BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s factory activity decelerated in May, adding to signs an economic rebound after the end of anti-virus controls is slowing. A monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index issued by the national statistics agency and an industry group declined to 48.4 from April’s 49.2 on a 100-point scale. Numbers below 50 show
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By LISA BAUMANN and JIM SALTER Associated Press The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found in northwest Arkansas, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from in text messages around 7 a.m. May 21. His
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Romy González just might play his way into a bigger role with the Chicago White Sox. If he keeps connecting like this, manager Pedro Grifol will have no choice. González homered in his third straight game, Andrew Vaughn drove in three runs and Chicago beat the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives has voted overwhelming in favor of holding a referendum this year on creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament. But the 121-to-25 vote on Wednesday that approved the referendum being held does not reflect the level of lawmakers’ support for enshrining the Voice
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Xander Bogaerts sparked a five-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking single and Matt Carpenter drove in two runs with his second double of the game, lifting the San Diego Padres over the Miami Marlins 9-4 on Tuesday night. Carpenter, who entered hitting .105 (6 for 57) in May, had three RBIs. Juan
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz is retiring at the end of June after more than three decades with the agency. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple Sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on
Continue ReadingWe’re going to continue to see breezy conditions throughout the Coachella Valley floor Tuesday and Wednesday night. Those winds speeds die down by the morning, but pick up starting around 4 p.m. We’re seeing these cooler and windier conditions because of a low pressure system that’s moving across Southern California Tuesday and Wednesday. Come Thursday
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Panamá declaró el estado de emergencia ambiental por “sequía prolongada” en todo el territorio nacional. De acuerdo al Ministerio de Ambiente, la medida se toma dado que “las altas temperaturas, la evaporación y la falta de lluvias son el preámbulo a la llegada del posible fenómeno de
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he’s retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday in a note
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he’s retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday in a note
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Factory activity in China has slumped to its weakest level since the country ended its zero-Covid policy in December, as its economic recovery continues to lose steam. Asian markets tumbled following the release of the May data, even as a tentative agreement brokered by US President Joe
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — La Fiscalía pidió este lunes el desafuero del senador oficialista Gustavo Penadés, uno de los principales articuladores del gobierno en el Parlamento uruguayo, para que sea investigado por varias denuncias de abuso sexual de menores, informó el vocero de Fiscalía, Javier Benech. Penadés ha negado públicamente las acusaciones. La fiscal Alicia
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Having a heart attack may put you at risk of accelerated cognitive decline in later years, above and beyond what is considered appropriate for the aging mind, according to a new study. Everyone’s brain ages as the years pass, some more than others. What’s considered normal
Continue Reading By CARLA BRIDI and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA (AP) — The Brazilian president’s strong support of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader marred the unity Tuesday at a South American summit that Brazil convened in hopes of reviving a bloc of the region’s 12 politically polarized countries. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva proposed during his
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. Meeting behind
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are out. The 99-page bill produced from their agreement Sunday would avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. But the two leaders still have to persuade Congress
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a cellphone — so he could call 911 and confess to killing his landlord 15 years earlier.
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The semitruck driver involved in a crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter. Court documents show that a grand jury in Marion County Court on Tuesday indicted Lincoln Smith on
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT, THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has kicked off his presidential campaign in Iowa with a call for “a revival of American greatness.” DeSantis is testing his pitch as the most formidable Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump at the start
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