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By Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was ambushed and shot while giving four women a ride on Houston’s east side, and police say it may have been all part of a setup. It was a little after midnight Thursday when officers said they were called
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it. Inflation declined to 6.5% in December compared with a year earlier,
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers U.S. air travel has returned mostly to normal, a day after a computer system that sends safety information to pilots broke down and grounded traffic from coast to coast. By early afternoon Thursday on the East Coast, only about 100 flights had been canceled and 1,700
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN We are learning even more about the heritage of Julia Roberts. Not long ago, the internet was all abuzz about the fact that civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. had paid the hospital bill for her birth. Now comes news that there was a big secret in the “Ticket
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La canción de Shakira con Bizarrap está por todos lados y tiene a todos —medios, seguidores, usuarios en redes sociales— mirándola con lupa por la gran cantidad de referencias que hace la colombiana en su más reciente canción tras la ruptura con su expareja, el exfutbolista Gerald Piqué. Y no
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — The European Union is thinking about injecting more subsidies into its industry to counter U.S. efforts to ramp up its green technologies sector. But fears are only increasing that the continent’s giant countries will profit at the cost of the small member states.
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discrimination by refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in the largest redlining settlement in history. City National is the latest
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discrimination by refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in the largest redlining settlement in history. City National is the latest
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Add Burning Man to the list of plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of “green energy” projects in the works in Nevada. Lithium mines aimed at boosting production of electric vehicle batteries and geothermal power plants that tap underground water to produce renewable energy are
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Add Burning Man to the list of plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of “green energy” projects in the works in Nevada. Lithium mines aimed at boosting production of electric vehicle batteries and geothermal power plants that tap underground water to produce renewable energy are
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After two straight weekly increases, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate came back down again this week but remains a significant hurdle for many prospective homebuyers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate fell to 6.33% from 6.48% last
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lamos, CNN One protester has died and at least 19 Peruvian police officers were injured in anti-government clashes in Cusco as officials in the tourist city put health facilities on red alert. Protesters had tried to enter the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport during curfew Wednesday, an Interior Minister statement said. The officers
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates inched down last week, after a slight increase the week before. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.33% in the week ending January 12, down from 6.48% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.45%. “While mortgage rates have resumed their decline,
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justice Department reaches $31M settlement with City National Bank in largest lending discrimination case in US history.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office. The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney in Maryland
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the government is in talks to persuade companies that have started lithium mining projects in Mexico to give up their plans. In 2022, Mexico nationalized lithium mining and extraction, with a state-run company having exclusive rights to mine the metal used in electric car batteries and other devices.
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La tasa de personas que mueren de cáncer en Estados Unidos disminuyó de manera continua durante las últimas tres décadas, según un nuevo informe de la Sociedad Estadounidense del Cáncer. La tasa de mortalidad por cáncer en EE.UU. cayó un 33% desde 1991, lo que corresponde a un estimado de 3,8
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Tiger Woods could form part of the US Ryder Cup team — or at least, Zach Johnson isn’t ruling it out. Ahead of the Sony Open in Hawaii, US captain Johnson said he wouldn’t discount selecting Woods to compete in the tournament if the 47-year-old didn’t qualify for the team automatically.
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thinking of lining up at the mini-mart for a shot at a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot? Maybe you should first dig into your coat pockets or your car’s glove box to make sure you don’t already have a winning ticket from
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thinking of lining up at the mini-mart for a shot at a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot? Maybe you should first dig into your coat pockets or your car’s glove box to make sure you don’t already have a winning ticket from
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