Southwest posts record revenue but warns of rising costs
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reporting higher profit and record revenue, but its shares are down because…
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Mortgage rates fall as fears about the US economy loom
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates dropped last week as fears grow that the US economy is entering a recession. The 30-year fixed-rate…
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Gov’t: US Bank workers opened fake accounts for sales goals
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’…
Continue ReadingIraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier
By Hamdi Alkhshali and Aqeel Najim, CNN Hundreds of angry protesters loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily…
Continue ReadingIraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier
By Hamdi Alkhshali and Aqeel Najim, CNN Hundreds of angry protesters loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily…
Continue Reading China backs away from growth goal, sticks to virus controls
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won’t hit its official 5.5%…
Continue Reading China backs away from growth goal, sticks to virus controls
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won’t hit its official 5.5%…
Continue Reading Amnesty urges Egypt to free prominent activist, allow access
CAIRO (AP) — A leading human rights watchdog is urging Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year…
Continue ReadingOil permits up for auction in Congo’s Virunga park, putting endangered gorillas at risk
By Saskya Vandoorne and Tina Burnside, CNN Despite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving…
Continue ReadingOil permits up for auction in Congo’s Virunga park, putting endangered gorillas at risk
By Saskya Vandoorne and Tina Burnside, CNN Despite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving…
Continue Reading Georgia woman dies after falling out of patrol car
SPARTA, Ga. (AP) — State investigators looking into the death of a Georgia woman who fell out of a patrol car after being arrested have concluded…
Continue Reading German envoy says EU rights must be defended at Greek border
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Germany’s top diplomat has visited refugees at a camp in Greece after stressing that European Union countries should do…
Continue Reading In Mexico, killing of young doctor leads to protest
By GERARDO CARRILLO and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozen of white-robed medical school graduates have marched in Mexico…
Continue Reading Gov’t: US Bank workers opened fake accounts for sales goals
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’…
Continue Reading Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 8 in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER, REBECCA REYNOLDS and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in…
Continue Reading ICC unseals warrant for Central African Republic ex-minister
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant for a former government minister in Central African…
Continue ReadingDebris from massive Chinese booster rocket could fall to Earth early next week
By Kathleen Magramo, Katie Hunt and Kristin Fisher, CNN The remnants of the massive Chinese rocket that delivered a new module to its space station…
Continue Reading A richer, stronger China warns Pelosi not to visit Taiwan
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Beijing grumbled but swallowed its irritation in 1997 when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich of the U.S.…
Continue Reading Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he tested positive for COVID
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said he tested positive Thursday for COVID-19 and was in quarantine with what he described as…
Continue ReadingIn ‘Fire of Love’ the story of a scientist couple’s passion for volcanoes begins with their end
Thomas Page and Henry Hullah, CNN How do you tell a story when the final chapter is public knowledge? You start at the end. “Fire of…
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