By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business In the minutes after Astra — a US-based startup — launched its rocket from a remote site in Alaska Tuesday afternoon, investors appeared ready to believe that the company had, once again, failed to keep the mission on track. Astra confirmed on Twitter that the rocket had made it to
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There’s no way of knowing if cost increases and missed construction deadlines will continue at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. That’s according to a report made public Tuesday by Government Accountability Office. The reports says the U.S. Energy Department is not required to
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s stadium will be renamed Spotify Camp Nou after the club announced a sponsorship deal to ease some of its financial struggles. The agreement with the streaming company includes sponsorship of the main shirt and title rights for the stadium which will have a sponsor name
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN BERNARDINO, California (KCAL) — Equipped with only a paper map, an axe and some patience, an injured hiker survived a fall from the tallest peak in Southern California. An experienced hiker, David Nguyen set out on Saturday morning for a day trip into the
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday as inflation worries ebbed and oil prices slid. The wilder action was in oil and Asian stock markets, where tighter anti-COVID measures in China are raising worries. Oil tumbled more than 6%, and a barrel of U.S. crude fell below $97. Stocks in Hong Kong
Continue ReadingBy MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has deported the alleged leader of a bloodthirsty gang of border hitmen, one day after his arrest caused retaliatory shooting and burning that closed U.S. border crossings. A Mexican official said Juan Gerardo Treviño had been deported to the United States. The official said Treviño
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re not familiar with the term “mild cognitive impairment,” you’re not the only one. More than 80% of Americans aren’t familiar with this condition that affects up to 18% of people ages 60 and older and can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, a new survey has found. Mild cognitive impairment is
Continue ReadingCNN, JAMA NEUROLOGY By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re not familiar with the term “mild cognitive impairment,” you’re not the only one. More than 80% of Americans aren’t familiar with this condition that affects up to 18% of people ages 60 and older and can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, a new survey has found. Mild
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Jet fuel prices are soaring along with other fuel costs. So are airfares. Blame the return of passenger demand — rather than fuel prices — if you pay more for a flight this spring or summer. The nation’s leading airline executives appeared at a JPMorgan investor conference Tuesday and all
Continue ReadingTOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A group of Maine middle and high school students grabbed the wheel of their school bus Monday morning when their driver suffered a fatal medical condition. The students were able to steer the vehicle to safety while another classmate attempted to administer first aid to the stricken driver. Topsham Police Chief
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Bloom Raskin has withdrawn her nomination to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors after a key Democrat joined with all Senate Republicans to oppose her confirmation. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Monday that he opposed Raskin’s confirmation, and all Republicans in the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CALABASAS, California (KCAL) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the increase and extension of a reward for information in the death of Mitrice Richardson, whose remains were found nearly a year after she was released from a sheriff’s station in Calabasas. Richardson,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Lloyd has taken the lessons he learned in 22 years as an assistant at Gonzaga to fuel No. 2 Arizona’s accelerated ascension in his first year as a head coach. The Wildcats won 31 games this season to sweep the Pac-12 regular-season and tournament
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II.
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Delta Air Lines, Circor rise; Coupa, Olin fall.
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN The Republican-controlled Georgia state House on Tuesday night passed a sweeping elections bill that would hand new election policing powers to the state’s bureau of investigations and restrict nonprofit funding of elections. The 40-page bill would give the Georgia Bureau of Investigations the power to initiate election fraud
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the chamber by unanimous consent. The bill would still need to pass the House and be signed by President Joe Biden to become law. If the measure clears
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN)– Una mujer asiática de Nueva York recibió más de 125 puñetazos en la cabeza y la cara, además de siete pisotones, de un hombre que supuestamente la llamó “pe*** asiática”, informó el Departamento de Policía de Yonkers en un comunicado de prensa este lunes. La víctima, de 67 años, regresaba a su casa en
Continue ReadingBy Maddie White Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Within the last year and a half, Southern Nevadans have escaped violent situations at home, according to the nonprofit SafeNest. SafeNest CEO Liz Ortenburger said they are spending more money per month than in year’s past on the group’s confidential
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press The top leader of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States and Ukraine’s ambassador have made an urgent appeal to the world for more weapons to fight against Russia’s invasion and aid to address the worsening humanitarian crisis. The Most Rev. Borys Gudziak is metropolitan archbishop of Philadelphia for the
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