By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Thursday’s stock market rally didn’t last long. The major indexes gave back sharp gains from earlier in the day. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite ended in negative territory, down 0.5% and 1.4%, respectively. The S&P 500 has fallen for three straight days and is now down 10%
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s been a tough start to the year for investors in big tech companies. Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation fund, a big owner of Tesla, Zoom and Roku, has plunged nearly 30%. And speculative meme stocks like GameStop and AMC have been crushed. But that’s not causing Berkshire Hathaway’s
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By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities. Buttigieg is pushing a broad-based government strategy released Thursday aimed at limiting the speed of cars, redesigning roads to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians and boosting car safety features such as automatic
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Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business As the pandemic heads into yet another year, companies are still grappling with uncertainty in the workplace. Many have attempted to reopen their offices, only to be stymied by new variants or outbreaks that necessitated yet another shutdown or a delayed re-opening. So some businesses are removing the guesswork altogether by
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Al menos dos bases militares fueron atacadas por desconocidos en Colombia en las últimas horas, informó este jueves el Ejército Nacional en un comunicado. Como consecuencia, un soldado murió y varios resultaron heridos, según informó el presidente Iván Duque en su cuenta de Twitter. Uno de los ataques ocurrió
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MANCHESTER England (AP) — Manchester United has sent Amad Diallo on loan to Scottish champion Rangers for the remainder of the season. The 19-year-old winger joined United from Atalanta in January last year and has made nine appearances in all competitions. Only one of them has come this season. That was in the Champions League
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pay raises for teachers, firefighters, corrections officers and other employees have been included in a revised fiscal plan that will serve as Puerto Rico’s economic blueprint criticized by some as it emerges from bankruptcy. A federal board that oversees the U.S. territory’s finances approved
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration. Biden said Thursday health care should be a right, not a privilege, and a record number of people now have coverage under
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Los periodistas en México están hartos. En un país cuyo ambiente es infame por ser excesivamente hostil hacia los periodistas, una serie de asesinatos ha desilusionado a un cuerpo de prensa ya escéptico. Eso llevó a los periodistas a hablar públicamente sobre los peligros que enfrentan en su trabajo dentro de
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say two men were shot to death in northeastern Kansas’ Junction City. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened early Wednesday afternoon on the south end of the city a couple of blocks northeast of Highland Cemetery. Officers called to the scene found two men with
Continue ReadingBy James Paxson Click here for updates on this story BURTON, Michigan (WNEM) — The Burton Police Department found no evidence of a bomb at Bendle High School after a fake threat was made by a student Wednesday morning. On Jan. 26, about 11:10 a.m., police were contacted by the high school about a potential
Continue ReadingBy Marcus Hunter Click here for updates on this story RIDGELAND, Mississippi (WAPT) — Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee is withholding $110,000 in funding due to a disagreement with certain books being available, Madison County Library System Executive Director Tonja Johnson said. “Funding for this year was being withheld until we removed what he called ‘homosexual
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — Central Michigan University is apologizing for a message that was sent out, leading students to believe they received a full-ride scholarship. “CMU sincerely regrets this mistake and understands the disappointment and anger these students and their families must be feeling,” the university
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story DEEP RIVER, Connecticut (WFSB) — The U.S. Coast Guard scheduled an ice-breaking voyage on the Connecticut River on Thursday. Members will be joined by Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy on the Coast Guard Cutter Bollard. They’ll be setting out from Deep River Landing at
Continue ReadingBy Alex Durham Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Melba’s Culinary Canvas opened with a goal of offering a full culinary experience to customers in downtown Louisville. The restaurant houses a pastry shop, European coffee bar and offers express breakfast and lunch items. Since opening in November of 2020, owner
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By Kate Sullivan, Ariane de Vogue, Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Una serie de trincheras atraviesan el este de Ucrania: allí, las tropas ucranianas esperan un posible ataque ruso sobre el que se viene hablando desde hace meses. Y frente a ellos, en trincheras casi idénticas, esperan los separatistas apoyados por Moscú contra los que llevan combatiendo más de siete años,
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the suspect or suspects who broke into a woman’s home in Aloha on January 19. “I’m still reeling with it,” Karin Bishop said. Bishop said she returned from work that evening to
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La justicia panameña decidió que el caso de los papeles de Panamá tendrá un juicio en noviembre, tras abrir una causa criminal contra 32 personas por supuesto delito de blanqueo de capitales, según informó en comunicado el Órgano Judicial de Panamá. Jürgen Mossack y Ramón Fonseca Mora, ambos exsocios de la
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 21-year-old man was booked into jail Tuesday afternoon after police say he shot a BB gun a vehicles driving along Interstate 405 in southwest Portland. Just after 12 p.m., officers responded to calls about damage to vehicles that were driving
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