By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket is gearing up for another attempt of its final prelaunch test in June, according to NASA officials. The NASA team is preparing to roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, back to the launchpad at Kennedy
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Nearly one year since the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, the beach side site where it once stood will officially go up for auction. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman approved the sale of the land and a live
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. postmaster general says Americans should get used to “uncomfortable” postage rate increases. Louis DeJoy said Thursday he will advocate for the Board of Governors to continue raising rates until the Postal Service meets its goal of becoming self sustaining. He says the Postal Service was “severely damaged” by at least
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business This newsletter yesterday highlighted warnings that market enthusiasm after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting was misplaced. Investors quickly came to the same conclusion. What’s happening: After the S&P 500 rallied 3% on Wednesday, logging its best day in almost two years, it plunged 3.6% in an ugly trading session on
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By Meg Dunn, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, attacks on Asian Americans have surged across the country. In the first half of 2021, New York City alone saw a 395% increase over the previous year in reported anti-Asian hate crimes. Michelle Tran, a Chinese and Vietnamese American medical student living in the
Continue Reading By Meg Dunn, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, attacks on Asian Americans have surged across the country. In the first half of 2021, New York City alone saw a 395% increase over the previous year in reported anti-Asian hate crimes. Michelle Tran, a Chinese and Vietnamese American medical student living in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that women’s golf coach Stephanie Priesmeyer will be stepping into a new role within the athletic department. She will now work in a development role. https://youtu.be/FyA1MWe2eRA “This University has been a part of my heart and sole for more than 30 years,” Priesmeyer said in a press release on
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Storm spent the 2020 WNBA season playing in a bubble due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they spent the 2019 and 2021 seasons bouncing between venues in the Puget Sound region while their arena was rebuilt. The nomadic existence robbed them of the element
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Jerusalén (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, se disculpó por los comentarios que su ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Sergei Lavrov, hizo sobre Hitler y los judíos a principios de esta semana en una llamada telefónica con el primer ministro de Israel, Naftali Bennett, según un comunicado de la oficina de Bennett.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are strictly limiting who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine
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By Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, CNN Sen. Susan Collins, a rare GOP supporter of abortion rights who is under scrutiny for her key role in confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court amid fears that Roe v. Wade may soon be overturned, signaled to reporters on Thursday that she would oppose a bill that
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A man accused of trying to grab Michael Fanone’s gun during the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting the then-Washington, DC, police officer. According to the statement of offense, which prosecutors read aloud and to which Kyle Young agreed, Young held Fanone’s wrist after he
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Most Americans say now is not the time to end a pandemic-era border restriction that the Biden administration hoped to drop this month, but those who say it ought to continue are divided over how long it should remain in place, according to a new CNN poll conducted
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash sales soared in the first quarter as it added new users. But the delivery company’s losses also widened as it paid more to acquire partner businesses and drivers. The San Francisco company said its revenue jumped 35% to $1.46 billion in the January-March period. That was well ahead
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta said Thursday it is cutting back on hiring. The move is one of several shifts the Facebook parent company is making following a period of slower-than-usual growth. “We regularly re-evaluate our talent pipeline according to our business needs and in light of the expense guidance given for this earnings
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson San Francisco (CNN Business) — La productividad laboral de EE.UU. cayó un 7,5% en el primer trimestre de 2022, el mayor descenso de la producción por hora de los trabajadores desde 1947, según los datos del Departamento de Trabajo publicados este jueves. El informe también mostró que los costos laborales unitarios, o cuánto
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The three major U.S. banking regulators say they plan to rewrite many of the outdated regulations tied to a decades-old banking law. The law was designed decades ago to encourage lending to the poor and racial minorities in the areas where banks have branches. The
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 41-year-old central Iowa man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging that he took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building. Chad Heathcote, of Adel, is charged with two federal felonies: entering and remaining in a restricted building with
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal saved four match points to defeat David Goffin in three sets in the Spaniard’s second match after an injury layoff. Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open with his 1,050th career victory. The match at the “Caja Mágica” center court lasted more than
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