By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow reached a new high for the year Thursday as easing inflation data and strong third quarter earnings from Salesforce shot the benchmark index 520 points, or 1.5% higher. While it was a mixed day for markets overall, all three major indexes managed to make November
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers Thursday, two years behind the original schedule amid uncertainty over when large-scale production will begin. CEO Elon Musk showed off the angular electric trucks
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A 23-year-old man accused of shooting another man with an assault rifle in Desert Hot Springs re-entered a not-guilty plea today to attempted murder. Manual Rivera-Villa of Desert Hot Springs also denied sentence-enhancing allegations of causing great bodily injury and discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury, according to court records. He initially pleaded not
Continue ReadingMENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18. In a lawsuit filed late Wednesday in
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A man suspected in connection with a break-in at an Indio storage unit from which items were stolen including the ashes of the victim’s deceased son pleaded guilty to burglary and was immediately sentenced to one year of supervised release. Juan Carlos Molina of Indio, 36, of Indio pleaded guilty to the felony charge Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers Thursday, two years behind the original schedule amid uncertainty over when large-scale production will begin. CEO Elon Musk showed off the angular electric trucks
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — New York court officials have knocked down Donald Trump’s angry social media claims that the wife of Judge Arthur Engoron, who’s presiding over his civil fraud trial, has been posting anti-Trump rhetoric on X. Engoron’s wife does not have an X – formerly Twitter – account,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected Kari Lake’s request to examine signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters, giving the defeated Arizona Republican candidate for governor another loss in her third trial related to last year’s election. In an order filed Thursday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah Jr. argued their release
Continue ReadingOpinion by Geoff Duncan (CNN) — The stars continue to align for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s quest to emerge as the most viable alternative to former President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race. At the start of December — the last full month of campaigning before votes begin to be cast — the former United Nations ambassador has been buoyed by a
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit attempting to end the state’s near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees. Known as Act 10, the 2011 law was the signature accomplishment of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker and
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor says three men held a student from India captive over the course of several months and forced him to work and perform menial tasks, then viciously beat him when he didn’t complete the chores to their satisfaction. The St. Charles County prosecuting
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New York officials. The congestion pricing plan will be the first such program in the United States if it if is approved by transportation officials early next year. Revenue from
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins and Becky Anderson, CNN Washington and Dubai (CNN) — A deal to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas into Thursday went down to the wire after Hamas declined for hours to produce a list of hostages that had 10 women and children on it – a condition
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Activist shareholder Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management has launched a new proxy fight against Disney, just months after backing off from its earlier push after returned chief executive Bob Iger announced a vast cost-cutting plan for the media conglomerate. “Investor confidence is low, key strategic questions loom,
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mostly higher Thursday as the market ended November with its biggest monthly gain in more than a year. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% after drifting between small gains and losses. The benchmark index rose 8.9% in November, its biggest monthly gain since July
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The death of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger drew both admiration and scorn Thursday from political leaders around the world, highlighting the complicated legacy of Kissinger’s views about what it meant to serve America’s interests during the Cold War — and how
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press Donations are pouring in at a Christmas charity in Michigan after smoke damage from a fire stymied plans to deliver thousands of gifts for children. Santa Claus Girls of Kent County has been going door-to-door with gifts for struggling families for more than a century in the Grand Rapids area.
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A high-profile entertainment marketing consultant was targeted by a woman who had been stalking one of his friends before she fatally shot him after her forcing her way inside his Los Angeles home, prosecutors said Thursday. This week’s slaying of Michael Latt sent shockwaves through Hollywood
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another severe thunderstorm threat, including the possibility of tornadoes, will take aim at the southern United States on Thursday, less than two weeks after at least a dozen tornadoes hit Louisiana and Mississippi. Damaging storms that may spin up a few tornadoes are possible from coastal Texas into
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice” has finished production, bringing us one step closer to seeing Michael Keaton’s gleefully grotesque “ghost with the most” grace our screens once again. Tim Burton, the visionary director behind the original classic as well as the sequel, shared the production update on his
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