By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Weaker-than-expected financial performances from some of the country’s biggest tech companies dragged U.S. markets lower early Friday and a hot monthly employment report briefly sent futures even lower. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials fell 0.5% while the S&P 500 slipped 1%. Futures for the tech-heavy
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La economía de EE.UU. sumó 517.000 empleos en el mes de enero, lo que demuestra que el mercado laboral aún no está listo para enfriarse, según nuevos datos publicados este viernes por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. Además, la tasa de desempleo cayó del 3,5% al 3,4%, alcanzando niveles no visto
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. The 79-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was freed from a prison in Dorset, in southwest England. It is common
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER and DAVID SHARP Associated Press Rising temperatures offered some hope Friday for frustrated Texans days after they lost power — and in many cases heat — in a deadly winter storm, while a new wave of frigid weather rolling into the Northeast led communities to close schools and open warming centers. Wind
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a robust 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, a new half-century low. Friday’s government report added
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Es difícil imaginar un peor antecedente para las conversaciones cruciales que se espera que el secretario de Estado Antony Blinken mantenga en Beijing en los próximos días que la noticia de que un presunto globo espía chino está flotando alegremente sobre cielo de EE.UU. El Pentágono dice que ha estado rastreando
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD and DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan on Friday for the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage, planning to encourage the young country’s stalled peace process and to draw international attention to the continued fighting and a worsening humanitarian crisis there.
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By Nadeen Ebrahim and Mostafa Salem, CNN As the Ukraine war approaches the one-year mark, the United States is ramping up efforts to choke off Russia’s economy and it has set its sight on the Middle East. A top US Treasury official arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday to warn the regional
Continue ReadingBy Heather Wright, CTV National News Correspondent Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — There’s no hiding what’s being sold inside Shroomyz Dispensary in downtown Toronto. A giant rainbow mushroom covers the windows, with a sign below inviting customers to “walk into a new reality.” The shop is one of three
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos, CTV National News Associate Producer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Ukraine could see a major new offensive from Russia on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s defence minister said Thursday. Oleksii Reznikov told the French BFM network that Moscow had amassed and mobilized thousands of
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Germany and other governments pledged last week to counter Russian forces in the war. A German government spokesman confirmed Friday that export authorization has been granted but declined to give numbers or other
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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Inspired by the lifesaving medical attention Damar Hamlin received on the field during a game last month, the NFL and American Heart Association will provide free CPR education in Arizona throughout Super Bowl week as part the NFL Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center. Hamlin, the 24-year-old Buffalo
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine, saying Friday a boycott was a possibility. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said athletes from her country could be put in a situation
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries have urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine and say a boycott is a possibility. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says they should try to convince others “that the participation
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh, CNN It’s January, the middle of the school year, and yet tenth grader Lala Bivens is preparing for her first day at a new school. Bivens started fall classes at One City Preparatory Academy, a new charter middle and high school in Madison, Wisconsin, but on January 13 a teacher shortage forced
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh, CNN It’s January, the middle of the school year, and yet tenth grader Lala Bivens is preparing for her first day at a new school. Bivens started fall classes at One City Preparatory Academy, a new charter middle and high school in Madison, Wisconsin, but on January 13 a teacher shortage forced
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has stepped up efforts to lobby international sports leaders against Russian participation in next year’s Paris Olympics as indications mount that the games could see the biggest boycott since the Cold War. A meeting of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee did not commit to a
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Australian Open semifinalist Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald have given the United States a 2-0 lead over host Uzbekistan in Davis Cup qualifying. Paul beat Khumoyun Sultanov 6-1, 7-6 (6) after McDonald’s Davis Cup debut ended with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Sergey Fomin on an indoor hard court in Tashkent. The
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The judge overseeing the investigation into the Dani Alves sexual assault case has taken testimony from eight witnesses. The Brazilian soccer player is accused of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub on Dec. 30. The 39-year-old Alves has spent the last two weeks
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 42 points and Monika Czinano had 28 as No. 6 Iowa defeated No. 8 Maryland 96-82 on Thursday night. Clark, who entered second in the nation in scoring at 27.1 points per game, was 13 of 19 from the field, including 6
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