By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Nordstrom are slipping in early trading after the upscale department store chain cut its annual profit outlook amid lackluster holiday sales that forced it to slash prices. The disappointing report is the latest evidence that shoppers, including the well-heeled, have pulled back buying
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El gobierno del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, se encuentra en un punto muerto con Alemania sobre el envío de tanques a Ucrania, antes de una reunión clave de los líderes de defensa occidentales en Berlín este viernes. En los últimos días, funcionarios alemanes indicaron que no van a enviar
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” died from natural causes and not from a car accident last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has concluded. The 67-year-old actor died of sudden
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Power brokers have wrapped up the World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss town of Davos as worries about the war in Ukraine, a warming planet and a cooling global economy dominated discussions about the world’s ills. It’s anybody’s guess whether an
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Power brokers have wrapped up the World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss town of Davos as worries about the war in Ukraine, a warming planet and a cooling global economy dominated discussions about the world’s ills. It’s anybody’s guess whether an
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Actor and producer Alec Baldwin is not the only public figure to face charges in connection to a death that resulted from a tragic event. Baldwin and a film armorer will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter by Santa Fe, New Mexico prosecutors in the shooting death
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN College freshman Dieunerst Collin’s road to internet meme fame started with a confused side-eye at a Popeyes in New Jersey. It was a decade ago, and the then 9-year-old was in line waiting for a family pack of chicken, biscuits and fries at the fast-food chain in Irvington. A stranger pulled
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La estrella del fútbol brasileño Dani Alves, quien se encuentra bajo investigación por un cargo de agresión sexual, fue puesto en prisión provisional el viernes por una jueza española, dijo la oficina de prensa del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña en un comunicado. “La jueza de instrucción número 15 de Barcelona
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN And you think you helped scarf down a really big pizza recently? You’ve got nothin’ on this one. When Pizza Hut decided to bring back its “big New Yorker” pizza — a cheese and pepperoni pie with foldable slices designed to be eaten on the go in true Manhattan style —
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Regal Cinemas is closing 39 more movie theaters across the United States. The decision comes four months after its parent company Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the pandemic devastated the industry and public screenings. In a filing this week, Cineworld said it is planning to reject leases for the
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Eli Lilly shares slipped Friday morning after regulators said they need to see more data on the company’s application for a quick approval of its potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment. Lilly said the Food and Drug Administration wants information from at least 100 patients who received a minimum of 12 months of continued
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British scientists say they don’t think pollution killed thousands of crabs that washed up on beaches in northeast England in late 2021. The crustaceans were found dead or dying along more than 70 kilometers (44 miles) of coastline. Some displayed unusual “twitching” while in the throes of death. Environmentalists suspected toxins released
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian state television says that a man’s body has been pulled out of a swollen river in a southwestern town and rescuers are searching for another man. Floods in the Balkans have closed down schools, cut railway traffic and soaked homes and farmland. The floods this
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A wide range of businesses, internet users, academics and even human rights experts defended Big Tech’s liability shield Thursday in a pivotal Supreme Court case about YouTube algorithms, with some arguing that excluding AI-driven recommendation engines from federal legal protections would cause sweeping changes to the open internet. The diverse group
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday took its biggest swipe yet at app stores run by Apple and Google, with a new report accusing the two tech giants of exercising “gatekeeper” power that has led to “suboptimal” levels of competition in digital markets. The report published by the Commerce Department finds
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior mania descended on Paris Fashion Week menswear Friday as over a thousand screaming fans thronged the magnificent Place de la Concorde for a glimpse of their favorite stars, with some almost risking their lives in snarled traffic. The minders of the show’s VIP guests, including
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior mania descended on Paris Fashion Week menswear Friday as over a thousand screaming fans thronged the magnificent Place de la Concorde for a glimpse of their favorite stars, with some almost risking their lives in snarled traffic. The minders of the show’s VIP guests, including
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN The world economy is still in a sticky spot, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund, despite cautious optimism among economists and business leaders that slowing inflation means the worst of last year’s crises may be over. Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, said on Friday that conditions
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MELDRUM and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claims its forces have captured a village in an intense and monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday that a village nine kilometers (five miles) south of Bakhmut had been “liberated.” Ukrainian officials
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