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Anti-abortion activist climbs Salesforce Tower in San Francisco
Abortion protester climbs San Francisco building A man who says he is opposed to abortion was arrested Tuesday after climbing the 1,070-foot-tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. (May 3) AP Calling himself the “Pro-Life Spiderman,” a 22-year-old man scaled the 61-floor Salesforce Tower in San Francisco – the second-tallest building in California – to raise …
Oil climbs as EU gets set to ban Russian crude
An oil pumpjack pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field on March 14, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Oil prices rose on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as the European Union firmed up plans to tighten sanctions on Russia this week, with Germany saying it was prepared to …
Queensland race to stop new outbreak; Second Sydney hotel security guard tests positive; Victoria cases continue to drop as death toll climbs
They were the words Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young didn’t want to say. “It’s out there in our community, we’ve clearly got community spread.” A centre for youth detention at Wacol near Brisbane has now become the epicentre of a worrying outbreak for the state after a supervisor tested positive. Of the nine …
Pa. Health Dept. Announces 38 Deaths, 526 New Coronavirus Cases As Statewide Total Climbs To 80,762 – CBS Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 526 new cases of Coronavirus on Friday, in addition to 38 more deaths. The statewide total number of cases has risen to 80,762 since Tuesday’s report. The Health Department says all 67 counties in Pennsylvania have had cases of COVID-19. Current patients are either in …
Dow climbs nearly 700-points as lawmakers agree to $2 trillion stimulus package
U.S. stocks are attempting to register two straight days of gains early Wednesday after lawmakers reached an agreement on a $2 trillion economic rescue package overnight, aimed at helping dampening the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic that has seized up business activity in much of the country. How are benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial …
India climbs to second position in disruptive technologies development rankings: KPMG report
Technology leaders regard the United States as the most promising market for developing disruptive technologies, while India has surged back to tie the second position with China. With the potential innovation headwinds China is now facing, and US policies encouraging more tech professionals to return to or remain in India, the future bodes well for …
Death toll from collapsed quarantine hotel in China climbs
People wearing masks visit a market amid the coronavirus outbreak on March 8, 2020 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. Liu Ranyang | China News Service | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 106,893, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization Global …
Death toll climbs from vaping illnesses as Florida, Georgia report new fatalities
A man vapes at a store on September 17, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Georgia and Florida health officials have both reported their first vaping-related deaths, bringing the total number of U.S. fatalities from a lung disease that resembles a rare form of pneumonia to at least 11. Georgia is …
Wall Street climbs at end of turbulent week | News
Friday, August 16, 2019 8 a.m. EDT By Medha Singh (Reuters) – Hopes of more official stimulus for the economy and the easing of a bond market rally drove a broad rise in U.S. stocks on Friday, as a bruising week for markets drew to a close. Wall Street’s three main indexes are down at …