By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflicting signs about the health of the U.S. economy have thrust the Federal Reserve into a difficult spot. With inflation raging at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumer spending still solid, the Fed is under pressure to raise interest rates aggressively. But other
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — Estados Unidos no es ajeno a las respuestas de enojo de China por su apoyo a Taiwán, una isla autónoma que Beijing reclama como territorio propio. Pero la semana pasada, las advertencias de China contra un posible viaje de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., Nancy
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, Chandelis Duster and Laura Ly, CNN Indiana lawmakers reconvened on Monday to consider more restrictions on abortion, the first state to hold a special session with the goal of potentially curtailing abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. A special Indiana General Assembly committee met for more
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOTT POLAKOFF Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizon (KPHO, KTVK) — The Grid is a Mesa destination for gamers, music lovers, and foodies to come together. But the pandemic took a toll on the popular gamer pub, and the business is looking for help in making its rent this upcoming month.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — A bishop in Brooklyn was robbed at gunpoint in the middle of a church service. The entire robbery was captured during a live stream. Bishop Lamor Whitehead says three men waving guns stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Former President Donald Trump was reluctant to give a speech on January 7, 2021, that strongly condemned the violence at the US Capitol the day before and crossed out key lines in a draft, according to a new video released by the House January 6 committee that includes interview footage and
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the American public’s views on the state of democracy and the threat posed to it by that event have changed little, according to a new CNN poll
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Google has fired the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient, the company confirmed, saying he violated employment and data security policies. Blake Lemoine, a software engineer for Google, claimed that a conversation technology called LaMDA had reached a level of consciousness after exchanging thousands of messages with
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on a Maine river that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the U.S. The last of the wild salmon live in a group of rivers in Maine and have been
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Soccer fans who run onto the field or use objects like smoke bombs and pyrotechnics at matches in England will receive an automatic ban from clubs under new measures to tackle increased anti-social behavior. Concerns were raised about safety issues inside stadiums following a series of incidents which marred the end of
Continue ReadingBy JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A gunman who roamed for hours through a sleeping Vancouver suburb shot four people early Monday, two of them fatally, as he opened fire at a casino, a center for the homeless and other locations before being killed by police, authorities said. The attacks began
Continue ReadingBy JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A gunman who roamed for hours through a sleeping Vancouver suburb shot four people early Monday, two of them fatally, as he opened fire at a casino, a center for the homeless and other locations before being killed by police, authorities said. The attacks began
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Once regarded as the sole democracy to have emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia on Tuesday passed a newly minted constitution that analysts fear could be the final nail in the coffin of its democratic era. With no minimum voter threshold, only 30.5% of eligible
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Wes Studi’s potent and pioneering acting career, he has played vengeful warriors, dying prisoners and impassioned resistance leaders. For three decades, he has arrestingly crafted wide-ranging portraits of the Native American experience. But one thing he had never done in a movie is give
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Chase Elliott left Pocono Raceway as a third-place finisher and learned when he landed home in Georgia that he had been declared the race winner. The 2020 NASCAR champion said he won’t celebrate the victory awarded to him after Pocono winner Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his Toyota failed
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, a man training to be an FBI agent, and an investment banker were among nine people charged in four separate and unrelated insider trading schemes revealed on Monday with the unsealing of indictments in New York City.
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s “feeling better every day” as he recovers from his coronavirus infection. After participating in a virtual meeting Monday to talk about computer chip manufacturing, Biden said “everything’s on the button” with the medical tests he’s been receiving each evening. He also said
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ just got a little more adult. The streaming service added its first R-rated films in the US on Friday with “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan.” The movies star Marvel superheroes, but as their ratings suggest, they’re decidedly not kid-friendly. That’s a notable shift in the content strategy for Disney+:
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un robot que jugaba al ajedrez le rompió un dedo a un niño durante una partida en Rusia la semana pasada, según declaró el presidente de la Federación de Ajedrez de Moscú a la agencia de noticias estatal TASS. Sergey Lazarev dijo que el incidente ocurrió en el Abierto de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It turns out millennials haven’t strayed very far from the areas where they grew up. A study released Monday by Harvard University and U.S. Census Bureau researchers found that by age 26, more than two-thirds of millennials lived in the same area where they grew up, 80% had moved less than 100 miles
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