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By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Some employees at a store on Broad Street hit the ground Saturday when multiple shots were fired through the front windows. The owner of Urban-R-Us said it was a disgruntled employee demanding better pay who pulled the trigger. The manager also
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Tuesday on Capitol Hill to a darker mood than when he swooped in last winter for a hero’s welcome, as the Russian invasion is grinding into a third year and U.S. funding hangs in the balance. Zelenskyy’s visit to
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A drive-by shooting that claimed the life of a 9-year-old girl involved at least two shooters and guns, Mobile County’s top prosecutor said Monday. Three people have been charged with felony murder. Tyrone Deairous Williams, 19, Ariel Rapheal Curry, 22, and
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By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide squad attempted to drive a truck full of explosives into a military camp in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), according to the army. The attack is the deadliest on the country’s armed
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she received from her brother just weeks before he was killed in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago. “Dear ‘little’ Eve,” the letter reads. “I am thinking of the family, every day.”
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose congressional candidates is headed for a hearing. The proposal would implement ranked choice voting for U.S. Senate and House candidates. That’s a system where every candidate appears on the ballot and voters rank their top
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has came under heavy attacks from the air and from cyberspace. Local officials said Tuesday that nearly 600 Russian shells, rockets and other projectiles rained down on the southern Kherson region. Meanwhile, unidentified hackers knocked out the phone and internet services of the country’s biggest
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Again, morning lows are dipping deep into the 40s across the valley. Fairly quiet conditions will keep things calm and pleasant through the rest of the week. The air mass in place will remain over the Western U.S. with only minor changes into the weekend, with slightly warmer daytime highs by Friday. Lows will hover
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced Tuesday. “Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to
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CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden habló este lunes de su apoyo “inquebrantable” a “la seguridad del pueblo judío y la seguridad de Israel y su derecho a existir”, pero también ofreció una severa advertencia sobre la volatilidad de la opinión pública. “Continuaremos brindando asistencia militar a Israel hasta que se deshagan de Hamas,
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La esvástica es, para muchos, símbolo de odio: el odio de la Alemania nazi y el odio de quienes desde entonces perpetúan sus ideas. Sin embargo, esa no es la historia completa: el nacimiento de la esvástica se remonta a miles de años atrás y su significado original nada tiene que ver con
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no musical training to find rapid fame with multi-platinum selling albums, has died. She was 36. Her family said Zahara, whose real name was Bulelwa Mkutukana, died Monday. The family did not
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for help after more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on its shores by boat since November. Indonesia once tolerated such landings while Thailand and Malaysia pushed them away. But the growing hostility
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation ticked down again last month, with cheaper gas helping further lighten the weight of consumer price increases in the United States. At the same time, the latest data on consumer inflation showed that prices in some areas — services such as restaurants, used cars
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK after it broadcast part of a speech he gave earlier this year where he called on Russians to join hands with British intelligence. The clip was broadcast
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic priorities for the coming year. The official Xinhua News Agency gave no details of specific policy changes but summarized broad goals in line with the ruling Communist Party’s longstanding efforts to
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday thrusts the justices into a highly charged situation with a former president who has repeatedly tried to politicize the federal judiciary and use it for his ends. As this case tests Smith’s federal prosecution
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the calendar year on Monday as Al Nassr advanced to the semifinals of the Saudi King Cup with a 5-2 victory against rival Al Shabab. Ronaldo netted his team’s fourth goal with a powerful strike in the 74th minute, continuing his impressive
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia political party from participating in an electoral race days ahead of a nationwide ballot. The Chisinau Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned the ban on the Chance Party that had been enforced by
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1 billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture. The COP28 summit featured numerous firsts, including forums on health, food production and philanthropy. The estimated pledges don’t represent a complete
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