By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When it comes to influence over the global economy, few people in the world are more powerful than Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve. This week, investors may learn whether he’s tapped for another four-year term or out of a job. What’s happening: President Joe Biden is expected
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say they will continue to strive for fewer than 300 annual traffic deaths, but it won’t happen in 2021. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that as of Friday, Iowa traffic death count stood at 312. Iowa Department of Transportation officials say that outpaces the death toll for the
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish lawmakers will vote later this week on whether Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson should become the country’s first female prime minister, even though she has not succeeded in securing the support of a left-leaning party. Parliament speaker Andreas Norlen said Andersson had informed him on Monday that after 11 days
Continue Reading Israel’s internal security agency says it has arrested more than 50 members of a Hamas cell in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem that were involved in planning attacks on Israelis. Monday’s announcement came a day after a Hamas gunman killed an Israeli man and injured four others in a shooting near a flashpoint
Continue Reading By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of declines, Americans’ trust in civil-rights and community-action charities increased in 2020, according to a new study, which also found that trust in charities overall held steady as millions more Americans came to rely on nonprofits amid the pandemic. The share of
Continue Reading By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of declines, Americans’ trust in civil-rights and community-action charities increased in 2020, according to a new study, which also found that trust in charities overall held steady as millions more Americans came to rely on nonprofits amid the pandemic. The share of
Continue Reading By ELODIE SOUPAMA Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French president has warned of a “very explosive” situation in the overseas department. Protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and looting. France’s central government sent in police special
Continue Reading By ELODIE SOUPAMA Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French president has warned of a “very explosive” situation in the overseas department. Protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and looting. France’s central government sent in police special
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Cases are going up. Hospitalizations are too. Depending on where you live, mask mandates are either being dropped or enacted. Vaccines are more available than ever, but hesitancy remains a real problem. Experimental drugs are showing promise as well, yet regulatory approval takes time. It’s a confusing time in the coronavirus
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House will keep its mask mandate in place on its grounds even as Washington, DC, lifts its indoor mask requirement starting Monday, a contrast that highlights the uneven messaging many Americans are receiving on Covid-19. The nation’s capital remains an area with “substantial” community transmission, according to the US
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) — Dale “Duster” Hoffman didn’t want a sorrowful funeral, so instead he got a parade. KWCH-TV reports that residents of the small town of Minneapolis, Kansas, turned out Sunday for a parade honoring Hoffman, who died earlier this month at age 71. Hoffman had said he wanted his friends and family to
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed preschool favorite Peppa Pig as an inspiring model for the U.K. economy. Johnson told a conference of business group the Confederation of British Industry on Monday that he would champion a green industrial revolution for Britain. During a rambling speech in
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Adele is known for moving fans to tears with her music, but the Grammy award-winning singer shed some of her own after a surprise reunion with a former high school teacher. The emotional moment happened during the British powerhouse’s ITV concert special, “An Audience with Adele,” which aired in the UK
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson says it’s buying U.S. cloud communications company Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal that will help it expand wireless services for business customers. Ericsson said Monday that the acquisition would also give it access to software developers who it can tap to build new applications that advantage
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Vermont Rep. Peter Welch announced Monday he would run for the US Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy, who announced last week he would not seek reelection in 2022. “We are at a pivotal moment,” Welch said in a statement. “Vermont families are struggling through multiple crises: a
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police in Springfield, Missouri, are investigating after a homeowner shot and killed a man outside of the home. KYTV-TV reports that the man told investigators that a stranger to the homeowner knocked on the door around 11:30 a.m. Sunday and an altercation began. Police say the homeowner accused the stranger of
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By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Kelly McCleary, CNN The celebratory sounds of a Wisconsin Christmas parade were interrupted by terrified screams Sunday after a vehicle plowed into participants and spectators gathered for the event in Waukesha, a city about 20 miles west of downtown Milwaukee. Five people were killed and more than
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned rioters in Rotterdam and other towns and cities across the Netherlands over the weekend as “idiots.” He said Monday that police and prosecutors would do all they can to bring them to justice. Rutte’s comments came after
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