Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — La calificación de la economía en el primer trimestre completo del gobierno de Biden como presidente: buena, pero no genial. La economía de Estados Unidos creció en el segundo trimestre a un ritmo ligeramente más rápido de lo que se había informado anteriormente, gracias al aumento del gasto de los
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Jefferson City Schools will drop its mask requirement starting Friday. Students and staff who are in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will no longer need to quarantine in most cases.
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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit says a Black civilian grounds-keeping and kitchen worker at Wyoming’s F.E. Warren Air Force Base was retaliated against and ultimately fired for complaining when other workers called him racial epithets. The lawsuit says the harassment began soon after Bryan Wheels was hired in 2015
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate narrowly approved President Biden’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday, giving the bureau a director who is likely to embrace an aggressive “watchdog” role, similar to how the agency operated under former President Obama. Rohit Chopra’s nomination was approved 50-48,
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate narrowly approved President Biden’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday, giving the bureau a director who is likely to embrace an aggressive “watchdog” role, similar to how the agency operated under former President Obama. Rohit Chopra’s nomination was approved 50-48,
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator has been found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. News outlets report a jury in Memphis found Sen. Katrina Robinson guilty of four of the five counts remaining against her. She originally faced 20 counts, but a federal judge acquitted her
Continue Reading MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they are still investigating the mysterious deaths of a Northern California family and their dog who were found in a remote hiking area. The bodies of John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter and their dog were found Aug. 17 on a trail near the Merced River,
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By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN The FBI is assisting in the search for a 19-year-old woman who went missing last Friday from an Orlando apartment complex, the Orange County sheriff said Thursday. Sheriff John Mina said the bureau is lending technology to the search for Miya Marcano, who was last seen at about
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Equal Justice Initiative is opening an expanded museum in Alabama that focuses on the legacy of slavery in America. The Legacy Museum is a companion to the group’s well-known memorial to lynching victims. It takes visitors on a journey from the origins of the slave
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Regulators want the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay a penalty and follow through on a promise to fix environmental problems at eastern Kentucky coal mines. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet asked a circuit judge this week to enforce an agreement over reclamation violations. The Lexington Herald-Leader
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By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Carlson homered twice, once from each side of the plate, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3. Carlson’s homers made a winner out of J.A. Happ, who entered the game 0-3 in his last five starts against the Brewers. Happ gave up
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By Alex Marquardt and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The suicide rate among active duty service members in the US military increased by 41.4% in the five years from 2015 to 2020, according to data provided in the annual report from the Department of Defense on suicide in the military. The suicide rate among active duty service
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections against so-called “surprise” medical bills. The ban on charges that hit insured patients at some of life’s most vulnerable moments will take effect Jan. 1. Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections against so-called “surprise” medical bills. The ban on charges that hit insured patients at some of life’s most vulnerable moments will take effect Jan. 1. Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens. The lawmakers accused Facebook of concealing the negative findings about Instagram and demanded a commitment
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens. The lawmakers accused Facebook of concealing the negative findings about Instagram and demanded a commitment
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing ownership of a prime beachfront property to be transferred to heirs of a couple who built a resort for Black people in the early 1900s but were stripped of the land by local officials. The legislation signed
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks ended another volatile day lower on Wall Street Thursday, bringing the market closer to its first bear market since the beginning of the pandemic. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell and is now down 18.7% from the record high it set early this year, nearly at the
Continue ReadingBy Kiet Do Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — A San Jose City Council Resolution Ceremony drew hundreds to the site of a 134-year atrocity on Wednesday, to hear city leaders formally apologize to the Chinese immigrant community and their descendants. The gathering comes the day after the City
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military expects to begin receiving new Afghanistan evacuees in the United States next week, as thousands begin to wrap up a three-week pause in Europe and the Middle East to get measles shots. Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of U.S. Northern Command, says there are
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