By Olivia Bowden, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Representatives from the largest transit workers union in Canada say recent violent attacks are emblematic of larger issues at play. “We’ve never been exposed to this kind of violence before. We can’t keep calling them isolated incidents, if
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello and Olivia Bowden, CTV News Digital Reporters Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first special representative on combatting Islamophobia, who is tasked with aiding Ottawa in tackling hate as communities have urged the government to take
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By Jay Croft, CNN Announcer Billy Packer, who was called “the voice of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament” for decades, died Thursday, his son announced in a tweet. He was 82. He broadcast NCAA games for CBS starting in the early 1980s. “The Packer Family would like to share some sad news,” Mark Packer wrote.
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS By Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed prices rose at a slower pace last month, indicating further progress in the central bank’s battle with higher prices. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, or PCE, rose by 5% in December, compared to a year earlier, the Commerce Department reported
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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ADVENTDALEN, Norway (AP) — Kneeling by his crew as they drilled steel bolts into the low roof of a tunnel miles-deep into an Arctic mountain, Geir Strand reflected on the impact of their coal mine’s impending closure. “It’s true coal is polluting, but … they should have a solution before
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN Human activity and extreme drought is causing far more damage to the Amazon rainforest than previously thought, exacerbating climate change, according to a new study. While many climate studies focus on Amazon deforestation — where trees are completely cleared and land use changes — this study looks at “degradation.” This is
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis and Palestinians braced for new violence Friday with tensions high following the deadliest Israeli raid in over two decades, even as the likelihood of a major escalation in the conflict appeared to ebb. The raid in the flashpoint Jenin refugee camp descended into a gun battle
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street drifted modestly lower before the bell Friday as investors digest more corporate earnings while waiting for the latest government data on consumer inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials were down less than 0.1%, while futures for the S&P 500 slipped 0.3%. The Commerce
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street drifted modestly lower before the bell Friday as investors digest more corporate earnings while waiting for the latest government data on consumer inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials were down less than 0.1%, while futures for the S&P 500 slipped 0.3%. The Commerce
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle has attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards. That’s according to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement Friday. Iran blamed a personal dispute over
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkey is less than four months away from a presidential election that could extend the 20-year rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into a third decade. Analysts say that the result may be a close call for the long-term leader. The poll, which is expected May 14, takes place amid the
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czechs have started voting for a new president, choosing between a retired army general and a populist billionaire in a two-day runoff election to succeed controversy-courting Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial post. Gen. Petr Pavel and Andrej Babis have advanced to a second round of voting because none of the eight
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express saw its fourth-quarter profits fall by 9%, as the credit card giant had to set aside significantly more money to cover potentially bad loans. The company saw charge offs and delinquencies rise, a troubling sign for a company whose customer base is usually
Continue Reading By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Debts brought into a relationship can be ruinous for couples, but many decide to work as a team to conquer individual debts. You can help your partner in nonmonetary ways as an accountability buddy. You can also assist financially by gifting or loaning money, or covering more household costs while
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By SAM METZ and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nichole Mason first became concerned when she learned administrators at her children’s public school were allowing transgender students to use girls’ bathrooms. Her frustrations mounted when she felt her children’s next school went too far with how they enforced COVID regulations during
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nichole Mason first became concerned when she learned administrators at her children’s public school were allowing transgender students to use girls’ bathrooms. Her frustrations mounted when she felt her children’s next school went too far with how they enforced COVID regulations during
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tommy Paul says he went into his Australian Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic with a specific game plan. He also says none of it worked because Djokovic wouldn’t let it work. Paul managed to take four games in a row to make the score 5-all
Continue ReadingCNN By Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi, Hadas Gold and Michael Schwartz, CNN Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and wounded several others in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, prompting the Palestinian Authority to suspend its security coordination with Israel. Hours after the Jenin raid, a tenth Palestinian
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Video of the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, which officials released Friday, will be difficult to watch — but it may also be hard to avoid. Some people might even feel duty-bound to watch it as a way to pay tribute to Nichols, who died three days after the confrontation with
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Novak Djokovic se mantiene en la carrera de lograr el récord de 22 títulos de Grand Slam, tras vencer al estadounidense Tommy Paul en sets consecutivos en las semifinales del Abierto de Australia este viernes, lo que anticipa una atractiva final contra Stefanos Tsitsipas. El serbio se enfrentó a un duro
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