LOS ANGELES (AP) — A South Los Angeles man whose cache of illegal fireworks blew up a neighborhood in a bungled police bomb squad detonation, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in federal prison. Arturo Ceja III, 27, was sentenced in federal court, more than a year after he
Continue ReadingBy Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A black-clad Iranian girl stands on top of an overturned garbage bin, waving her headscarf as it is engulfed by flames, amid chants of “death to the dictator.” A moment later, video shows, she crouches to collect another scarf, from a friend, which she will also
Continue ReadingCNN By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A black-clad Iranian girl stands on top of an overturned garbage bin, waving her headscarf as it is engulfed by flames, amid chants of “death to the dictator.” A moment later, video shows, she crouches to collect another scarf, from a friend, which she will
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The problems have hardly gone away. Inflation, still near a 40-year high, is punishing households. Rising interest rates have derailed the housing market and threaten to inflict broader damage. And the outlook for the world economy grows bleaker the longer that Russia’s war against Ukraine drags
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The problems have hardly gone away. Inflation, still near a 40-year high, is punishing households. Rising interest rates have derailed the housing market and threaten to inflict broader damage. And the outlook for the world economy grows bleaker the longer that Russia’s war against Ukraine drags
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was hospitalized after wrecking his SUV while swerving to avoid a dog on a rural road. The 75-year-old Barbour had the wreck Wednesday evening near Wolf Lake outside Yazoo City, about 50 miles northwest of Jackson.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have voted to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions. The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, 12 against and two abstentions Wednesday night, setting off cheers of “Yes,
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By Amy Simonson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Department of Justice will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against two former Charleston, South Carolina, sheriff’s deputies for their involvement in the in-custody death of Jamal Sutherland, the agency announced Wednesday. Sutherland, 31, died in January 2021 after deputies “forcibly extracted him from his cell”
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Gawon Bae, CNN Business Samsung has appointed Jay Y. Lee, its longtime de facto leader, as executive chairman. The move was announced Thursday, making official who would continue to head up South Korea’s most valuable and well-known company. Lee had previously held the title of vice chairman. Samsung’s board, which approved
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official says he is “relatively optimistic” the deal for returning Ukrainian grain and Russian grain and fertilizer to world markets will be extended beyond mid-November. But Russia’s U.N. ambassador says Moscow needs to see movement on its own exports first. Both commented
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Kate Sullivan, CNN The Phoenix Police Department has arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a break-in at Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ campaign headquarters earlier this week. Daniel Mota Dos Reis was booked on one count of third-degree burglary, according to the department. On Wednesday night, a patrol officer
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We’ve been staying cool and comfortable in the 80s. We’re expected to see low 80’s up until Friday. Although it heats up just a tad by this weekend, temperatures continue to cool down well into the 70s by Wednesday next week. Daily highs will be around 80 degrees for most of the Coachella Valley tomorrow.
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonnet Swire, CNN Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia — these are the
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonnet Swire, CNN Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia — these are the
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN A man who fooled dozens of women into sending him photos of their genitalia by posing as a female gynecologist on Facebook has been sentenced to jail in Singapore. The state courts on Wednesday found Ooi Chuen Wei, 37, from Malaysia, guilty of “cheating by personation” and sentenced him to three
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Call it a cold war. Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica’s pristine waters. Conservationists say new marine protected areas and rules to prevent overfishing are desperately needed, but that Russia could use
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business “Unsettling.” That’s the sort of news CNN staffers had delivered to their inboxes at 1pm ET on Wednesday when network boss Chris Licht candidly informed them that sweeping changes are imminent. In other words, brace for layoffs by the end of the year. Licht, who has been conducting a business
Continue Reading MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was escorted out of the California-based headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers after he showed up unannounced Wednesday, a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. The Grammy winner, who legally changed his name to Ye, “arrived unannounced
Continue Reading MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was escorted out of the California-based headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers after he showed up unannounced Wednesday, a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. The Grammy winner, who legally changed his name to Ye, “arrived unannounced
Continue Reading MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was escorted out of the California-based headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers after he showed up unannounced Wednesday, a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. The Grammy winner, who legally changed his name to Ye, “arrived unannounced
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