By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The Commerce Department on Thursday delivered an early present to the Federal Reserve: The central bank’s favorite inflation gauge fell to its lowest level since the spring of 2021, and consumers lifted their foot off the gas pedal. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, which excludes volatile
Continue ReadingBy JACQUELINE QUYNH Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A Sunny Isles Beach mother accused of abusing her three-year-old son was arraigned during a hearing on Thursday. Yulia Storozhuk is facing two counts of felony child abuse. Storozhuk did not appear in court, her lawyer appeared before the judge on
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Nevada state troopers died Thursday after they were struck by a vehicle while helping another driver, authorities said. Las Vegas police, who will be investigating the collision, planned to hold a media briefing at their headquarters later Thursday. According to police, the two Nevada Highway Patrol officers were “conducting a
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek novelist Vassilis Vassilikos, whose political book “Z” inspired the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, died Thursday in Athens at age 89. The best-known among the scores of books he wrote, “Z” was based on the murder of a left-leaning Greek member of Parliament by right-wingers in 1963. Published
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — It’s holiday shopping season and that means more shoplifters. But at least one store in Ala Moana Center is seeing fewer thieves than it did a year ago. “A year ago and a little bit before that the cases were quite
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his closing arguments for remaining a member of the House, a defiant Rep. George Santos is depicting himself as a victim of a smear campaign by some of his colleagues. He also is making clear that he will not resign before Friday’s vote on whether he
Continue ReadingCNN By MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins and Becky Anderson, CNN Washington and Dubai (CNN) — A deal to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas into Thursday went down to the wire after Hamas declined for hours to produce a list of hostages that had 10 women and children on it – a
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man on death row who claimed self-defense in the shooting deaths of two men in Oklahoma City in 2001 has been denied clemency. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision on Thursday came shortly after 59-year-old Phillip Dean Hancock was set to be executed.
Continue ReadingBy PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kansas Click here for updates on this story PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kansas (KCTV) — A Shawnee Mission East High School student caught on video using racial language and assaulting a Black female student on Nov. 15 has been charged with a felony. The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office confirmed the 15-year-old male student
Continue ReadingBy Jalen Beckford and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Education added Harvard University and the New York City Department of Education to a growing list of universities and school districts that are being investigated over alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia following the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel. The announcement
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By Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Global delegates at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai formally adopted a damage fund that was decades in the making, and several countries pledged millions of dollars to it to help nations hit hardest by the climate crisis – an early success on the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of little girls like to play dress up, but for one child it has led to an invitation from Oprah Winfrey. Rosie McKee, whose Instagram account go_rosie_grow is managed by her mom Kenya Faye, recently acted out a famous dinner table scene from the 1985 film, “The
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Puede que algunos seguidores no estén contentos con André 3000 por publicar un disco que no es una canción de rap, pero hay que darle el mérito. El artista, reconocido como solista y miembro del dúo de hip-hop Outkast, rompió el récord de Billboard de la canción más larga que jamás
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Authorities say an early morning explosion and subsequent fire leveled a home in a St. Paul, Minnesota, suburb, killing one person. South Metro Fire Department Chief Mark Juelfs says the explosion happened just after 6:15 a.m. Thursday in South St. Paul. Juelfs says firefighters arrived within minutes of the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with class-action lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages for his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida Monday alleges that Ronaldo’s
Continue Reading By Yong Xiong, Melissa Gray and David Culver, CNN (CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of Chinese pandas being housed at the zoo. The black and white bears
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A former high-profile Myanmar army officer who had served as information minister and presidential spokesperson in a previous military-backed government has been convicted of sedition and incitement. A legal official said on Thursday that Ye Htut was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The 64-year old retired
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial. The trial judge, Arthur Engoron, imposed the gag order Oct.
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe has returned to Haiti after the U.S. government repatriated him. His arrival is sparking concerns that his presence could unleash further upheaval on a country already reeling from gang violence and political instability. It wasn’t clear what role,
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Siete agentes federales del Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) de México fueron secuestrados y golpeados a unos cuatro kilómetros del aeropuerto de Cancún luego de recibir amenazas de muerte por realizar operativos contra la migración ilegal, según un comunicado de prensa emitido por el instituto la noche de este miércoles. Según
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