BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they’ve arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from Chinese security ministry. The suspects, including five women, were arrested in a raid on an industrial park on Batam island, next to Singapore. A police spokesperson says
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Highs will again span the lower one-teens this afternoon as the Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect. That Excessive Heat Warning is up now through 8 this evening. Increasing monsoon moisture, along with a trough moving into Northern California, will bring cooler temps into play through the weekend. Highs will drop into the lower 100s
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said Wednesday in a downgrade from its initial estimate. The government had previously estimated that the economy
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street drifted between small gains and losses early Wednesday ahead of more economic news, including an inflation indicator and more jobs data. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 were both essentially unchanged about an hour before the opening bell. Markets rallied
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has raised concerns over China’s human rights record during a visit to Beijing on Wednesday. He also stressed the importance of maintaining a “pragmatic” working relationship with China and reopening channels of communication. The trip is the first by a U.K. foreign secretary to China
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FIND Food Bank wants people to ‘Go Orange’ during the month of September to help bring awareness to hunger issues in the Coachella Valley. Hunger Action Month is through the month of September. This is when cities and businesses help join in on the cause by lighting up monuments and places of business orange. “Orange
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party has named its candidates for the controversial commission for examining Russian influence in the country which is believed to be targeting the opposition and its popular leader Donald Tusk ahead of the Oct. 15 parliamentary elections. No other party proposed candidates for the commission on Wednesday. In the
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fighting has erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank between Palestinians and their own security forces. Palestinian authorities say a 25-year-old Palestinian was killed. The unrest on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing Palestinian police trying to reassert order in the restive territory. Meanwhile,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Encuentra aquí un vistazo a la historia de los huracanes en Estados Unidos, incluyendo aquellos que causaron más muertos y provocaron más daños. Huracanes más relevantes en la historia reciente de Estados Unidos Huracán Michael Fecha: 7 al 11 de octubre de 2018 Este huracán de categoría 5 tocó tierra
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm on Wednesday and was unleashing life-threatening storm surges and rainfall in an area not accustomed to such pummeling. More than 200,000 customers were without electricity as trees snapped by strong winds
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. A props assistant and documentary filmmaker, Batey is a
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. A props assistant and documentary filmmaker, Batey is a
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol. Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street for participants to throw Wednesday. The street fight leaves
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said Wednesday. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pledging that his government will tone down frequent public infighting that has weighed it down badly in polls as it works to pick up the country’s stagnant economy, Europe’s biggest. Scholz spoke on Wednesday after his Cabinet held a two-day retreat outside
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — About 300 million full-time jobs across the globe could be lost (or greatly diminished) due to the recent boom in artificial intelligence, Goldman Sachs estimates. Some traders are betting on that AI boom. And they’re starting to make decent returns, too. What’s happening: Shares of US
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer SHANGHAI (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she warned Chinese leaders that U.S. businesses might stop investing in their country without prompt action to address complaints about worsening conditions due to raids on firms, unexplained fines and unpredictable official behavior. The issue is especially sensitive at a time
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet has classified Moldova and Georgia as so-called “safe countries of origin,” meaning asylum-seekers from there can be rejected and deported faster than in the past. Wednesday’s move, once parliament has approved the new regulation, is a further step in efforts to curb migration
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A man accused of stabbing an American woman stationed at Britain’s cyberespionage agency has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Joshua Bowles admitted attacking the victim on March 9 in the western England town of Cheltenham, which is home to the U.K.’s electronic spy agency, GCHQ. The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries.
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is allowing some drivers use its Autopilot driver-assist system for extended periods without making them put their hands on the steering wheel, a development that has drawn concern from U.S. safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ordered Tesla to tell the agency
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