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By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to reelection in the nation’s capital four years ago without serious opposition. And as the city enjoyed prosperous times, the main criticism of her policies was that Washington was growing too quickly, driving up housing costs and pricing out Black residents in a
Continue ReadingBy Camila Moreno Lizarazo, CNN This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger that they had been liberated. Granger’s announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. President
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Last summer, Shenae Rowe was able to provide 36,000 meals a week to hungry kids throughout Warrick County in rural southwest Indiana. Parents could pick up a week’s worth of food in one trip to take home. This summer, the Warrick school district’s director of food and nutrition is hoping to
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The mission of the Federal Reserve is to foster the stability of US monetary systems. It’s the reason the central bank was created in 1913, and it’s the reason it still exists today. So when inflation threatens to potentially destabilize the dollar, it’s the Fed’s job to spring to action.
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By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Four months of war in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defense officials said Sunday. NATO’s chief warned the fighting could drag on for “years.” “Combat units from both
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Four months of war in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defense officials said Sunday. NATO’s chief warned the fighting could drag on for “years.” “Combat units from both
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri, CNN A photo of Prince William smiling with his children on a family holiday in Jordan was released Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day. The image was posted on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Twitter account, with a message: “Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to fathers and grandfathers across the world today!”
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country as it suffers an unusual heat wave for this time of the year. The worst damage has been in the northwest province of Zamora where authorities say over 25,000 hectares (61,000 acres)
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A car, driving eastbound on the I-10, just west of Washington Street overturned on Sunday morning around 2:23 a.m. CHP Officers and Cal Fire responded to the single vehicle crash reporting that the car was recklessly driving at speeds over 100 miles per hour when it made an unsafe right turn and flipped over. The
Continue Reading By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed eight more lives, officials said Sunday, taking the death toll to 62 from weeks of heavy rains that caused one of Asia’s largest rivers to overflow. Assam’s disaster management agency said 32 of the state’s
Continue Reading KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A prison official says Pakistan has freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in prison in the port city of Karachi for violating the country’s territorial waters. The group left the prison Sunday and boarded a bus for the eastern city of Lahore carrying sweets and gifts handed out by
Continue Reading By ANNIKA WOLTERS Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — As the United States marks only the second federally recognized Juneteenth, Black Americans living overseas have embraced the holiday as a day of reflection and an opportunity to educate people in their host countries on Black history. President Joe Biden moved quickly last year to federally recognize
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re a father, you probably have experienced endless anxieties about whether you’re doing enough for your kids while they’re growing up. What if your children inherit your negative habits? What if you let your kids watch too much television or feed them the wrong foods? Worrying you’re going to mess
Continue Reading By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press TERRADILLOS DE LOS TEMPLARIOS, Spain (AP) — Amid the vast grain fields of Spain, a medieval church stands guard over the handful of adobe homes where some 50 people live — and twice as many travelers along the Camino de Santiago spend the night this summer. Terradillos de los Templarios,
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country as it suffers an unusual heat wave for this time of the year. The worst damage has been in the northwest province of Zamora where authorities say over 25,000 hectares (61,000 acres)
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Denis Lapin and Julia Kesaieva, CNN The West must prepare for a long war in Ukraine as Russia makes incremental gains in a furious battle to control the country’s east, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have both said. In separate comments published Sunday, Stoltenberg and
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia. Germany has been trying to fill its gas storage facilities to capacity ahead of the winter months, when gas is more urgently needed as
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia. Germany has been trying to fill its gas storage facilities to capacity ahead of the winter months, when gas is more urgently needed as
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