NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher as Wall Street readies for a week packed with potentially market-moving news. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in early trading Monday, coming off its best week since November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 108 points, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.4%. Tesla jumped 12%.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Meryl Streep made the most of her AFI Life Achievement Award presentation to Nicole Kidman over the weekend. The two actors costarred together in the 2002 film “The Hours” and Season 2 of “Big Little Lies.” Streep had the audience laughing as she joked about “the very, very
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By Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — The United States is the best partner for African nations “without strings attached” but it will not force African nations to choose its partnership over Russia or China, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNN. “We think we’re the best, we think we offer opportunities consistent with
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi and Syrian officials say Baghdad has repatriated hundreds more of its citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria. An Iraqi official says they will undergo a rehabilitation program with the help of international agencies in an
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA (AP) — Southeast Asia is coping with a weekslong heat wave as record-high temperatures have led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay home Monday after authorities canceled in-person
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The public prosecutor general’s office in Munich has taken over the investigation into the stabbing deaths of two Ukrainian men in southern Germany because of a possible political motivation for the crime. German news agency dpa reported that the two Ukrainians were killed at a shopping center
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER, CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colleges around the country implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as classes wrap up for the semester and campuses prepare for graduation ceremonies. Students and others have been sparing over the Israel-Hamas
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER, CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colleges around the country implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as classes wrap up for the semester and campuses prepare for graduation ceremonies. Students and others have been sparing over the Israel-Hamas
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Mike Trout has been healthy this year and is leading the major leagues in home runs. So far, that hasn’t been enough to help the Los Angeles Angels withstand Shohei Ohtani’s departure. If it feels as if Trout and the Angels can’t catch a break, this is certainly another
Continue ReadingBy OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French media are reporting that actor Gérard Depardieu is in police custody for questioning about allegations made by two women that he sexually assaulted them on movie sets. Broadcaster BFMTV and the daily Le Parisien reported that the 75-year-old actor was summoned Monday morning by Paris police
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland’s ruling pro-independence party into chaos. Yousaf’s coalition government fell apart unexpectedly last week when he tore up a coalition agreement with Green Party
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s chief says the alliance’s member countries have failed to deliver in time what they promised to Ukraine. His acknowledgement came as Russia rushes to exploit its battlefield advantages before Kyiv’s depleted forces get more Western military supplies. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Kyiv Monday
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday, triggering a leadership contest as the governing Scottish National Party seeks to heal internal divisions and strengthen its position ahead of U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year. Yousaf, whose pro-independence party has been weakened by a campaign finance
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño – a player in last year’s especially brutal summer – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. El Niño’s disappearing
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Mike Johnson, le pidió la renuncia a la presidenta de la Universidad de Columbia durante una tensa conferencia de prensa celebrada este miércoles, en la que la multitud interrumpió varias veces al orador y en ocasiones abucheó ruidosamente tanto a él
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is tightening visa requirements for people from Ethiopia. It says the government there is not cooperating on the deportation of citizens found to be living illegally in the bloc. EU headquarters said Monday that the time it takes to process visas for Ethiopian nationals will triple. There’ll be no
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The three-day country music festival concluded its 17th year in the desert, drawing massive crowds to Indio. Today, tens of thousands of attendees are making their way home, with many driving in RVs or hauling trailers. Traffic is anticipated in the Indio area and on the I-10 heading westbound to LA. Peak traffic is expected
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A ridge of high pressure is moving in, and will bring warmer than normal conditions until the weekend, with some offshore winds as well. Given the strength of those Santa Ana like winds, there is a Wind Advisory North of Los Angeles through tomorrow afternoon. Winds eased here over the weekend, allowing our air quality
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La empresa matriz china de TikTok, ByteDance, afirmó el jueves que no tiene planes de vender la plataforma de redes sociales, su primera respuesta oficial sobre el tenso asunto desde que el presidente Joe Biden firmó una ley que podría llevar a una prohibición nacional de la popular aplicación. “Las
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — A pesar de trabajar a tiempo completo en relaciones humanas y cuidar de su hijo Chase, de 6 años, y de su hija Millie, de 3, Anne Helmes a menudo se siente aislada y sola. “Trabajo desde casa y cuando tengo videoconferencias o llamadas con nuestros empleados, estoy muy centrado en
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