By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight increases economists blamed on the surge in cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 30,000 to 260,000 last week, slightly less than the 265,000 analysts
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Opinion by Gerry Connolly for CNN Business Perspectives Our workforce is the lifeblood of the US federal government. Without individuals committed to public service, taxpayers, vulnerable populations and small businesses would not have access to critical resources and services. If the federal government fails to attract and hire the best and the brightest into service,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Se espera que nevadas fuertes y vientos intensos azoten algunas áreas metropolitanas en el noreste de Estados Unidos este fin de semana. Además, es probable que millones de personas queden bajo vigilancia de tormentas invernales a partir del viernes. Los meteorólogos pronostican que en el este de Massachusetts, incluyendo Boston, y Rhode
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of another man. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a jury on Wednesday found 27-year-old Marcell Foster, of Bel Ridge, guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death last year of 32-year-old LaRico
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Microsoft’s nearly $70 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard could make it a leader in gaming. But it also risks creating a new headache for the tech giant in a key part of its operations: corporate culture. For months, Activision Blizzard has been under pressure to overhaul its workplace
Continue ReadingBy NICK SLOAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City Chiefs fans are showing what it truly means to be Midwest nice. After a rollercoaster ride win on Sunday, fans were feeling generous. The John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, NY., says they’ve received thousands of $13
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By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an event that could leave a crater on the far side of the moon. The SpaceX Falcon rocket stage was used in 2015 to launch the US Deep Space Climate
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police plan to charge the father, who was driving the vehicle that crashed in Antioch on Wednesday morning, killing his 4-year-old son. According to police, Alexander Nwaibe, 61, will be charged with vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated child endangerment,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders Click here for updates on this story JENNINGS, Missouri (KMOV) — A search is underway after a 12-year-old left her home with a woman pretending to be an employee with the Department of Family Services, police said. Around 5:30 p.m., Jariah Hickman, 12, was last seen getting into a black Chevrolet Impala
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable linking the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece. Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told reporters on Thursday the funding is Cyprus’ largest-ever investment
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The fate of a historic marker highlighting a 1909 lynching remains up in the air Wednesday. The 50 member Mobile County Community Remembrance Project got a permit of the city’s right-of-way committee in April to put the marker above the Bankhead
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — In a video with more than 3 million views, Kaleb Higgins outlines his plan to restore a long vacant Victorian mansion in North St. Louis City. “It was built in 1889 by Charles S. Brown,” said Higgins. The home sits on
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jeremy Bailenson has studied virtual reality for decades. But it wasn’t until last year that the Stanford professor felt the technology was good enough that he could actually teach a class in VR. Over the summer and again in the fall, Bailenson, the founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68 million profit for the fourth quarter. Southwest said Thursday it was the airline’s first profit without federal pandemic aid since late 2019. The airline is facing higher costs, however, from boosting
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Higher prices and chicken sandwiches are helping boost McDonald’s sales. But earnings disappointed Wall Street Thursday morning. Last year, sales at US stores open at least 13 months jumped 13.8%, the largest annual increase since McDonald’s started reporting comparable sales in 1993, the company said Thursday. In the fourth quarter,
Continue ReadingBy David Hixon Click here for updates on this story HALEIWA, Hawaii (KITV) — A man who City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards performed as lifesaving measures on at Ke Ike Beach died on Monday. The Honolulu Medical Examiner identified the victim as 50-year-old Timothy Winter visiting from Arizona. Ocean Safety personnel responded
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Early-onset colorectal cancers may be becoming more common in young people between the ages of 20 and 39 years old, according to a new study, with the increase appearing more pronounced in Black and Hispanic populations. The study, published Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Paul Workman and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story KABUL/TORONTO (CTV Network) — Crushing poverty is forcing displaced people in Afghanistan to make some very desperate choices. For some, this means selling their kidney. But for other families, it means selling their own daughters into marriage, a grim fate for
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the region’s health bureau says. It cites more than 5,000 blockade-related deaths in all from hunger
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market has been jolted by indications the Federal Reserve will move to aggressively raise interest rates to rein in inflation. What’s happening: The Fed announced Wednesday that it would begin lifting rates “soon” to combat the sharp rise in prices. Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is
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