By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond plunged nearly 30% in early trading Thursday after the retailer revealed that foot traffic “slowed significantly” in August, pummeling its second-quarter earnings. CEO Mark Tritton said in a release that the chain’s sales were solid in June, but then nosedived in the following two
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La decisión de Estados Unidos de permitir que ingresen al país solo los extranjeros completamente vacunados con fármacos que ya están autorizados por la Organización Mundial de la Salud dejaría por fuera, al menos por el momento, a millones de latinoamericanos que recibieron una de las vacunas que aún no
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Orchestra will receive a $50 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, the largest gift in the history of the 103-year-old music organization. The orchestra says $31.5 million will be dedicated to its endowment, the orchestra’s financial foundation and supporting an opera and
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures has ballooned in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration gave clinics three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked. But today none of the clinics have won FDA approval and there
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures has ballooned in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration gave clinics three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked. But today none of the clinics have won FDA approval and there
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has reported a record loss of 245.6 million euros for the 2020-21 financial year. That is the highest ever for a Serie A club. Inter won its first Serie A title in 11 years last season but its finances were hit badly by the coronavirus pandemic and the club’s early
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has reported a record loss of 245.6 million euros for the 2020-21 financial year. That is the highest ever for a Serie A club. Inter won its first Serie A title in 11 years last season but its finances were hit badly by the coronavirus pandemic and the club’s early
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $620 million after nearly four months without a big winner. That makes it the 10th largest U.S. lottery prize ahead of Saturday night’s drawing. There have been 39 drawings in a row without a Powerball grand prize winner, dating back to the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — ¿Recibir una dosis de refuerzo o no? La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) han emitido una guía para que algunos adultos puedan recibir
Continue ReadingBy Emily Andersen Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — An Illinois human rights advocacy group whose goal is to end “permanent punishments” for formerly incarcerated people in Illinois announced Tuesday they plan to launch a chapter in the Quad-Cities. The Fully Free Campaign seeks to remove hundreds of legal
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Schmidt Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Gov. Tony Evers plans to direct up to $80 million in federal COVID funds to update the state’s outdated unemployment system after GOP lawmakers rebuffed the governor’s multiple requests to pay for upgrades with state taxpayer dollars. The state
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them last year for speaking out against the company. The former employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, publicly criticized the Seattle-based company and pushed Amazon to better protect warehouse workers
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Bloyd Click here for updates on this story NEWBURGH, Indiana (WISH) — Indiana State Police say two teens crashed a vehicle into an abandoned building after a chase in southern Indiana. ISP says the driver and the passenger were both 14 years old. Troopers say they attempted to pull the vehicle over just
Continue ReadingBy AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s army has put its wary neighbors on notice that it’s about to conduct a wide-ranging military exercise near its northwestern border amid long-simmering tensions with Azerbaijan. The commander of the Iranian army’s ground forces said the drill to test weapons, assess the combat readiness of
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Kirsch Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Airline industry union workers gathered near O’Hare International Airport Wednesday to share concerns about the growing threat of “air rage.” For months, many of us have watched air rage incidents caught on video, but the airline industry’s frontline workers are much closer
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense secretary says U.S. and Filipino military officials have held initial talks to assess the future of their countries’ 70-year Mutual Defense Treaty, including revising it in a possible move that has made China wary. The 1951 treaty commits the United States and the
Continue ReadingBy Liz Nagy and Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PALATINE, Illinois (WLS) — Two dogs at the center of a series of suburban dog attacks were euthanized following the latest attack in Elmwood Park. The dogs, a pit bull mix and an Akita mix who belong to 22-year-old Meleina Toedoro, were
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Nadine Schmidt and Alex Carey A 96-year-old German woman who fled on Thursday before standing trial on charges of aiding and abetting murder in a Nazi concentration camp has been found by local authorities and will be brought before the court. “The woman has been located by German police,” Frederike Milhoffer, spokesperson at
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jacob J. Lew for CNN Business Perspectives Imagine you’re out to dinner. At the end of the meal, you pay your bill, which helps meet the restaurant’s food, rent and wage costs. But some customers slip out without paying. They disappear into the night, leaving the business to pay the same expenses with
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot and killed a member of the minority Sikh community in an attack in the deeply conservative northwestern city of Peshawar. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The gunmen fled the scene. A local
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