PRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed 10 people and wounded about 30 others. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of Thursday’s gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They say officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square. The
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street on Thursday is clawing back some of its sharp loss from the prior day, which was its first major step backward since a rally began in late October. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in afternoon trading, sitting less than 2% below its
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday reiterated his request for the Supreme Court to immediately decide whether Donald Trump has presidential immunity from alleged crimes he committed while in office. “The public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate, definitive decision by this Court. The
Continue ReadingBy Uri Blau, David Kenner and Nima Elbagir, CNN (CNN) — A Hamas-linked financier, once sentenced for 10 years on corruption charges in Sudan, maintains a network of business interests in Europe despite being under US sanctions, leaked documents show. The business dealings of Abdelbasit Hamza, linked by the US to Osama Bin Laden, span two decades and include a Cypriot firm,
Continue ReadingPORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific storm pounded parts of Southern California on Thursday with heavy rain and street flooding, adding to hassles as holiday travel got underway. The early morning downpours targeted coastal Ventura County, just to the northwest of Los Angeles County, swamping areas in the cities of Oxnard and Port Hueneme.
Continue ReadingPORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific storm pounded parts of Southern California on Thursday with heavy rain and street flooding, adding to hassles as holiday travel got underway. The early morning downpours targeted coastal Ventura County, just to the northwest of Los Angeles County, swamping areas in the cities of Oxnard and Port Hueneme.
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as people. Seattle and Portland, Ore., recorded their hottest-ever temperatures, reaching 108
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as people. Seattle and Portland, Ore., recorded their hottest-ever temperatures, reaching 108
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have rerouted a majority of global trade away from the crucial maritime artery for consumer goods and energy supplies. That’s expected to mean delays and rising prices. Oil, natural gas, grain and everything
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The last meteor shower of 2023 is set to send meteors streaking across the sky just in time for the holidays. The Ursids will peak Thursday night through the early morning hours of Friday, according to the American Meteor Society. Night owls braving the cold could see around five to
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has visited Barcelona in an effort to show that his pledge to push through an amnesty for Catalonia’s separatists is paying dividends with the leaders of the politically restive region. Sánchez had to concede the controversial amnesty to win the key
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The Philadelphia television news crew members who died after their helicopter crashed in a southern New Jersey forest were returning from a trip to film a Christmas lights display, an investigator said Thursday. Todd Gunther, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters near the crash site that
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Florida State will hold a board of trustees meeting Friday and The Associated Press has confirmed that the future of the athletic department and its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference will be discussed. Florida State leaders are unhappy with the ACC, where revenue distribution lags far
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Chavez, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A new law that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime is sowing confusion and uncertainty among undocumented migrants and mixed status families along the US-Mexico border, according to immigration advocates. Many of those advocates tell CNN they fear a wave of racial profiling as well as detentions and attempted
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Gretener and John Mastrini, CNN Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — A shooter killed at least 14 people and wounded 25 others at a university in Prague on Thursday in the deadliest mass shooting the Czech Republic has seen in decades. Authorities believe the gunman, a 24-year-old man, died by suicide, Czech Police Chief
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for five years, is afraid for his safety after being assaulted by another inmate late last month, he said in a call with CNN on Wednesday. Whelan said he is being targeted by an official at a remote prison camp in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE, DEL QUENTIN WILBER and MADDY PEEK Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling sheetrock and hypodermic needles. The slayings set Detroit on edge, prompting authorities to dispatch crews
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded dozens of others. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of Thursday’s gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They say officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader has slashed the fees during the holiday season for several public transport routes in half and offered free train rides, hoping to temporarily ease some of the economic hardship caused by his government’s austerity measures. The measures start on Thursday and will last through
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The top US and Chinese generals spoke on Thursday for the first time in over a year, marking the end of a strained silence between senior US and Chinese military officials that had deeply concerned the Pentagon. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ
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