By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Wake Forest wants to maintain its top-10 ranking and winning streak against a Louisville program that has finally strung together victories. If recent series history offers a clue, Saturday’s ACC showdown could be another high-scoring affair that comes down to the final possession. The
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Danish lender Danske Bank says it will book a 14 billion Danish kroner ($1.9 billion) provision in the third quarter for impending fines related to the bank’s involvement in a massive money laundering scandal in Estonia. The CEO said that “the discussions with U.S. and Danish authorities related to the Estonia matter
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN If Kanye West is worried about the multiple businesses that have ended relationships with him following his antisemitic comments, he’s not acting like it. The controversial artist and entrepreneur on Thursday posted a meme on his verified Instagram account that featured the headline, “Ye has reportedly cut ties with Kanye
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of an uneven U.S. economy. Jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 22 inched up by 3,000 to 217,000 from 214,000 the previous week, the Labor Department
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona talked a lot about “economic levers” as the Catalan club looks to improve its finances, but it won’t be able to use the Champions League pulley anymore after exiting at the competition’s group stage for the second consecutive season. Even before a ball was kicked at the Camp Nou against
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy grew last quarter, bouncing back after shrinking in the first half of the year — but there are indications that consumer spending, which powers the US economy, is starting to soften. Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — rose by an annualized rate
Continue ReadingBy ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found. The
Continue ReadingBy ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast the conflict in Ukraine as part of efforts by the West to secure its global domination. Speaking at a conference of international policy experts on Thursday, Putin accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to dictate their terms to other nations in
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed A South Carolina judge on Wednesday ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must appear for testimony in the Atlanta-area grand jury 2020 election meddling investigation. “I am going to find that the witness is material and necessary to the investigation and that the state of Georgia
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN Russian TV host and 2018 presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak has fled Russia for Lithuania, Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday. Sobchack entered Lithuania using her Israeli passport, according to the country’s State Security Department director Darius Jauniskis. “Yes, I can confirm that Sobchak is in Lithuania,” TASS cited Jauniskis as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A Macintosh computer used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs went up for auction this week, with sellers estimating its worth at up to US$300,000. The Macintosh SE, which did not find a buyer at the Tuesday auction, came out in
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Bowden Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Across Canada, cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are rising, particularly in children. RSV is a very common virus that causes infections in an individual’s respiratory tract, according to the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, an organization based in Winnipeg.
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Merck turned in a better-than-expected third quarter and raised its 2022 forecast as the drugmaker’s top seller brought in over a third of its revenue. Sales of the cancer fighter Keytruda grew 20% to more than $5.4 billion in the quarter and would have jumped 26% without the impact of foreign exchange
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria has announced a new partnership with Japan Tobacco to bring a heat-not-burn cigarette to the U.S. market. The announcement comes one week after Altria exited a similar deal with Philip Morris International to sell its IQOS device. Marlboro-maker Altria announced the deal on the same
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Museum of Art has opened a comprehensive exhibit on artist and illustrator Maurice Sendak. “Wild Things are Happening” is the first major retrospective of Sendak’s work since his 2012 death and the largest and most complete to date. Sendak today is best known as
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The Miss Universe Organization has suspended Miss USA President Crystle Stewart and her company, Miss Brand Corporation, pending an independent investigation into allegations that the 2022 Miss USA pageant was rigged. “After thorough deliberation, Miss Universe Organization has decided to suspend Miss Brand immediately,” the Miss Universe Organization
Continue ReadingCNN By Kyung Lah and Kate Sullivan, CNN The Phoenix Police Department has arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a break-in at Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ campaign headquarters earlier this week. Daniel Mota Dos Reis was booked on one count of third-degree burglary, according to the department. On Wednesday night, a patrol
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surging oil prices charged energy stocks through 2022 and could keep supporting the sector despite a looming recession and stubbornly hot inflation squeezing consumers. The sector’s 50% gain is a standout in the S&P 500 so far this year while every other sector has
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton has “indefinitely paused” playing Kanye West’s music from its streaming workout classes. Pelo Buddy, a fan website that doesn’t have official ties with Peloton, reports that company is telling concerned members saying that its instructors are no longer using West’s music in “newly produced classes” and it’s not recommending
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