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Month: January 2024

New poll reveals a generational divide among Black Americans on overturning affirmative action in higher education

By Nicole Chavez and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — While a majority of Americans of all races see the end of affirmative action as “mostly a good thing,” there is a generational split among Black adults over the impact on higher education and their racial group, according to a new Gallup Center on Black Voices report. Black adults’ views on last year’s Supreme Court ruling

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Iran launches missile strikes in northern Iraq and Syria, claims to destroy Israeli spy base

By Hamdi Alkhshali, Nechirvan Mando and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday launched ballistic missiles at what it said was a spy base for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in northern Iraq, and at “anti-Iran terror groups” in Syria, in the latest escalation of hostilities that further risks spiraling into a wider regional

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Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. The roughly $78 billion in

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JetBlue’s $3.8 billion buyout of Spirit Airlines is blocked by judge citing threat to competition

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Biden administration and blocked JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition. The Justice Department had sued to block the merger, saying it would drive up fares by eliminating Spirit, the nation’s

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The US strikes the Yemen-based Houthis again, hitting anti-ship missiles, US officials say

By JON GAMBRELL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, two U.S. officials said. The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack

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