Timken, Newmont fall, Gap, Lennar rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Timken, Newmont fall, Gap, Lennar rise.
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Former Sedgwick County sergeant sentenced for stalking
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Sedgwick County Sheriff’s sergeant has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading no contest to stalking an ex-girlfriend. Justin Maxfield was sentenced Wednesday for the misdemeanor charge. An affidavit says Maxfield was charged after his ex-girlfriend told police in April that he sent unwanted text messages to
Continue Reading Missouri health czar updating virus guidance for schools
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s new health director says the agency is working on new guidelines to help schools keep kids safe from the coronavirus. Director Don Kauerauf on Thursday told reporters that the state health department is coming up with what he called clearer guidance to keep kids from
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Colorado governor weds longtime partner in first same-sex marriage for a sitting governor
By Ashley Killough and Leslie Perrot, CNN Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner of 18 years, Marlon Reis, were married on Wednesday, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Polis is the first out LGBTQ governor in the United States to get married while in the governor’s office, according to the LGBTQ Victory
Continue Reading MassMutual fined for failing to monitor GameStop saga star
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts is fining MassMutual $4 million after accusing the company of failing to supervise an employee whose online cheerleading of GameStop’s stock helped launch the frenzy that shook Wall Street earlier this year. The settlement announced Thursday by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin centers on the actions
Continue Reading Italy requires COVID-19 pass for all workers from Oct. 15
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian workers in both the public and private sectors will be obliged to provide a health pass to access the workplace from Oct. 15 under a decree that has been approved by Premier Mario Draghi’s broad-based coalition government. The measures are the first by a major European
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Covered California director to step down in February
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The director of Covered California says he will step down early next year. Peter Lee has been the state’s only executive director during the nine-year history of the state’s health insurance marketplace. He helped launch the nation’s largest state-based health marketplace in 2012. Lee said Thursday
Continue Reading Covered California director to step down in February
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The director of Covered California says he will step down early next year. Peter Lee has been the state’s only executive director during the nine-year history of the state’s health insurance marketplace. He helped launch the nation’s largest state-based health marketplace in 2012. Lee said Thursday
Continue Reading Muslim groups call for Hilton boycott over project in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group is calling for a boycott of Hilton hotels over what it says are plans to build a hotel on the site of a bulldozed Uyghur mosque in China. The Council on American-Islamic Relations and other organizations held a news conference Thursday outside the Capital Hilton in Washington
Continue Reading Muslim groups call for Hilton boycott over project in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group is calling for a boycott of Hilton hotels over what it says are plans to build a hotel on the site of a bulldozed Uyghur mosque in China. The Council on American-Islamic Relations and other organizations held a news conference Thursday outside the Capital Hilton in Washington
Continue Reading GOP prosecutors threaten lawsuits over vaccine requirement
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Two dozen Republican attorneys general are warning the White House of impending legal action if a proposed coronavirus vaccine requirement for as many as 100 million Americans goes into effect. Attorney General Alan Wilson of South Carolina is leading the effort. He wrote to President Joe Biden that the plan
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Angry and afraid, Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community say they’re being hunted down after Taliban takeover
By Ben Westcott, CNN Growing up as a teenager in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi felt lucky. Despite being born in a country with a long history of discrimination against its LGBTQ people, Balkhi’s family accepted her as a lesbian. Now Balkhi says that rare acceptance has put all their lives at risk, as the new Taliban
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Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag resigns over Afghanistan crisis
By Katharina Krebs and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag announced her resignation on Thursday after a majority of the Dutch parliament said she had mishandled the Afghanistan evacuation crisis, a press officer from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN. Tens of thousands of foreigners and Afghans who were
Continue Reading Mahomes, Jackson face off again when Ravens host Chiefs
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are ready to face off again. This is the fourth straight season Baltimore and Kansas City are playing each other. Jackson has yet to beat Mahomes and the Chiefs. The Baltimore quarterback is 30-5 as a starter in the regular season against everybody else.
Continue Reading Mahomes, Jackson face off again when Ravens host Chiefs
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are ready to face off again. This is the fourth straight season Baltimore and Kansas City are playing each other. Jackson has yet to beat Mahomes and the Chiefs. The Baltimore quarterback is 30-5 as a starter in the regular season against everybody else.
Continue Reading Ford adding 450 jobs to meet demand for new electric truck
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford plans to spend $250 million and add 450 jobs at three Michigan plants to meet demand for the new F-150 Lightning. Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s president of the Americas, said Ford already has taken more than 150,000 reservations for the new electric version of its immensely
Continue Reading Ford adding 450 jobs to meet demand for new electric truck
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford plans to spend $250 million and add 450 jobs at three Michigan plants to meet demand for the new F-150 Lightning. Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s president of the Americas, said Ford already has taken more than 150,000 reservations for the new electric version of its immensely
Continue Reading Lawsuit: Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick abused man in 1980s
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Three sex abuse lawsuits filed against a New Jersey diocese include claims that defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a young man in the 1980s. The lawsuit announced Thursday accuses him of sexual battery against the man, who was in his late teens and early 20s. The claims come as a
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue Reading UN: Tens of thousands await help 1 month after Haiti quake
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.N. official says tens of thousands of Haitians are still awaiting help more than a month after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southern region. Bruno Lemarquis, resident and humanitarian coordinator in Haiti, said Thursday that the country’s precarious political situation and the
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