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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Thursday following its big rally the day before on excitement that several cuts to interest rates may indeed be coming next year. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in afternoon trading and within 1.3% of its all-time high set early
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers President Daryl Morey is the executive producer of a basketball-themed musical called “Small Ball.” Morey grew up considering a career in musical theater. He came up with an idea about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates fell under 7% for the first time since mid-August this week. It is the seventh straight week that rates have dropped, as inflation improves and the Federal Reserve paused its rate increases. With the Fed signaling in its most recent meeting that rate cuts may
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CNN, WCBS By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Amid growing concerns about antisemitism on elite college campuses, some Jewish families are removing top-tier institutions from their lists and prioritizing safety. Universities have scrambled to address issues related to freedom of speech, hate speech and political debate as the Israel and Hamas war enters its third
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says a top Justice Department official who spearheaded its legal work on access to abortion as part of a broad set of responsibilities will leave her post in February. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is the third-highest ranking official at the department. Garland
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urielblanco (CNN) — El papa Francisco pidió un tratado internacional para regular el uso de la inteligencia artificial (IA), advirtiendo del riesgo de que esta nueva tecnología provoque una “dictadura tecnológica” que amenace la paz y la democracia. El pontífice, de 86 años, quiere que los líderes mundiales acuerden un “tratado internacional vinculante” sobre la
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a story published Dec. 13, 2023, The Associated Press reported that the United States did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement that asked high-emitting countries around the world to cut emissions by a certain amount. The story should have clarified that the U.S. signed the document in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Rebecca Welch will become the first female referee in the Premier League when she takes charge of the match between Fulham and Burnley on Dec. 23. Welch has already worked as the fourth official in the Premier League for the match between Fulham and Manchester United. She was the first woman to
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Actress Sienna Miller has spoken out about the “judgment” she’s faced becoming a mother again at the age of 41, and the “misogynistic” narrative around her 14-year age gap with her partner. The star of “American Woman,” who is expecting a baby girl with 27-year-old actor Oli Green, condemned
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated
Continue ReadingBy HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Emboldened by battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace until Russia achieves its goals, which he says remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting. It was Putin’s first formal news conference
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that a dialogue over the detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is ongoing, but that it is “not easy,” as the White House continues to push for his release. Putin said talks with the US are ongoing, and expressed hope for reaching
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Top Polish leaders have joined members of the Jewish community for a Hanukkah celebration in parliament. The ceremony on Thursday comes two days after a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out burning candles on a menorah in the halls of parliament. The attendance
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for two former Georgia election workers suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation says the former New York City mayor has continued to embrace the false conspiracy theory that the women meddled in the 2020 presidential election. Closing arguments began Thursday in the
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dropped below 7% to its lowest level since early August, another boost for prospective homebuyers who have largely been held back by sharply higher borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale. The average rate on
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still have power to keep buying. Retail sales rose 0.3%, in November from October, when sales were down a revised 0.2%. That’s according to the Commerce
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top official says a Turkish opposition lawmaker has died days after he suffered a heart attack and collapsed just after delivering a speech critical of Israel and of the ruling party’s relationship with the country. Turkey’s health minister said 53-year-old Hasan Bitmez died in a hospital on Thursday. The member
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El asesor adjunto de Seguridad Nacional para la Economía Internacional de EE.UU., Mike Pyle, visitó Buenos Aires y se reunió con el jefe de Gabinete, Nicolás Posse, el ministro de Economía de Argentina, Luis Caputo, y el presidente del Banco Central, Santiago Bausili, entre otros funcionarios, para analizar
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole calls the rolling hills of southwest Iowa her happy place, where time with the grazing cows is her way to relax and reset. “I’ll just sit here with my cows and take a breath, and everything goes back to the way it should be.”
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — An investigational mRNA vaccine used along with immunotherapy continues to show benefit for people with high-risk forms of the skin cancer melanoma, the drugmakers said Thursday. At a three-year follow-up with trial participants who had had a stage III or IV melanoma fully removed but were at high risk
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