By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street is essentially flat before the opening bell following last week’s best close in six weeks. Futures for the S&P 500 and for the Dow Jones Industrial Average alternated between slight gains and losses Monday. With earnings season winding down all eyes will be on
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope. “My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,” Hoda said at the top
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By Tamara Qiblawi and Nima Elbagir, CNN A committee of US senators has called on the United Nations to investigate a network of secret torture centers in Iran exposed by a CNN investigation last month. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the CNN report — which revealed a swathe of clandestine detention centers used
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Francesca Street, CNN When Lindz McLeod stepped off the airplane at John F. Kennedy Airport, she felt an immediate jolt of excitement and anticipation. “I had never been to America before at all,” Lindz tells CNN Travel today. “It was really interesting to uproot myself and go to a new continent entirely on my own,
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By Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Iran has experienced a spike in suspected poisoning attacks at girls’ schools across the country in recent days, according to state and semi-official media, as medical staff and teachers accused government officials of attempting to silence the victims. Iran has seen a wave of suspected poisoning
Continue ReadingBy Mike Cerullo and Zoe Strothers Click here for updates on this story ROCKY HILL, Connecticut (WFSB) — A special education teacher shortage is affecting students and families all across the state. The state’s Department of Education says, shortages of special education teachers has been a problem since before 2020, but the pandemic has made
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By Tina Burnside and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Fort Lauderdale was forced to return to Havana, Cuba, on Sunday morning after reportedly experiencing bird strikes, the carrier says. In a statement to CNN Sunday, Southwest said the plane suffered bird strikes. “Southwest flight #3923 departing Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale,
Continue ReadingBy Ashlyn Nichols Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It’s been nearly two weeks since 16-year-old Janyia Wilson was tragically shot to death by her alleged boyfriend in Atmore. FOX10 News spoke with her great-aunt, Tawanna Thomas, and she has a personal message to share. It’s her deepest hope that
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Portland Police conducted their second retail theft “blitz” mission of the year at the Gateway and 205 malls in northeast Portland on Sunday. The goal was to curb shoplifting at businesses in the area but there were also arrests for outstanding
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Santostasi Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A fundraiser to benefit those in the LGBTQ community happened Sunday night, March 5 in Hendersonville. It was put on by PFLAG, the nation’s first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community and their
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By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Liverpool’s 7-0 rout of Manchester United could have a telling impact on the remainder of the season for both teams. Liverpool’s problem this season has been an inability to produce consistent winning runs. That is why a team that competed for four trophies last season
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN A portrait of the British actor David Harewood has been commissioned to hang in a stately home belonging to the aristocratic family that once enslaved his ancestors. The portrait of the “Homeland” star will hang on the walls of Harewood House, an 18th-century property near Leeds, northern England, built upon the vast
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La Policía de Bolingbrook, Illinois, detuvo a un sospechoso en el tiroteo contra cuatro personas en un posible allanamiento de morada este domingo, según un comunicado de la Policía. Agentes atendieron un informe de un posible allanamiento de morada en una casa de Bolingbrook alrededor de las 8:15 p.m., este domingo.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Hoda Kotb returned to co-anchoring NBC’s “Today” show following a two-week absence, explaining to viewers that her daughter had a health issue. At the top of Monday’s show, Kotb said her three-year-old daughter, Hope, was in the hospital for a “little more than a week,” including being in the ICU for
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Bim Ali was early in her first pregnancy when billionaire Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, where she worked as a program manager on the Redbird core technologies team. During the months of intense uncertainty that followed, Ali stuck with the company, attempting to tune out the deluge of news about
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Bim Ali was early in her first pregnancy when billionaire Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, where she worked as a program manager on the Redbird core technologies team. During the months of intense uncertainty that followed, Ali stuck with the company, attempting to tune out the deluge of news about
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, Jefferson City leaders are set to hear a presentation on a proposed bond increase for all Jefferson City School districts. The bond issue is called “Kids FIRST” and it will be on the April ballot. The Jefferson City School District says the “Kids FIRST” proposal is a zero-tax-increase bond and
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By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone and Nick Valencia, CNN A Georgia judge denied bond for 22 of the 23 people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism amid violent protests Sunday at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City” by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Recent headlines point to a slumping US housing market — as mortgage rates average near 7%, an increasing number of potential homebuyers are finding it difficult to finance homes. Mortgage applications fell in late February to a 28-year low, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. But some of the country’s largest
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By Rob Picheta and Jessie Gretener, CNN Wayne Couzens, the former London police officer who abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in 2021, has been sentenced to 19 further months in prison for indecent exposure incidents that took place while he was serving in the force. Couzens, 50, was already serving a life sentence without
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