By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Monday after a surprisingly strong report on U.S. manufacturing cast doubts on how much interest rates can ease this year. The S&P 500 dipped 10.58 points, or 0.2%, from its all-time high to finish at 5,243.77. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Pocas horas después de la muerte del líder opositor Alexey Navalny en una prisión rusa en febrero, un grupo de hackers contrarios al Kremlin buscó venganza. Utilizando su acceso a una red informática vinculada al sistema penitenciario ruso, los piratas informáticos colgaron una foto de Navalny en el sitio web
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives. He spoke to The Associated Press during a battle over
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By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — This is not an April Fool’s Day joke. Monday night’s Powerball drawing has skyrocketed to $1 billion. This is only the fifth advertised Powerball jackpot to reach $1 billion, lottery officials said. The deadline to buy tickets for today’s drawing varies depending on where you buy,
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son. He also pleaded guilty to
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children began with jury selection Monday morning in Idaho. Chad Daybell’s trial is expected to last up to 10 weeks, with jury selection expected to take about a week.
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by former President Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a high-scoring American to help lead them to a
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling opened in the landmark federal law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Democratic-led states
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Buying an affordable home in the United States has gotten a lot harder for many people since 2020. A new analysis from Bankrate.com finds that in 22 states and Washington, DC, buyers need a six-figure household income to comfortably afford a typical median-priced home. That’s a lot
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — An undercurrent of implied violence has always been an essential ingredient of Donald Trump’s strongman persona. As the ex-president’s first trial and the general election approach, he is turning up the heat, creating a tense political atmosphere. He shared a video on Friday of a pickup truck featuring
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By Sean Lyngaas and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge. Using their access to a computer network tied to Russia’s prison system, the hackers plastered a photo of Navalny on the hacked prison contractor’s
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals had a two-run lead heading into the bottom of the eighth, but home runs from Teoscar Hernandez and Max Muncy sealed a late-inning comeback to hand the red birds a 5-4 loss at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night. St. Louis actually carried a 4-0 lead into the
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CNN By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Days after his speakership was put on notice by a far-right member, Mike Johnson strategized with a key – and perhaps surprising – source: firebrand GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the architect of the last effort to remove a speaker. Gaetz, who is making
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Argentina y Colombia anunciaron este domingo que sus cancillerías han “mantenido conversaciones para afianzar las relaciones diplomáticas” por órdenes de sus mandatarios, Javier Milei y Gustavo Petro, respectivamente, luego de que esta semana se registrara una controversia por las declaraciones del mandatario argentino en una entrevista con Andrés Oppenheimer
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Thanks to a five home run, 14-hit day for the Royals, the first series of the 2024 season did not end in a sweep for the Minnesota Twins. Kansas City shutout Minnesota 11-0 on Sunday afternoon, but still lost the series 2-1. It was a highlight reel kind of day at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou football’s first-year defensive coordinator Corey Batoon in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair discussed Batoon’s vision for the 2024 Tiger defense and what brought him to Columbia. The former South Alabama d-coordinator joined head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s coaching staff in Jan.
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By Chris Dwyer, CNN (CNN) — When highlighting how the Japanese capital represents the pinnacle of global dining excellence, British chef Daniel Calvert of Sézanne once opted to use a soccer reference. “Tokyo really is the Champions League of cooking,” he said. Well if that’s the case, Calvert’s restaurant in the elegant surrounds of the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A key Japanese central bank report says that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but optimism hit a three-decade high among large business outside the manufacturing sector. The Bank of Japan report issued Monday says sentiment among automakers, electronics giants and other large manufacturers declined in
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