JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has begun testing a massive inflatable missile detection system designed to hover at high altitudes and detect long-range threats. Israel already boasts an array of sophisticated missile defenses, which were used successfully during the 11-day Gaza war earlier this year. The High Availability Aerostat System is inflatable and resembles
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing for a possible interest rate increase from the Bank of England. If the central bank makes that move Thursday, it would be the first by the world’s leading industrial nations since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Financial markets think the
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing for a possible interest rate increase from the Bank of England. If the central bank makes that move Thursday, it would be the first by the world’s leading industrial nations since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Financial markets think the
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL’s rebuilding teams are at very different stages early this season. The Detroit Red Wings are finally showing the fruits of picking high in the draft. They are winning games they used to lose. The Buffalo Sabres are proving what good coaching can do for a young group.
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks wobbled on Wall Street as investors look over another big batch of earnings reports from U.S. companies. They’re also looking ahead to an announcement later Wednesday from the Federal Reserve, which is expected to give its outlook on inflation and the economy and also detail how it
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 21, the Lagos state governor says, as rescue crews continue to seek surviving workers in the rubble. Nine people had been saved as of Tuesday
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By Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Baker High School is prepped for a playoff matchup on the road against Auburn High this week, but the Hornets’ biggest supporters will be stuck in Mobile. A bus driver shortage is keeping the Baker High School band from traveling to
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The rate of expansion in the U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, hit a record high in October as demand remained strong even as supply chain problems persisted. The Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday that its monthly survey of service industries —
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The rate of expansion in the U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, hit a record high in October as demand remained strong even as supply chain problems persisted. The Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday that its monthly survey of service industries —
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Zillow se está saliendo del negocio de iBuying y cerrará su división de ofertas de Zillow, lo que dará como resultado una reducción del 25% en su personal. En su informe de ganancias trimestrales de este martes, la compañía dijo que verá una amortización total de más de US$ 540
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By Holly Yan and David Williams, CNN When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down. “I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old (label),” his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. “He said, ‘Wait
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By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States is pushing to end a scarcity of rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests, with new investments from the Biden administration intended to bring more of the devices into American households. The National Institutes of Health’s $70 million pledge, announced last week, promises to get more tests onto the market by
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and David Williams, CNN When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down. “I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old (label),” his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. “He said, ‘Wait
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has met with Hungary’s president in Budapest, where the two leaders committed to achieving carbon neutrality in their countries by 2050. At a news briefing following talks with Hungarian President Janos Ader, Moon said bilateral trade between Hungary and South Korea
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has met with Hungary’s president in Budapest, where the two leaders committed to achieving carbon neutrality in their countries by 2050. At a news briefing following talks with Hungarian President Janos Ader, Moon said bilateral trade between Hungary and South Korea
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A new mayor will take over in Kansas City, Kansas, after the incumbent lost for the second straight election. Unofficial totals show that Tyrone Garner defeated incumbent David Alvey on Tuesday by just over 300 votes out of 16,494 ballots cast. Garner will become the first Black mayor to oversee
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business West Hollywood’s city council is set to vote on hiking the local minimum wage to $17.64 an hour, which would be the highest in the United States. The ordinance, which is scheduled for a vote Wednesday, would take effect in January 2022 for hotel workers and in July 2022 for
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By Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Chloe Melas, David Shortell, Kevin Flower, CNN The “Rust” armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, loaded the gun with what she thought were dummy rounds before Alec Baldwin used it on set, fatally shooting the movie’s cinematographer, lawyers for the armorer said in an interview with NBC that aired Wednesday. “There was
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By Jeff Zeleny, John Harwood, Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday received an unwelcome wake-up call for his still-new presidency as the Democrat arrived back in Washington from a European excursion suddenly facing a transformed political landscape. Republican Glenn Youngkin’s projected gubernatorial victory over Democratic former Gov. Terry
Continue Reading By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have announced the arrest of the head of a company suspected of cheating overseas buyers of millions of dollars paid for undelivered medical rubber gloves during the coronavirus pandemic. Thai authorities have been cracking down on a surge in rubber glove fraud, including the
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