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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for jobless claims rose slightly last week but remain at healthy levels as companies seem reticent to let go of employees in a tight labor market. The number of Americans filing for jobless claims for the week ending May 20 rose by 4,000 to 229,000 from 225,000
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The White House has launched a first-of-its-kind national action plan to end gender-based violence, such as domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence. The US National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, released Thursday, includes seven pillars under which the Biden administration aims to focus its efforts, including providing support
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday fully approved the antiviral medication Paxlovid to treat mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults at risk of severe infections. Paxlovid had been available for adults and teens in the United States under an emergency use authorization, or EUA, which strictly limited
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically dampens hurricane activity. But at the same time record ocean
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN Business) — After months of cat and mouse, lawyers for a group of FTX investors have served Shaquille O’Neal. Again. Plaintiffs’ attorneys say O’Neal has repeatedly dodged process servers who have been trying to hand-deliver legal complaints related to his role as a celebrity spokesperson for the cryptocurrency
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Khloé Kardashian’s has revealed her baby boy’s name. During the premiere of the new season of “The Kardashians,” she shared that her son’s name is Tatum. In a scene at Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila event, James Corden asks Kardashian about her life. “Naming a human is really hard,” she
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Washington (CNN) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a bill into law that will limit most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. South Carolina now joins a list of Republican-led states that have championed sweeping abortion restrictions in the wake of last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Nvidia, already one of the world’s most valuable companies, skyrocketed Thursday after the chipmaker forecast a huge jump in revenue, signaling how vastly the broadening use of artificial intelligence could reshape the tech sector. The California company is close to joining the exclusive club of $1 trillion companies
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who develop prediabetes when they’re younger are likely to have a higher risk for dementia in later life, a new study has found. Prediabetes exists when blood sugar levels are higher than optimal but not yet high enough for the patient to be medically diagnosed with diabetes. Unfortunately,
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture that owns the Truth Social app, has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq. In a press release Wednesday, Digital World said it “received an expected letter” from the
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday gave a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. The justices ruled that Hennepin County, Minnesota violated the constitutional rights
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After more than two years and an investment of nearly $1.2 billion, researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having long Covid, a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition. The study, which was published Thursday
Continue ReadingBy KATC Staff Click here for updates on this story RAYNE, Louisiana (KATC) — The Rayne Police Department has released an update in its investigation into the series of discoveries of human remains at St. Joseph Church. On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, St. Joseph Church staff reported another human bone left on the steps of
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lopez Click here for updates on this story LOUISIANA (KATC) — At 15, Kennan was your typical teenager and then one day things started to change. She started to experience headaches, fatigue–all bad enough to raise concerns. Her parents took her to the doctor. “I was in class, and I felt like I
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When Life at Sea Cruises announced the upcoming launch of its 130,000-mile voyage it was billed as the “world’s first – and only – three-year cruise.” Demand for cabins was said to be “unprecedented,” with some travel enthusiasts apparently selling their homes in preparation for the trip of a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Cher is remembering her friend Tina Turner as being happy, but also over being sick. The legendary singer called into “The Beat With Ari Melber” and shared her memories of Turner, who died on Wednesday at the age of 83 after a “long illness,” her family said. “She
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — A little over a year on from being forced out of Ukraine by war, Italian manager Roberto De Zerbi has guided Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion to a historic first. After its 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Wednesday, Brighton mathematically secured its place in the Europa
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — I was going to write this story around ideas on age because turning 108 feels remarkable to me. It is not remarkable to Peggy Cobb because she doesn’t think about it. ”I don’t even think about age. I think curiosity is
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, the conservative strategist and longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, will stand trial next May on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border, a judge said Thursday. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan set
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By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Parents of students at Nashville’s Covenant School can intervene in a consolidated lawsuit asking that documents and records related to the March 27 mass shooting be released, a Tennessee judge ruled, giving the parents a say in the potential release of the shooter’s writings and other
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