Palo Alto Networks, Best Buy rise; Walmart, Southern fall
The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Palo Alto Networks, Best Buy rise; Walmart, Southern fall
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Palo Alto Networks, Best Buy rise; Walmart, Southern fall
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the federal government gave full approval to the Pfizer shot. And the number is certain to grow. For the past eight months, coronavirus
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the federal government gave full approval to the Pfizer shot. And the number is certain to grow. For the past eight months, coronavirus
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a budget framework that will pave the way for Democrats to spend up to $3.5 trillion on a sweeping economic package to expand the social safety net that President Joe Biden has made a signature agenda item.
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scotland coach Steve Clarke has signed a new contract that takes him through to the European Championship in 2024. Clarke guided Scotland to Euro 2020. That was the national team’s first major tournament since the 1998 World Cup. His initial contract was due to expire at the end of the current
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It seems that nothing can stop the stock market. The bulls have assumed control. The Nasdaq surpassed the 15,000 level for the first time ever Tuesday, rising 0.5% thanks to continued strength in tech stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia and Google owner Alphabet. It’s been a stunning rise for
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says FIFA and other soccer bodies are entitled to get more than $200 million from cash forfeited in a sprawling investigation of corruption in soccer. The DOJ says a first amount of $32.2 million will be paid into a “World Football
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Desde marzo, 27 astronautas negros, hispanos y nativos americanos tienen su homenaje en el espacio: la NASA nombró a 27 asteroides en su honor. Marc W. Buie, el astrónomo que descubrió los 27 asteroides, le dijo a la NASA que era “un honor y un privilegio nombrar estos asteroides en reconocimiento
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Cuando Tim Cook asumió el cargo de CEO de Apple, fue una transición corporativa como ninguna otra. Salió de la sombra de uno de los CEO estadounidenses más conocidos y tomó las riendas de una de las mayores empresas tecnológicas del mundo que se enfrentaba a cierta incertidumbre
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Jerry Harkness, who led Loyola Chicago to a barrier-breaking national basketball championship and a was civil rights pioneer, has died. A two-time All-American at Loyola, Harkness was part of the 1963 team that won a national championship with four Black starters and played in what became known as the
Continue ReadingWILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to at least a year in jail. Thirty-seven-year-old Margaret Ann Cirko pleaded guilty to a felony count of making bomb threats. She was sentenced Tuesday in
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Ryan Nobles and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Lawmakers from both parties pressed top Biden national security officials at a classified briefing Tuesday to extend the August 31 deadline for the US military to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan. During a briefing with President Joe Biden’s top national security officials Tuesday —
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Ryan Nobles and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Lawmakers from both parties pressed top Biden national security officials at a classified briefing Tuesday to extend the August 31 deadline for the US military to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan. During a briefing with President Joe Biden’s top national security officials Tuesday —
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Clickbait” is one of those intriguing ideas that’s likely to lose followers as it progresses, a social-media-age whodunit that features a different character every episode, building toward an increasingly convoluted payoff. If you start watching you’ll probably want to see this Netflix death-by-Internet mystery through to the end, but as
Continue ReadingKIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Police and fire officials say a fire at a northeast Missouri lawyer’s office is being investigated as an arson. The fire was reported early Sunday at the Frick and Cundiff law office in Kirksville. Legal Assistant Paula Bradshaw said those responsible got into the business through a side door and set
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN A Missouri man drowned in Lake Michigan Sunday trying to rescue two children in distress, according to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office. The man has been identified as Thomas J. Walker, 40, and the sheriff’s office said he died aiding his young relatives “as they struggled in the waters of Lake
Continue ReadingBy Kiet Do Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Bay Area Tesla owner clubs are reminding new and longtime drivers to take measures to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of break-ins, which they said have started to rise as pandemic restrictions ease. “I felt like it got
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Click here for updates on this story FORTH WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Tarrant County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man they say used his professional position to solicit sex acts from young girls from area churches. Kenneth Tyler Hostin, who goes by “Tyler,” was arrested by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, August
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Perlman Click here for updates on this story SHINGLE SPRINGS, California (KOVR) — More than a week since the Caldor Fire sparked and tore through El Dorado County, thousands of residents are now homeless and evacuation sites are full. Now, more than 200 evacuees are at the KOA in Shingle Springs, camping out
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.” The self-effacing and unshakeable drummer helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm
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