By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks turned higher on Wall Street Monday afternoon as investors prepare for another busy week of corporate earnings. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.3%. Energy and financial companies rose. Losses from some big technology and
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — An independent panel says Germany’s state-funded broadcaster Deutsche Welle was right to suspend five employees and recommended further action against eight others following a probe into allegations of antisemitism. The three-member panel also urged Deutsche Welle to end the cooperation agreements it has with Middle East broadcasters and more closely scrutinize others.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have hired Arizona assistant Jim Dray as tight ends coach. Dray joins new coach Matt Eberflus’ staff after spending the past three seasons as an offensive quality control coach with Cleveland in 2019 and the Cardinals in 2020 and 2021. He was an offensive assistant at his
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By Clare Foran, CNN House Democrats on Monday introduced a short-term measure to extend government funding through March 11, an effort to avert a shutdown at the end of next week since funding is currently set to expire on February 18. House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, introduced the stopgap bill,
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN An imaginative boy who loves comic books now has a graphic novel of his own on the shelves of his local library. Dillon Helbig, 8, wrote a Christmas book and snuck it into the library’s stacks in Boise, Idaho, his family said. When a librarian saw it, the staff decided to
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A cancer patient at UPMC Children’s Hospital is going to the Super Bowl, thanks to T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Corey Fischer learned he got two tickets to Sunday’s game during a surprise virtual call with Watt. “I’m very jealous of
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist I lived and worked in Miami for four years before coming to Atlanta to join CNN. I’ve visited the Wall of Wind on the Florida International University (FIU) campus many times. It is a wall of enormous fans inside a big warehouse-type building that can blow air up to 160
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Empty seats are outnumbering occupied ones at Nebraska men’s basketball home games as the team grinds through one of the worst seasons in program history under coach Fred Hoiberg. According to figures provided to The Associated Press, the average number of tickets scanned is just
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By Eric Levenson, CNN The Omicron wave of Covid-19 cases has receded significantly in the US over the past few weeks, but more people are dying each day from the contagious illness than died during the peak of the Delta wave last summer. The mixed metrics on Covid have created a contrasting, roses-and-thorns situation for
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business How tough is it to afford a home in this wild housing market? A lot depends on how much you earn and how many houses are for sale where you live. Record high prices and record low inventory are creating an affordability crisis for homebuyers, according to a new report
Continue Reading MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich will be without Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for some weeks after he opted for surgery on a troublesome knee. Bayern says Neuer underwent an operation on his right knee joint on Sunday and the team will be without its captain “for the coming weeks.” Neuer played in Bayern’s 3-2 win
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville interim coach Mike Pegues says that leading scorer and rebounder Malik Williams will return to the team this week after his suspension for not upholding program standards. The fifth-year senior forward did not play against Syracuse or North Carolina following last week’s suspension that Pegues announced on his radio show.
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By Laura Studley, CNN Officers with the New York City Police Department’s hate crimes unit are investigating three incidents in Brooklyn over the weekend that have drawn the attention of Mayor Eric Adams. Two Jewish men were assaulted on Friday and a swastika was painted on a school bus Sunday, police said. In a statement
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Payoute Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 3-year-old was caught in the crossfire early Sunday morning during a dispute between two truck drivers. Philadelphia Police are looking for the gunman as the latest victim of gun violence among children recovers. Chalk outlines show where bullets landed after an
Continue Reading AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn’s examination of football coach Bryan Harsin continues. The university is looking into Harsin’s program, which has lost 18 players and five assistant coaches since the end of his first season. The Tigers won just six games last season Harsin maintained in an interview with ESPN late last week that he’s
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is successfully stepping up the fight to fend off risky foreign takeovers from nations like China that could endanger national security or threaten control over essential sectors like energy, transport and health care. Unprecedented legislation creating a new area of coordination in the 27-nation EU makes the bloc much
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Monday to voice support for a controversial state bill that would ban certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. DeSantis, a Republican, said it was “entirely inappropriate” for teachers and school administrators to have conversations with students about their gender identity, saying
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By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, Roccati can enjoy the simple things again: standing at a bar for drinks with friends, taking a shower
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Grupo Parlamentario Socialista presentó este lunes por la mañana en el Congreso de los Diputados una Proposición no de ley para que el Defensor del Pueblo investigue los abusos sexuales a menores cometidos por miembros de la Iglesia católica española. Con la presentación de esta proposición, el grupo socialista pretende
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By Corinne Dorsey, Liz Stark and Marnie Hunter, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on CNN on Monday that “we need to take a look at” placing unruly passengers on a federal no-fly list as pressure mounts on the Biden administration to continue to address rising violence on airplanes. “I think we need to take
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