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By Barry Neild, Mostafa Salem, Francesca Street and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs, remained in disarray Thursday after unprecedented heavy rain led to airliners having to negotiate flooded runways. While check-ins for Emirates and Flydubai, the airport’s two main operators, had reopened, the airport warned
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.1% from 6.88% last week, mortgage
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them. Azerbaijan’s government didn’t immediately respond to the filing on Thursday. The neighboring countries have been at odds
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately-strong earthquake has struck central Turkey. It was not immediately clear if it caused any casualties or damage. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in the town of Sulusaray, in Tokat province, some 450 kilometers, or 280 miles, east of the capital Ankara. It was felt
Continue ReadingHOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Police say a vehicle has plowed into a suburban Chicago highway toll plaza, engulfing it and the plaza in flames and killing the motorist. Illinois State Police say troopers responded to the scene early Thursday on a report that a vehicle had struck the Barrington Road Toll Plaza along westbound
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Apple is planning to buy more components from Vietnam, underscoring a trend among global tech firms to look beyond China to secure their supply chains, cut costs and open up new markets. CEO Tim Cook made the pledge in a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un posible miembro de la pandilla criminal transnacional autodenominada Pandilla Barrio 18, fue detenido este martes en Madrid, informó el jueves la Policía Nacional de España en un comunicado. Sobre el hombre pesaba una alerta roja de Interpol y era buscado por las autoridades de El Salvador por
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Colin Jost, who has worked on “Saturday Night Live” for almost two decades, has seen a lot of guest hosts visit the comedy show and has some thoughts on who does it best. The “Weekend Update” anchor appeared on the April 16 episode of the “Table for Two with
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop Thursday as he aims to undermine Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kerry Kennedy, a daughter
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing. The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing. The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Nick Offerman’s parents may not want to read this story. During a guest appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote his new film “Civil War,” Offerman told a story from years ago he said his parents didn’t know. “Some friends and I, we can say this now in
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CAPRI, Italy (AP) — Top NATO and European Union officials are urging industrialized nations to take quick and concrete steps to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned on Thursday that continued delays could tilt the war in Moscow’s favor. Borrell was speaking
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher Thursday, putting the S&P 500 index on track to break a four-day losing streak. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in midday trading after erasing an early, modest loss. Another drop would send it to its longest losing streak since late October, when
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to Wisconsin next week for her third visit to the battleground state this year. President Joe Biden’s campaign announced Thursday that Harris plans to campaign in La Crosse on Monday at an event focused on abortion rights. Harris was in Madison last month and
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them. Azerbaijan’s government did not immediately respond to the filing. The neighboring countries have been at odds for
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is proposing to open negotiations with the United Kingdom to allow young people to move freely, work and study in both regions after Brexit — the U.K.’s departure from the EU four years ago. According to the EU, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU following a
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story April 18, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The stage is set for an important civic engagement opportunity as early voting for the May 4 Uniform and Special Elections for Texas Senate District 15 and the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) Board of Directors kicks off
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story April 18, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a solemn moment of reckoning, a Houston man who perpetrated a tragic double murder in 2020 over a custody dispute has been sentenced to two life terms following his guilty plea. This announcement, made by Harris County
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries to explode. Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday and closed off several highway exits near the Scioto
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