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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has begun adding gray “official” labels to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul of the platform’s verification system. Media sites like The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street
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By Ivana Kottasová, Allegra Goodwin, Eve Brennan, Ingrid Formanek and Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry announced a new, controversial plan Wednesday to raise cash for climate action in the developing world — by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions. Speaking at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt,
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as results continued to come in for midterm elections and it was still too early to tell whether Republicans will win control of one or both houses of Congress. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% as
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Allegra Goodwin, Eve Brennan, Ingrid Formanek and Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry announced a new, controversial plan Wednesday to raise cash for climate action in the developing world — by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions. Speaking at the COP27 climate summit in
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen and sex trafficking victim who killed a man she said raped her multiple times, is back in custody following her escape from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis, 18, was arrested just days after she
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The White House believes that the press has “egg on their faces, yet again.” That’s according to a White House official who spoke candidly with CNN on Wednesday about the media’s “red wave” narrative that wasn’t. Heading into Tuesday, the dominant narrative in the press — especially right-wing media
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street was betting on a red wave in the midterm elections Tuesday. But it appears that didn’t happen. And investors saw red on their trading screens Wednesday. Stocks ended the day broadly lower, with the Dow plunging more than 645 points, or 2%. Merck was the only
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ryan Murphy says he now would have handled the death of “Glee” star Cory Monteith differently. In a conversation on the podcast “And That’s What You REALLY Missed” released this week, Murphy said he regretted doing a tribute episode of the show so soon after Monteith, who played Finn Hudson,
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes in Syria along the border with Iraq have targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties. Two paramilitary officers in Iraq said some of those killed in the attack were Iranian nationals. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind the late Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — What does election day look like through the eyes of a child? A group of kids from The Morgan Oliver School in Atlanta, might not be old enough to vote yet but they tell Atlanta News First Reporter Sawyer Buccy, they
Continue Reading By FREIDA FRISARO and DANICA COTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm, which could strengthen to a rare November hurricane. “We are forecasting it to become a hurricane as it
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will win a first full term in office, CNN projects, defeating Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and making history as the first elected female governor of New York. Hochul’s victory keeps New York Democrats on track to maintain their now nearly two-decade-old winning streak in statewide
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is planning to provide Ukraine with around 18 billion euros in financial aid next year to help the war-ravaged country keep its energy and health care facilities running, and to fund salaries and pension schemes. The European Commission said Wednesday that the aid would
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Calvin Jordan’s family is filled with relatives who answered the nation’s call for military service. Jordan himself served in the U.S. Army and fought in 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War. “We dropped Agent Orange,” the 73-year-old recalled. The
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station Wednesday morning, despite making its two-day trek through space with only one functioning solar panel. US defense contractor Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, which was carrying 8,200 pounds of science experiments and supplies for the astronauts on board the ISS, lifted
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step. The Kentucky result bucked the state’s Republican-led
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step. The Kentucky result bucked the state’s Republican-led
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — A reactor at a nuclear plant in southern Sweden has unexpectedly shut down after suffering a fault in its turbine. A plant spokesperson told Swedish broadcaster SVT on Wednesday that the reactor at the Oskarshamn plant was disconnected from the power grid and troubleshooting is in progress. No radiation leaks or other
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s performance with in-person and absentee votes in Philadelphia and in suburban Delaware County proved too much for Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz to overcome. Because most of the votes still coming in were from places Fetterman was winning, that meant most of
Continue ReadingBy Dylan Fearon Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Nurses at Saint Francis Hospital are begging for help. We’ve received more than a dozen calls in our newsroom from people who say they are current or former nurses. They claim the working conditions are unacceptable and the hospital has major
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