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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mostly lower Monday, dogged by persisting worries over a possible recession and the risk of a default on the U.S. national debt. U.S. futures and oil prices also fell. Shares in Thailand fell after the country’s main opposition parties easily bested other contenders in an election
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus — an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is taking office Monday. He faces an influx of migrants in desperate need of shelter, pressure to build support among skeptical business leaders and summer months that historically bring a spike in violent crime. Progressives viewed Johnson’s election as evidence that bold stances
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By REBECCA SANTANA and RICK GENTILO Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA and RICK GENTILO Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings. In large part, that means emissions released from giant boilers that heat water for people’s showers, sinks and radiators. The
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings. In large part, that means emissions released from giant boilers that heat water for people’s showers, sinks and radiators. The
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One man died after a hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs on Saturday. At about 12:30 p.m., officers with the Desert Hot Springs Police Department responded to reports of a crash involving a car and a pedestrian at Palm Drive and Hacienda Avenue. Based on statements and evidence at the scene, officers identified and determined
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — As a citizen of the Quapaw Nation, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings has always seen Dartmouth College as the university for Native American students. Her father graduated from the school, founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to rely on its network of students, professors and
Continue Reading The world’s oldest dog recently celebrated his 31st birthday, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, a breed of Portuguese dog, celebrated during a party Saturday at his home in the rural Portuguese village of Conqueiros, where has lived his entire life. More than 100 people attended the
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Memorial Day weekend — the unofficial start of the summer travel season in the United States — is shaping up to be busy. At airports, it’s likely to be busier than it was in 2019 pre-pandemic, according to the AAA travel forecast released Monday. The automotive and trip-planning group expects 42.3
Continue Reading STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Jewel Roemer and Ryann Neushul each scored two goals and had two assists to help No. 1 Stanford beat Southern California 11-9 Sunday night to win the Cardinal’s second consecutive NCAA women’s water polo championship, the ninth in program history. Stanford and the Trojans have faced off in eight of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Mariya Knight, Sugam Pokharel and Brad Lendon, CNN Two senior Russian military officers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday, the latest high-profile losses for Moscow in a grinding war with its western neighbor. The ministry said the two officers — Col. Vyacheslav Makarov and Col. Yevgeny Brovko
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight, Sugam Pokharel and Brad Lendon, CNN Two senior Russian military officers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday, the latest high-profile losses for Moscow in a grinding war with its western neighbor. The ministry said the two officers — Col. Vyacheslav Makarov and Col. Yevgeny Brovko —
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer says a weekend cyberattack caused the biggest disruption to its operations in 27 years and prevented it from publishing its Sunday print edition. The Inquirer said on its website that the attack was detected Saturday morning when employees found that the paper’s content-management system wasn’t working. It says the
Continue Reading The Associated Press Oklahoma will seek its third straight Women’s College World Series title as the No. 1 national seed in the upcoming NCAA Women’s Softball Tournament. The 64-team draw was announced Sunday night. The Sooners will host the Norman Regional on Friday through Sunday at Marita Hynes Field in Norman, Oklahoma. They will try
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants
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urielblanco (CNN) — La década de 2010 pareció más un siglo que una década. En 10 años, la cultura pop evolucionó (y, en opinión de algunos, involucionó) más rápido que nunca, debido en gran parte a la llegada y la influencia cada vez mayor de las redes sociales. El clima cultural y el panorama digital
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Al menos 13 personas murieron este domingo luego de que una camioneta se impactara con la parte trasera de un camión de carga en una carretera de Tamaulipas, en el norte de México, según informó en un comunicado la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SSP) estatal. El incidente se
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