By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week to a four-month low even as the Federal Reserve continues its aggressive interest rate cuts to bring inflation under control. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Sept. 10 fell by 5,000 to
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A huge shift is about to be underway for the second-most widely circulated cryptocurrency that could drastically reduce the amount of energy it uses. In a move that’s been dubbed “The Merge,” Ethereum is set to change the way it validates
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK and DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her. A GoFundMe campaign set up for Pieper
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is praising a Chick-fil-A employee in Florida who it said rushed to the aid of a woman who was being carjacked. The woman was getting a baby out of her vehicle outside the restaurant in Fort Walton Beach when a man wielding a
Continue Reading SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo has described claims by the Bosnian Serb leader that his security services are eavesdropping on the American ambassador to Sarajevo as “blustering.” It added that his separatist policies are “gambling” with the future of the Serb entity in the Balkan state. Milorad Dodik, a member of
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By Amy Simonson, Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN Two planes carrying migrants were sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday night, his office said, infuriating Democratic politicians and prompting a frenzied response that included humanitarian aid by locals and assistance by Massachusetts officials. It’s the latest in a series of
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La oficina del sheriff del condado de Okaloosa elogió a un empleado de Chick-fil-A en Florida que, según ellos, se apresuró a ayudar a una mujer a la que le estaban intentando robar su automóvil. La mujer estaba sacando a un bebé de su vehículo fuera del restaurante en Fort
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised China’s “balanced position” on the Ukraine war, though he conceded Beijing had “questions and concerns” over the invasion, in what appeared to be a veiled admission of their diverging views over the protracted military assault. Putin made the comments when meeting Chinese leader Xi
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels. Shell said Thursday that he will replaced by Wael Sawan, who is now director of integrated gas, renewables and
Continue Reading LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Six men were arrested Thursday in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping and killing two teenage girls whose bodies were found hanging from a tree a day earlier. The 15- and 17-year-old girls belonged to the Dalit community, the lowest rung of India’s rigid caste hierarchy, and
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two minutes of silence will be observed Monday across the United Kingdom at the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey. That’s to give the British public a chance to pay their respects to the late monarch. Buckingham Palace released details Thursday of the
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Investors are on edge as the Federal Reserve gears up for its policy decision next week. Some are even starting to brace for a big surprise. What’s happening: New inflation data on Tuesday showed that prices aren’t easing as quickly as Wall Street had hoped. Markets plummeted as the report
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LONDON (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has undergone nose surgery to improve her breathing and will not play again until next year. The ninth-ranked Romanian writes in a post on Twitter that she felt “completely exhausted” after her first-round loss to qualifier Daria Snigur at the U.S. Open last month. She then
Continue Reading Opinion by Joseph H. Davis for CNN Business Perspectives The Federal Reserve is aware of the pain that spiraling prices are causing Americans. At the recent Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said bringing inflation down “will also bring some pain to households and businesses.” But what the nation’s central bankers are hesitant
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By Sana Noor Haq and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Ukraine says Russian missile strikes have broken a major dam in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, the latest attack from Moscow in a series of bombardments on civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia targeted the Karachunivske Reservoir, adding that it had
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Leah Dolan, CNN Life imitated art on the front row of the Michael Kors show on Wednesday when assigned seating placed Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and actor Anne Hathaway next to one another in a display of PR genius. Wintour was, as always, dressed in her signature look — a pair of dark sunglasses skewing
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By Jacob Lev, CNN In an open letter to Phoenix Suns employees and players on Thursday, team vice chairman Jahm Najafi has called on team owner Robert Sarver to resign. In the letter, obtained by CNN, Najafi said: “I cannot in good judgment sit back and allow our children and future generations of fans to
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it would be “perfectly acceptable” for King Charles III to continue to advocate for climate change action in his new apolitical role as monarch. Albanese was speaking ahead of his departure for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Albanese says the new
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Queen Letizia has turned 50. It’s only a birthday but Spain is taking the opportunity on Thursday to assess its scarred monarchy and ponder how the arrival of a middle-class commoner may help shake up one of Europe’s most storied royal dynasties into a modern and
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers say Hungary’s nationalist government is deliberately trying to undermine the bloc’s democratic values. They deplore the failure of the 26 other EU countries to take action to bring Hungary back into line. The parliamentarians raised concerns Thursday in a resolution about Hungary’s electoral system,
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