By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shed early gains and fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as the market remains shaky a day after a broad sell-off. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% as of 12:31 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark index was up as much as 1.9% in
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said his team will again be without defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm for Tuesday’s Game 5 of its first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes. McAvoy was a late scratch for Sunday’s Game 4 win because of COVID-19 protocols. Lindholm hasn’t played since being leveled
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Left tackle Jonah Williams was one of the bright spots on the Cincinnati Bengals’ dysfunctional offensive line as they fought their way to the Super Bowl. He was graded out by Pro Football Focus as the team’s best lineman. The 24-year-old Alabama product was rewarded by
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The dollars-and-cents counter on the gas pump seems to be spinning faster these days with U.S. prices hitting another record high on Tuesday. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded hit $4.37, according to AAA, 17 cents higher than just a week ago. Last
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open. A former Australian Open runner-up, Tsonga announced earlier this year that he will retire after the clay-court Grand Slam event. Simon said he is retiring at the end of
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Mondelez is spitting out its gum business. At least, in some parts of the world. Another surprising pandemic casualty, gum sales tumbled in the early days of Covid, as foot traffic at convenience stores slowed and more people stayed home. And who needs fresh breath when you’re wearing a mask?
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US, European Union and the UK have blamed Russia for a hack that knocked out internet service for tens of thousands of satellite modems in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe at the onset of Russia’s invasion on February 24. “The United States is joining with allies and partners to condemn
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sara Lomelin offered the final TED Talk of this year’s conference, on a particularly star-studded day in Vancouver where she followed actress Bryce Dallas Howard, TV producer Michael Schur, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talking about the future of his company and his plans for Twitter. The CEO of
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By Matias Grez, CNN When Erling Haaland burst onto the Champions League stage, everybody in the world of football immediately sat up and took notice. Playing in European football’s premier competition is supposed to be hard. Haaland made it look anything but. In September 2019, then 19 years old, the Norwegian sensation bagged a hat-trick
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CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A former respiratory therapist who worked at a northern Missouri hospital where nine people died from unexplained circumstances 20 years ago has been charged in one of the deaths. KCUR reports prosecutors charged 41-year-old Jennifer Anne Hall last week with first-degree murder in the death of Fern Franco, one of nine
Continue Reading DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed Germany forward Karim Adeyemi from Austrian champion Salzburg. The Bundesliga club says the 20-year-old Adeyemi has signed a contract through June 2027 after completing a medical examination. Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc says “Adeyemi is a highly talented, young German international who through his strong finishing and
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Leah Dolan Inside the gilded halls of the Palais de l’Élysée, master sommelier Carlton McCoy meets chef de partie Francis Oge — the man tasked with feeding French President Emmanuel Macron. Oge, who has served four presidents, is a master of fine dining. From his delicately pinstriped mille-feuille to his sculptural beef Wellingtons, precision and
Continue Reading Leah Dolan Inside the gilded halls of the Palais de l’Élysée, master sommelier Carlton McCoy meets chef de partie Francis Oge — the man tasked with feeding French President Emmanuel Macron. Oge, who has served four presidents, is a master of fine dining. From his delicately pinstriped mille-feuille to his sculptural beef Wellingtons, precision and
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar veteran Sarah Fisher has been selected as the celebrity pace car driver for this month’s Indianapolis 500. Fisher has been the regular pace-car driver for series events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for years. This time she won’t be taking the handoff from some high-profile non-racing veteran. Instead she’ll be in the
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic has taken another step toward regaining his top form with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Aslan Karatsev in his opening match at the Italian Open. The top-ranked Djokovic showed off some vintage scrambling abilities late in the first set when he ran down one
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business With daily life now the most expensive it’s been in 40 years, single parents say they are running out of places to cut costs. The price of groceries, gas, rent and utilities has marched higher over the past year; but wages have not kept up — and more than half
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El exjefe de la PolicÃa Nacional de Honduras, Juan Carlos Bonilla, fue entregado este martes a las autoridades de Estados Unidos, paÃs que habÃa solicitado su extradición porque lo acusa de varios delitos relacionados con el tráfico de drogas. Ramón Matamoros, abogado del exfuncionario, dijo a CNN que su cliente
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By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Election officials in Arizona could face criminal charges if a noncitizen registers to vote on their watch. In Iowa, a law enacted last year makes
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN This is the big one scientists have been anticipating. The NASA InSight lander just detected the biggest quake ever found on another planet — a marsquake with a magnitude of 5 that took place on the red planet on May 4. “Since we set our seismometer down in December 2018, we’ve
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers at the US-Mexico border found an unwanted passenger hitching a ride in a shipment of fresh fruit: Cochabamba sp. — a rare pest never before seen at a US port of entry. The discovery was made May 2 by US Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Pharr
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