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By Zahid Mahmood and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England after Legionella bacteria was discovered in the water – days after experts warned of the risk of infection. Thirty-nine asylum-seekers disembarked the Bibby Stockholm barge, a UK Home Office spokesperson said in a statement
Continue ReadingCNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, following two straight months of growing confidence. Consumer sentiment tracked by the University of Michigan fell to 71.2 in August from the prior month, down from a reading of 71.6 in July, according to a preliminary
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup plan. Until the pandemic. “I had a salon where I
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup plan. Until the pandemic. “I had a salon where I
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients. Insurers selling coverage in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York, among other states, told The Associated Press they won’t cover Leqembi with insurance offered on the individual market and
Continue Reading By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has suspended research studies involving human subjects at a psychiatric institute affiliated with Columbia University after the suicide of a research participant, according to research documents. A spokesperson for HHS told CNN on Thursday the agency’s Office for Human Research
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are slightly lower on Wall Street in early trading Friday after the government reported a slight increase in wholesale prices last month, suggesting that the Federal Reserve’s work on bringing inflation to heel isn’t done. The S&P 500 was down 0.1%, on pace for its second losing week
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and MARK CARLSON Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has a century-old fling with surrealism and is always proud to flaunt it. This year they’re combining it with an annual flower show in Brussels. At the heart of Flowertime is a pipe — a reference to Rene Magritte’s pipe on canvas, subtitled,
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party leader says voters will be asked in a referendum whether they support the sell-off of state-owned enterprises in a referendum. He says they will be able to decide “whether the wealth of generations will remain in Polish hands.” The move comes as the
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Death from extreme heat once typically struck scorching locations such as Death Valley. Today, no place seems immune from deadly temperatures. While heat can kill, it also endangers health by making existing conditions worse, said Dr. Prabu Selvam, emergency medical officer at Americares, a health-focused relief and development nonprofit
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say a rescue operation is underway to assist dozens of migrants on a yacht reported in trouble off the country’s southern coast. Four civilian vessels have been ordered to provide assistance while coast guard and navy boats have been sent to the area. A coast guard vessel will
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has proposed legislation that seeks to replace a British colonial-era sedition law with its own version. Britain’s rulers in India imposed a law against sedition — actions aimed at encouraging people to be or act against a government — in 1860 to repress freedom
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, keeping the market on track for its second losing week in a row. The early weakness Friday came after the government reported a slight increase in inflation in wholesale prices last month, indicating that the Federal Reserve’s work on bringing inflation to heel isn’t done.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A self-conscious effort to build a spy franchise around Gal Gadot, “Heart of Stone” plays like a poor woman’s “Mission: Impossible,” mostly thwarting even its star’s Wonder-ful charisma. Despite solid action moments scattered over its two hours, this Netflix movie plays like an inoffensive but lifeless addition to
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A self-conscious effort to build a spy franchise around Gal Gadot, “Heart of Stone” plays like a poor woman’s “Mission: Impossible,” mostly thwarting even its star’s Wonder-ful charisma. Despite solid action moments scattered over its two hours, this Netflix movie plays like an inoffensive but lifeless addition
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will present about 60 performances from September through late February, including the U.S. premiere of Les Arts Florissants’ new staging of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” and Turtle Island Quartet’s “Island Prayers.” “The Fairy Queen” production, directed by Mourad Merzouki, opens on Aug. 19 at William Christie’s Festival Dans les
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Si el fiscal especial Jack Smith se sale con la suya, Donald Trump pasará sus días de semana en enero en un tribunal de Washington, en lugar de ir de gira por Iowa y New Hampshire con sus argumentos finales antes de las críticas primeras contiendas de nominación de 2024.
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain. The borough of Tower Hamlets, the local government council responsible for the area, blocked the project in February, citing concerns
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Back-to-school shopping may likely cost you the most ever this year. Inflation is putting a big strain on parents’ wallets. Parent Ashley Godina said shopping for her three kids cost her a pretty penny this year. “I’m kind of done being like surprised over prices that keep rising,” said Godina. “We kind of just have
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Ben Krolowitz, CNN Piermont, New York (CNN) — When President Joe Biden came to this must-win US House district in New York just a few months ago, he did something that privately enraged members of his own party. He praised one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country.
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