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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss museum has pulled down five paintings, including a van Gogh and a Monet, after the foundation that owns them called for a deeper look at their origins following new U.S. guidelines on how to handle artworks once confiscated by the Nazis. The Foundation E.G. Bührle
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left in place a provision of a 2017
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israel Antiquities Authority says a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel has discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The IAA said Thursday the discovery of
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Trump-era tax on overseas investments, rejecting an argument from a Washington state couple in a case that could have jeopardized existing tax provisions and torpedoed Democratic talk of a wealth tax. A 7-2 majority upheld the tax, though several
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania’s top defense body says the country will donate a Patriot missile system to neighboring Ukraine to help Kyiv in its war against Russia as Moscow’s forces continue to bombard civilian areas and energy infrastructure. President Klaus Iohannis chaired the Supreme Council of National
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS GARRIGA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa. The effort comes after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to vaccines globally. The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator
Continue ReadingBy JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds The number of truly outstanding performance cars priced at or around $65,000 might surprise you. But what you get for that money will amaze you. Every car on this list is track capable and can run to 60 mph in the 4-seoncd range or less while providing stunning grip and feedback.
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The California Highway Patrol is reporting two separate crashes early Thursday Morning. The collisions happened around 5 a.m. with a wreck involving three vehicles East of Date Palm Drive, near Cathedral City. Three people from that crash were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. According to CHP the number three and four lanes
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has accused the European Union of making unreasonable demands in its investigation into imports of Chinese electric vehicles before announcing it was raising tariffs by as much as 38%. Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the European side had demanded excessive amounts of information from Chinese automakers and then unfairly
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person. The 35-year-old Gabriel Attal was France’s
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia, the chip company that’s become Wall Street’s most influential stock, is rising again and helping to keep U.S. indexes around their record highs despite a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading Thursday after setting an all-time high for the 31st
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen is resting, taking light exercise and undergoing physiotherapy after spending three nights in the hospital after he toppled off a London stage during a fight scene earlier this week. The 85-year-old veteran actor thanked the public for their many messages of support following his fall at the Noel Coward
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With a $1.5 million grant, College of the Desert (COD) is launching an educational initiative aimed at young adults who have been through juvenile detention systems. The program is expected to start on campus in the fall of 2024. The California Community Colleges’ Rising Scholars Network is funding the program with a $1.5 million grant.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Conservative Virginia Congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Good chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. He trailed state Sen. John McGuire by a little more than
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The Desert Recreation District has opened five pools for the summer, with day passes available at low prices. DRD has partnered with the Palm Springs Unified School District and the Cathedral City Council to offer swim lessons and sessions at Cathedral City High School this summer. The pool opens to all Cathedral City residents on
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Romania’s president has withdrawn from the race to become NATO’s next secretary general. It leaves outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte all but certain to head the world’s biggest military organization from October. President Klaus Iohannis’s office said in a statement Thursday that Romania’s security council has
Continue ReadingBy TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish rescuers say that a cruise ship has rescued 68 migrants and found five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. An oil tanker first spotted the drifting boat south of the island of Tenerife. Authorities diverted the
Continue ReadingBy ALFREDO PEÑA and MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, rumbled ashore early Thursday and moved inland over northeast Mexico, bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead. The storm was expected to weaken rapidly over land, but carry
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 238,000 from a 10-month high of 243,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which evens out weekly ups and downs, rose
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday and offered to supply fossil fuels, including natural gas, to Vietnam during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing
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