PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Police say five people have been shot in a Peoria, Illinois, neighborhood and two of them were in critical condition. Peoria police say the wounded, as well as a sixth person who suffered a laceration, were taken to a hospital following the shooting about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Police say 29 rounds
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando una entusiasta de las antigüedades compró una pintura que parecía llevar la firma de NC Wyeth en una tienda de segunda mano en 2017, bromeó diciendo que el artículo que adquirió por solo US$ 4 podría ser en realidad una obra real del prolífico artista y patriarca de la
Continue ReadingBy Coy Wire and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Billie Jean King is one of tennis’ original revolutionaries but her influence has been felt far beyond her own sport. The American great not only fought for equality for women’s tennis, including helping to secure equal pay at the US Open, but she inspired a generation
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — With the walls stripped bare and furniture dismantled, the east Jerusalem apartment is a far cry from the vividly-hued haven it was in early February, when members of the Zalabani family played cards on the cobalt couch and feasted on stewed chicken with richly spiced rice. That
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The first giant pandas born in Germany celebrated their fourth birthday Thursday as the Berlin Zoo prepares to send them to China, a journey that was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pit and Paule, who also are known by the Chinese names Meng Xiang und Meng Yuan, have been a star attraction
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike has hit an alleged drug factory in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, causing damage, but there was not word on casualties. Syrian opposition activists say the attack early Thursday was believed to have been carried out by Jordan’s air force. Jordan’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK Florida at No. 14 Utah, Thursday. The Utes get a big first test in a season of high expectations. Utah has won the last two Pac-12 championships and is among the favorites to take the
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Two people closely linked to India’s Adani Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates, secretly purchased of millions of dollars of stocks in the group’s companies, possibly violating Indian law, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists. Market rules require that at least 25% of a company’s shares
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s staunchest Cabinet allies has been named defense U.K. secretary. Grant Shapps has been a member of the Cabinet since 2019, most recently serving as secretary of state for energy security and net zero. Sunak has begun a Cabinet reshuffle ahead
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — When Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui heads to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, he will have two new skincare items in his bag that are especially designed for the rigors of space travel. The face wash and lotion are part of a “Cosmology” line unveiled
Continue ReadingBy James Jeffrey, CNN (CNN) — The Camino de Santiago is arguably the world’s most famous pilgrimage. At least in terms of ones that must be taken on foot, across hundreds of miles, while carrying your simplified, reduced world in a rucksack on your back. When most people talk about “the Camino,” they are referring
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — White hot, violent, cruel, wrathful — the words we associate with anger don’t sound so pretty. “Anger is a particular type of an emotional state that can receive a lot of judgment from ourselves and from other people,” said Dr. Brett Ford, associate professor of psychology at the University
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Baroque music conductor John Eliot Gardiner is pulling out of future engagements after allegedly hitting a singer who left the stage incorrectly after a performance. The conductor says he is stepping back to get specialist help. The conductor allegedly hit William Thomas after the bass singer left the podium on the wrong
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian authorities say a speeding work train slammed into a group of people doing track maintenance work, killing five workers. The crash occurred shortly after midnight at the station in Italy’s northern town of Brandizzo in the Piedmont region. Piedmont’s governor said the crash’s cause was under investigation. The mayor of Brandizzo
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast, where a massive blaze in its thirteenth day has flared up once more, triggering authorities to issue alerts to residents in the area to be on standby for possible evacuation. More than 100 extra firefighters have been deployed, bringing the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — New numbers show annual inflation held steady in Europe in August. Food prices raced ahead of falling fuel costs, but there was no clarity about whether the European Central Bank can pause its record series of interest rate hikes. The consumer price index for the
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher Thursday ahead of updates on United States inflation and hiring that traders hope will persuade the Federal Reserve no more interest rate hikes are needed. London, Tokyo and Paris advanced. Shanghai declined. Oil prices rose. Wall Street futures were higher
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in South Africa’s biggest city said. Some of the people living in a maze of shacks
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — One of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s staunchest Cabinet allies has been named defense U.K. secretary. Grant Shapps has been a member of the Cabinet since 2019, most recently serving as secretary of state for energy security and net zero. Sunak has begun a Cabinet reshuffle ahead of a general election that
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS has announced plans to save $10 billion in costs, including through 3,000 staff reductions in Switzerland as it moves ahead with “full integration” of longtime rival Credit Suisse’s domestic operations following a takeover. The announcement on Thursday came as the Zurich-based bank reported
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