By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will overhaul its financial ethics policies in response to growing questions about investing and trading decisions by high-ranking Fed officials that raise potential conflicts of interest. Powell stopped short of saying explicitly that the trading moves were
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California judge says she plans to re-sentence Scott Peterson to life in prison this fall in the 2002 murders of his wife and unborn son. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo said Wednesday that she wants to sentence Peterson in November before deciding whether he deserves a
Continue Reading By MALLIKA SEN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Indonesia’s leader says inclusiveness and a sustainable, green economy will be among his priorities when he assumes the G-20 presidency next year. Joko Widodo committed to working for the benefit of all, including vulnerable groups, in recorded remarks to the U.N. General Assembly.
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two laws aimed at protecting the privacy of abortion providers and their patients. One law makes it illegal to film people within 100 feet of an abortion clinic for the purpose of intimidating them. Another law makes it easier for
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Emmy-winning actor and writer, Chevy Chase. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1943 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Cornelius Crane Chase Father: Edward Tinsley Chase, book editor Mother: Cathalene (Crane) Chase, concert pianist Marriages: Jayni (Luke) Chase (1982-present); Jacqueline Carlin (1976-1980, divorced); Susan
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Lucas Papademos, economist and former prime minister of Greece. Personal Birth date: October 11, 1947 Birth place: Athens, Greece Birth name: Lucas Demetrios Papademos Marriage: Shanna (Ingram) Papademos Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. in Physics, 1970; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in Electrical Engineering,
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A school district in suburban Kansas City says it is working with students and parents who are upset after a small number of students posted a petition online calling for the return of slavery. Officials have not released many details about the incident at Park Hill
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A school district in suburban Kansas City says it is working with students and parents who are upset after a small number of students posted a petition online calling for the return of slavery. Officials have not released many details about the incident at Park Hill
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified Wednesday in the trial of fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes, saying the entrepreneur misled him into believing she was on the verge of rolling out a blood-testing breakthrough that he hoped would help save lives of
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified Wednesday in the trial of fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes, saying the entrepreneur misled him into believing she was on the verge of rolling out a blood-testing breakthrough that he hoped would help save lives of
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Army veteran Spencer Sullivan has never felt more victorious. Sullivan spent years fighting to get his Afghan translator asylum after he risked his life aiding U.S. troops in Afghanistan during its 20-year war there and then was denied a U.S. visa. On Wednesday, a German court granted Abdulhaq Sodais asylum.
Continue Reading By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University officials failed to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson agreed Wednesday with OSU’s argument that the legal
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By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amanda Watts, Randi Kaye and Kari Pricher, CNN A couple from Louisiana who were vacationing in Jackson, Wyoming, last month said Wednesday they saw an incident involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in a restaurant in one of the last sightings of Petito before her death. Nina Angelo told CNN
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas education official says a middle school student has died of COVID-19. No details about the death have been released. The child’s death would be the first reported COVID-19 death of someone aged 10 to 17 in Kansas and only the third reported for someone under 18. Education Commissioner Randy
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Six Native American tribes are suing the state of Wisconsin, claiming that the state’s planned wolf hunts go against their treaty-protected rights. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by six Ojibwe tribes, comes months after the state’s first legal wolf hunt in decades in February, considered a disaster by critics. That hunt occurred
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a drive-by shooting at a school bus stop in Kentucky left a 16-year-old student dead and another hospitalized. Authorities say a third child was injured by unknown means as the youths waited Wednesday morning at the bus stop just west of downtown Louisville. Police say a car drove by
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Scientists have found evidence of a drug-resistant form of malaria in Africa. Researchers detected genetic mutations in nearly 20% of blood samples in Uganda by 2019. That suggests the main drug used against malaria is losing effectiveness there. Experts worry there could be drug-resistant malaria elsewhere
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of Iowa’s largest hospital says he’s worried a surge in coronavirus cases is burning out many nurses and other staffers. Suresh Gunasekaran, the chief executive officer of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, told reporters Wednesday that the hospital
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN A 75-year-old Michigan man was arrested Wednesday after investigators say he left pipe bombs at two cell phone stores and threatening letters at cell towers in order to stop all telecommunications “containing immoral content,” like pornography and cursing, according to an affidavit for probable cause. John Douglas Allen
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2022, both are celebrated on October 10. Columbus Day Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal federal holiday in 1971, many states celebrated Columbus Day on October 12. It marks Christopher Columbus’
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