By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow reached a new high for the year Thursday as easing inflation data and strong third quarter earnings from Salesforce shot the benchmark index 520 points, or 1.5% higher. While it was a mixed day for markets overall, all three major indexes managed to make November
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New York officials. The congestion pricing plan will be the first such program in the United States if it if is approved by transportation officials early next year. Revenue from
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Activist shareholder Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management has launched a new proxy fight against Disney, just months after backing off from its earlier push after returned chief executive Bob Iger announced a vast cost-cutting plan for the media conglomerate. “Investor confidence is low, key strategic questions loom,
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press Donations are pouring in at a Christmas charity in Michigan after smoke damage from a fire stymied plans to deliver thousands of gifts for children. Santa Claus Girls of Kent County has been going door-to-door with gifts for struggling families for more than a century in the Grand Rapids area.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. authorities say a Mexican drug cartel was so bold in operating frauds targeting elderly Americans that the gang’s operators posed as U.S. Treasury Department officials. The revelation was made Thursday by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. The agency has been chasing fraudsters using call centers controlled
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice” has finished production, bringing us one step closer to seeing Michael Keaton’s gleefully grotesque “ghost with the most” grace our screens once again. Tim Burton, the visionary director behind the original classic as well as the sequel, shared the production update on his
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Henry Kissinger, una de las figuras de política exterior más importantes e influyentes de la historia de Estados Unidos, falleció a los 100 años, según informó este miércoles su firma consultora Kissinger Associates. El nombre de Kissinger fue un sinónimo de política exterior en la década de 1970, en momentos en
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN MITCHELL Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — She was attacked, carjacked and concussed, and a woman said what’s happened since then is just adding to her headache. It was the end of October, around 5 p.m., and still light outside when Sophia Green said she parked near the intersection
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Influential longtime Detroit pastor the Rev. Charles Gilchrist Adams has died following an illness. He was 86. Adams’ sister told The Detroit News on Thursday that he died Wednesday following a bout with pneumonia. Adams spent a half-century as pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church before retiring in 2019. He had since
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico informó este miércoles sobre un brote de sífilis en el municipio de Vieques, una isla ubicada en el este del territorio. Melissa Marzán Rodríguez, principal funcionaria de epidemiología del Departamento de Salud, le dijo a CNN que, en el último informe publicado de vigilancia
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended from slaves who fear new zoning changes will force them to sell their island homes. Attorneys for McIntosh County say the lawsuit should be dismissed because Georgia’s constitution gives
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Indiana against TikTok accusing the company of making false claims about the safety of user data and age-appropriate content. Judge Jennifer DeGroote of Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana, said the court “lacks personal jurisdiction” over TikTok
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been fully cleared to play basketball after suffering a cardiac arrest in July, a statement from a James family spokesperson announced on Thursday. “Bronny James is now cleared by his doctors for a full return to
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The eight airmen who were aboard an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan, on Wednesday are still missing, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday. “I don’t have an update for you on recovery efforts just yet. Again, we know
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Murphy fondly remembers watching classic Christmas movies as a child with his family during the holidays. The legendary entertainer is hoping “Candy Cane Lane” — his first holiday film — creates similar memories for others. Reuniting with “Boomerang” director Reginald Hudlin, the Prime Video
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Republican politician Victor Ashe is suing Tennessee election officials over a state law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary. The rarely-invoked 1972 law requires primary voters to be “bona fide”
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia (WANF) — After a two-hour chase including drones, K-9s and eyewitnesses, four law enforcement agencies caught an accused “Peeping Tom” on Monday, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. Jeremy Pullins, 37, faces five charges, including obstruction of law enforcement officers, failure to
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN Republican senators were alarmed and relieved when they learned that their colleague Sen. Joni Ernst had choked during a party lunch on Thursday and was rescued by Sen. Rand Paul, who gave her the Heimlich maneuver. An aide to Ernst said the senator is OK. Ernst appeared to be making jokes
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Five former correctional officers in West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the 2022 death of a man at a regional jail. The inmate was allegedly beaten while handcuffed and restrained both in an interview room and later in a
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Belong examined Census Bureau data to see which metros have renters who are putting the largest share of their income toward rent in Oregon.
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