May 2021 Archives

Amazon’s profit more than triples as pandemic boom continues

May 3, 2021 Joe Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon’s pandemic boom isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The company said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago, fueled by the growth of online shopping. It […]

Apple’s app store goes on trial in threat to ‘walled garden’

May 3, 2021 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

SAN RAMON, Calif. — On Monday, Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions […]

Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing

May 2, 2021 Carley Petesch, Associated Press

BARGNY, Senegal — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her grandmother and mother processed fish. Like generations of women, she […]

Busch celebrates birthday with win at Kansas

May 2, 2021 The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch thought he had a third-place car Sunday. His crew chief, Ben Beshore, though it was good enough for second. Both of them turned out to be wrong. Instead, Busch […]

House runoff in Texas set between GOP’s Wright, Ellzey

May 2, 2021 The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is set between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republican […]

Chocolate to McNuggets: Book details history of kid food

May 2, 2021 Leanne Italie, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Legend: Genghis Khan came up with an early concept for hamburgers that involved tenderizing meat scraps under the saddles of horses as his Golden Horde ransacked its way to China back in […]

Nedeljkovic, Hamilton hook up for game-winning OT goal

May 2, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Dougie Hamilton scored a breakaway goal in overtime on a pass by Hurricanes goalie Alex Nedeljkovic to give Carolina a 2-1 win over Columbus on Saturday at PNC Arena. Teuvo Teravainen scored the […]

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Month: May 2021

Amazon’s profit more than triples as pandemic boom continues

Apple’s app store goes on trial in threat to ‘walled garden’

Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing

Busch celebrates birthday with win at Kansas

House runoff in Texas set between GOP’s Wright, Ellzey

Chocolate to McNuggets: Book details history of kid food

Nedeljkovic, Hamilton hook up for game-winning OT goal

THE WORD: Great is your reward

Sheriff: Boone shooter attacked father days earlier

Panthers deal, take long-awaited offensive players

Student behavior was cited as the top problem in both teacher and principal surveys
Survey: Teachers say schools good place to work, learn

Student behavior was cited as the top problem in both teacher and principal surveys