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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is tumbling Wednesday on worries about how badly corporate profits will get hit by a slowing economy following a mixed set of earnings reports and forecasts from Microsoft and others. The S&P 500 was 1.5% lower in morning trading, on pace for a
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CNN, WTVR, WJLA By Athena Jones, Kirsten Appleton and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any “division-wide effort to withhold recognition,” as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that it can adjudicate cases brought by the Netherlands and Ukraine against Russia for alleged rights violations in eastern Ukraine in 2014, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Wednesday’s ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of
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LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds added another American to its coaching staff on Wednesday by hiring former United States midfielder Chris Armas to be an assistant to compatriot Jesse Marsch. Armas was Marsch’s assistant at New York Red Bulls from 2015-18 before becoming head coach when Marsch moved to German team Leipzig. The 50-year-old Armas
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN The rotation of Earth‘s inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests. The Earth is formed of the crust, the mantle and the inner and outer cores. The solid inner core is situated about 3,200 miles below the Earth’s crust and is separated from
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The economic outlook has brightened in Europe’s largest economy. The German government on Wednesday raised its estimate for growth next year to an 0.2% expansion from a 0.4% contraction as the country manages its energy divorce from Russia and shells out support for consumers and
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces say they have conducted an organized retreat from a town in the eastern region of the Donbas, handing the Kremlin’s forces a rare but modest battlefield triumph after a series of setbacks in the invasion that began almost 11 months ago. A Ukrainian military
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CNNEE (CNN Español) — En México, la opinión pública sigue con mucho interés el juicio iniciado en Estados Unidos contra Genaro García Luna. El exsecretario de Seguridad Pública es acusado de corrupción y narcotráfico. Hay expectativa ante las posibles revelaciones de información que surjan durante el proceso y cuyos alcances e implicaciones aún se desconocen.
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Jalen Hurts, Justin Jefferson and Patrick Mahomes are finalists for The Associated Press 2022 NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards. The winners will be announced at NFL Honors on Feb. 9. A nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN Just two episodes of HBO’s “The Last of Us” have aired so far. But it has become so popular in only two weeks that one of its stars, Bella Ramsey, already thinks a second season of the show is “likely.” “If people keep watching the show then it’s down to the
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization. The Moscow City Court on Wednesday sustained the petition of Russia’s Justice Ministry to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group. The ministry has accused the organization of violating its legal registration in Moscow by working on human rights cases
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hauser and Angela Fritz, CNN An iceberg nearly the size of Greater London broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday according to the British Antarctic Survey. Scientists first discovered significant cracks in the ice shelf a decade ago, but in the last two years there have been two major breaks.
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England went on strike Wednesday, the first time employees of the US tech giant have walked out in the country. About 300 of 1,000 workers at the Coventry fulfillment center are protesting Amazon’s 5% pay increase last year, which is well below the rise
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN With its popularity soaring and games increasingly moving to online platforms, chess appears to be ushering in a new era. The increase in interest has culminated in the launch of a revamped online competition which will be the richest chess circuit in the game’s history. This year’s Champions Chess Tour will
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Steeet on worries about corporate profits following a mixed set of earnings reports and forecasts from Microsoft and others. The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in early trading Wednesday, on pace for a second step down after reaching its highest level in seven weeks on
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes will be the old man among the starting quarterbacks in the conference title games. The 27-year-old All-Pro for Kansas City is the oldest member of one of the youngest groups of starting quarterbacks to make it to this round. The other three scheduled starting QBs on
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A mild day today but tomorrow we’ll see those gusty Northeasterly winds and be slightly cooler, too. A High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory will be in place through 10 p.m. tomorrow evening due to those winds. Winds wrapping around a ridge of high pressure will increase starting overnight tonight, and peak in the morning
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Four people who were attending the Australian Open were questioned by Victoria Police after they “revealed inappropriate flags and symbols and threatened security guards,” a Tennis Australia spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday. “Four people in the crowd leaving the stadium revealed inappropriate flags and symbols and threatened security
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly and Kristen Holmes, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden jumped on news of classified documents being found in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, with both viewing it as a helpful defense in their own documents investigations. Biden’s team
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 4% more fourth-quarter profit even though the number of shipments it hauled dipped slightly because it collected more surcharges for higher fuel prices and raised the rates it charges. The Atlanta-based railroad said it earned $790 million, or $3.42 per share.
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