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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Friday as it heads toward the end of its worst week in a month. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in early trading and on track to break a two-week winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 31 points,
Continue ReadingBy Senay Boztas (CNN) — Six paintings stolen from an old town hall in the small coastal town of Medemblik in north Holland have been returned via an unusual doorstep delivery to an art detective nearly 40 miles away in Amsterdam. Arthur Brand, known for his work in recovering an early Van Gogh painting last month, as
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un buque de guerra de la Armada estadounidense que operaba en Medio Oriente interceptó múltiples proyectiles cerca de la costa de Yemen este jueves, dijeron a CNN dos funcionarios estadounidenses. Uno de los funcionarios dijo que los misiles fueron disparados por militantes hutíes respaldados por Irán, que participan en un conflicto
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Los Europe Music Awards (EMA) 2023 de MTV, programados en París para el 5 de noviembre, se cancelaron mientras continúa desarrollándose el conflicto en Medio Oriente, de acuerdo con un comunicado publicado en las redes sociales del programa este jueves. “Dada la volatilidad de los eventos mundiales, hemos decidido no continuar con
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary about spy novelist John le Carré and “Living for the Dead,” a new Hulu series that’s like “Queer Eye” meets “Ghost Hunters.” Comedian Heather McMahan debuts her first network comedy special called “The Son I Never Had,” and
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country’s 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima were leaving the Slave Lodge building when
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has recovered 14 archaeological items allegedly stolen by a Russian man who was stopped at a U.S. airport on suspicion of illegally importing artifacts. Ukraine’s acting minister of culture said the man stole the artifacts from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory and then tried to
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke by phone with President Joe Biden about future U.S. support for Ukraine.Zelenskyy said late Thursday he spoke to Biden by phone about “a significant support package.” The U.S. president is expected to ask Congress on Friday for billions of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite deepening opposition, Rep. Jim Jordan is digging in for a fight to become House speaker ahead of a Friday vote, even as his Republican colleagues are warning the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no more threats or promises
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite deepening opposition, Rep. Jim Jordan is digging in for a fight to become House speaker ahead of a Friday vote, even as his Republican colleagues are warning the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no more threats or promises
Continue ReadingHAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Court records show that the Maryland judge who was shot to death outside his home presided over divorce case of the man now identified as person of interest in the killing. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for 49-year-old Pedro Argote in connection with the shooting death of
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers. The company said it will remove a small number of products that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. CVS also said it will still
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president have called for his immediate release. The demand on Friday came a day after the ruling military junta said it had thwarted an overnight attempt by Mohamed Bazoum to escape house arrest with his family nearly three months after he was
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military government said Thursday it foiled a late-night escape attempt by deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to flee to neighboring Nigeria after being held in custody for nearly three months following his ouster in a coup. Bazoum had planned to escape with his family and two domestic staff at
Continue Reading Karen Esquivel (CNN Español) — Norma se mantiene como huracán de categoría 3 este viernes mientras avanza hacia México, tres días después de haberse formado como tormenta tropical en el Pacífico. Hasta la mañana de este viernes, el centro de Norma se ubicaba aproximadamente a 355 km de Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, y a unos 475
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it will relocate its annual banquet Saturday from the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington. CAIR says the hotel reported anonymous callers have
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist was ordered Friday to be detained for another three days on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, Russian media reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, appeared in court in the central Russian city of Kazan, according to the
Continue ReadingThe ridge of high pressure remains in place today keeping us warmer than normal but that changes into the weekend. A trough moving into NorCal will bring breezy and cooler conditions through the weekend and into next week. Wind speeds will remain gusty through Sunday, but those winds will help usher in the cooler temps.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service has collected $160 million in back taxes this year by cracking down on millionaires who haven’t paid what they owe, the agency said Friday. The recent effort to target high-income individuals has been boosted by an increase in federal funding provided by Democrats last
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in the country, adding to increasingly tough talk on migration since his coalition performed badly in two state elections earlier this month. Scholz’s comments were published Friday, as a leading German
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