By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Home Depot, a bellwether of the housing market and US economy, said sales dropped over the winter and it’s a expecting a slow 2024. Sales at stores open for at least one year fell 3.5% last quarter, and Home Depot projects that sales will continue to decline
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior European Union officials are welcoming a plan by Poland’s new government to address concerns about democratic backsliding. If implemented, they say the plan to roll back political influence over the judiciary could end legal wrangling that’s threatened to suspect Poland’s EU voting rights and blocked it
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart doesn’t want to just sell groceries and t-shirts. It wants to be a media and advertising giant like Amazon. Walmart announced Tuesday that it’s buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion to shore up its advertising business and create a more potent rival to Amazon’s booming
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday from the owners of a North Dakota truck stop who are challenging government-approved fees that banks charge every time a customer swipes a debit card to pay for gas or a candy bar. Almost as significant as the argument itself is who will
Continue ReadingBy ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet For years millennials have been treated like broke kids, which might have had some truth to it. But these days, millennials aren’t as young as we once were, evidenced by slang we don’t understand, the mystery of what kind of jeans are acceptable and the fact that our investment needs
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — All US states and territories will receive a new round of funding to help clean up the nation’s drinking water, the Biden administration announced today. The bipartisan effort aims to fix America’s vast underground water system and replace miles of corroded pipes that are creating health risks. Here’s what
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — All US states and territories will receive a new round of funding to help clean up the nation’s drinking water, the Biden administration announced today. The bipartisan effort aims to fix America’s vast underground water system and replace miles of corroded pipes that are creating health risks. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish farmers have blocked border crossings with Ukraine as they intensify nationwide protest against the import of Ukrainian foods and European Union environmental policies. Farmers across Europe have been protesting, worried that EU plans to place limits on the use of chemicals and on greenhouse gas
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Look out, there’s another chess prodigy on the scene. At eight years, six months and 11 days, Ashwath Kaushik made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest player ever to beat a chess grandmaster in a classical tournament game. The youngster, who lives in Singapore, achieved the feat after
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Expertos de las Naciones Unidas han pedido una investigación sobre lo que describieron como “acusaciones creíbles de atroces violaciones de derechos humanos” contra mujeres y niñas palestinas en Gaza y la Ribera Occidental por parte de las fuerzas israelíes . Las acusaciones incluyen ejecuciones extrajudiciales, detenciones arbitrarias, tratos degradantes, violaciones y
Continue ReadingLight spotty rain and snow showers are possible in the forecast area with snow accumulations up to around 2 inches possible above 4.5k ft -5k ft in the mountains and more snow is expected in the Cascades through midweek.
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Happy Tuesday Central Oregon! This morning pockets of dense fog and freezing fog (in some areas) are possible. Icy and slushy roads are likely the case this morning with some mild temperatures on the way today. A Dense Fog Advisory is in place until noon in North Central Oregon due to visibility of a 1/4
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Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Teresa Gould will become the first-ever ‘Power 5’ Conference female commissioner and lead the Pac-12 Conference after being promoted from her role as Pac-12 deputy commissioner, the conference announced on Monday. She will succeed George Kliavkoff in the role from March 1, having joined the Pac-12 as deputy commissioner
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appealed Tuesday to President Vladimir Putin to intervene and turn her son’s body over to her so she can bury him with dignity. Lyudmila Navalnaya, who has been trying to get his body since Saturday, appeared in a video
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa argued at the United Nations’ top court on Tuesday that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and that Israel’s occupation of land sought for a Palestinian state is “inherently and fundamentally illegal.” Israel rejects such claims. The South African representatives were
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Bitcoin is back with a $1 trillion dollar bang. The value of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has more than tripled to $52,000 since November 2022. That year was marked by the high-profile implosion of crypto exchange FTX, which triggered liquidity crises at several smaller crypto firms. Following
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies say they have infiltrated and disrupted a prolific ransomware syndicate behind cyberattacks around the world. Britain’s National Crime Agency says it led an international operation targeting LockBit, which provides ransomware as a service to so-called affiliates who infect victim networks with
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two bottles
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Kareem El Damanhoury and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — United Nations experts have called for an investigation into what they described as “credible allegations of egregious human rights violations” against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank by Israeli forces. The allegations include extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, degrading
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