning
Continue ReadingBy James Felton Click here for updates on this story Bay City, Michigan (WNEM) — Jenna Dean’s quiet Tuesday night ended abruptly. “My husband and I were going to bed. It was around 9:15. And we heard like a super loud crash,” said Dean, of Bay City. That took place across the street. “That was
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW County, Michigan (WNEM) — A car caught fire Wednesday evening in the drive-thru of the QDOBA restaurant on Bay Road in Saginaw County’s Kochville Township as the passengers were pulling up to order food. “We moved fast. We got everybody out as fast as
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un sheriff del oeste de Iowa dice que las autoridades locales, estatales y federales están “investigando activamente” en una zona rural donde una mujer afirmó que su difunto padre se deshizo de docenas de cuerpos de personas que mató hace décadas. “Estamos investigando activamente esto, ¿y quién no lo haría?”,
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Hunting down your enemies on the bustling streets of Amsterdam, along the U.S.-Mexico border or in a Middle Eastern fishing village is just part of the intense action in the latest Call of Duty video game. The Friday release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues a nearly
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By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian police say they are deporting three Swedish citizens who violated their visas by trying to convert people to Christianity in India’s remote northeast region. Police say the three were picked up Wednesday in Assam state and fined $500 each for violating the terms of their
Continue Reading WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A young man who killed a family in a high-speed crash after ingesting household dust cleaner has been convicted of vehicular homicide. The family was visiting Florida from Mexico and Argentina. Paul Streater was in rehab for drug use at the time. Prosecutors said he was driving while on
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new study shows TV is making progress in creating diverse shows that are being embraced by viewers. But the study from the University of California, Los Angeles, also found the TV industry is falling short of equality when it comes to production spending. According
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CNN By Melissa Alonso and Amy Simonson, CNN An Arkansas man is in the hospital — but expected to recover — after he was engulfed by a fireball when he was tased by state police while wearing a backpack with a gallon of gasoline inside, according to a news release from Arkansas State Police. Around
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank piled on another outsized interest rate hike aimed at squelching out-of-control inflation, increasing rates Thursday at the fastest pace in the euro currency’s history and raising questions about how far the bank intends to go with the threat of recession looming
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