AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes stormed back from big early drops on Wednesday to finish higher, led by a handful of influential Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% after erasing a morning wipeout of 1.6%, one where almost every stock within the index had been falling. A majority
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda was placed on the injured list Tuesday night, the result of a hairline fracture in his left hand sustained when he hit a “solid object.” Manager Dave Roberts said Banda hit the hand in frustration after his outing Monday night in a loss to the
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached between the two. The Miami-Dade County judge approved the agreement on Friday, one year after the 35-year-old Jonas Brothers singer filed to divorce the 28-year-old “Game of Thrones” and “X Men” actor
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Registered voters who watched Tuesday’s presidential debate broadly agree that Kamala Harris outperformed Donald Trump, according to a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS. The vice president also outpaced both debate watchers’ expectations for her and Joe Biden’s onstage performance against the former president earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Registered voters who watched Tuesday’s presidential debate broadly agree that Kamala Harris outperformed Donald Trump, according to a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS. The vice president also outpaced both debate watchers’ expectations for her and Joe Biden’s onstage performance against the former president earlier this year,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three major wildfires in Southern California’s mountains east of Los Angeles torched dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. At least a dozen people, mainly firefighters, were treated for injuries that were mostly heat-related, authorities said. One person from Orange County was burned.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three major wildfires in Southern California’s mountains east of Los Angeles torched dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. At least a dozen people, mainly firefighters, were treated for injuries that were mostly heat-related, authorities said. One person from Orange County was burned.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm. The decision came after a day-long talks between the union leaders and the government. The workers were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall for the first anatomy lesson of their academic careers. The originator of the unique method is the rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest. Dr. Péter Sótonyi uses a stick of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says the U.S. House of Representatives twisted facts in an attack on the city as it passed a bill that could close its representative offices in America. Beijing also threatened to take countermeasures if they are shuttered. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act
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Kristina, a mother of two from Cathedral City, is shocked and upset about an educational video her 11-year-old daughter was shown during a history lesson at James Workman Middle School. “There were scenes in there that were not age-appropriate for the children,” according to Kristina. She added that there was “a warning that was issued
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Wildfire smoke and ash from the Line Fire has been apparent to residents across the Coachella Valley. The South Coast Air Quality Management District continues to extend a Wildfire Smoke Advisory due to fires burning in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties. The Palm Springs Unified School District says it is monitoring the air
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors created a unique runway in a cavernous raw space in a midtown for his spring/summer 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week, that included stark metal benches and gigantic faux black rocks scattered about. The drama of Italian cliffs in an urban setting was part of Kors’
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch is calling on governments in Latin America to improve protection schemes for millions of people from Venezuela and Haiti who have struggled to get work, education and health care in their host countries and are increasingly heading to the United States. In a report issued Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran’s new president has slammed the West, saying that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war in Gaza and is using European and American weapons to do so. Masoud Pezeshkian spoke on Wednesday in Baghdad as he kicked off his first trip abroad after being sworn into office. Regional tensions
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift ‘s dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards — including the night’s biggest, the trophy for video of the year. In her speech Wednesday night, Swift thanked her “boyfriend, Travis” for being on set of the “Fortnight” music video
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press ROME (AP) — Filming “Emily in Paris” in Rome has given star Lily Collins a confidence boost ahead of her West End debut. Her hit Netflix show heads to Italy for the second part of season four premiering Thursday. Its global popularity means that crowds gather whenever the actors are filming in
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a “disgraceful failure.” They cut off Kamala Harris too much. No, actually they corrected Donald Trump unfairly. Such is the contentious tenor of the times in 2024’s campaign season. And so it went Tuesday night at Trump’s and Harris’ first — and
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people have been arrested after clashes between police and protesters outside a major defense expo in Australia on Wednesday, during which police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators and both sides accused the other of violence. Video from the scene showed protesters setting fire to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked, turning for help to his foe in the West. Officials from Central African Republic, where some 1,500 of Prigozhin’s shadowy Wagner Group mercenaries were stationed,
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