By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Thursday as investors continue to monitor the spread of the new coronavirus variant as well as measures that the U.S. and other governments are taking to restrain it. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy BRIANA WHITNEY Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — With the omicron variant here in the U.S. and Christmas travel looming, many are trying to get their COVID-19 booster shots for more protection. But how accessible are the booster vaccines? It turns out it may take a little bit
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un hombre de Houston fue sentenciado a nueve años de prisión por usar dinero que obtuvo de los fondos de ayuda de covid-19 para comprar autos, un reloj y pagar un préstamo hipotecario, anunció el Departamento de Justicia. Lee Price III, de 30 años, fue sentenciado este lunes por cargos de
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By Marianne Garvey Shawn Mendes has released a new song called “It’ll Be Okay” in the wake of his breakup with Camila Cabello. On Tuesday, he had teased the song on Instagram, as he sang the lyrics: “Are we gonna make it?/ Is this gonna hurt?” Lyrics in the song include: “If you tell me
Continue ReadingBy PETER VALENCIA Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A 4-year-old boy was killed after a crash in west Phoenix Wednesday night. Police say he was not in a car seat. Phoenix police say the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. in the area of 67th and Highland avenues. Investigators
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CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a 57-year-old Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife and two adult children. Nassau County Sheriff Bob Leeper says William Conway Broyles called 911 on Wednesday to report what he had done. He later told investigators that he
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British and Irish governments are expressing optimism that a thorny spat between the U.K. and the European Union over Northern Ireland trade can be resolved. But Ireland’s top diplomat said Thursday that negotiations are likely to drag on into next year. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British and Irish governments are expressing optimism that a thorny spat between the U.K. and the European Union over Northern Ireland trade can be resolved. But Ireland’s top diplomat said Thursday that negotiations are likely to drag on into next year. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney
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By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States Supreme Court appears poised to pare down, or even entirely overturn, nearly five decades of constitutional protection of abortion — a move that would have reverberations not just in America, but around the world. Oral arguments began on Wednesday in a landmark Mississippi case that threatens the existence
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States Supreme Court appears poised to pare down, or even entirely overturn, nearly five decades of constitutional protection of abortion — a move that would have reverberations not just in America, but around the world. Oral arguments began on Wednesday in a landmark Mississippi case that threatens the existence
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to maintain the amount of oil they pump to the world. The decision comes even as the new omicron variant casts a shadow of uncertainty over the global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Officials from
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to maintain the amount of oil they pump to the world. The decision comes even as the new omicron variant casts a shadow of uncertainty over the global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Officials from
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger. Lisa Torraco, a lawyer for assistant director David Halls, told ABC News that her client has always
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MADRID (AP) — A Madrid court has tossed out an appeal by the Spanish league against a prior decision favoring the Spanish soccer federation’s refusal to allow a league game be played in the United States. The appeal was related to the league’s unsuccessful lawsuit brought against the federation after it nixed the league’s scheme
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Britney Spears cumple 40 años este jueves 2 de diciembre. La cantante, que alcanzó una gran popularidad cuando era adolescente con su éxito “…Baby One More Time”, publicó en las redes sociales para recordar a sus fans que todavÃa se siente joven. Spears modeló bikinis en el post y citó
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company Grab made its market debut Thursday, following a $40 billion merger in a special purpose acquisition company deal. The Singapore-based company Nasdaq debut came more than seven months after it announced plans to merge with U.S.-based Altimeter Growth Corp in a
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By Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration plans to relaunch the Trump-era border program known as “Remain in Mexico” on Monday due to a court order, meaning the US will again send migrants to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings, administration officials announced Thursday. Mexico on Thursday agreed to the terms of the revamped
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide. The vote Thursday to reject the proposal was overwhelming, also because most of the ruling right-wing party lawmakers voted against it. Submitted by an anti-abortion group, the proposal called for up to 25 years in prison
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story THOUSAND OAKS, California (KABC) — A Thousand Oaks man has been arrested in a brutal beating that left his 4-year-old daughter fighting for her life, officials say. Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called to a home in the 4100 block of Lemonberry Place in Thousand
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has teased some of her new material at an intimate performance in Miami where she also guided a few hundred people through a 10-minute meditation. Keys asked concert goers gathering for an immersive exhibit on the eve of Art Basel Miami Beach to
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