By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The stock market’s volatility is showing no signs of letting up. US equities rallied on Thursday, rebounding from the prior two days of steep losses. All three major indexes ended the day in the green and then some: The Dow finished up nearly 620 points, or 1.8%. It was the
Continue ReadingBy Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Baltimore police announced an arrest in the killing of a volunteer found dead last month inside Southern Baptist Church. Evelyn Player, 69, got to church early on Nov. 16 to let some contractors in and get started on her duties there. Soon
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By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find insider information on where to get a PlayStation 5 this holiday season. Stemming from the global chip shortage, video game consoles this year are particularly hard to come by. After successfully scoring
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KCCI) — A transgender student at Spirit Lake High School has been ordered to stop using the men’s restroom or face possible disciplinary action. The sudden decision this week brought to an end more than one and a half years Ethan Stucker
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Coach Mike Vrabel is tapping all his skills in guiding his Titans through an injury-filled season to an 8-4 record at the bye. His Titans sit atop the AFC South with a two-game lead and the tiebreaker over Indianapolis in a bid to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El agente de policía de Arizona que disparó y mató a un hombre en una silla de ruedas motorizada llevaba una pistola eléctrica, pero tomó la decisión de usar su arma porque la pistola eléctrica no era una opción, dijo el abogado del oficial a CNN en una entrevista. El
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By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to fine tune the use of educational technology, develop better lesson plans, and build connections with families and after-school programs that could help reduce students’ mental-health challenges due to COVID.
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By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to fine tune the use of educational technology, develop better lesson plans, and build connections with families and after-school programs that could help reduce students’ mental-health challenges due to COVID.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The man who opened fire on Bourbon Street in 2014 will be resentenced Thursday. Trung Le opened fire on New Orleans’ most famous street and injured nine people, killing one. Le was convicted of the mass shooting in 2014. Le’s manslaughter
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Dollar General has become a retail empire by building small stores in rural towns across America to attract mainly low-income shoppers. Now, the company will expand its push to win wealthier customers in the suburbs using a new store model and name: Popshelf. Dollar General said Thursday it will open
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England. The U.S. recorded its first known omicron infection
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 10th juror has been seated in the trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica (CNN) — En los primeros días de noviembre, los técnicos de laboratorio de Lancet Laboratories que descubrieron la variante ómicron en Sudáfrica, encontraron características inusuales en las muestras que estaban analizando para detectar el coronavirus. Básicamente, faltaba un gen en lo que sería un perfil genómico normal del virus. Las
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting at group of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah earlier this week. The video, filmed from inside a bus dubbed a “Hanukkah party on wheels” in central London on Monday, shows passengers subjected to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations headquarters in New York City has been locked down for several hours, after a man was seen pacing outside one of its main gates with what police said appeared to be a shotgun. Police negotiators were speaking with the man, who appeared to be in his 60s. Police
Continue Reading By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of spin-off shows already generating buzz, including a 10-year-old child painter and a $4 million Banksy sale. Fashion continues to play a prominent role with
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Prosecutors are recommending a three-month prison sentence for a North Carolina woman accused of bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol when she and her husband stormed the building on Jan. 6. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors say Virginia Marie “Jenny” Spencer and her husband, Christopher, had the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Symone Sanders, la principal portavoz y asesora de la vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, dejará el gobierno de Joe Biden a finales de año, según una fuente familiarizada con la decisión. “Symone ha servido honorablemente durante tres años”, dijo la fuente a CNN. “El presidente y la vicepresidenta están agradecidos por
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Election officials in Virginia are painstakenly recounting votes in one of two unresolved races that will settle whether Virginia Republicans have reclaimed the majority in the House of Delegates. Elections officials and representatives from both parties in Virginia Beach took part Thursday
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned officials to strictly observe industrial safety in the wake of last week’s coal mine explosion that killed 51. A methane explosion rocked the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia last week, killing 46 miners and five rescuers in
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