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By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally assaulted in San Francisco, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business European markets and US stock futures fell Thursday, a day after the Fed got tough on inflation with its biggest rate hike since 1994. France’s CAC 40 fell 2.3%, and Germany’s DAX 2.7%, while the FTSE 100 slipped 2.6%. US stocks had closed higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ALONG BAYOU POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. (AP) — Driving through her village along a southeastern Louisiana bayou, tribal official Cherie Matherne points out the remnants of house after house — including her own — wrecked nine months ago when Hurricane Ida roared through the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe community. Beige trailers from the
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Several homes were damaged Wednesday by a tornado in central Wisconsin, officials said. The tornado was reported near Tomah, Wisconsin, just after 4 p.m. local time and apparently traveled northeast through Monroe County for about 15 miles, according to the county’s sheriff’s office. Interstate 90 was closed for
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Abbott has stopped production of EleCare formula in its Sturgis, Michigan, plant after severe storms led to flooding inside the plant, the company said, probably delaying production of new formula for a few weeks. Production at the plant had restarted less than two weeks ago following a months-long closure that helped
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KOZANI, Greece (AP) — At Greece’s largest coal mine, controlled explosions and the roar of giant excavators scooping up blasted rock have once again become routine. Coal production has been ramped up at the site near the northern Greek city of Kozani as the war in Ukraine forced many European
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Oficina Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) detuvo en mayo a casi 240.000 migrantes a lo largo de la frontera entre EE.UU. y México, lo que representa un aumento del 2% en comparación con abril, según datos recientemente publicados. Una restricción pandémica del
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By MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers homered in his fourth straight game and Alex Verdugo hit his first home run in almost two months, helping rookie Josh Winckowski earn his first major league career win as the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 10-1 Wednesday night. Boston has won 11
Continue Reading By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who make up the iconic producing team The Neptunes, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday. They’re part of the pandemic-delayed 2020 class which includes other icons like The Isley Brothers, Annie Lennox and Mariah Carey.
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By Mark Morales, CNN The alleged armed gunman who shot and killed a Goldman Sachs employee while riding the subway in May has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, according to a Wednesday statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Andrew
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN Findings from an independent investigation into the conviction of an Oklahoma death row inmate have at least one Republican legislator calling for the end of the state’s use of capital punishment if the man is put to death. The inquiry into the conviction of Richard Glossip showed his case was marred
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated, premeditated fashion by a man upset over a discussion about snitching, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the outset of a long-delayed murder trial. Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said during
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge. The previous conservative government was dumped by voters at the May 21 election after it stuck
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge. The previous conservative government was dumped by voters at the May 21 election after it stuck
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Southern California Edison is facing a $10 million fine for the “poor execution” of widespread power shutoffs two years ago that were designed to prevent devastating wildfires, the state’s Public Utilities Commission announced Wednesday. Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) are meant as last resorts to mitigate fire danger during extreme weather. “Our customers who are
Continue Reading ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his estranged wife saying, “If I can’t have them neither can you.” Prosecutors mentioned the note Wednesday during a bond hearing for 35-year-old Jason Karels of Round Lake Beach.
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UPDATE: Just before noon on Thursday, the group decided to delay the decision to a meeting in October of 2022. “The Commission ultimately voted unanimously to set further deliberation on listing the species at it October meeting, while also seeking further Tribal consultation on the decision. It’s important to note that among the supporters of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently unaffected by expectations that pandemic-era limits on asylum may be lifted. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that migrants were stopped more than 239,000 times last month, up 2% from April Recent
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