NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was pointed toward losses before markets opened on Friday, following global shares lower after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated aggressive increases in interest rates were needed to fight inflation. The futures for the Dow industrials fell 0.3% while the same for the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%. Most major
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai have promised to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies, while Hong Kong’s government announced the end of a 2-year-old ban on non-residents flying into the city as its outbreak fades. Streets in Shanghai are largely empty despite an easing
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The search for seven people missing after methane explosions in a Poland coal mine has been because more blasts injured 10 workers taking part in the rescue operation. Officials said a decision to seal off the area of the Pniowek mine where the missing are believed to be was made after
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside of
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside of
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside of
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El papa Francisco está ralentizando su agenda debido a controles médicos, según informó este viernes el director de la oficina de prensa del Vaticano, Matteo Bruni, en un comunicado. “El papa ha ralentizado hoy su actividad debido a un necesario control médico. Por lo tanto, no tiene ninguna cita en
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By Jen Christensen, CNN It’s been more than a year since adults first got Covid-19 vaccines, but about 18 million children under 5 in the US are still waiting — and will probably have to wait until the summer, despite some predictions that shots would be available in the first part of 2022. While Moderna
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN It’s been more than a year since adults first got Covid-19 vaccines, but about 18 million children under 5 in the US are still waiting — and will probably have to wait until the summer, despite some predictions that shots would be available in the first part of 2022. While Moderna
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN It’s been more than a year since adults first got Covid-19 vaccines, but about 18 million children under 5 in the US are still waiting — and will probably have to wait until the summer, despite some predictions that shots would be available in the first part of 2022. While Moderna
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions? That’s the question facing the Federal Reserve and its international counterparts as they race to contain surging inflation. On one hand, spending on services like flights is booming as people in the United States
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Charles teenager was hurt Thursday night after a motorcycle crash in Morgan County. Nicholas E. Koenigsfeld, 18, was thrown from the motorcycle after he drove off of southbound Route W at Bryan’s Way just before 7:30 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a helicopter flew
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and The National Domestic Violence Hotline have renewed their partnership for three years through a grant from the league. An agreement with RALIANCE also has been extended. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For more than eight years, the NFL has provided financial support to The Hotline in its
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Paul Pogba might have played his last game for Manchester United. He came off injured in the 4-0 loss to Liverpool on Tuesday and United manager Ralf Rangnick says Pogba will take at least four weeks to recover. The France midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season.
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A former teaching assistant in suburban St. Louis faces sentencing in June after being convicted of sexually assaulting a second grade student at school. A jury on Thursday found 39-year-old Deonte Taylor of St. Louis County guilty of three counts sodomy and one count of knowingly exposing someone to HIV. Taylor
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By Lauren Fox, CNN New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy released on Thursday night reveals he did consider asking then-President Donald Trump to resign in the days after the January 6 riot — contradicting his office’s earlier denials of New York Times reporting that he had done so. In the audio, which was
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Mwai Kibaki, one of the biggest names in Kenyan politics and the nation’s third president, has died, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. He was 90. His political career spanned decades, including serving as vice president to Daniel arap Moi, the man he replaced as president of the East African nation
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has announced that beginning next month, visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer have to undergo any test or quarantine on arrival. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the new regulations will help boost the economy because the country relies heavily on tourism. Unvaccinated travelers will still need
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Washington (CNN) — La administración de Biden tomó varias medidas para facilitar que los beneficiarios de préstamos estudiantiles estatales reciban la condonación de la deuda a la que ya pueden tener derecho en virtud de los programas existentes. Los últimos movimientos, anunciados a principios de esta semana, ayudan a los prestatarios inscritos
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The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to begin multiple projects Monday, expected to cause delays and lane closures in the area.
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