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By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story FAIRHOPE, Alabama (WALA) — Fairhope saw its first homicide in almost a decade Saturday, and it has the family and community rattled. Early Saturday morning, 22-year-old CJ Edwards was shot and killed at his home off Twin Beech Road when a party turned deadly. He
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, finding some stability a day after dropping into a bear market. A report showed that inflation at the wholesale level slowed unexpectedly last month, a rare bit of encouraging news about inflation, which has been slamming markets in recent days.
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Daily high temperature records were set across several cities Monday afternoon. Here are a few: — Columbia, South Carolina, reached an afternoon high of 103 degrees, breaking its old June 13 record of 102 degrees, set in 1958. — North Platte, Nebraska, hit 108 degrees, breaking its old record of
Continue ReadingBy Emerson Lehmann Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — More than 90 billboards can now be seen across the Milwaukee metro area, all reading: “99.9386 percent.” Carmen Pitre, president and CEO at Sojourner Family Peace Center, said “99.9386 percent of the time, when people reach out to us, they survive an
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed into law regulations replacing the controversial body disciplining judges with a new accountability panel. The hope is that the move will persuade the European Union to release billions of euros in pandemic funds frozen over Poland’s political control of the judiciary. Poland’s top politician, Jaroslaw
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mngqosini and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams will make her much-anticipated return to the grass courts of SW19 when the tournament kicks off later this month, after being handed a wild card entry to arguably the most famous tennis tournament in the world. Williams will compete in ladies’ singles, according
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Zygowicz Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Summer will finally arrive in Southeast Wisconsin Tuesday, but the high heat could quickly become dangerous. The Milwaukee Health Department has issued a Heat Health Advisory ahead of high temperatures expected for Tuesday and Wednesday. The NWS forecast indicates heat index values
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol has postponed its hearing scheduled for Wednesday. The next hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET. The committee also announced Tuesday, that it would have two hearings next week — one on June 21
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN Kathleen Buhle, the ex-wife of Hunter Biden, said in an interview Tuesday that she had no control over her finances when she was married, and that she allowed Hunter Biden to make their financial decisions. “This was one of the harder parts for me to write, and to acknowledge,” Buhle told
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By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet Summer music festivals can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but costs can be excessive for many fans. With expenses for food, drinks, outfits, flights and hotels on top of the ticket price, budgeting for a festival can outperform even the best lineups. Taking advantage of credit card rewards for entertainment purchases,
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — A child and two adults were missing Tuesday after they were swept away in a drainage ditch in Milwaukee a day earlier following severe thunderstorms that brought heavy rains and damaging winds to a wide swath of the Midwest and parts of the South, authorities said. Crews resumed their search Tuesday morning
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez will join the Hispanic Federation Tuesday to launch a new advocacy initiative serving Latinx LGBTQ+ communities. The Advance Change Together (ACT) initiative will provide 20 Latinx nonprofits grants of $25,000 to $50,000 to support their
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez will join the Hispanic Federation Tuesday to launch a new advocacy initiative serving Latinx LGBTQ+ communities. The Advance Change Together (ACT) initiative will provide 20 Latinx nonprofits grants of $25,000 to $50,000 to support their
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices surged 10.8% in May from a year earlier, underscoring the ongoing threat to the economy from a bout of inflation that shows no sign of slowing. Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index — which measures inflation before
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices surged 10.8% in May from a year earlier, underscoring the ongoing threat to the economy from a bout of inflation that shows no sign of slowing. Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index — which measures inflation before
Continue Reading By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 1.7 million hungry people in South Sudan are losing humanitarian food aid “at the worst possible time” as the United Nations World Food Program suspends the help and blames critical funding shortages. South Sudan faces unprecedented hunger amid climate shocks, soaring food prices
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A key inflation reading showed a glimmer of hope on Tuesday, revealing a slight slowdown in rising prices — though they remain uncomfortably high. The Producer Price Index, which measures wholesale prices before goods and services reach consumers, rose 10.8% in May compared to where it stood a year ago,
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN With Pride celebrations scheduled throughout the month in cities big and small across the country, organizers and police departments are taking a close look at their safety plans. Pride Month is a time when the LGBTQ community and its allies come together to celebrate the freedom to be their most authentic
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says the death toll from tribal clashes over the past week in Sudan’s Darfur region has reached at least 125. It’s the latest surge in violence in the war-wracked region. It erupted following a land dispute between Arab and African tribes in the town
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Hope Hostel is not a 5-star hotel. But it isn’t a dump, either. The renovated 50-room facility in Kigali’s Kagugu neighborhood has a new coat of paint, fresh bedding, a lot of new security cameras and a changed mission. After hosting student survivors of the 1994 genocide for
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