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Month: February 2024

Most employees think it’s OK to talk about mental health at work. Some still don’t do it, survey finds

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — World events, work problems, illness, financial issues — there are plenty of unhappy stressors that can harm an employee’s mental health. “People are coming (into work) with a lot more than what is on their to-do list. Those stresses can affect how they’re feeling and how they perform

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Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the United States abroad. The vote came after a

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Germany’s top security official wants easier ways to track right-wing extremist financing

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official says she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing and plans to set up an “early recognition unit” to detect far-right and foreign disinformation campaigns as early as possible. The interior minister’s proposals follow large protests against the far right in Germany in recent weeks.

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Trump wants to install new RNC leadership including his daughter-in-law as co-chair

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump wants a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists — including his daughter-in-law — atop the GOP’s political machine even before the former president formally secures the party’s next presidential nomination.

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Super Bowl was the most-watched program ever in the US, averaging 123.4 million viewers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That shattered last year’s mark of

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Super Bowl was the most-watched program ever in the US, averaging 123.4 million viewers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That shattered last year’s mark of

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Doctors and parents are scrambling after asthma inhaler switch takes popular medication off the market

By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez (CNN) — Flovent, one of the most commonly prescribed childhood asthma medications, is no longer being manufactured in the United States. GSK, the pharmaceutical company that made it, took if off the shelves January 1 and replaced it with an identical generic version, fluticasone. But what seemed to be a straightforward swap has

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Senate passes $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after rare all-night session

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and amid growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the United States abroad. The vote came after

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