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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of Uber are surging before the market open Tuesday after the ride-hailing company gave a fourth-quarter forecast indicating that consumers are growing increasingly more comfortable using the service now that pandemic fears have mostly eased. Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it foresees fourth-quarter gross bookings rising 23% to
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN A Michigan Democratic congresswoman who has been endorsed by GOP Rep. Liz Cheney emphasized on Tuesday how a shared concern for a functioning democracy can unite Democrats and Republicans despite policy disagreements. In an interview on “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin said of Cheney, who is set to campaign for
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A woman who admitted to embezzling more than $276,000 will go to prison for 2½ years, a federal judge decided Monday. Elisabeth Dawn Williams, of Mobile, pleaded guilty in May to unauthorized use of business purchase cards and mail fraud. Williams
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Despite a stock-market bounce in October that gave the Dow its biggest monthly gain in more than 45 years, economists are warning that there’s a very real danger of recession in the United States. Mortgage rates are at their highest levels since 2002, consumer spending and business investment is falling
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN. Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN. Aaron Bethea says he has voted election after election for US presidents, governors and senators — and yet those lawmakers have done little to nothing to improve life for him, his family or his community. Bethea said he believes the issues he cares about,
Continue ReadingBy Christian Colón Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Seventeen dancers from the YMCA performed at a home in Plainville to gather donations for a local food bank. The dancers performed Michael Jackson’s hit song – “Thriller”. The performers say they have been rehearsing since the summer. The homeowner says
Continue ReadingCNN By Kylie Atwood, CNN Iran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more attack drones, to Russia to use in its war against Ukraine, officials from a western country that closely monitors Iran’s weapons program told CNN. The shipment is being closely monitored because it would
Continue ReadingBy Tara De Boer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Vivid documentation of an 11,000-year-old star “ghost” was captured via telescope this Halloween. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) was able to take an image of the vibrant aftermath of a massive Vela Supernova star after it exploded, even though the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — While the Canadian government and military usually don’t respond to reports of unidentified flying objects, there have been some recent exceptions, including cases where CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled. This week, the U.S. intelligence community is set to release a new
Continue ReadingBy Justina Latimer Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The owners of an animal sanctuary in Whites Creek believe the rescue turkeys stolen from the facility may have been taken for breeding purposes. “We try so hard to give these animals a good life,” Bonnie Glueck with Piccolo Farms Animal
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN He’s been trekking through wilderness areas around the world for over five decades, and veteran Black explorer J.R. Harris says his thirst for adventure is still as strong as ever. Now aged 78, Harris has visited well over 50 countries on every continent except Antarctica, exploring some of the most remote areas
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s currency has dropped to its lowest value against the dollar, as nationwide unrest and a stalemate in negotiations to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers have been weighing heavily on the rial. Traders in Tehran exchanged the rial at 338,000 to the dollar on Tuesday, up from
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed higher in premarket trading ahead of this week’s policy meeting of the Federal Reserve with most economists expecting the sixth hike this year for the central bank’s main borrowing rate. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.9% Tuesday and futures for the Dow
Continue Reading By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have revoked the licenses of two pharmaceutical companies to produce syrup-type medicines following the deaths of 159 children due to acute kidney injury. The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency says it found that the companies had changed suppliers of propylene glycol, a component of
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By Amanda Musa and Amanda Watts, CNN A New York man has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct charges in Michigan, more than 20 years after he began abusing two minors while he was involved with the Boy Scouts of America, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. Mark Chapman, 52, pleaded guilty to one count
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and STANLEY CHOE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The political fight is only getting fiercer over whether it’s financially wise or “woke” folly to consider a company’s impact on climate change, workers’ rights and other issues when making investments. Republicans from North Dakota to Texas are ramping up their criticism
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus vaccine and top third-quarter expectations. The pill treatment Paxlovid brought in $7.5 billion in sales in the quarter and has generated more than $17 billion so far this year. Sales from the vaccine Comirnaty, meanwhile,
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo has come under a lot of criticism this season and he’s clearly been listening. On Sunday, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner snubbed former teammate Gary Neville ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League match against West Ham following recent criticism from the television pundit. Neville had criticized Ronaldo’s “unacceptable” behavior
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, a much different kind of geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of miles away, a heavily-armed U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed up
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, a much different kind of geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of miles away, a heavily-armed U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed up
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