By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — After clamping down on food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, House Republicans now want to take a whack at WIC, the food assistance program for low-income women, infants and young children. GOP lawmakers have proposed curtailing funding for WIC in the chamber’s version of the US Department of
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet While there’s no way to guarantee you’ll completely avoid financial scams, there are steps you can take to reduce your chances of falling for one. Scammers tend to contact you first, create a false sense of urgency and then ask you to send money or share personal information. A good
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — España cayó en el último partido del Grupo C del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol con una dura goleada de Japón este lunes en Nueva Zelandia. El juego final del Grupo C vio a las japonesas interponerse ante España, uno de los favoritos del torneo, con un temprano gol de Hinata
Continue ReadingBy NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kuwait jointly claim the offshore Al-Durra gas field. Iran says it has
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By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a statement
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy is growing again — but not by much. Growth came in at 0.3% in the April-to-June quarter, following zero expansion in the three months immediately before. Stronger performance in Spain and France helped. But Germany, the largest of the 20 economies that use
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a French man apparently has fallen to his death from a high-rise residential building. Local media outlets identified the dead man as daredevil Remi Lucidi. Police on Monday said the body of the 30-year-old man was found on a patio in the
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The euro area economy is growing again. Gross domestic product across the 20 countries that share the euro currency rose by 0.3% in the second quarter, compared with the previous three months, according to an official estimate published Monday. GDP in the euro area had fallen by 0.1%
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago. The court found Kyota Hattori guilty of attempted murder for stabbing
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez Ucrania reconoce ataques en Moscú. Finaliza el mes más caluroso jamás registrado. El hijo de Petro con líos judiciales. Tiburones en EE.UU. Además, dato alarmante en la Antártida. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. La guerra “regresa gradualmente” a Rusia, dice Zelensky El presidente de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El jefe de policía de Frisco, Texas, se disculpó el viernes después de que una familia de Little Rock, Arkansas, que se dirigía a un torneo de baloncesto en Grapevine, fuera detenida por error en una “parada de alto riesgo”. Un agente de la Policía de Frisco identificó erróneamente las
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — People in Asia aren’t guzzling as much beer as they used to. Dutch brewer Heineken (HEINY) announced disappointing earnings and cut its financial outlook Monday, posting a 9% drop in net profit in the first half due to a downturn in what is normally its most profitable
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward suffered facial fractures after being hit by a 91mph pitch on Saturday, his team said. The 29-year-old was taken off the field in the fifth inning of the 6-1 loss against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre after being hit on the
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Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China unveiled a series of measures to boost domestic consumption Monday after more gloomy data about the health of the economy. But it stopped short of announcing a major package of new spending or tax cuts. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which measures
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Japan provided one of the performances of the Women’s World Cup so far to stun Spain 4-0 in Wellington on Monday. A first-half brace from Hinata Miyazawa either side of a deflected shot from Riko Ueki had Japan 3-0 ahead by the 40th minute as its tactic of catching
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has sentenced a British man who killed his ailing wife in their retirement home to two years in prison, rejecting a defense request to hand down a suspended sentence after convicting him earlier of manslaughter. State prosecutor Andreas Hadjikyrou said Monday the three-judge
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri, one of the strongest storms in years, dumped torrential rain across China and left at least four dead, as forecasters warned another hurricane-level storm was on its way. Like much of the world,
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Clashes are continuing for a third day in Lebanon’s Ein el Helweh Palestinian camp between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group and Islamist factions in the camp. A Palestinian official at the camp said on Monday that despite attempts by Lebanese
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it will grant hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea in a bid for energy independence. The government is ignoring calls from the environmental campaigners and the United Nations to stop the development of new fossil fuel projects. The plans announced
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