DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in December. Iowa Workforce Development reported Tuesday that the rate was down from November’s 3.7% rate and reflected that 5,200 more people found jobs. The percentage of Iowans in the labor force also increased slightly. Iowa’s rate was ranked 20th nationally. Nebraska continued to
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Florida empezó a cerrar todos los sitios de tratamientos con anticuerpos monoclonales, según anunciaron funcionarios de salud el lunes por la noche. Las autoridades estatales indicaron que la medida obedece a una decisión de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés). Anticuerpos monoclonales, un
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are investigating the city’s latest shooting death after officers found a woman fatally wounded on a sidewalk. Police say the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the northeastern section of the city. Officers called to the scene found the woman unresponsive on a sidewalk with
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its forecast for the world economy this year. It cites as the cause for the lowered growth expectation the spread of COVID-19’s omicron variant, higher energy prices, an uptick in inflation and financial strains in China. The 190-country lending agency
Continue Reading By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — David Ferguson is speaking out passionately on behalf of his son DJ. He says the 31-year-old is fighting for his life at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in desperate need of a heart transplant. “My son has gone to the edge
Continue Reading General Electric Co. anticipates returning to revenue growth this year, even as it deals with supply chain challenges. The company said Tuesday that it anticipates aviation revenue rising more than 20% in 2022, dependent on the continued commercial market recovery. It foresees low- to mid-single-digit revenue growth in healthcare, driven by commercial efforts and new
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening sharply lower again on Wall Street Tuesday, a day after a wild roller-coaster ride that erased an intraday plunge. Big technology stocks like Apple were leading the losses. The swings are coming as traders try to assess how a stubborn resurgence of inflation will affect the economy and how
Continue Reading By MEHMET GUZEL and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens have cleared roads that came to a standstill after a massive cold front and snow storms hit much of Turkey and Greece. The weather had left countless people and vehicles in both cities stranded overnight in freezing conditions.
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By Natasha Bertrand and Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration is making contingency plans to shore up Europe’s energy supplies should a Russian invasion of Ukraine create gas shortages and roil the global economy, senior administration officials said on Tuesday. In a briefing with reporters, the officials confirmed CNN’s reporting on Sunday that US officials
Continue Reading MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to stuffing his wife’s body in a freezer more than six years ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Television station KYTV reports that 59-year-old Larry Dinwiddie of Marshfield was sentenced Monday after he pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder in the
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s economic development board has approved $824 million in incentives and assistance for General Motors Co. to put electric vehicle and battery plants in its home state, adding as many as 4,000 jobs. The Detroit-based automaker plans to spend up to $4 billion
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Jose, California, is getting closer to adopting a first-in-the-nation law to address gun violence by requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance. The Silicon Valley city’s council is due to vote Tuesday on the ordinance, whose dual-pronged approach aims to reduce the risk of gun
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Krispy Kreme está regalando donuts para ayudar a combatir la escasez de sangre en todo el país. Esta semana, la cadena regalará una docena de donuts glaseados originales a las personas que donen sangre a la Cruz Roja Americana. La promoción se produce después de que la
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By Eric Levenson, CNN The SAT taken by prospective college students across the country will go all-digital starting in 2024 and will be an hour shorter, the College Board announced in a statement Tuesday. “The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant,” said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of College
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A “cyber incident” first detected last week has interrupted some of the Canadian foreign ministry’s “internet-based services,” the Canadian government said Monday. Canadian cybersecurity officials were working to restore those internet services as of Monday night. “Critical services for Canadians” through the foreign ministry were not affected by the incident, the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Attention parents: Hold onto that Internal Revenue Service letter about your enhanced child tax credit payments. You’ll need it when you file your 2021 tax return. The IRS has mailed families Letter 6419, which states how much they received in monthly child tax credit payments from July through December. It also
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By Anna Bahney Overheated home prices continue to show signs of cooling off a bit. Home prices rose 18.8% year-over-year in November, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. But that staggering jump was down from a 19.1% increase in October. For the past several months, prices have continued to rise
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is giving customers new ways to perk up: a line of energy drinks called Starbucks Baya Energy and a bunch of fresh flavors in the grocery aisle. Baya will be available for purchase at stores and online starting this week, and will go on sale at US Starbucks stores
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the Israeli spyware maker NSO Group says he has left the firm. But Asher Levy says his departure was planned months ago and is not linked to the recent turmoil surrounding the company. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Levy
Continue Reading Exclusive by Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Jack Guy, CNN Ukraine “will not allow anyone to impose any concessions on us” as part of efforts to de-escalate the threat of conflict with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday. Kuleba emphasized that the country would not accept any compromises
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