News Wrap: CDC extends COVID mask mandate for air travel, public transit

Judy Woodruff:

The backups are prompting grievances from business and from the White Dwelling. But Abbott claims he will not conclusion inspections at the other crossings right up until he receives federal assurances about border safety.

Federal companies issued a joint notify right now of a likely plot to unfold malware in industrial regulate techniques. They did not name names, but U.S. officials have warned that Russia could possibly mount assaults to retaliate for sanctions over Ukraine. A person cybersecurity business suggests that liquefied all-natural gasoline and electrical power plants could be the targets.

Former President Trump’s White House Main of Employees Mark Meadows is off the voter rolls in the state that he at the time represented in Congress, North Carolina, and he is beneath investigation. State officers declared the shift now. Paperwork present that Meadows lived and voted in Virginia last yr. He voted in North Carolina in 2020 and detailed his home as a cell residence.

In economic information, wholesale rates shot up far more than 11 % in March from a year earlier. That is the most on document. And it follows

Tuesday’s information that retail prices jumped 8.5 per cent from a year back.

Meanwhile, curiosity premiums on 30-yr dwelling home loans topped 5 percent past week. That is the highest because 2018.

On Wall Avenue, shares rebounded on upbeat company earnings from Delta Air Strains and other individuals. Key indexes were being up 1 per cent to 2 percent. The Dow Jones industrial ordinary attained 344 details to near at 34564. The Nasdaq rose 272 details. The S&P 500 added 49.

And this year’s inductees to the National Recording Registry are out, with every little thing from Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album to “Moon River” by Andy Williams. The Library of Congress named 25 honorees today.

1 was Queen’s operatic rock strike “Bohemian Rhapsody” from 1975.

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