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By Meredith Bruckner Click here for updates on this story DEXTER, Michigan (WWJ) — A rare corpse flower is now in bloom in Dexter. The plant gets its name from its pungent smell of rotting flesh, but to its owners, it’s known as “Corpsy.” It has set the record for the tallest blooming corpse flower
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — A worker on a dairy farm in Texas tested positive for the avian flu, only the second case of a person in the United States who has contracted the H5N1 influenza strain. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the person was diagnosed with the H5N1 virus
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices rose in March from a year earlier at the fastest pace in nearly a year, offering more evidence that progress against inflation may have stalled this year and raising doubts about whether and when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates. The
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The Coachella Valley Fast Pitch will take place at Cathedral City Hall on Friday, April 12. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 11:30 a.m. Hosted by the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership and the Desert Business Association, the Fast Pitch is a component of Riverside County Innovation Month, which celebrates entrepreneurial endeavors. Entrepreneurs
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon has been sentenced to death in the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case. It’s a shocking development in an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation. Truong My Lan is a high-profile businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Many kids in Poland are rejoicing over strict limits imposed by the government on the amount of homework. Teachers and parents aren’t so sure. The decree says teachers can’t give required homework to kids in the first to third grades. For grades four
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ending April 6 fell by 11,000 to 211,000 from the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIRAMAR, Florida (WSVN) — The husband of a 26-year-old woman who was left in a coma after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Miramar is speaking out. According to Miramar Police, Onyxia Delinois was out for a run Saturday morning, heading eastbound along Miramar
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War. The banquet hall was used for refined entertaining and features black walls, a technique that prevented the smoke from oil lamps to be seen. The hall was uncovered as
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A Pinecrest Police officer has been airlifted to the hospital after accidentally being shot in the arm during a training accident in South Miami-Dade, officials tell 7News. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Police Department responded to the Homestead Training Center near
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An academic probe says that Norway’s Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol plagiarized parts of her masters’ degree thesis three years ago. It’s the second such case this year in the Norwegian government and the latest allegation of unethical behavior to rock the center-left government. The investigation by Nord University in Bodoe, northern
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say an avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden has left two people dead. Another two people were rescued from under the snow Thursday. The mountain rescue service said the body of one person was recovered while another was rescued alive but later died of his injuries. The avalanche apparently
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — These are tough times for two big US dollar store chains. In the past month, Family Dollar said it will close nearly 1,000 stores and 99 Cents Only said it will go out of business. Both companies said inflation and shoplifting have contributed to their troubles. While
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urielblanco (CNN) — En una decisión histórica, la Corte Suprema de Arizona determinó este martes que el estado debe adherirse a una ley de 123 años de antigüedad que prohíbe los abortos en su totalidad excepto en los casos en que “sea necesario para salvar” la vida de una persona embarazada. La ley, que se
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is leaving its key interest rate benchmark unchanged, choosing to wait for confirmation that rapidly receding inflation is firmly under control before cutting rates to support an economy that’s struggling to grow. The bank’s rate-setting council said Thursday in its post-decision
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street continued to reel Thursday from a hotter than expected inflation report that sent stocks tumbling a day earlier. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell 0.5% before the bell. The Federal Reserve has been waiting for more evidence
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers are using biodegradable drinking straws to prevent laboratory-grown coral from becoming really expensive fish food. Scientists around the world have been working for years to address the decline of coral reef populations. One solution has been to grow new coral in a
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High pressure continues to hold strong over Southern California. This is allowing temperatures to warm even more into the mid-to-upper 90s for Thursday afternoon. Temperatures today will be about 10°F above average. The average high temperature for April 11th in Palm Springs is 86°F. Today’s high will be near 96°. Yesterday was the first day
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration reports that its officers intercepted 1,503 firearms in carry-on bags at security checkpoints in US airports during the first quarter of 2024. That number runs very close with TSA interceptions in the first quarter of 2023, in which 1,508 firearms were intercepted,
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Powerful storms are rumbling over parts of the southeastern U.S. as more severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley. The storm system has already been blamed for at least one death in Mississippi and flooded streets in the New Orleans area. Damage has been reported from Texas to the
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