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By Homero De la Fuente and Ben Church, CNN Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a prohibited substance at this year’s US Open. According to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Halep tested positive for Roxadustat, which is a banned substance listed in the 2022
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Treasury Department says that the federal budget deficit was 562% higher on a monthly basis compared with September 2021. This increase largely reflects President Joe Biden’s plans to forgive student debt. Despite the monthly increase, over the fiscal year that ended last month, the federal budget deficit fell $1.4
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La ex número 1 del tenis femenino, Simona Halep, fue suspendida provisionalmente por la Agencia Internacional de Integridad del Tenis (AIT) tras dar positivo por una sustancia prohibida durante el US Open. Según la AIT, Halep dio positivo por Roxadustat, una sustancia que figura en la lista de prohibiciones de
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains after several days of up-and-down trading. The S&P 500 rose 2.3% as of 3:22 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 742 points, or 2.4%,
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on a powerful gang leader. The United States and Mexico drafted the resolution, but had delayed the vote until Friday so they
Continue ReadingBy Michael Thomas Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The air quality advisory from the Oregon DEQ has been extended to Monday, and now includes Polk, Yamhill and Deschutes counties as multiple fires continue to burn in Oregon and southwest Washington. The extended advisory continues to cover Columbia, Clackamas, Douglass,
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italy’s coast guard says it has found two dead minors on a migrant boat carrying nearly 40 people in the Mediterranean Sea, and a search is under way for a woman reported missing from the vessel. A coast guard statement said 36 people were found alive on the boat, which had been
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Cullen is by some estimates the most prolific serial killer in American history. But when Krysty Wilson-Cairns began writing the script about his capture, she started not with Cullen, who was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences in 2006, but outside the home of
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that trims the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s economic crisis. The amendment transfers some presidential powers, including the appointment of officials, to
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday gave the green light to a plan to provide Ukraine with 18 billion euros (dollars) in financial support over the next year, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is trying to spark a refugee exodus by destroying his country’s energy infrastructure.
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Clinics that once offered abortion services in Wisconsin are still finding ways to provide care, as clinics in Illinois are seeing more Wisconsin patients. CBS 58 learned Milwaukee’s only independent abortion provider has officially shut its doors. Affiliated Medical Services provided
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off a shaky start and are turning higher in early trading on Wall Street, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains after several days of up-and-down trading. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.5% early Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a bit more. The Nasdaq
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France will become the latest European Union country to leave an energy agreement which climate groups claim is being used by the fossil fuel industry to legally challenge environmental measures. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) entered into force in 1998 to protect
Continue Reading PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made in China to the U.S. military has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Terry Roe, 49, of Burlington, North Dakota, was the manager of a supplier
Continue Reading PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made in China to the U.S. military has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Terry Roe, 49, of Burlington, North Dakota, was the manager of a supplier
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story FLORISSANT, Missouri (KMOV) — Teachers at Jana Elementary were seen cleaning out their classrooms, packing their things and leaving the school on Thursday. The school is now closed due to radioactive waste concerns. “I’m looking for other options as we speak,” says parent Erica Hart.
Continue ReadingBy Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (KMOV) — Cell phone footage captured at least six minors assaulting a 12-year-old East St. Louis student after school Wednesday. Dominique McNeal, the mother of the 12-year-old boy seen being assaulted in the cell phone video, confirmed to News 4 that
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Just when you thought you finally committed most of the names of the ever-growing Suicide Squad to memory, DC goes and casts a new crew of antiheroes in “Black Adam,” its latest bid for box office domination. Meet the Justice Society of America (JSA), a crew of superheroes who want to
Continue ReadingCNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN Just when you thought you finally committed most of the names of the ever-growing Suicide Squad to memory, DC goes and casts a new crew of antiheroes in “Black Adam,” its latest bid for box office domination. Meet the Justice Society of America (JSA), a crew of superheroes who want
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After the plane formerly owned by Walt Disney called “The Mouse” made its way to its new temporary home at the Palm Springs Air Museum, the vice chairman of the museum said he hopes to restore it to its original glory. Fred Bell, the vice chairman said he had his eye on The Mouse for
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