By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended a wobbly day modestly higher on Wall Street, enough to notch more all-time highs for major indexes. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%. The Nasdaq rose 0.6%. Smaller company stocks far outpaced the broader market. Energy
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers are set to make important decisions in elections to pick mayors, prosecutors, county leaders and other local positions. Voters in New York City will pick a new mayor Tuesday. In Buffalo, a mayoral race between a moderate and self-described socialist has gained attention as
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with showers ending late. Lows in the low to mid-30s. TOMORRROW: Clouds decrease with more afternoon sunshine. Highs in the upper 40s. EXTENDED: We’ve had a cold light rain across much of mid-MO Monday, but there have been some scattered reports of wet snowflakes out to our west earlier today as we
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it has temporarily removed from its visual information website tens of thousands of photo and video images of Afghans who supported the U.S. war effort and who may be vulnerable to retaliation by the Taliban. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said he made the decision to remove from publicly
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By Megan Marples, CNN Children are racking up hours of screen time since the pandemic began, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. Adolescents reported that they spent nearly eight hours a day in front of a screen, double their pre-pandemic estimates of nearly four hours per day, according to a study
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Children are racking up hours of screen time since the pandemic began, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. Adolescents reported that they spent nearly eight hours a day in front of a screen, double their pre-pandemic estimates of nearly four hours per day, according to a study
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newly approved legislation would mean Tennessee schools will have to jump through even more hoops if they want to implement mask mandates to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The strict new rules are part of a sweeping bill Republicans signed off on in
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — The city’s mandate is forcing some workers to be on no pay status until they’re able to show that they are vaccinated. For four paramedics, they want to return to the job they love without being forced to be vaccinated. “We
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Cedric Paquette two games without pay for boarding Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras. The incident occurred in the first period of the Ducks’ 4-2 win over Montreal on Sunday in Anaheim. Paquette was given a major penalty and game misconduct for boarding. He will
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Hogan Click here for updates on this story POMFRET, Connecticut (WFSB) — Giving back to your community as a volunteer firefighter is in itself a dire need these days. This comes as time constraints and career demands take priorities in many young families. Statewide, the future is bleak, as older volunteers are no
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The company that runs Facebook says it has cancelled 937 accounts linked to the government of Nicaragua and the Sandinista party of President Daniel Ortega. Meta Platforms says it also removed 140 deceptive pages, 24 groups and 363 Instagram accounts for violating the company’s policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The company that runs Facebook says it has cancelled 937 accounts linked to the government of Nicaragua and the Sandinista party of President Daniel Ortega. Meta Platforms says it also removed 140 deceptive pages, 24 groups and 363 Instagram accounts for violating the company’s policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The man who raped a woman with special needs during Mardi Gras in 2017 was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Cecil Jackson pleaded guilty to first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse on Monday. According to prosecutors, the woman was staying
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Accusers in the upcoming New York City trial of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse teenage girls will testify using pseudonyms or first names to protect their privacy. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan made the decision Monday at a pretrial
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Radamel Falcao has been held scoreless as Rayo Vallecano’s winning run at home was halted by Celta Vigo in the Spanish league. The veteran Colombia striker scored the winner in Rayo’s win against Barcelona in the previous round but couldn’t capitalize on his chances in drawing
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge G. Castañeda es colaborador de CNN. Fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México de 2000 a 2003. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York y su libro más reciente, “America Through Foreign Eyes”, fue publicado por Oxford UniversityPress en 2020. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son únicamente
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By Dan Merica, CNN Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are closing their gubernatorial bids in Virginia’s closely watched off-year elections with strikingly similar tactics to the campaigns that brought them to this point. McAuliffe crisscrossed the state over the weekend, casting the Virginia elections as a chance for Democrats to validate their eight
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump said in a statement Monday that he and Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee in Virginia’s governor’s race, “get along very well together and strongly believe in many of the same policies.” Trump’s statement, the day before the election, urged his supporters to “get out and vote” for
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the Supreme Court are signaling that they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. But it was unclear Monday how
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Novavax, Harley-Davidson rise; Moderna, Mirati fall.
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