By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday, pulled down by losses in big technology and communications companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.7%. Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices shed 4.4%. Investors were discouraged to
Continue ReadingBy Tiffany Flournoy Click here for updates on this story MINDEN, Louisiana (KTBS) — Police say a 15-year-old Minden High School student was arrested Tuesday after stabbing another student multiple times with a paring knife while on the school’s campus. Police Chief Steve Cropper said the student was expected to be charged with attempted second-degree
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Magda Chodownik, CNN Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed to stop them, according to Polish authorities. The thousands of stranded people are caught at the center of an intensifying
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Magda Chodownik, CNN Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed to stop them, according to Polish authorities. The thousands of stranded people are caught at the center of an intensifying
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that new inflation statistics showing America’s prices are surging more than they have in 30 years are proof that there is “more work to do before our economy is back to normal.” “Inflation hurts Americans (sic) pocketbooks, and reversing this trend is a top priority for
Continue Reading The Associated Press Ford and Purdue University are working to create a new charging station cable that could combine with in-development vehicle charging technology, making it easier for people to transition to electric vehicles with seamless re-charging. Purdue researchers are focusing on an alternative cooling method to prevent battery overheating by designing a charging cable
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Si estás en una multitud y la gente está lo suficientemente cerca como para chocar contra ti, es posible que haya demasiada gente. Eso es según G. Keith Still, profesor visitante de Ciencia de Masas en la Universidad de Suffolk y director de GKSkill International, una consultora que capacita a los
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was faced with unexpected comments as she addressed the nation — not from the opposition, or from an angry citizen, but from her daughter, who interrupted her during a Facebook livestream. Ardern was midway through updating viewers on the country’s Covid-19 response when she was
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story RICH HILL, Missouri (KCTV) — A bomb squad had to be called in after an employee found a military-grade mortar in a city building in Rich Hill. According to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to assist the Rich Hill Police Department around
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia Police Department has identified a girl killed after an SUV hit her on Monday afternoon. Police said Ella M. Kindle, 11, of Sedalia, died from her injuries after she was hit by the vehicle around 3:10 p.m. near the intersection of North Engineer Avenue and Saline Street. According to the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — No se vislumbra un final para los precios altos en Estados Unidos. La inflación de los precios al consumidor en Estados Unidos volvió a subir en octubre, informó el miércoles la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. Durante los últimos 12 meses, los precios subieron un 6,2%, lo que representa el mayor
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MILAN (AP) — Holger Rune of Denmark kept his hopes of making the semifinals alive as he beat Francisco Cerúndolo of Argentina 4-1, 4-2, 1-4, 4-1 at the Next Gen Finals. The eight-man tournament for the top 21-and-under players on the ATP Tour has a round-robin format and both players had lost their opening Group
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A new survey has found what organizers say is a lack of awareness in Britain about the Holocaust and the country’s rescue of Jewish children ahead of World War II. The Claims Conference said Wednesday that 52% of respondents surveyed in the U.K. did not know that
Continue Reading By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s prime minister, who announced his resignation after his coalition’s heavy election defeat last month, has said he will stay on in the post temporarily to ensure the country’s political situation stabilizes. Zoran Zaev announced his resignation on Oct. 31 following his leftist coalition’s
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — “They drove by, and the driver took off his hat and was laughing at me,” Helen Glick said, describing the night last month when she was shot in the face with an airsoft gun. The attack took place during the
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The shooting death of a Georgia man has thrust a complicated and often misunderstood legal tenet into the spotlight. The concept of “citizen’s arrest” is a common cultural trope, but it’s also at the center of the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot and killed after a
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police throughout the St. Louis area are reporting a new trend in vehicle break-ins — groups of thieves hitting multiple cars in a matter of minutes. KTVI-TV reports that a UPS facility in the Maryland Heights area is among the parking areas victimized recently. A shipping company lot in St. Louis
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Crystal is not ready to say goodbye to “Mr. Saturday Night.” The comic icon has turned his film into a Broadway-bound musical. Crystal hopes to open it next year with him reprising his film role as Buddy Young Jr., a bitter, old insult comic
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Mariah Carey, the queen of Christmas, is partnering with McDonald’s and giving her fans one of the best gifts of them all: free(-ish) food. McDonald’s is debuting the “Mariah Menu” next month, in which the fast food chain is giving away a different free menu item each day between December
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama boy who weighed less than a pound at birth after his mother went into labor at only 21 weeks and one day of gestation has been certified as the world’s most premature baby to survive. Guinness World Records and UAB Hospital announced Wednesday that Curtis Means beat the previous
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