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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans spent at a faster clip in December, closing out a year of surprising economic resilience largely driven by the US consumer. Spending at US retailers rose 0.6% in December from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. That was a much stronger pace than November’s 0.3%
Continue ReadingBy NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been converted
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Cathedral City Fire Department’s dispatchers received call at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday by a Palm Springs firefighter that lives two homes down from where flames broke out. The fire happened off Senora Road and Avenida Ximino in Cathedral City. According to Battalion Chief, Robert E. Williams no one was believed to be inside the home. Upon
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — People close to Gov. Andy Beshear have formed an advocacy group to promote the Democrat’s agenda in Kentucky. The move Wednesday signals a more aggressive strategy to advance Beshear’s second-term agenda. It comes as the 46-year-old governor takes other steps to expand his political brand beyond
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA HOLLY, NICOLE LINSALATA, JULIAN QUINTANA Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — A female mixed breed canine is getting some much-needed care after it was found abandoned and tied up to a fence by its owners. Fortunately, some animal lovers came to the rescue. The dog was found
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CNN By Max Foster, Sharon Braithwaite, David Wilkinson and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, will spend up to two weeks recovering in hospital after successfully undergoing abdominal surgery. “Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales was admitted to The London Clinic yesterday for planned abdominal surgery,” Kensington Palace said in
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of using a golf club to fatally impale a Minneapolis grocery store employee has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Judicial Officer Danielle Mercurio on Tuesday ruled on the mental competency evaluation of Taylor Justin Schulz. Schulz was
Continue ReadingBy Leondra Head Click here for updates on this story CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (WTKR) — Cayden Addison is a seven-year-old Chesapeake boy who’s battling leukemia. When Addison recently lost his promised bone marrow donor, more than 100 people showed up to an event at Norfolk’s Scope Arena to see if they could step in to be
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Annio, Junko Ogura, Jessie Yeung and Mihir Melwani, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — An American airline passenger allegedly bit a female cabin crew member mid-flight on Tuesday, forcing an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Seattle to return to Tokyo, an airline spokesperson said. Flight ANA 118 departed Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 9:47 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — If you’ve ever been out to sled at Nashville’s Sevier Park, you know that the people watching could be worth charging admission. That’s especially true when it comes to all of the creative, eccentric but not so effective ways to sled,
Continue ReadingBy Pheben Kassahun Click here for updates on this story BLASDELL, New York (WKBW) — A young boy in the southtowns made use of his skills to take a bit of excess burden off of his neighbors. 7 News’ Pheben Kassahun caught up with the 14-year-old “snow angel”, who was trucking along in his town
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slumping Wednesday after a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. economy weakened hopes that easier interest rates would arrive soon. The S&P 500 was 0.7% lower in early trading and on track for a second straight drop after closing out its 10th winning
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — The 45-year-old Brooklyn man fatally shot on a subway train Sunday night is believed to have been killed after intervening in a dispute over loud music, fellow passengers told detectives. Officials say Richard Henderson was shot in the back and
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers in December, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on an upbeat tone and signaling that people remain confident enough to keep spending freely. Retail sales accelerated 0.6% in December from November’s 0.3% increase. Because spending
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As wintry weather whips across the United States, one challenge may be staying warm if you can’t afford or are cutting back on indoor heating. Staying warm is necessary “for a variety of health reasons” in addition to comfort, said Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Johnson Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — Monday marks 15 years since what has come to be called the Miracle on the Hudson. A flock of birds took out the engine of a U.S. Airways plane – leaving Captain Sully Sullenberger little choice but to make an
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at a private hospital for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday. The former Kate Middleton is expected to return to public duties after Easter, the palace said. The 42-year-old future
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed about 20 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain. The information office of the Suphan Buri provincial government initially announced that 23 people had been
Continue ReadingBy Micaela Marshall Click here for updates on this story ELOY, Arizona (KPHO) — A Michigan mom is in agony after learning her son died in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy. She told Arizona’s Family she caught the first flight to Arizona. “I’m staying here until I can take my son home. I
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO) — Animal advocates came together with an Arizona lawmaker on Tuesday to introduce a new bill to better define animal cruelty in the state. The Arizona Humane Society and state Sen. T.J Shope announced SB1047 amid a growing number of animal abuse
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