Jessica Alba, who shot to fame in the James Cameron television series “Dark Angel,” as well as films such as “Sin City” and the “Fantastic Four,” will step down as chief creative officer at Honest Company, a personal care company that she founded. Alba will keep a seat on the company board, but Honest said
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Officials say a Lebanese man sanctioned by the U.S. for his alleged links with Palestinian group Hamas has been found dead after he went missing for a week. Mohammad Srour, 57, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in August 2019 for giving “financial, material, technological support, financial
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO and ANTONIO CALANNI Associated Press SUVIANA, Italy (AP) — Search and rescue operations continue at a hydroelectric plant close to the northern Italian city of Bologna a day after a devastating blast killed at least three workers, injured five and left four missing. A spokesperson for firefighters says there are few hopes
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press COMITANCILLO, Guatemala (AP) — Every night for nearly two years, Glendy Aracely Ramírez has prayed by the altar in her parents’ mud-brick bedroom where, under a large crucifix, is a picture of her sister Blanca. The 23-year-old died alongside 50 other migrants in a smuggler’s tractor-trailer in Texas. “I ask God
Continue ReadingCNN By Omar Jimenez and Holly Yan, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Newly released bodycam footage reveals the mayhem that unfolded in a residential neighborhood when Chicago police fired as many as 96 bullets toward a man during a traffic stop, killing the 26-year-old and raising questions about whether officers used excessive force. While a preliminary
Continue ReadingBy ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s government says a planned three-day protest over the arrest of opposition figures and new legislation scrapping president elections is illegal, raising tensions in the West African nation that has been ruled by the same family for almost 60 years have risen. The interior and security
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights commission is calling for an investigation into the killing of a prominent opposition figure who was recently released from prison. Bate Urgessa was killed Tuesday night while visiting his hometown in Oromia, Ethiopia’s biggest region. That’s according to the Oromo Liberation Front, a
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Stamp prices are set to increase — again. The US Postal Service filed a notice with its regulators to increase prices on First-Class “Forever” stamps to 73 cents from 68 cents, marking yet another price hike for the financially beleaguered federal agency. If approved by the Postal
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities say they’re investigating Boeing after a whistleblower repeatedly raised concerns with two widebody jet models, and claimed the company retaliated against him. Whistleblower Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, alleges that Boeing took shortcuts when manufacturing its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets, and that the
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the games’
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Search and rescue operations are underway at a hydroelectric plant close to the northern Italian city of Bologna after a devastating blast killed at least three workers, injured five, and left four missing. Dozens of firefighters and divers searched overnight following the massive explosion Tuesday afternoon that
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will face Democratic voters in a pair of nominating contests in Alaska and Wyoming that are unlikely to produce any surprises. In Wyoming this Saturday, Democrats will award 13 delegates using a presidential preference vote held at 23 county-level caucuses. In Alaska, 15 delegates
Continue ReadingBy JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet Conversations about money often require sensitivity and patience, especially when the person across the table is an older parent. Some of us won’t need — or want — to get involved in our parents’ finances. But others may have to take an active role in helping a parent manage their
Continue ReadingBy KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There are lots of things college students and their parents should keep in mind before filing their taxes. While tax pros say it’s great for college students to start filing their own forms, parents and students should double-check everything carefully before anyone pushes the “submit” button.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire is set to be sentenced for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case. Allen Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail. Weisselberg previously pleaded guilty to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday. Russia’s government declared the situation a federal
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rescuers on the eastern Greek island of Chios are searching for at least three people believed missing after a boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey hit rocks. Fourteen people including eight children were rescued Wednesday by the coast guard off rugged coasts on the northeast of the island, some 12 miles
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A building in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that was originally erected for a community of Jewish converts to Islam is being used for mass prayers during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. It’s the first time since the 1920s that Islamic prayers can be heard in
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global spotlight.
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Lawmakers are to vote on a major revamp of the European Union’s migration laws. The aim is to end years of division over how to manage the entry of people without authorization and to deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. Wednesday’s
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