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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — After spiking to alarming levels just last week, oil prices are suddenly in free-fall mode. The dramatic reversal should bring relief to drivers (and nervous central bankers) very soon. US oil prices plunged by 5.6% to $84.22 a barrel on Wednesday, marking the biggest one-day decline in
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans want to make it a crime to be naked in public for any reason and for a child to attend any event, like a naked bike ride, where people don’t have clothes on. A state Senate committee held a hearing Thursday on two bills
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dearica Hamby filed a gender discrimination complaint last week against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces, saying her former team and its coach, Becky Hammon, retaliated against her after she informed them she was pregnant. Hamby filed the complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and the Equal
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county. The Thursday announcement comes three months after the U.S. Justice Department launched its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions. Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman John
Continue ReadingBy GHAITH AL-SAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack has struck a packed graduation ceremony for military officers in the Syrian city of Homs, killing and wounding dozens, including civilians and military personnel. That’s according to unconfirmed reports of the strikes on Thursday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and Matthew
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cost of financing a home surged again this week as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to its highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers. The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Progressive scholar Cornel West announced Thursday he will run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, abandoning his campaign for the Green Party’s nomination. West, in a video posted to social media, again promised to “break the grip of the duopoly and give power to the people”
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published October 4, 2023, about 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers striking to protest wages and staffing shortages, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kaiser’s latest minimum hourly wage offer was between $23 and $25 next year depending on the location, based on information provided by Kaiser. The company now
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published October 4, 2023, about 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers striking to protest wages and staffing shortages, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kaiser’s latest minimum hourly wage offer was between $23 and $25 next year depending on the location, based on information provided by Kaiser. The company now
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles says winning her 20th world championship gold medal feels “just as good as the first one” as the American continues to impress on her comeback to the sport. On Wednesday, Biles played a key role in a historic victory for the US in the women’s team final
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles says winning her 20th world championship gold medal feels “just as good as the first one” as the American continues to impress on her comeback to the sport. On Wednesday, Biles played a key role in a historic victory for the US in the women’s team
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — Two people were struck by an MTA bus in the Bronx on Wednesday. It happened in the Fordham section. Police say the bus was getting towed by a tow truck when it became unhooked and started to roll onto the
Continue ReadingBy ZINNIA MALDONADO Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A Bronx day care owner and her cousin-in-law will be in court Thursday to face murder charges in the deadly fentanyl overdose of a 1-year-old boy. It comes as the owner’s husband is set to appear separately in federal court.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An accountant who prepared Donald Trump’s financial statements was back on the witness stand for a fourth day Thursday in the New York civil fraud trial examining whether the former president exaggerated his wealth. Trump himself didn’t attend the proceedings Thursday, after
Continue ReadingBy TODD FEURER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A woman was sexually assaulted during a home invasion Wednesday morning in the Englewood neighborhood. Police said a 26-year-old woman was standing on the front porch of her home in the 7300 block of South May Street around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, when
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By Mostafa Salem, Teele Rebane, Sahar Akbarzai and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Activists have accused Iran’s morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries. A Norway-based group focused on Kurdish rights, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, said
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 2020 presidential debates. June 26, 2019 Event Type: Democratic DebateLocation: Miami, FloridaHosts: NBC News, MSNBC and TelemundoModerators: José Diaz-Balart, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Rachel Maddow and Chuck ToddParticipants: Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Supreme Court is scrutinizing a hearing that overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction after he spent 23 years behind bars. The victim’s family says they weren’t given adequate opportunity to take part in the proceedings. The case became known to millions through
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story ROHNERT PARK, California (KGO) — A major break in the killing of a North Bay woman that had gone unsolved for 40 years. Sixty-five-year-old Alfredo Carretero Jr. of Lakeport has been arrested and charged with murder in the case. Detectives say DNA evidence has linked
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