By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Monday as Wall Street recovers some of its losses from last week. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in afternoon trading, coming off its first losing week in the last three. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 77 points,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday. The bipartisan group of politicians was not scheduled to speak at the ceremony, marking the 22nd
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of one of Libya’s rival governments says that 2,000 people are feared dead in flooding that swept through the eastern parts of the north African nation. In a phone interview with al-Masar television station Monday, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad said that 2,000 were feared dead
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Public health officials are warning residents of flood-stricken central Greece to avoid using floodwater for domestic chores due to mounting fears of contamination. The floods have caused damage over 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) in Greece’s central farming belt, destroyed homes and roads and left thousands of households without power
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish government wants to increase the country’s defense budget by 28% as it prepares to join the NATO alliance. The increase would put Sweden on track to reach NATO’s target for military spending to be 2% of a country’s gross domestic product. Sweden’s center-right coalition government unveiled a defense bill Monday
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — US President Joe Biden, along with leaders of India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, announced on Saturday the launch of a new trade route connecting India to the Middle East and Europe through railways and ports. The White House said the project would usher
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a record-smashing year for the most expensive weather and climate disasters in the United States this year after severe storms, the deadly Maui wildfire and Hurricane Idalia tipped the scales last month. With four months still left in the year, the US has been hit with 23
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military says it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms from Russia in the Black Sea. The military reported Monday that it was also making gains in occupied areas near Bakhmut. That’s a city in eastern Ukraine that was left in ruins after the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN VIENNA (AP) — Estonia and Latvia have signed an agreement with Germany to purchase a medium-range air defense missile system. That opens the way for the two Baltic nations to join a common air defense system proposed by Germany last year. The agreement was signed Monday at a meeting of defense ministers
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Some people were confident they knew the identity of Anonymouse on “The Masked Singer,” and they were sorry, not sorry. The show kicked off its Season 10 on Sunday with a massive star disguised as Anonymouse. The performer offered up several clues about their identity, including saying “Just
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re thinking of checking out the new memoir by Elton John’s lyricist to learn more about the Rocket Man, you’re out of luck. This is Bernie Taupin’s song to sing. “Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton & Me” is a fascinating read for the pictures it
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN New Delhi and Hanoi (CNN) — It’s a conundrum President Joe Biden’s advisers haven’t yet found a way to solve: The commanding figure they see on the world stage isn’t viewed by many voters that way back home. The president’s advisers see lengthy days in far-flung time zones,
Continue ReadingDECATUR, Ill. (AP) — An explosion and fire at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois has injured eight employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air. ADM says the explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday at the east plant in a processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. The agricultural company says several
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You can work up quite an appetite sitting around a table plotting world domination. Luckily, a new cookbook lets Catan fans savor the board game even more while out-trading opponents. “Catan: The Official Cookbook” includes 77 recipes inspired by the multiplayer game phenomenon. There are
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s home secretary says she is seeking “urgent advice” on banning a type of American Bully dog, highlighting an attack on a 11-year-old girl over the weekend. Suella Braverman says she’s commissioned advice on outlawing American Bully XL dogs after police said they were investigating an incident
Continue ReadingCNN By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s Central Election Commission says the country’s ruling party won the most votes in elections held in occupied Ukrainian regions. Ukraine and Western countries say the elections are a sham. Russian authorities have been trying to tighten their grip on the territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago but still does
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Monday as Wall Street recovers some of its losses from last week. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in afternoon trading, coming off its first losing week in the last three. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 90 points, or
Continue ReadingCNN By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Authorities searched Monday for an escaped murderer who has eluded capture since breaking out of a southeastern Pennsylvania prison a week and a half ago after they said over the weekend he slipped out of the search area, changed his appearance, stole a dairy delivery van and tried to contact acquaintances. Lt.
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