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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rolling even further into record-setting heights on Monday. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in afternoon trading after closing Friday above the 5,000 level for the first time, its latest milestone in a run that began in October. The Nasdaq composite, meanwhile,
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Bob Edwards, the longtime National Public Radio host and a goliath of the broadcasting world, died on Saturday, his wife, NPR reporter Windsor Johnston, confirmed in a Facebook post. He was 76. “Bob Edwards understood the intimate and distinctly personal connection with audiences that distinguishes audio journalism
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Ohio State is up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, matching the best ranking in school history. The Buckeyes, who were fifth last week, have won 11 straight games and their only losses this season have come to USC, UCLA and Michigan. The
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A leading Democratic Virginia legislator says proposed legislation to help pave the way for the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to relocate to northern Virginia is dead. Sen. L. Louise Lucas holds great sway in the General Assembly as chair of the Senate Finance
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana U.S. Senate candidate John Rust, who has filed to run as Republican in the May primary, says a state law that requires candidates to have voted with their party in the past two primaries is unconstitutional. The state disagrees and has appealed a lower court’s ruling
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives have been indicted in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost announced the indictments of former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling on Monday, along with additional state charges against former Public Utilities Commission of
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Salvo un viaje puntual a Europa, lo más lejos que Jessica Gee viajó en su infancia fue a Walt Disney World, en Florida, con su familia. Sin embargo, en los últimos ocho años, la influencer de viajes, conocida como “The Bucket List Mom”, ha visitado más de 90 países diferentes con
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws. The Justice Department said Monday that the American-built plane had arrived in
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The weekend shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston is not the first time gunfire has caused panic and tragedy at a Texas house of worship. It also underscored the ease of bringing weapons into sanctuaries in a state with few limits on gun possession, as
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional district has potential candidates weighing a run, even as a former state lawmaker quickly jumped into the race. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fifth term representing
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Money can buy lots of things, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pair of Japanese superstars that set the Los Angeles Dodgers back more than $1 billion. Now the journey begins to see if it’ll buy them a championship. Major League Baseball’s spring training opens
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party’s nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has grown increasingly frustrated behind the scenes with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, telling advisers and others that the prime minister is ignoring his advice and obstructing efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to people familiar with the matter. So
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Israeli raid in the southern Gaza Strip lasted less than 90 minutes. When it was over, two hostages had been safely rescued from a second-floor apartment guarded by Hamas gunmen, and local officials said 67 Palestinians were killed. A wave of heavy airstrikes launched to cover the rescuers echoed across
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. The resignation has divided Orbán’s supporters and led some to believe that the
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — En sus primeros comentarios públicos desde su diagnóstico de cáncer, el rey Carlos III expresó su gratitud al público por su apoyo, diciendo que le brindaba “el mayor consuelo y aliento”, de acuerdo con un comunicado. “Me gustaría agradecer de todo corazón los numerosos mensajes de apoyo y buenos deseos que
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing number of patients are deciding the fate of their pregnancies on whatever information they can gather before state abortion bans kick in. But early ultrasounds show far less about the condition
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have cracked one of the mysteries hidden within a Roman egg, discovering that it still contains its liquid almost two millennia after it was first laid. “This is the oldest unintentionally preserved avian egg I have ever seen,” Douglas G.D Russell, senior curator of birds’ eggs and nests
Continue ReadingWOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut pastor has been arrested on allegations that he sold crystal meth out of his church’s rectory. Police say the reverend of a United Methodist Church in Woodbury was taken into custody Friday after authorities received a tip about the drugs. The pastor was arrested on drug and motor vehicle
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