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By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed Wednesday to send Wall Street to its best level since the summer following the latest hike to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, which said it’s finally seeing improvements in inflation. The S&P 500 rallied back from an early
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By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed Wednesday to send Wall Street to its best level since the summer following the latest hike to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, which said it’s finally seeing improvements in inflation. The S&P 500 rallied back from an early
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica’s prime minister says his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. The announcement comes a week after U.N. special envoy for Haiti Helen La Lime said she hoped that the
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has issued a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s recommendation is not final. It calls for up to three drilling sites initially, fewer than the five pursued by ConocoPhillips Alaska
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., up $9.49 to $84.64. The chipmaker’s fourth-quarter financial results beat Wall Street forecasts. Electronic Arts Inc., down $11.92 to $116.76. The maker of “The Sims”, “FIFA” and other video games cut its revenue forecast for its fiscal
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A deadly storm system lashed a large swath of the southern U.S. with bands of sleet and snow for a third day on Wednesday, grounding an additional 2,200 flights, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, forcing school closures and making already treacherous driving
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have met for more than an hour at the White House, aiming to avert a national debt limit crisis. There was no quick progress on related federal spending action, but the Republican leader called it
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are preparing for their first meeting since the GOP leader took power. The Wednesday afternoon sitdown comes ahead of a looming debt ceiling showdown. Biden has refused to engage in brinkmanship over lifting the nation’s
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco building inspectors have given Twitter’s construction contractor two weeks to submit corrected building use paperwork if the social media company wants to keep using two conference rooms as bedrooms at its headquarters. The correction notice issued Monday from San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection to Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
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By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it
Continue Reading By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appear for the first time in U.S. federal court to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution. If convicted, three of them face
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA FAN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Members of the City Council are planning to tour the new shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal after controversy broke out over the conditions there. Asylum seekers have been hesitant to move from the Watson Hotel in Midtown, citing a lack
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday mourned the death of Tyre Nichols, calling his death at the hands of police a moment that demands congressional police reform. “Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? So when we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE KOSTEK Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A multi-million dollar settlement was reached after a 12-year-old Markham boy was shot during a police raid in 2019. The attorney for Amir Worship said they reached a $12 million settlement for the boy, who is now permanently disabled after being shot
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting by police of a stabbing suspect who officers said threatened them with a large knife near Los Angeles last week. Huntington Park police responding last Thursday said a victim reported being stabbed by a man in a wheelchair, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Kellen Moore worked with Justin Herbert on a commercial last year. The two will now try to see if they can get the Los Angeles Chargers’ offense to the next level. Moore was introduced as the Chargers offensive coordinator Wednesday after the two sides agreed to a deal on
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER and JARI TANNER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has reaffirmed that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam’s holy book. Turkey has been holding off approving Sweden and Finland’s membership in the alliance. The Turkish government has been
Continue ReadingBy Jessica De Nova Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KABC) — With her last round of chemotherapy behind her, a pregnant mother of two can move on to follow up visits, reunions with her medical team, celebrations and preparing to deliver her third child. Sarai Vaca was diagnosed with breast
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to limit where people can carry concealed guns after multiple mass shootings left dozens dead across the state in January, calling for more restrictions in a state that already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws. He endorsed legislation Wednesday that would ban people from carrying concealed
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