By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time to a pandemic low, the latest sign that America’s job market is rebounding from the pandemic recession as employers boost hiring to meet a surge in consumer demand. The Labor Department
Continue ReadingCNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Suneeta hasn’t been able to sleep in days. Instead, she’s been constantly calling and texting her four children, all younger than 18 — the youngest only 7 — who are hiding by themselves in an apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan, thousands of miles away from her Albany, New York, home. She’s
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Suneeta hasn’t been able to sleep in days. Instead, she’s been constantly calling and texting her four children, all younger than 18 — the youngest only 7 — who are hiding by themselves in an apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan, thousands of miles away from her Albany, New York, home. She’s scared
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore will launch its first quarantine-free travel program for vaccinated people arriving from Germany and Brunei, and ease restrictions for visitors from Hong Kong and Macao as it seeks to reopen its borders after fully vaccinating over 75% of its population. Previously, only Singapore residents and those
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore will launch its first quarantine-free travel program for vaccinated people arriving from Germany and Brunei, and ease restrictions for visitors from Hong Kong and Macao as it seeks to reopen its borders after fully vaccinating over 75% of its population. Previously, only Singapore residents and those
Continue ReadingMANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A jury ended its first day of deliberations without a decision in the trial of a North Dakota chiropractor accused of killing four people. Jurors were dismissed late Thursday afternoon at after about three hours of deliberations. They were scheduled to resume discussions Friday morning. Chad Isaak is accused of fatally
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from pre-pandemic times. But that increase should be short-lived. The coronavirus-fueled upheaval in the economy, which cost more than 20 million jobs in April 2020, and the sweeping federal relief packages drove
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from pre-pandemic times. But that increase should be short-lived. The coronavirus-fueled upheaval in the economy, which cost more than 20 million jobs in April 2020, and the sweeping federal
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Former Manchester United striker Denis Law says he has been diagnosed with two types of dementia. The 81-year-old Law says he wanted to be open about his condition after revealing he has “mixed dementia” — Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. Law’s 237 goals for United is bettered only by Bobby Charlton and
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After notching a string of record highs, US stocks are stuttering. What’s happening: The Dow and S&P 500 both closed 1.1% lower on Wednesday after minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve indicated that the central bank could announce plans to cut back on bond purchases in
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Jason Hoffman, CNN White House officials on Wednesday insisted the US could begin offering Covid-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated Americans in the fall while also continuing its efforts to help vaccinate the rest of the world, stressing the importance of doing both simultaneously to end the global pandemic. “Look, I
Continue ReadingCNN, WHITE HOUSE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FEDEX, POOL By Kate Sullivan and Jason Hoffman, CNN White House officials on Wednesday insisted the US could begin offering Covid-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated Americans in the fall while also continuing its efforts to help vaccinate the rest of the world, stressing the importance of doing both
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as they are more divided over President Joe Biden’s handling of foreign policy and national security. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer and Genevieve Beauchemin, Montreal Bureau Chief, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As many former Afghan interpreters for the Canadian military wonder if they’ll be able to escape the Taliban, one man and his family were able to get on a
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Lindores, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — After more than 1.5 years of isolation, some people are starting to reconnect with friends they haven’t seen in a long time. That pandemic pause may have put friendships under strain, but there are healthy ways to press
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — English county cricket team Yorkshire has apologized to one of its former players after an independent investigation into his claims of institutional racism found he was a “victim of inappropriate behavior.” Azeem Rafiq is a former England under-19 captain who said in interviews last year that as a Muslim he was
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’iNNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A return, at least temporarily, to near normalcy is giving a boost two of America’s largest department stores hit by the pandemic last year. Macy’s and Kohl’s raised their outlooks for 2021 Thursday after easily beating Wall Street expectations for the second quarter. Americans are
Continue ReadingBy Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection agency
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — ¡Es niño! Scarlett Johansson y Colin Jost celebran la llegada de su primer bebé juntos. Jost anunció la noticia en su Instagram el miércoles. “Está bien, está bien, tenemos un bebé. Su nombre es Cosmo. Lo amamos mucho”, escribió Jost. No se compartieron detalles sobre cuándo nació el bebé. Jost añadió que
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