Month: March 2024

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says it will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine. Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu also said Tuesday that France will boost its supply of artillery shells to meet Kyiv’s urgent needs for ammunition to fight Russia’s full-scale invasion. Lecornu said that

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during a system glitch that allowed customers to take out more money than they had in their accounts. Abe Sano, president of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, told reporters Tuesday that around $14 million was withdrawn

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hiring woes may be easing for small businesses. The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index reported a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.17% in February as the U.S. economy stays strong despite high interest rates. Small businesses have a tougher time retaining workers since they often can’t

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — People participate in documentaries for all kinds of reasons. But Steve Martin may be unique in making a film about his life with the instruction of: “See if you can make sense of all THAT.” Morgan Neville’s Apple TV+ documentary “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in

The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the former Twitter following the Jan. 6 insurrection. While he’s since been reinstated to both, he’s largely stayed off X, the Elon Musk-owned

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of the buzzy new shows of the spring TV season is “Diarra from Detroit”,” now streaming on BET+. The comedic mystery was created by and stars Diarra Kilpatrick, who is best-known for a role on HBO’s “Perry Mason.” Kilpatrick plays a woman also named Diarra who has a great

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Members of the Utah women’s basketball team were subjected to racism near their hotel in Idaho last week when a pickup truck with a Confederate flag drove near them and the driver began using offensive language, including the N-word, authorities said Tuesday. The team was

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition have launched a rare process to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests. The result could ban him from political life. Critics of the effort say the ruling coalition is going too far

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued. The court says they are not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended. The court unanimously decided the appeal was

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. consumer confidence held steady this month even as Americans are still concerned about high prices and feeling less optimistic about the short-term future. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down to 104.7 in March from a revised 104.8 in

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution under a deal to end criminal securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. The announcement by special prosecutors in a Houston courtroom came less than three weeks