By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Schoolchildren take the spotlight this week as the U.S. enters a new phase in COVID-19 vaccination aimed at curbing deaths, hospitalizations and more than a year of disrupted education. Hugs with friends. Birthday parties indoors. Pillow fights. Kids who got their first shots Wednesday said these are the pleasures
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos, CNN A 16-year-old high school student was in critical condition after being shot in the head by a fellow student Tuesday morning while waiting for a school bus, police in Gwinnett County, Georgia, said. According to Lawrenceville Police Department Lt. J. O. Parker, officers were dispatched to the Saddle Shoals neighborhood around
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as investors look over another big batch of earnings reports from U.S. companies, which contained some disappointments. They’re also looking ahead to an announcement later Wednesday from the Federal Reserve, which is expected to give its outlook on inflation and the economy and also
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The Associated Press Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as investors look over another big batch of earnings reports from U.S. companies, which contained some disappointments. They’re also looking ahead to an announcement later Wednesday from the Federal Reserve, which is expected to give its outlook on inflation and the economy and also
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that the book is currently untitled. It says the book will include Newman’s thoughts on “acting, directing, boyhood, family, fame, Hollywood, Broadway, love, his first marriage, his 50-year marriage to Joanne
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ASH GROVE, Mo. (AP) — A man is dead after a house fire in rural southwestern Missouri. Authorities say the fire broke out just before 8 a.m. Tuesday in Ash Grove. The wood-frame home was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived, and was destroyed. The name of the man killed has not been
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to start scaling back the size of some of its government debt auctions, a sign that the government’s huge pandemic-driven borrowing needs are starting to ease. The government began selling debt at accelerated levels to fund the trillion-dollar-plus support bills Congress
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to start scaling back the size of some of its government debt auctions, a sign that the government’s huge pandemic-driven borrowing needs are starting to ease. The government began selling debt at accelerated levels to fund the trillion-dollar-plus support bills Congress
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing themselves for an interest rate increase from the Bank of England on Thursday, which would be the first in a Group of Seven industrial nation since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Financial markets think the central bank is more likely
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials issued a sweeping directive on Wednesday requiring federal civilian agencies to promptly update hardware and software that is vulnerable to hacking following multiple breaches of government networks in recent years. The directive gives agencies just two weeks to remediate newly discovered software vulnerabilities, and requires agencies to have a
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Presionado por descartar los planes para abordar los precios de los medicamentos recetados en el paquete de gastos promovido por los demócratas, el líder de la mayoría del Senado, Chuck Schumer, anunció este martes que se ha llegado a un acuerdo para reducir los costos de los medicamentos. El acuerdo permitiría
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Governments and big investors have announced fresh steps to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming. The move reflects the financial world’s growing embrace of climate change as both a business necessity and opportunity. A group representing over 450 major financial institutions
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Governments and big investors have announced fresh plans to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming. The move reflects the financial world’s growing embrace of efforts to fight climate change as both a business necessity and opportunity. A group representing over 450
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By Holly Yan and David Williams, CNN When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down. “I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old (label),” his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. “He said, ‘Wait
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and David Williams, CNN When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down. “I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old (label),” his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. “He said, ‘Wait
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — England’s deputy chief medical officer says too many people believe the pandemic is over, and has warned that the U.K.’s very high coronavirus rates and rising deaths mean there are “hard months to come in the winter.” Jonathan Van-Tam also said Wednesday he was worried that increasing
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Transport Canada says it is further easing travel restrictions in the country and will allow more airports to accept international passenger flights at the end of the month. In a press release issued Tuesday, Transport Canada said the government’s “strict vaccine
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Kristen Stewart’s fierce, attention-grabbing work as Princess Diana really ought to be viewed independently of “Spencer,” described as “a fable from a true tragedy” that presents a pivotal weekend in Princess Diana’s split from the Royal Family. That is, it’s possible to admire the performance and still come away feeling
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada’s Simu Liu, star of the hit TV series “Kim’s Convenience” and Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” will host Saturday Night Live later this month. SNL revealed its November lineup on Twitter Tuesday, with Liu set to host the late-night comedy show Nov. 20.
Continue Reading By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARIA CHENG Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use license to a coronavirus vaccine developed in India. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said it had authorized Covaxin, made by India’s Bharat Biotech. The decision makes Covaxin the eighth COVID-19
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