By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Just as stock market turmoil is a good reminder to make sure your investment portfolio is diversified, a few surprise bank failures is a good excuse to find out whether your financial accounts — not just your checking and savings accounts — are all protected in the event that an institution
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An overnight shooting on northbound Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass shut down traffic between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley until around sunrise Tuesday. Northbound traffic backed up for miles in the high mountain pass. California Highway Patrol Officer D.C. Williams told KGET-TV that the shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. Monday and a trucker
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN An amateur gold digger has found an enormous gold nugget worth 240,000 AUD ($160,000) in Australia. Discovered in the state of Victoria in an area known as the “Golden Triangle,” the gold-filled rock weighs 4.6 kilograms (10.1 pounds), with the precious metal making up 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds). Named the “Lucky Strike
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) — The wife of a Missouri sheriff accused of gang activity spoke to News 4 about a recent incident tied to her husband. Jeffery Burkett is the Iron County Sheriff recently arrested with three others for charges like kidnapping. The lawyer
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Queen and Adam Lambert are hitting the road this fall for a North American expansion of their Rhapsody Tour, with a freshly minted knight onstage and plenty of post-pandemic energy. The band boasts about a new production with a some new songs added to the
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed in relatively quiet trading on Tuesday, and Wall Street is regaining some cool at the tail end of what’s been a turmoil-filled month. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 53 points, or
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alibaba is separating the company into six business groups as it looks to react faster to market changes and increase their value. Shares of Alibaba Group jumped 8% at the opening bell Tuesday. The company said in a regulatory filing that it will be split
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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in Mexico, starting a fire that left 39 dead, Mexico’s president said Tuesday. It was one of the the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country. Hours after the fire broke out
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Posters calling on Pope Francis to stop his crackdown on the old Latin Mass have appeared around the Vatican. The posters that were visible Tuesday featured images of Pope Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II and quoted from their texts speaking positively about the old rite. They
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent The US decision to fly its surveillance drones further south over the Black Sea after a Russian jet collided with a US drone earlier this month “definitely limits our ability to gather intelligence” related to the Ukraine war, a senior US military official tells CNN. Flying drones at
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted a single father over social media posts criticizing the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to two years in prison — a case brought to the attention of authorities by his daughter’s drawings against the invasion at school, according to
Continue Reading By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed and police ramping up security amid government warnings that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill.” Concerns that violence could mar
Continue Reading By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed and police ramping up security amid government warnings that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill.” Concerns that violence could mar
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press OKHTYRKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday with officials and local people in two cities in the region
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press OKHTYRKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday with officials and local people in two cities in the region
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Nearly one dozen Missouri schools received threats on Monday, all of which police say were not credible. Parkway South and Parkway West received a threat as did Rosati Kain and Wright City High School, along with seven other high schools
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are holding relatively steady as Wall Street regains some cool at the tail end of tumultuous month. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% in early trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. There was relative calm even in the bond market, which
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CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN Woolly mammoth remains, with fur and tissue still in tact, are regularly found entombed in Arctic permafrost. Their discovery has allowed scientists to sequence the mammoth genome and learn intriguing details about the lives of these extinct Ice Age giants. Now, some of that information is being used to grow
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Woolly mammoth remains, with fur and tissue still in tact, are regularly found entombed in Arctic permafrost. Their discovery has allowed scientists to sequence the mammoth genome and learn intriguing details about the lives of these extinct Ice Age giants. Now, some of that information is being used to grow an
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Sebastian Lletget has issued a public apology to his fiancée, singer Becky G., amid speculation that he was unfaithful. The soccer star posted a lengthy statement on his verified Instagram account, writing, “As an athlete I have always tried to hold myself to a higher standard, recognizing the blessings and
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