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ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a birthday party crashed by uninvited guests, leaving an 18-year-old woman dead and six wounded in Northern California, police said. The shooting happened early Sunday during a birthday party for a 19-year-old man at a home in Antioch, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of San
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ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting at a birthday party killed an 18-year-old woman and injured six others in Northern California early Sunday, police said. The Antioch Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting just before 1 a.m., the department said in a statement. Multiple shots were fired after some people arrived
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By GEIR MOULSON and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — UBS says it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse. The announcement comes nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily arranged a rescue deal to combine the country’s two largest banks in a bid to safeguard Switzerland’s reputation as a global
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli prime minister’s chief political rival has testified at his corruption trial. Yair Lapid, a former premier himself, appeared in court on Monday in the case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate scandals involving powerful
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CNN By Kathleen Magramo, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines’ most active volcano began spewing lava and sulfuric gas Sunday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 13,000 residents in the southeast of the country’s main island, authorities said. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recommended everyone within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government has welcomed the arrival of the first shipment of discounted crude from Russia under a key Islamabad-Moscow deal. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif hailed it as a “fulfillment of promises” to the nation. Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted that it marked a “true service” for the
Continue ReadingBy Andrew McNicol and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates were temporarily “trapped” in their Beijing hotel at the weekend after large numbers of fans gathered outside to see the star, Chinese state media reported, as police warned of scammers attempting to cash in on “Messi mania.” Messi,
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Harrison
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta! They have had enough after the cost of the staple of every Italian table soared by twice the rate of inflation. One consumer advocate group is calling for a weeklong national pasta strike starting June
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta! They have had enough after the cost of the staple of every Italian table soared by twice the rate of inflation. One consumer advocate group is calling for a weeklong national pasta strike starting June
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Andrew Carey, Kostan Nechyporenko, Uliana Pavlova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has lost 16 US-supplied armored vehicles in the past several days, according to open-source intelligence analysis, as the country’s military announced its forces had captured three villages from Russia in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region. The 16
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Las pruebas de la acusación contra Donald Trump por su presunta mala gestión de documentos clasificados tras dejar el cargo pueden parecer “asombrosas”. El caso supone la primera vez que un expresidente es acusado ante un tribunal federal y apenas la segunda vez que un expresidente es acusado en cualquier lugar
Continue ReadingTina Burnside (CNN) — An inflatable emergency slide accidentally deployed inside of a Delta Air Lines plane while on the ground at Salt Lake International Airport on Saturday. “Delta flight 520, operating from New York-JFK to Los Angeles-LAX, diverted to Salt Lake City due to a maintenance issue,” said an airline spokesperson in a statement issued to CNN
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after the S&P 500 logged its fourth winning week in a row, while investors await another decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates. U.S. futures gained while oil prices were lower. Many observers expect no change in rates
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after the S&P 500 logged its fourth winning week in a row, while investors await another decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates. Most observers expect no change in rates given recent data showing the U.S. economy slowing.
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon are in possible jeopardy after a nearly six-week Republican walkout has stalled hundreds of bills. The GOP standoff over a bill that would expand access to abortion and gender-affirming health care could scuttle
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament has belatedly approved a record $152 billion budget for 2023, after months of wrangling over the sharing of oil revenue between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region in the north. The process was also hampered by infighting
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament has belatedly approved a record $152 billion budget for 2023, after months of wrangling over the sharing of oil revenue between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region in the north. The process was also hampered by infighting
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then wrote a children’s book about grieving has been scheduled for a bail hearing. A judge on Monday will determine whether 33-year-old Kouri Richins remains detained or has an opportunity to post bail.
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The head of New Zealand’s public radio station has apologized for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage” on its website after more than a dozen wire stories on the Ukraine war were found to have been altered. Most of the stories, which date back more than a year,
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