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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation has fallen again in Europe, to 2.4% in March. It’s welcome news for consumers since spikes in food prices have eased. The annual figure for the 20 countries that use the euro currency has come in below what financial markets expected and marks a
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The legal battle over a controversial Texas immigration law could eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to revisit a historic ruling that largely struck down Arizona’s “show me your papers” law and reaffirmed the federal government’s “broad, undoubted power” over immigration. Texas’ SB 4, which allows state officials
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly declined Wednesday after Wall Street broke its record-breaking bull run with its worst day in weeks. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.1% in early trading to 8,139.15, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.3% to 18,331.04. Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped 0.6% to 7,887.60. U.S. shares
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police investigating the stabbing of a journalist who works for a TV channel critical of the Iranian government say three suspects fled the country within hours of the attack. Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at London-based Iran International, was stabbed in the leg Friday afternoon outside his home in London. Police say
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Violent rain and hailstorms have killed seven people in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, where three people fell from their apartments in a high-rise building. State broadcaster CCTV said Wednesday that dozens of homes had been severely damaged by the storms this week. A grandmother and her 11-year-old grandson fell to their deaths
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Mourners gathered outside a southern Finland school Wednesday, a day after a 12-year-old student shot and killed a boy and seriously wounded two girls the same age with a handgun. The suspect, a sixth grader who attended the school, was apprehended less than an hour later. The
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways and leaving seven people dead. In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings as the earthquake shook the city, and schools evacuated their students to
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press BOUAR, Central African Republic (AP) — Nearly 5,000 fighters have put down their arms in Central African Republic since a disarmament program launched nearly a decade ago. Yet former rebels, communities and conflict experts say it’s hard to halt fighting in a country still in conflict and where little other
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new mobilization law came into force a day after Ukraine President
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A show at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum. Morocco is among countries that have shown new interest in Cuban art since the United States restored diplomatic ties with Cuba
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Roscoe “Rocky” Shorey lived his life one adventure at a time until his sudden death after a fall while summiting Mount St. Helens, his roommate told CNN. The 42-year-old experienced mountain climber of Washougal, Washington, was found Saturday within the crater of the Mount St. Helens volcano, approximately 1,200
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — After apologizing last month for a new relationship that angered some particularly animated fans, K-pop star Karina is once again single – highlighting the long-standing challenges of dating in the fervid fanspace of Korean entertainment. Karina, of the girl group Aespa, and actor Lee Jae-wook have broken up after
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Wednesday’s estimated $1.09 billion Powerball jackpot – which would be the fourth-largest grand prize in the lottery’s history – have been drawn. Wednesday’s winning numbers are 11, 62, 65, 38, 41 and Powerball 15. The estimated $1.09 billion in play Wednesday jumped from $1 billion after
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Gene Norman, CNN (CNN) — At least three people were killed and several were injured after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and damaging storms from the South to the Ohio Valley. Two people were killed by falling trees when storms swept through Pennsylvania on Wednesday, CNN affiliate WPVI reported. A
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on a visit to Japan that he wants to “further strengthen” relations between the countries. He met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday on the heels of a visit to China. Subianto told Kishida that Indonesia and Japan are longtime
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The Palm Springs Public Arts Commission will discuss the possibility of relocating a mural of George Floyd at meeting this Thursday. The mural was painted on the side of a building in downtown Palm Springs in the summer of 2020. You can watch and read our coverage of the mural unveiling here. According to the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Their nominations secure, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were left to read the tea leaves Tuesday as voters across the country cast primary ballots and, in one critical state, approved Republican-backed changes to election law. Wisconsin was again in the spotlight, its status as a crucial 2024 presidential battleground
Continue ReadingBy KYLE GLASER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his major league-leading fifth home run, Freddie Freeman had three hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory. Betts lifted a hanging changeup from Giants starter Logan Webb into the left-center
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Colombia and Panama are failing to protect the hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the United States and have become increasingly exposed to robberies and sexual violence. In a report published Wednesday the watchdog
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In perhaps prosecutors’ strongest rebuke yet to how Judge Aileen Cannon has handled the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith said in court filings late Tuesday evening that the judge had ordered briefings based on a “fundamentally flawed” understanding of
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