By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person dead and 13 others injured during protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The president said in a tweet on
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is taking another step toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the near two-year-long obligatory use of masks indoors. A government decree taking effect Wednesday keeps masks still mandatory in medical centers and in all forms of public transport. It remains unclear
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BestOdds compiled the five highest-grossing Las Vegas residencies to date using data from Billboard.
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Revelation Machinery ranks the 25 states where can machinists make the most money, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many Americans added dogs and cats to their households. ManyPets offers takeaways from a 2021 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals survey on pet ownership in the pandemic.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La leyenda del fútbol Pelé fue hospitalizado nuevamente en Sao Paulo durante la noche de este lunes para continuar con el tratamiento de cáncer de colon que comenzó en septiembre pasado, informó el hospital Albert Einstein en un comunicado este martes. El estado de salud de Pelé es “bueno y estable”, según
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Columbia city leaders are expected to hear feedback from the public about how to spend more than $1 million meant for housing needs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United has fired coach Hernán Losada and given assistant Chad Ashton the job on an interim basis. The club is in last place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 2-4-0 record. United’s most recent MLS game was a 3-2 loss to Austin on Saturday after D.C. led 2-0 with 10
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to set aside his political troubles and focus on economic ties and the war in Ukraine during an official trip to India. Johnson is due to visit the western state of Gujarat and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Wednesday, continuing a tradition eschewed during the Trump administration. It will be the first time that the sitting President has attended the black-tie dinner, which usually draws
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has agreed to start paying some of its employees more in advance of raises the railroad expects to agree to as part of ongoing national contract talks. CSX said the payments of up to $600 a month are expected to start next month for
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One of two former Sedgwick County sheriff’s employees accused of stealing cash, drugs and weapons from the department’s evidence unit has been sentenced to a suspended jail term and one year of probation. The Wichita Eagle reports that 47-year-old Marc Gordon was sentenced after pleading guilty earlier this month to one
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices hit an all-time high in March as buyers scrambled to close deals before mortgage rates rise even further. The median existing-home price for all housing types in March was $375,300, up 15% from the year before, according to the National Association of Realtors. That marks more than a
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By Aleks Klosok and Anna Chernova, CNN Wimbledon organizers announced on Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to compete at this year’s grand slam following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Given the profile of The Championships in the United Kingdom and around the world, it is our responsibility to play our part
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Wednesday, continuing a tradition eschewed during the Trump administration. It will be the first time that the sitting President has attended the black-tie dinner, which usually draws
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los organizadores de Wimbledon anunciaron este miércoles que los jugadores rusos y bielorrusos no podrán competir en el Grand Slam de este año debido a la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. “Dado el perfil de The Championships en el Reino Unido y en todo el mundo, es nuestra responsabilidad desempeñar
Continue Reading MONROE, Ga. (AP) — Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on environmental concerns. Georgia state officials took oversight of plans for Rivian Automotive’s proposed 7,500-job plant after opponents overwhelmed Morgan County planning officials. The first meeting of one of the
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Two years ago, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho called out American audiences. His charge? Americans don’t know enough about movies outside their own borders. “Once you overcome the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles,” he said, while accepting a Golden Globe award for his film, “you will be introduced to so many
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Top-seeded Elise Mertens has retired from her opening match at the clay-court Istanbul Championship because of a leg injury. The 26-year-old Belgian was losing 7-5, 4-1 to Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson when she retired with pain in her right leg. Mertens was runner-up to Sorana Cirstea last year. Croatian player Petra Martic upset
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s efforts to reshape the country’s electricity sector to favor the state-owned power company have spurred hundreds of lawsuits and sown a level of uncertainty that is costing jobs and private investment. Pireos Power installs solar panels for everything from homes
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