Most equities rallied Tuesday after the previous day’s global rout fueled by U.S. recession fears that have led to calls for the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates before its next meeting. Tokyo, which suffered a record loss Monday, led the gains, soaring more than 10% as traders bought …

Kit Harington, best known for his role as Jon Snow in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” is joining the cast of the high-stakes finance drama “Industry.” In the new season, Harington plays Sir Henry Muck, the founder and CEO of a green tech company going public. Harington, who binge-watched “Industry” during …

Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 pounds over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself “at my ideal body weight,” with his cholesterol below 200 for the first time in 20 years. “I feel fantastic,” he said. Like millions of others, Mikhael credits the new …

OWATONNA, Minn. — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged Tuesday in May’s crash that killed an Owatonna high school cheerleader and injured five other people.  The crash happened at the intersection of 12th Street Southwest and Apache Drive Southwest in Rochester. Documents say Shane Roper, a 32-year-old trooper with eight …

CHICAGO (CBS) — An elderly man from Missouri was arrested on Monday for the murder of an 18-year-old woman nearly 60 years ago in a south suburb of Chicago. James Barbier, 79, is charged with first-degree murder in the 1966 stabbing death of 18-year-old Karen Snider in Calumet City. Husband …

Sophie Kinsella, the English author whose best-selling “Shopaholic” book series gave way to a classic American rom-com, announced on Wednesday that she has been receiving treatment for a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer for well over a year.  Kinsella, whose given name is Madeleine Wickham, shared the health …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For some people, going over large bridges brings a sense of fear. Technically, it’s called gephyrophobia, the abnormal, persistent fear of crossing bridges. Mix that with acrophobia — the fear of heights — and crossing big bridges can be a terrifying experience. For people who are fearful, …

Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they’re entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett claim in the …

HOUSTON – Body camera footage released Monday shows off-duty officers confronting the woman who opened fire at Joel Osteen’s megachurch on Feb. 11. Houston police released footage from two officers who were at Lakewood Church. Video from a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was also released.   The video shows …

NEW YORK — 2024 is turning out to be the year of Taylor, but we’re not talking about Taylor Swift.  Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is riding high with sold-out tours, a trio of Netflix specials and now her own late-night TV show “After Midnight,” airing immediately following “The Late Show with …