By Julia Horowitz, CNN The British pound crashed to a record low last fall as investors rebelled against budget plans by former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Now, it’s enjoying a comeback. Sterling hit its highest level against the US dollar in 10 months on Tuesday, topping $1.25 for the first time since June 2022. The
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — En los meses anteriores a la invasión de Ucrania, mientras las tropas rusas se desplegaban en la frontera común y la comunidad internacional mantenía reuniones urgentes, el Gobierno de Vladimir Putin señaló en varias ocasiones que el conflicto tenía su origen en la expansión de la OTAN al Este. La
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN The media wedding of the summer is no more. Billionaire right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith have called off their engagement just weeks after announcing they would be tying the knot, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Vanity Fair, which was first to report the news
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after deadly weather hit over the weekend braced for another wave of strong storms, likely including tornadoes, that were expected in parts of the Midwest and South beginning Tuesday evening. Officials warned
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after deadly weather hit over the weekend braced for another wave of strong storms, likely including tornadoes, that were expected in parts of the Midwest and South beginning Tuesday evening. Officials warned
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after deadly weather hit over the weekend braced for another wave of strong storms, likely including tornadoes, that were expected in parts of the Midwest and South beginning Tuesday evening. Officials warned
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Associated Press (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is investigating gender-affirming care provided at Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic. The organization revealed the investigation Friday in court documents as part of a lawsuit against the attorney general. The attorney general says Planned Parenthood does not follow standard-care practices for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Elon Musk fue destronado oficialmente de la cima de la “Lista mundial de multimillonarios” anual de la revista Forbes. El jefe de Tesla y Twitter es ahora el segundo multimillonario más rico, con una fortuna estimada de US$ 180 mil millones, que es US$ 39 mil millones menos que el año
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Tuesday after two reports on the economy came in weaker than expected. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 213 points, or 0.6%, at 33,384,
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran have wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow. It’s part of the Kremlin’s efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments. The Russian and Turkish foreign ministries issued terse readouts Tuesday, saying the diplomats discussed preparations for a planned
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece’s opposition has promised to legalize same-sex marriage with full parental rights if he wins a general election next month, in a move that would make it the first predominantly Orthodox Christian country to do so. Alexis Tsipras, who heads the main left-wing
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former U.S. Army major and his wife who prosecutors say routinely beat their young foster children and denied them food and water as punishment will be sentenced for a fourth time. But this time by a different judge. That’s the ruling issued Monday by a federal appeals court. Federal prosecutors
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In the years it takes Kentucky bourbon to mature in new oak barrels, producers have faced two certainties: They lose a portion of the aging whiskey to evaporation — known as the angel’s share — and pay a tax on the containers. Now they’re going to
Continue Reading HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer who was badly injured in a shooting that killed a colleague will continue his rehabilitation at a specialty hospital in Colorado. Hermann Officer Adam Sullentrup was shot in the head on March 12 while confronting a gunman at a convenience store in the eastern Missouri town of
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, JENNIFER PELTZ and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Wearing his signature dark suit
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Today: Temperatures continue to rise into the upper 80s thanks to strong winds out of the south. A Wind Advisory has been issued lasting until 7 AM Wednesday morning with gusts up to 50 mph possible. Storms begin this afternoon just after 3 PM if the environment can overcome a CAP. A CAP acts like
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Tiger Woods says he’s unsure whether this year’s Masters will be the last of his career with the 47-year-old acutely aware of his injury struggles. The golf icon is preparing for his 25th appearance at the major — which starts April 6 — but told reporters Tuesday that the thought of
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump se entregó este martes en una corte de Nueva York y se declaró inocente de 34 cargos por delitos graves de falsificación de registros empresariales. Los fiscales sostienen que el exmandatario trató de socavar la integridad de las elecciones de 2016. Donald Trump ante la corte en Nueva
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Klaus Teuber, creator of the blockbuster board game Catan, has passed away. “It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer and creator of the beloved board game Catan,” the game publisher’s said in a statement posted to Facebook and other
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Klaus Teuber, creator of the blockbuster board game Catan, has passed away. “It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer and creator of the beloved board game Catan,” the game publisher’s said in a statement posted to Facebook and other
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