By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation’s worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession? Not according to a new research paper that concludes that such an “immaculate disinflation” has never happened before. The paper was produced
Continue ReadingBy Dallas Payeton Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE COUNTY, North Carolina (WRCB) — A drone flown by a member of Hamilton County Emergency Management Services helped find a missing teen in Cherokee County, North Carolina. The Wolf Creek Fire Department Chief said the teen is new to the area and got lost
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Los Angeles Unified School District said a September 2022 cyberattack and data leak compromised about 2,000 student assessment records. According to a statement released Thursday by Jack Kelanic, a senior IT administrator for the district, 60 of the records that
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, CNN The heart of occupied Nablus is one of the most ancient cities in the Middle East. With two churches, 12 mosques and a Samaritan synagogue around densely populated residential areas, the occupied West Bank city’s nickname is “Little Damascus” because of the way its architecture, arches and even the local accent
Continue ReadingBy Dustin Dorsey Click here for updates on this story BOULDER CREEK, California (KGO) — Little Milo Smith is recovering at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center after surviving being pinned under a tree that fell into his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. His parents call it a miracle. Parents Zachary and Catherine Smith are
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By JOHN LEICESTER, HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe’s security. It was Ukraine’s “longest day,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but the
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Friday as dispiriting evidence keeps piling up to show inflation isn’t cooling as quickly as hoped. The S&P 500 was 1.5% lower in afternoon trading. The benchmark index is on track for its worst week since early December and
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Friday as dispiriting evidence keeps piling up to show inflation isn’t cooling as quickly as hoped. The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in midday trading and on track to make its third straight weekly loss its worst since early
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian anti-doping agency has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of Kamila Valieva. The court says the agency asked for the teenage figure skater to be punished with as little as a reprimand for a failed doping test and keep a team gold medal from
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, and Fridah Okutoyi, CNN “May Nigeria not happen to you,” is a common prayer in Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation. It is a heartfelt wish born out of the frustration of living in a country so dysfunctional that even wealth cannot insulate you from the wahala (troubles) of
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for two decades have been freed and reunited with their families after returning home to Pakistan. The officials said the repatriation of Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani was facilitated by
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new pronouncements about the war in his country, saying Beijing’s interest isn’t bad and suggested they could be useful in isolating Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the question is what follows China’s words. He spoke at a news conference on the first anniversary of
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy appears to have learned from its costly lessons after cramming too much new technology onto warships and speeding them into production as it embarks on building new destroyers, which are the backbone of the fleet. Military officials say they’re slowing down the design
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy appears to have learned its lesson after cramming too much technology onto ships, and rushing them into production. In recent years, several types of ships touted as technological marvels have struggled with some of the basics — in some cases breaking down. The
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Emiko Jozuka and Dan Campisi, CNN The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases. A voice, saying it’s coming from a People’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivan Watson and Emiko Jozuka, CNN The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases. A voice, saying it’s coming from a People’s Liberation
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, ZELENSKY, YOUTUBE, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, UNTV By Ivana Kottasová, CNN One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine believing he’d take Kyiv within days, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant note, insisting that he was “certain” his country would win the war. Responding to a question from CNN’s Christiane
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine believing he’d take Kyiv within days, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant note, insisting that he was “certain” his country would win the war. Responding to a question from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a press conference in the
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge threw out murder convictions Friday and ordered the release of a man who has long claimed innocence in the slayings of two Michigan deer hunters in 1990. Jeff Titus, 71, has served nearly 21 years of a life prison sentence. The state this week asked
Continue Reading DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital is asking to be released from jail. Ellen Gilland was initially charged with first-degree murder in January after police said she shot Jerry Gilland, 77, in a suicide pact that she claimed had been in
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