By Dakin Andone and Omar Jimenez, CNN As school district officials and the teachers union continue to negotiate a return to classrooms, Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that while most schools will be closed again Friday, a few will have in-person learning and activities. The announcement appeared to catch principals off-guard. The district tweeted Thursday
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are wobbling in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors consider the outlook for rising interest rates and inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Bond yields continued to rise a day
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are wobbling in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors consider the outlook for rising interest rates and inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Bond yields continued to rise a day
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Diego Molano, informó este miércoles que los peritos forenses identificaron 21 de los 23 cuerpos hallados tras los enfrentamientos de este fin de semana en el departamento de Arauca. Según las autoridades, la confrontación del 2 de enero entre grupos armados de las disidencias de
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccines and testing boosted Walgreens store sales growth to its highest level in more than two decades, as the drugstore chain beat fiscal first-quarter expectations. Walgreens doled out 15.6 million vaccines in the quarter that ended in November 30, as more Americans sought booster shots and vaccine eligibility
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis-area bookkeeper has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for stealing $670,000 from a trust fund that provided money for several charities. Paula K. Smith of O’Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court. She pleaded guilty in July to mail fraud and money laundering
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — A medida que siguen aumentando los contagios de la variante ómicron del coronavirus en el mundo, a una tasa que no habíamos visto antes, la demanda por pruebas de covid-19 también ha explotado. En Estados Unidos las pruebas caseras son difíciles de conseguir y han aumentado su precio, y en los
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the 2019 killing of a woman whose body was found in a natural gas-filled Topeka home. Jeremy Lardner pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murder charge, as well as aggravated robbery and kidnapping in the death of 36-year-old Brandi Prchal.
Continue Reading By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s National Assembly has rejected a proposed law that would have doubled the jail time for gays and lesbians if convicted of homosexual acts. Proponents of the bill, though, have vowed to press ahead with their efforts after the proposed measure was formally rejected Wednesday. Homosexuality
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that tore through a Philadelphia rowhome, killing 12 people, including two sisters and several of their children. Specialists from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives took photos Thursday morning and then entered the charred, three-story brick duplex. The city’s
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Bed Bath & Beyond’s fiscal third-quarter loss widened, with the home goods retailer saying supply chain issues are continuing to squeeze its business. The Union, New Jersey-based company lost $276.4 million, or $2.78 per share, for the three months ended Nov. 27. That compares with a loss of $75
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Si el 6 de enero de 2021 fuera solo un día infame, su mancha en la historia estadounidense aún reverberaría a través de generaciones. Pero el asalto al Capitolio de Estados Unidos estuvo lejos de ser un día de furia autónomo. Fue tanto la culminación del gobierno de un presidente
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked the anniversary of the violent Capitol insurrection by forcefully condemning Donald Trump’s election “big lie” that sparked the deadly breaching of the building and continues to motivate deep national division. He declared he will fight for
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Identical twins and “Sweet Valley High” stars Brittany and Cynthia Daniel have always been close, and are now sharing a story of true sisterhood. In an interview with People magazine, the two revealed that Brittany and her husband Adam Touni became the parents of daughter Hope in October 2021, thanks
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Growth in the U.S. service industry, where most Americans work, pulled back in December after expanding at a record pace the previous two months. The Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that its monthly survey of service industries declined to a reading of 62
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Growth in the U.S. service industry, where most Americans work, pulled back in December after expanding at a record pace the previous two months. The Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that its monthly survey of service industries declined to a reading of 62
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William has appealed for innovators around the world to submit nominations for his Earthshot Prize, a competition aimed at finding new ways to tackle climate change. William and his charity, The Royal Foundation, launched the prize in 2020 inspired by U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moonshot” speech that challenged
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William has appealed for innovators around the world to submit nominations for his Earthshot Prize, a competition aimed at finding new ways to tackle climate change. William and his charity, The Royal Foundation, launched the prize in 2020 inspired by U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moonshot” speech that challenged
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Bed Bath & Beyond revealed the locations of 37 of the approximately 200 stores it plans close in the coming weeks. The plans, which were announced two years ago, are part of Bed Bath & Beyond’s multi-year transformation that includes creating new, private labels, remodeling stores and focusing on e-commerce
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