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A benign reading on inflation helped spur stocks on Wall Street broadly higher Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%, led by gains in energy and financial stocks. Technology companies fell, … [Continue reading] about Stocks mostly climb, except tech, as inflation worries ease
Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance said they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup. That California startup, … [Continue reading] about Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The powerbase sustaining the most vocal critic of Spain’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic crumbled on Wednesday when the regional government of Madrid collapsed. Regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, one of the rising … [Continue reading] about Madrid’s anti-lockdown champion shaken after gov’t collapse
BAGHDAD (AP) — The father of a missing Iraqi anti-government activist who waged a public campaign trying to bring to account a militia suspected of kidnapping him was shot to death Wednesday, a human rights monitor and security officials said. Jasb … [Continue reading] about Outspoken father of missing activist killed in Iraq’s south
Congress on Wednesday passed a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan, which will provide federal employees with a few new benefits. The Senate passed the COVID-19 relief package with some modifications on … [Continue reading] about Congress secures more paid leave for federal employees in newly-passed COVID-19 relief bill
