By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Thursday, firming a bit following their longest losing streak in two months. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in morning trading after falling for four straight days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 99 points, or 0.3%,
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By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink — and there’s a big push to make sure they’re not surprised. Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and
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By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink — and there’s a big push to make sure they’re not surprised. Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek Llamado a la Tierra es una serie editorial de CNN comprometida con reportar los desafíos ambientales que enfrenta nuestro planeta, además de mostrar las soluciones a esos retos. La iniciativa Perpetual Planet de Rolex se ha asociado con CNN para crear conciencia y educación sobre los asuntos de sostenibilidad claves y para inspirar acciones
Continue Reading By RIAZ KHAN and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan, just hours after it was reopened. Thursday’s developments are the latest twist in the closure of the Torkham junction and key trade route between the countries that has added to increasing tensions along
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — Monroe County deputies need help in finding three people who are wanted in connection to animal cruelty after 51 total animals including five dead dogs were removed from a property. Monroe County officials say officers responded to 2372 Smith Rd.
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Moderna’s fourth-quarter profit tumbled 70% as COVID-19 vaccine sales fell and the drugmaker caught up on a royalty payment. Moderna said Thursday that its cost of sales jumped nearly a billion dollars in the final quarter of 2022. That included a $400 million payment to the National Institute of
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faced new fraud charges Thursday, as prosecutors accused him of cheating thousands of investors out of billions of dollars while casting himself as a trustworthy ”savior of the cryptocurrency industry” — an image boosted by celebrity-studded Super Bowl advertising and big donations
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faced new fraud charges Thursday in a rewritten indictment unsealed in a New York federal court. The charges, including commodities and securities fraud, were unveiled with the unsealing of the refreshed indictment that was returned a day earlier. It was not known
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Mientras algunas zonas del oeste y el norte de Estados Unidos se enfrentan a una tormenta invernal con condiciones de ventisca e importantes nevadas, gran parte del resto del país está experimentando un calor similar al del verano que nunca antes se había sentido durante febrero. Más de 130 ciudades, desde el
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By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer charged in the shooting of an unarmed Black man earlier this month had twice been suspended from the department without pay, records show. Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, served a combined 30 days on suspension in 21 months with the Shreveport Police Department,
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say Beirut’s public prosecutor has charged the governor of the cash-strapped country’s Central Bank, his brother and an associate with corruption. Two judicial officials say the prosecutor, Raja Hamoush, on Thursday charged Gov. Riad Salameh, his assistant Marianne Howaiyak, and his brother Raja Salameh with
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press Dangerous winter weather trapped drivers on icy roads, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and grounded multiple flights from California through the northern Plains on Thursday. For the first time since 1989, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through Saturday for Southern California mountains. Forecasters predicted “multiple
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press Dangerous winter weather trapped drivers on icy roads, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and grounded multiple flights from California through the northern Plains on Thursday. For the first time since 1989, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through Saturday for Southern California mountains. Forecasters predicted “multiple
Continue ReadingBarry Neild, CNN Another day of harsh winter weather brought continued air travel misery across the United States on Thursday with more than 1,100 flights canceled and thousands more delayed by snow storms and plunging temperatures. As of 6 p.m. ET, 1,110 airplane departures had been scrapped and more than 5,000 delayed within the US,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Parker and Chelsea Beimfohr Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Cobb County school bus driver is behind bars tonight after allegedly entering a 10-year-old student’s home without permission. Cassi Cea says earlier this week a man walked into her home and closed the door behind him. She
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Federal prosecutors announced four new criminal charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of crypto trading platform FTX, expanding his potential liability in what authorities allege is a billion-dollar fraud. The new charges, unsealed in a superseding indictment on Thursday, add to the already serious charges
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN A senior member of India’s main opposition Congress party has been arrested for allegedly insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pawan Khera was arrested at Delhi Airport, where he was forced off a plane on Thursday alongside other party members, after he called Modi “Narendra Gautamdas Modi” – an
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Some people love them, some people hate them. Worse, a large number of us who receive them on special occasions are indifferent to them, or even forget about them entirely. Such is the sad fate of gift cards — millions of which go unused each year and have a collective value
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This significant and prolonged winter storm now threatens the region with more snow and rain moving into the Coachella Valley. Snow has dropped to near the 2,000 foot level, bringing snow and ice to areas like Yucca Valley and the San Gorgonio Pass including Banning and Beaumont. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until
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