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By Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN Two police officers and several firefighters were injured in an explosion at a block of flats in western Germany on Thursday as they attended an emergency call. The blast happened at a high-rise building in the western town of Ratingen, police said. A body was discovered in the
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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Kyiv is seeking to extend the unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat, a top Ukrainian official said Thursday after the talks on prolonging the agreement concluded in Turkey. The talks between Turkish,
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.” In two cases before the high court, both liberal and conservative justices
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates ticked down last week for the second week in a row, as progress on inflation is keeping rates calmer. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.35% in the week ending May 11, down from 6.39% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A candidate in Turkey’s presidential election has withdrawn from the race. The move is likely to benefit President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The candidate who left the race on Thursday is Muharrem Ince, the leader of the center-left Homeland Party. He
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A candidate in Turkey’s presidential election has withdrawn from the race. The move is likely to benefit President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The candidate who left the race on Thursday is Muharrem Ince, the leader of the center-left Homeland Party. He
Continue Reading By FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed two militant commanders, as the death toll from the latest burst of fighting has risen to 28. Rocket fire toward southern Israel continued Thursday even as Egyptian attempts to broker a cease-fire
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister says he’s running as a candidate in the Baltic country’s presidential election later this month. The surprise announcement from Edgars Rinkevics on Thursday came a day after President Egils Levits said he wouldn’t seek reelection for another four year term in the mostly
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN Tom Brady, who announced February 1 he was “retiring for good” after 23 seasons in the NFL, has been invited to the New England Patriots’ home opener, team owner Robert Kraft said. Of Brady’s record seven Super Bowl wins, six came with New England, where he spent 20 years. “The NFL
Continue Reading By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Seven Buddhist monks are among nine suspects who are being held in pre-trial detention after being arrested for allegedly embezzling $8.9 million from donations received by a temple in Thailand’s northeast. The first arrests in the case occurred last Friday, when police detained a famous monk, his
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing. He’s looked at whether he might have the power to go around lawmakers by
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing. He’s looked at whether he might have the power to go around lawmakers by
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business ABC News on Thursday announced the new anchors for “GMA3,” five months after T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach were taken off the air following a report of a romantic relationship. Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan will co-anchor the afternoon program, which is the third hour of its morning show “Good
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Peloton is recalling more than 2 million of its exercise bikes because the bike’s seat post assembly can break during use, posing fall and injury hazards. The recall includes approximately 2.2 million of the Peloton Bikes Model PL01. The bikes were sold from January 2018 through May 2023 for
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Peloton is recalling more than 2 million of its exercise bikes because the bike’s seat post assembly can break during use, posing fall and injury hazards. The recall includes approximately 2.2 million of the Peloton Bikes Model PL01. The bikes were sold from January 2018 through May 2023 for
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted — a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay. With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are seeking Thursday to pass a sweeping bill to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden’s policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Swimming, gymnastics and track & field fans can rejoice. For the first time in a European Olympics, those event finals will be televised live on network television in the United States. NBC will have at least nine hours of weekday daytime coverage, expanding to at least 11 hours on
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv is delaying its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces because Ukraine lacks enough Western weapons to succeed without suffering too many casualties. His remarks, in an interview with European broadcasters, were aired shortly
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Carma Hassan, CNN The World Health Organization declared on Thursday the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency. In July 2022, WHO declared mpox, previously known as monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern — “an extraordinary event” that constitutes a “public health risk to other States through
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