By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher Tuesday as Wall Street waits for updates later in the week on inflation and corporate profits. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in midday trading and looks to be on track for another quiet day after a listless Monday. The Dow
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and KARL RITTER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO leaders agreed Tuesday to allow Ukraine to join “when allies agree and conditions are met,” the head of the military alliance said, after President Volodymyr Zelenskky blasted the organization’s failure to set a timetable for his country as “absurd.”
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has failed to approve either of two rival resolutions authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending the U.N. cross-border operation which had been vital to helping 4.1 million people. Russia vetoed a compromise resolution that would have extended the
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Susan Lorincz, the Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor through a closed door last month during a dispute over children playing outside, waived her arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty, court officials said. Lorincz, a 58-year-old White woman, is charged with manslaughter with a
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Mexico police say there likely won’t be criminal charges filed after two people were hurt and one died in a “disturbance” Friday afternoon.
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen homes have been evacuated in Rolling Hills Estates, California, after the ground shifted, causing extensive damage, city and Los Angeles County officials said. Twelve homes were red-tagged as of Monday night, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said on Twitter. Sixteen residents had been displaced
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By ALLEN G. BREED, RANDY HERSCHAFT Associated Press The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the air as dozens of firefighters tried desperately to stem the inferno. “They’d hit it (the
Continue Reading By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have evicted a Palestinian family from a contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City after a decades-long legal battle. Activists say the Ghaith-Sub Laban family’s removal on Tuesday is part of a wider trend of Israeli settlers encroaching on Palestinian neighborhoods and cementing Israeli control by
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Wages in the U.K. are rising at a record high rate amid stubbornly high inflation. That’s bolstered expectations that interest rates will increase again — to the worry of many homeowners who are seeing their mortgage payments spike. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday that wages,
Continue Reading By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists have died when it crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal. The chief government administrator in Lamajura says the helicopter crashed on Tuesday morning and rescuers had recovered all the bodies. The aircraft was returning to Kathmandu
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Students who struggled through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic – between March 2020 and early 2023 – are still having trouble keeping up with course work, according to a study from the nonprofit NWEA, which focuses on education research. “This analysis provides the most current evidence to help
Continue Reading DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that the doors on some Ford Escapes can open while the SUVs are being driven. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers 346,000 Escapes from the 2020 and 2021 model years. The agency says in documents posted Tuesday on its website
Continue Reading By ISABELLA O’MALLEY, BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press Schools in New Delhi were forced to close Monday after heavy monsoon rains battered the Indian capital, with landslides and flash floods killing at least 15 people over the last three days. Farther north, the overflowing Beas River swept vehicles downstream as it flooded neighborhoods.
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing a scholarships and a climate education program to his former elementary school. The actor and UCLA, which operates the school, announced the new programs Wednesday. DiCaprio was a scholarship student as a child at the UCLA Lab School, whose aim is
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal victory on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by sports rules that force her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels to compete in major competitions. The ruling by the Strasbourg, France-based court
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Megan Thee Stallion will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival, as the anti-poverty nonprofit looks to focus attention on increasing inequality for girls and young women around the world. Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans said the Sept.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Judges are scheduled to hear a handful of cases from multiple counties Tuesday including Boone, Cole, and a Randolph County case which was moved to Carroll County. Boone County Case In Boone County, online court records show Sarah Brown is scheduled to have her initial court appearance at 1:30 p.m. Sarah D. Brown Brown is
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Banks collect billions of dollars each year from credit card late fees that often range around $40 per delinquent incident. Those often-costly fees could drop to $8 later this year if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalizes a proposed rule that would curb how much issuers can charge. Here’s what
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — A storm that left up to two months’ worth of rain in Vermont and saturated other parts of the Northeast was moving out Tuesday, but more flooding was expected after already cutting off access to some communities, including the main approach to the
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas headlined a 2017 program at McLennan Community College in Texas, his hosts had more than a speech in mind. Working with the prominent conservative lawyer Ken Starr, school officials crafted a guest list for a dinner at the
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