DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his stock Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold about 640,000 shares for roughly $687.3 million, according to two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales will help Musk pay
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un récord de 4,4 millones de estadounidenses renunciaron a sus empleos en septiembre, ya que el gran volumen de trabajos disponibles está capacitando a los trabajadores para que puedan elegir. La nación tenía 10,4 millones de puestos de trabajo abiertos ese mes mientras continúa la crisis de escasez de trabajadores, según
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says his client will defy a subpoena from a House committee that is investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. That’s likely to trigger a contempt vote against the former Republican congressman. The
Continue Reading NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A former high school basketball coach in Rhode Island is under investigation after former players came forward to say he for years asked male student-athletes to disrobe while alone with him so he could perform what he called body fat tests. Aaron Thomas had been a teacher and coach at
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Si planeas viajar a Alemania, esto es lo que necesitas saber y esperar si deseas visitar el país durante la pandemia de covid-19. Lo básico Las políticas fronterizas de Alemania están cambiando rápidamente a medida que el país actualiza periódicamente sus listas de destinos de riesgo alto y moderado. A medida
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon voted unanimously on Friday to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Every major index is on track
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Every major index is on track
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon issued its unanimous decision on Friday, clearing the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train car
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El futbolista argentino Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero habló de su salud luego de sufrir problemas cardiacos hace unas semanas. El delantero del FC Barcelona dijo que está siguiendo las indicaciones de los médicos y espera ver una evolución en al menos 3 meses. “Ante los rumores les cuento que estoy
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar has agreed to represent U.S. interests in Afghanistan following the closure of the American embassy in Kabul in late August. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Qatari counterpart say Qatar will serve as the “protecting power” for the United States
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Two officials with the City of Columbia turned in their resignations over the past week.
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September as the sheer volume of available jobs is empowering workers to have their pick. Workers are quitting in search for better pay or better jobs, representing a fundamental shift in America’s labor market. “Labor now has the initiative, and the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Después de que más de 30 testigos testificaron en el juicio por homicidio a Kyle Rittenhouse, el caso que ha llamado la atención de EE.UU. está avanzando hacia sus etapas finales. Los testimonios, que duraron más de una semana, concluyeron este jueves, y los argumentos finales están programados para comenzar este
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN In the week since a Houston music festival turned deadly, questions have emerged about who should be held accountable for the nine people who died and the hundreds who were injured. Audience members at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Music Festival described an unruly crowd surge on November 5 that felt like a
Continue Reading By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — More than 40 women have filed a complaint against Opus Dei to the Vatican for alleged labor exploitation, and abuse of power and of conscience. The Argentine and Paraguayan citizens worked for the conservative Catholic group in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Italy and Kazakhstan between
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to again lead the regulatory agency. That’s according to a person familiar with the decision. Biden is expected to make the formal announcement Friday. Califf served as FDA commissioner for
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By Tami Luhby, CNN The latest round of monthly child tax credit payments were distributed to tens of millions of families on Monday. Parents may receive only one more installment next month unless Congress acts. More than $15 billion was sent to families of roughly 61 million children, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service
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