Hospitals change visitation policies due to omicron
By AYAH GALAL, MIKE AGOGLIATI Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — With more COVID…
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Dallas nonprofit helps refugee women stitch together a bright future
By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they…
Continue Reading Dallas nonprofit helps refugee women stitch together a bright future
By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they…
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US jobless claims rise but still historically low at 206,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that…
Continue ReadingFormer American Idol contestant accused of shooting at recording studio in Mobile
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police said a former American Idol…
Continue Reading US home construction rebounds a strong 11.8% in November
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — New home construction in the U.S. rebounded 11.8% in November, as strong demand continues…
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Delta CEO: Masks are still important on planes
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Delta CEO Ed Bastian thinks wearing masks on airplanes is a good idea. The day after Southwest CEO Gary Kelly…
Continue Reading US jobless claims rise to a still-low 206,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that…
Continue ReadingDeputies indicted in 2018 murder of Fulton County inmate to appear in court
By MARIYA MURROW Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Six deputies indicted for the 2018…
Continue ReadingFrance shuts out UK tourists over Omicron concerns
Joseph Ataman and Francesca Street, CNN UK travelers are to be banned from traveling to France for tourism and will instead be required to present a…
Continue Reading H&R Block is suing Jack Dorsey’s Block for trademark infringement
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business H&R Block is suing Block, the digital payments company previously known as Square, for trademark infringement.…
Continue ReadingPermanent smoking ban inside Harrah’s Cherokee casinos approved by Tribal Council
By Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — There’s a permanent change now…
Continue Reading EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps aimed at reducing lead in…
Continue Reading EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps aimed at reducing lead in…
Continue ReadingMicrobes across the globe are evolving to eat plastic pollution
By Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Tiny organisms around the world are…
Continue ReadingLast 60 years of children’s books reveal ‘persistent overrepresentation’ of male protagonists: study
By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of thousands of…
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Apple suspende indefinidamente el regreso a la oficina y entregará US$ 1.000 a cada empleado
macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Apple suspenderá el regreso de sus trabajadores a la oficina hasta una fecha “aún por decidirse”,…
Continue Reading Delta Air Lines no longer expects to lose money in Q4
Delta Air Lines no longer expects to lose money in the fourth quarter with travel during the holiday season heating up. The company said Thursday…
Continue Reading Claudette Colvin’s juvenile record has been expunged, 66 years after she was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a White person
By Pamela Kirkland and Dakin Andone, CNN The juvenile court records of Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused in 1955 to give up her…
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Harris announces Biden administration’s new lead pipe and paint removal effort
By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday announced a new administration push to eliminate lead from water…
Continue Reading Interest rates are set to rise next year. Here’s what that means
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has sent a clear signal that the era of rock-bottom interest rates will end in 2022. What’s…
Continue Reading Ousted McDonald’s CEO returns $105M after misconduct
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has paid back more than $105 million in equity awards and cash to the…
Continue Reading Ousted McDonald’s CEO returns $105M after misconduct
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has paid back more than $105 million in equity awards and cash to the…
Continue Reading Baltimore police officer on life support after shooting
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a Baltimore officer is in critical condition after being ambushed and shot while sitting in a patrol vehicle. The…
Continue Reading Francia prohibirá las botellas de plástico en los estadios para proteger a los jugadores y al personal
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — A partir de julio de 2022 se prohibirá la venta y el transporte de botellas de plástico en los estadios…
Continue Reading Myanmar hands over to India 5 insurgents caught along border
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police in India say Myanmar has handed over five insurgents belonging to an Indian rebel…
Continue ReadingRecords fall and borders close as world races to get control of Omicron
By Rob Picheta, CNN The rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has broken pandemic records and shuttered borders in several parts of the…
Continue Reading Citizenship agency charts new course with fiscal challenges
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the U.S. agency that grants citizenship and visas says it’s in a strong financial…
Continue Reading Citizenship agency charts new course with fiscal challenges
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the U.S. agency that grants citizenship and visas says it’s in a strong financial…
Continue Reading Germany: 4 men suspected of procuring bomb material arrested
BERLIN (AP) — German police say that four men including suspected right-wing extremists have been arrested as German investigators raided their…
Continue Reading Postal hike doesn’t stop catalogers from stuffing mailboxes
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A big postal rate increase over the summer hasn’t stopped catalog retailers from stuffing…
Continue Reading Postal hike doesn’t stop catalogers from stuffing mailboxes
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A big postal rate increase over the summer hasn’t stopped catalog retailers from stuffing…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II cancels pre-Christmas family lunch
By Max Foster and Jack Guy, CNN Queen Elizabeth II has canceled a pre-Christmas family lunch as a precaution because of a surge in Covid-19 cases in…
Continue Reading 3 companies charged with negligence in Southern California oil spill
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Three companies have been accused of illegally discharging about 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the…
Continue Reading Serbia suspends lithium mine plans after protests
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Local authorities in western Serbia have suspended a plan that would allow mining…
Continue Reading Soaring infections rattle Europe, fuel dread about holidays
By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the…
Continue Reading British surge seen as warning on omicron but responses vary
By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the…
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Mercedes withdraws its appeal into chaotic F1 finale and congratulates Max Verstappen on first world title
By Ben Church and Amanda Davies, CNN Max Verstappen’s first Formula One world title panned out “way more intense” than he could…
Continue Reading ‘I cannot escape’: New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — New witness accounts allege that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been forcibly expelled,…
Continue Reading Taniela Moa: Former Tonga rugby international dies aged 36
By Ben Morse, CNN Former Tonga rugby international Taniela Moa has died at the age of 36, the Tongan Rugby Union announced on Thursday. “A…
Continue Reading Bank of England hikes interest rates to tackle rising prices
By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Bank of England is hiking interest rates in an effort to fight surging prices even as the Omicron variant engulfs…
Continue Reading FDA says abortion pills can be sent by mail
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is lifting a requirement that patients seeking medication…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say at least five people died when a powerful storm system…
Continue Reading Exclusive: ‘Cyber is the most dangerous weapon in the world,’ JPMorgan council warns
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Business leaders and former policymakers are sounding the cyber alarm. The JPMorgan International Council on Thursday…
Continue Reading A 90-year-old was serving life for marijuana despite serious illness. Now he’s going home
By Casey Tolan, CNN In a dramatic reversal, a 90-year-old, seriously ill federal inmate serving life in prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
Continue Reading Turkish lira dips to new low after another interest rate cut
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has again cut interest rates despite soaring consumer prices that…
Continue Reading Turkish lira dips to new low after another interest rate cut
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has again cut interest rates despite soaring consumer prices that…
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