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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is leading a rally Friday after Wall Street’s most influential stock reported a better profit than feared. Stocks of beaten-down banks are also leaping to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in afternoon
Continue ReadingCNN By Katia Hetter, CNN The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that a medication developed to treat diabetes, tirzepatide, also had a substantial effect on reducing weight. Among the more than 900 adults with obesity and diabetes in a study, tirzepatide not only controlled their blood sugar but also helped those on the
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Kate Conerly, CNN Former Florida gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum was found not guilty of lying to the FBI on Thursday by a federal jury. Jurors were deadlocked and the court declared a mistrial for the other 18 counts — which included charges of wire fraud and conspiracy —
Continue Reading Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain 2004 to 2006 Ranger vehicles because replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a letter that the recall includes 231,942 vehicles. The vehicles had received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. The NHTSA
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Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain 2004 to 2006 Ranger vehicles because replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a letter that the recall includes 231,942 vehicles. The vehicles had received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. The NHTSA
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By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN The University of California, Santa Cruz, is condemning recent antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ incidents reported on and near the campus, including a group of students who allegedly gathered to celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday. “They sang happy birthday and ate cakes adorned with hateful and horrific symbols,” UC Santa Cruz Vice Chancellor for
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.” Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. Maybe even put yourself
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.” Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. Maybe even put yourself
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Christina Ward had only known Wahid Kandil for six months when he asked her to marry him. The couple were sitting on a bench overlooking the River Nile one evening, the ancient Temple of Luxor illuminated behind them. Wahid turned to Christina. “So, are we getting married or what?” he asked. Christina
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic crushed all-you-can-eat buffets. The owner of Old Country Buffet and Furr’s Fresh Buffet filed for bankruptcy in 2021. About the same time, so did Cicis and the owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. Operators cited occupancy restrictions, bans and health concerns. But now buffets are making a comeback.
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD, TARA COPP and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of eight military bases, under a proposed rule change that follows a Chinese firm’s attempt to build a plant near an Air Force base in
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD, TARA COPP and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of eight military bases, under a proposed rule change that follows a Chinese firm’s attempt to build a plant near an Air Force base in
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El covid-19 ya no es una emergencia de salud global, anunció este viernes la Organización Mundial de la Salud. El Comité de Emergencia del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional de la OMS discutió la pandemia este jueves en su 15ª reunión sobre el covid-19, y el director general del organismo, Tedros Adhanom
Continue ReadingBy Hector Molina, Zoe Strothers and Cassidy Williams Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) — The Middletown Public Schools district is investigating an alleged racist incident that involved a middle school baseball team. Superintendent Dr. Alberto Vazquez Matos sent parents a letter that stated members of the Beman Middle School baseball
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — Nationwide, 80% of people with disabilities are unemployed. In Kansas City, 250,000 adults with disabilities are looking for meaningful employment. They’re looking for a place like The Golden Scoop, an ice cream shop in Overland Park that primarily employs people
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN In the days after TikTok’s CEO was grilled by Congress for the first time, many TikTok users began posting about an alternative platform called Lemon8, sometimes with eerily similar language. Multiple creators described the app as being like “if Pinterest and Instagram had a baby, with TikTok’s algorithm.” Some compared it
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean, Vladimir Banic and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Serbians are reeling and demanding answers after two mass shootings in less than 48 hours left multiple people dead, with widespread calls for tough action to prevent any further repeat of such tragedies. Gun ownership is high in Serbia, but the sort of mass shootings seen
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Minneapolis (CNN) — El mercado laboral se calentó de nuevo en abril ya que los empresarios añadieron 253.000 puestos de trabajo, según los datos publicados este viernes por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. Es un aumento sorprendente en un momento en que muchos indicadores apuntaban a una desaceleración en el mercado de
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN A father has been charged after punching a 63-year-old umpire during a high school baseball game in central Florida, authorities said. During a game on April 18 at Liberty High School in Kissimmee, the father of a player approached the umpire — a disabled veteran — and “knocked him out” after
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Consejo de Estado de Colombia anuló la elección del senador oficialista Roy Barreras, presidente del Congreso del país. El tribunal disciplinario sancionó a Barreras por “doble militancia”, al considerar que el legislador de la coalición Pacto Histórico no renunció a su escaño de la Unidad Nacional con 12
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