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CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — One person is dead and another wounded after a shooting Wednesday at an Amazon Flex facility in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, authorities said. Police said the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday when someone who was not an Amazon employee came onto the warehouse’s premises and shot a contracted worker
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Whether increased regulation would have prevented the spectacular collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX was fiercely debated at a hearing of the Senate’s banking committee Wednesday. However, new legislation is potentially on the way. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced at the hearing bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on cryptocurrencies being
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Cohen’s New York Mets are on track to shatter spending records in his third season as owner, boosting payroll to about $350 million for purposes of the luxury tax and poised to pay a penalty of about $80 million. New York added starters Justin
Continue ReadingBy BY CBSBOSTON.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story HUDSON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A firefighter saved a priceless treasure from a home in New Hampshire last month. Lt. Scott Savard with the Windham Fire Department pulled an American flag from the MacGillivary family’s burning home in Hudson on November 14. It turns
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks turned lower on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose in afternoon trading Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate and signaled more hikes ahead. As expected, the central bank raised its key short-term rate by 0.50 percentage points, marking its seventh
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government regulators charged eight social media influencers in a $100 million fraud scheme in which they’re accused of promoting exchange-traded stocks, then selling their shares when prices rose. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that since at least early 2020, seven of the influencers
Continue ReadingBy CBS New York Team Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Two sailors and their dog from New Jersey who were stranded at sea for 10 days are now headed home. They were traveling from Cape May to Florida when they ran out of fuel and power. The men were
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first 11 months of the year — indicates 2022 will see fewer deaths than the previous two COVID-19 pandemic years.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come. But it announced a smaller hike than it had in its past four meetings at a time when inflation is
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come. But it announced a smaller hike than it had in its past four meetings at a time when inflation is
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Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss has died from suicide, leaving behind three children and a wife. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Boss’ wife, Allison Holker Boss, 34, confirms exclusively in a statement to PEOPLE. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family,
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years after receiving it, New York University publicized a $100 million gift from the hedge fund leader John Paulson. The gift supported the construction of a now mostly-complete building that will also be named after Paulson, who made a fortune shorting the subprime housing crisis.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years after receiving it, New York University publicized a $100 million gift from the hedge fund leader John Paulson. The gift supported the construction of a now mostly-complete building that will also be named after Paulson, who made a fortune shorting the subprime housing crisis. Construction on the building started
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer An investigation commissioned by the National Women’s Soccer League and its players union found “widespread misconduct” directed at players dating back to the beginnings nearly a decade ago of the league. A report detailing the results of the year-long investigation was published Wednesday, a little over two months
Continue Reading By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has banned the popular social media app TikTok from devices owned by the state government’s executive branch, joining several other Republican governors who have done so citing the platform’s Chinese ownership and growing national security worries. Burgum announced the executive order
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come. But the Fed announced a smaller hike than it had in its past four meetings at a time when inflation is showing signs
Continue Reading By SOPHIE AUSTIN and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s committee to study reparations for African Americans was meeting in Oakland Wednesday to discuss what could be done to mitigate the generational harm of slavery and discrimination, and who would receive possible payments. The first-in-the-nation task force previously voted to
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new government declared a national emergency Wednesday as it struggled to calm violent protests over President Pedro Castillo’s ouster, suspending the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation for 30 days. Acts of vandalism, violence and highway blockades as thousands of
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Say goodbye to virtual wine tastings, and bust out the karaoke. Love them or hate them, company holiday parties are back — in a toned-down kind of way. After more than two years of working in pajama bottoms and clinking glasses over Zoom, many office
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region Wednesday as their air defense system destroyed 13 explosive-laden drones, although wreckage damaged five buildings, without causing casualties. The attempted strikes underlined how vulnerable Ukraine’s capital remains to the
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