By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Consumer confidence dipped again in April as anxiety over a slowing economy and possible recession weighed on American households. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 101.3 in April from 104 in March. Optimism about current conditions ticked up again, although consumers are less
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN and JAE C. HONG Associated Press LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) — Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put food in carry totes. He moved the rabbits and chickens and their automatic feeders to higher ground. He and his family and
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dio positivo por covid-19 el pasado domingo por tercera vez desde que se inició la pandemia. Por ello, la atención sobre su estado de salud ha aumentado y el Gobierno del país ha proporcionado actualizaciones diarias. De hecho, el propio mandatario reapareció en
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who used his prime time perch at the talk network to exert a firm grip over the Republican Party, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement that rocked the media and political worlds Monday. “We thank
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer PIACAGUERA INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil (AP) — As a bonfire lit by children finished burning, the winners at the first Indigenous Games of Peruibe calmly welcomed their wooden medals around their necks with little fanfare otherwise. The spectators, though, screamed and howled around the village’s arena as defeated competitors applauded
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who posted a fake Craigslist ad for a free trailer with a legislative candidate’s number on the day of the election — saying it was a joke — has lost his right to vote in the state. Michael Drouin, 30, of Merrimack
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Police on Chicago’s Northwest Side are linking two armed robberies to the dating app Plenty of Fish. The first happened Friday, April 14, on West Olive. The other happened Saturday, April 15, on West Addison. Police say the suspect met the victims
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox will broadcast 29 of 64 Women’s World Cup games from Australia and New Zealand this summer on its main network, up from 22 of 52 matches in France during the 2019 tournament and 16 in 2015. The main network will televise the opener between New Zealand vs Norway on July
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox will broadcast 29 of 64 Women’s World Cup games from Australia and New Zealand this summer on its main network, up from 22 of 52 matches in France during the 2019 tournament and 16 in 2015. The main network will televise the opener between New Zealand vs Norway on July
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The granddaughter of late Latino labor activist Cesar Chavez is moving from President Joe Biden’s White House staff to take another high-profile position at the helm of his 2024 reelection campaign. For the past few years, Julie Chavez Rodriguez has run the White House Office of Intergovernmental
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Supreme Court decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion led to significant restrictions to abortion access, but hasn’t affected public support, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. About a year after the court’s Dobbs decision, 80% of US adults say that their
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Oklahoma’s laws restricting abortions have created a confusing, contradictory environment that may have a chilling effect on health care, new research says. After the US Supreme Court overturned the right to an abortion last year with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, several states quickly passed laws that restricted
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An award-winning local poet has an impressive new title from the city. avery r. young has been named Chicago’s first ever Poet Laureate. He’ll serve a two-year term and will receive $50,000 to write new poetry and create new programs for the
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Playoff Jimmy is the moniker that Jimmy Butler has now whether he wants it or not. He says it isn’t a thing. His play shows otherwise. He had scored 45 or more points five times in his NBA career, and three of those games have come
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN UPS says the US economy is slowing down. America’s largest trucking company said Tuesday that revenue fell 6% in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, as its operating profit fell 22%. Its earnings fell just short of Wall Street forecasts for the period. “In the first quarter, deceleration
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una mujer estadounidense fue detenida en Sydney tras llegar en un vuelo procedente de Los Ángeles con un arma de fuego bañada en oro de 24 quilates en su equipaje. La mujer, de 28 años, que llegó a Sydney este domingo, no tenía permiso para importar o poseer un arma de fuego
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN US home prices rose slightly in February, snapping a seven-month streak of month-over-month declines, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, released Tuesday. After seasonal adjustment, the national index posted a month-over-month increase of 0.2%. The national composite index now stands 4.9% below its June 2022
Continue ReadingBy JOHN DIAS Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — We have a new segment highlighting community heroes, because we are #BetterTogether. Today’s hero is an accomplished chef from New Jersey who’s using his culinary skills to feed the hungry and do so much much. Charles Mortimer is best known as
Continue ReadingBy ALI BAUMAN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The MTA is calling five of its employees heroes for rescuing a toddler from the train tracks in Westchester County earlier this month. CBS2 has obtained the heart-stopping video of the rescue. An emergency call over the radio snapped engineers to
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo altered an analysis released by the Florida Department of Health last year to suggest mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pose a significant health risk to men ages 18 to 39, Politico reported Monday. Politico said it obtained a document as part of a public records request that
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