STANDARD, Ill. (AP) — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled parts of northern Illinois early Wednesday, awakening some residents and spurring reports to 911 about homes shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said. The small earthquake was detected about 4:41 a.m. local time and was centered about sixth-tenths of a mile (1 kilometer) south-southeast of
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A 92-year-old man is recovering after falling down an embankment and spending the night stranded outside in below-freezing temperatures before he was rescued, officials said, an outcome his wife called a miracle. The perilous incident began last week as Larry Hendrickson and his wife Shirley were driving from Yuma,
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, Abeer Salman and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — “I’m an American citizen. And they shot me.” From a dark room in Gaza’s Al Quds hospital, Farah Abuolba speaks matter of factly into the camera. For more than a week, the teenager has been languishing without hope that she, her mother, and her
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposes to make labor migration easier for specific jobs where the 27 nations can no longer find a local talent pool. With the proposal, the EU is seeking to walk a tightrope between populists and extremists who condemn almost any kind of migration into
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport. The resumption Wednesday comes two years after service was stopped following the collapse of Afghanistan’s Western-backed government. All international airlines halted flights to Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in mid-August 2021
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell sharply last month as inflationary pressure continued to ease in the face of a year and a half of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — dropped
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would make it a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and gives local law enforcement the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the United States, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on retail spending in October, ending six straight months of gains, though the decline was partly driven by falling prices for both gasoline and cars. Retail sales declined 0.1% last month after jumping a strong 0.9% in September, according
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film “Kubi” to show the world of samurai in ways that mainstream movies have rarely done before, by portraying the homosexual, love-hate relationship of warlords in one of Japan’s best known historical episodes. He spoke to a news
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it will still try to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, despite the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the contentious plan is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe in the African country. In a major blow to one
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Sarah Dewberry, Andy Rose and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) — Eight juveniles are facing murder charges in the “senseless” beating death of a 17-year-old Las Vegas high school student that was caught on video, police say. Jonathan Lewis died after being beaten when a fight broke out over a pair of stolen
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of suspects dead, has been summoned by a prosecutor to answer a separate allegation that he recently threatened a female lawmaker with death, the complainant said Wednesday. It was the first known subpoena for a criminal
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Prosecutors say a fatal roller coaster accident in Stockholm where some passengers plunged to the ground in June was caused by a newly installed “support arm breaking off so that the wheels on the cart fell off.” A car on the Jetline roller coaster derailed at the Gröna Lund, Sweden’s oldest amusement
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed higher before Wednesday’s opening bell as attention shifts to major retailers that are releasing quarterly earnings in the wake of a promising inflation report this week. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%. Target shares
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom is set to be sentenced and could face prison time for using marijuana while owning a gun. Deja Taylor’s son took his mother’s handgun to school and shot and wounded teacher
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced five nominees to federal judgeships, including the first Muslim-American on any circuit court. The Democratic president wants to add to more than 150 of his judicial selections who’ve already been confirmed. They’re part of the White House’s push to nominate judges from
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Lawyers for victims say French judicial authorities have issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two army generals for their alleged involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. It includes chemical attacks in 2013 on rebel-held Damascus
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Used-car shoppers won’t have it easy this year or next. Although used car prices have declined from their record levels from last year, they are still high and are coupled with the highest interest rates we’ve seen in many years. If that’s not bad enough, used cars also are currently older.
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese authorities say that opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko is back in jail after being hospitalized for weeks during a hunger strike. Prison authorities said Sonko’s transfer back to Cap Manuel prison in Dakar on Tuesday took place as “the result of a recommendation
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish road transport authorities are holding talks with their Ukrainian counterparts over competition grievances that have led Polish truckers to block two border crossings, resulting in days of delays. Polish truckers say that unregulated activity by rapidly growing Ukrainian transport companies is ruining their business. After Russia’s invasion in February 2022,
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