By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — As she exits her hometown’s only restaurant clutching an order of cabbage and hush puppies, Carolyn Suggs Bandy pauses to boast about a place that stakes its claim as the oldest town chartered by Black Americans nearly 140 years ago. “It is sacred to me,”
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged down for the first time in two months following a swift rise to its highest level in more than a decade. After seven weeks of increases, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage inched down to 5.1% from
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After years of screaming higher, almost regardless of what the economy was doing, tech-oriented stocks are tanking and dragging down the rest of Wall Street. Many of these high-profile companies still make billions of dollars in profits, and they continue to dominate the top of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet. Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the states and environmental groups in New York and California, ask
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States. It is also celebrated in many other countries. May 14, 2022 – Mother’s Day. Facts In 2021, 27.3 was the average age in the United States for first-time mothers, according to the CDC. In its early days, people
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN We now have more insight into how Kanye West helped Kim Kardashian get the remaining footage of her infamous sex tape. On the most recent episode of her family’s new Hulu reality series “The Kardashians,” the mogul broke down in tears after West – who now goes by Ye –
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La economía de EE.UU. se desaceleró en el primer trimestre de 2022, según revelaron datos de la Oficina de Análisis Económico este jueves. El producto interno bruto del país (PIB) ––la medida más amplia de actividad económica–– se contrajo a una tasa anualizada del 1,4% entre enero y marzo, en una reversión
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The German title race has ended with another dominant win for Bayern Munich but the Bundesliga has one of the fiercest fights in European soccer just a little further down the standings. Six points separate Bayer Leverkusen in third from Cologne in seventh as teams
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet economists foresee a return to growth for the rest of 2022 based on the strength of the job market and consumer spending. The
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, CNN The year’s second-largest Powerball jackpot is off the board, with only one winning ticket to claim it. A ticket sold in Arizona won the $473.1 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s drawing, officials of the multistate lottery game said. The holder can choose between an annuity of $473.1 million spread in 30
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s teenage son has received a death threat and bullet in the mail, Israeli officials said Thursday, he second such warning against the Israeli leader’s family this week. The threats have come at a time of deep political divisions in Israel. In a major
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese doctor’s union says that 24 children and nine women were among dozens killed in tribal clashes over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The Sudan’s Doctors Committee also said on Thursday that 23 elderly and 144 men were also killed.
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently traveled to the Hudson Valley to raise money against his Democratic counterpart in his own backyard. And on Thursday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the House Republican leadership, announced a
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s exit from Russia is costing it a lot of money — and food. The company announced last month that it would temporarily close its restaurants in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. It also closed restaurants in Ukraine. Those shutdowns cost McDonald’s $127 million last quarter. McDonald’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Caterpillar’s first-quarter sales climbed as construction equipment demand continues to surge even though supply chain challenges still plague most industries. Sales rose 14% to $13.59 billion, topping the $13.5 billion that analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were looking for. Aside from improved demand for equipment, Caterpillar said higher
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Health Organization says that Africa is seeing a surge of outbreaks of preventable diseases as a result of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Benido Impouma, a World Health Organization expert in Africa, told a briefing Thursday that the continent has recorded more
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Two limited crime series with literary underpinnings yield very different verdicts, with “Under the Banner of Heaven” emerging as an engrossing fact-based drama set around the Mormon Church during the 1980s, while “Shining Girls” turns a time-traveling serial-killer plot into a vaguely incomprehensible thriller for Apple TV+. Playing like a
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American children, as it asked the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to clear low-dose shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect the nation’s littlest kids as
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell again last week and remain at historically low levels. Jobless claims in the U.S. declined by 5,000 to 180,000 for the week ending April 23, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally reflect the
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell again last week and remain at historically low levels. Jobless claims in the U.S. declined by 5,000 to 180,000 for the week ending April 23, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally reflect the
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