By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Tuesday as the technology sector reversed direction after a sell-off a day earlier. The S&P 500 rose 1.4%, with technology companies and banks leading the gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2% and the Nasdaq rose 1.5%.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame’s head swimming coach has resigned one week after a federal judge dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit that had accused him of degrading and demoting a female assistant because of her pregnancy. The university announced Monday that head coach Michael Litzinger had resigned from the school’s swimming program and
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Supporters of Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are fighting back against Donald Trump and their own party leaders. They are angered by Trump’s Sept. 25 rally in Georgia where the former president again attacked Kemp. Kemp supporters warn that an embrace of Trump, his unproven claims about
Continue ReadingBy WGCL Staff Click here for updates on this story ROSWELL, Georgia (WGCL) — A 47-year-old man, known for his alleged involvement in the Ghostface Gangsters criminal gang, has been arrested for a range of crimes tied to an operation that illegally sent drugs to prisoners. Roswell police arrested Stephen Mott in July while patrolling
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A pod of dolphins was out for a playful swim in Long Island Sound over the weekend. Channel 3 viewer John Mullane said he was out boating with his family off the coast of Clinton on Oct. 3 when he spotted
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican prosecutor has conceded procedural errors in his fraud and corruption investigation into the Holy See’s finances and is offering to remedy them by essentially starting over. Lawyers for the 10 defendants have argued the mistakes were so grave as to render the indictment void.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican prosecutor has conceded procedural errors in his fraud and corruption investigation into the Holy See’s finances and is offering to remedy them by essentially starting over. Lawyers for the 10 defendants have argued the mistakes were so grave as to render the indictment void.
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for working against nature by damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather events that test the limits of concrete and steel.
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates. In a letter to Ducey, the Treasury Department said the grant programs are “not
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By Eva McKend, CNN Back in 2013, Terry McAuliffe won a majority of Black voters when he sought — and ultimately won — the top office in Virginia. As he vies for a second term as the Commonwealth’s governor, he wants to do it again. With less than a month to go in the election,
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Alan Kalter, the announcer on “Late Show With David Letterman,” has died, according to Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El in Connecticut. He was 78. “Alan died peacefully on Monday, surrounded by family,” Hammerman told CNN. Kalter died at Stamford Hospital, with his wife Peggy and daughters Lauren Hass and
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been charged with murder and domestic battery in the shooting death of his older brother. Police say 34-year-old Ricky Salazar was arrested last week and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Ricardo Salazar. He also faces separate charges of aggravated robbery,
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. Outage tracking site Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — El Consorcio Internacional de Periodistas de Investigación (ICIJ, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó este domingo los papeles de Pandora, una exposición de los secretos financieros y los negocios en paraÃsos fiscales de docenas de jefes de Estado, funcionarios públicos y polÃticos de 91 paÃses y territorios.
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The six-hour outage of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp on Monday was a headache for many casual users. But the outage was far more serious for many people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to communicate with relatives, friends and neighbors and run their
Continue Reading By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Attorneys for three retail pharmacy chains say the companies are blameless for the ongoing opioid crisis and did not create a public nuisance in two Ohio counties suing them in federal court. Attorneys for CVS, Walmart and Giant Eagle delivered their opening statements Tuesday in Cleveland. Attorneys
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson is struggling to score points, is no longer a contender for the national title and has fallen out of the Top 25. It marks an end to the Tigers’ domination of opponents, being part of the national picture and in the rankings for almost
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year has returned to court for what could be the final hearing before his trial begins next month. Prosecutors have charged Kyle Rittenhouse with homicide and other crimes after
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by the United Nations’ weather agency finds much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes and droughts expected to worsen with climate change. The report says 60% of the countries it surveyed urgently need better warning systems to avert water-related disasters. It says
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by the United Nations’ weather agency finds much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes and droughts expected to worsen with climate change. The report says 60% of the countries it surveyed urgently need better warning systems to avert water-related disasters. It says
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