By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street Monday, aided by a broad rally that included travel-related companies that stand to benefit from more reopening of the economy. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%, making up nearly all the ground lost last week. Technology companies and banks
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Los funcionarios de la escuela en Michigan tenían bases legales para registrar la mochila y el casillero del sospechoso del tiroteo Ethan Crumbley, pero no lo hicieron, dijo este lunes la fiscal del condado de Oakland, Karen McDonald, a CNN. “No sabemos exactamente si el arma estaba en su mochila, dónde
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An activist investor is pushing department store chain Kohl’s to either sell the entire company or spin off its e-commerce division. In a letter posted online on Monday, Engine Capital said that it wants the Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based retailer to consider these alternatives to boost
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. drone strike that killed an al-Qaida official in northwest Syria also wounded six members of the same family including a child who suffered serious head injuries. The U.S. military said it conducted a strike on Friday near the city of Idlib in northwest Syria targeting
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Hernán Darío Velásquez Saldarriaga, más conocido como alias ‘El Paisa’, llegó a ser el líder de la columna móvil Teófilo Forero, una de las filas cuadrillas guerrilleras más importantes de las FARC. ‘El Paisa’ fue alguna vez descrito por el expresidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez como uno de los guerrilleros
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in next year’s Republican primary for governor. Perdue’s Monday announcement sets up a bitter clash while Democrat Stacey Abrams awaits the winner. Former President Donald Trump has publicly encouraged Perdue to run. Trump blames Kemp for
Continue Reading COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The charred remains of a factory manager who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy have been brought back to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan national was assaulted by a mob of hundreds of people before being dragged into the streets and set on fire last Friday
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US adults — especially women — have seen a rise in blood pressure during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. The study, published Monday in the journal Circulation, included data on 464,585 employees and their spouses or partners from several different companies who participated in employer-sponsored wellness programs by Quest
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says there are plans for a possible second meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. That would come after their historic 2016 encounter in Cuba became a landmark in mending relations severed by the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity. Speaking
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Kansas City Wednesday to promote the recently passed infrastructure law. The White House on Saturday did not announce the exact location of Biden’s visit. It is his first time in Kansas City as president but he visited the area in March 2020 as he campaigned
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Kansas City Wednesday to promote the recently passed infrastructure law. The White House on Saturday did not announce the exact location of Biden’s visit. It is his first time in Kansas City as president but he visited the area in March 2020 as he campaigned
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Reuters Tesla is under regulatory investigation after a whistleblower alleged the company failed to properly disclose fire risks associated with solar panel defects. The investigation raises regulatory pressure on the world’s most valuable automaker, which already faces a federal safety probe into accidents involving its driver assistant systems. Concerns about fires from Tesla solar systems
Continue Reading By MATT OTT Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares in the electric vehicle startup Lucid Group are tumbling after saying that it had been subpoenaed by regulators, apparently over the process by which it became a publicly-traded company last summer. The California company said in a regulatory filing Monday that the investigation by
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By Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand, CNN US officials are currently weighing a wide set of sanctions on Russia meant to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion into Ukraine, according to people familiar with the discussions. They include new actions against members of Putin’s inner circle and on Russian energy producers, and
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La actriz ganadora del Oscar Jennifer Lawrence está radiante. La estrella de 31 años, que está esperando su primer hijo con su marido Cooke Maroney, deslumbró con un vestido dorado hasta el suelo mientras posaba para las fotos en el estreno de su próxima película ,”Don’t Look Up”, en Nueva York el
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth. So says the leading cybersecurity firm Mandiant
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth. So says the leading cybersecurity firm Mandiant
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Early reports on the quick spread of the Omicron variant in South Africa were at first frightening, but then began to offer some hope. The new variant may have quickly overtaken other strains of the virus in South Africa as it enters the summer, but cases so far appear to have
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Superman” star Henry Cavill has revealed that not all heroes wear capes — some just have fluffy paws. The British actor, best known for portraying the DC Comics character in the DC Extended Universe, has credited his dog for saving his mental health. Cavill appeared alongside his pooch, Kal, on British
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s drugs agency has recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19. The European Medicines Agency decision Monday has to be confirmed by the E.U.’s executive commission. It extends the use of the drug RoActemra, made by Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche,
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