By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The homes that helped many people build wealth can become a burden in retirement. It’s not just the big maintenance and repair bills. Few homes are set up to support aging in place, and remodeling them to be safer can be expensive. Selling the house could help you tap equity
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Parliament has been dissolved to set the stage for a May general election that poses an opportunity to lessen the military’s influence in politics. The dissolution was initiated by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is seeking a fresh mandate in the election expected May 7 or
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A Colorado dentist was arrested early Sunday morning on murder charges in the poisoning death of his wife, according to a release from the Aurora Police Department. Aurora police detectives launched an investigation into the woman’s suspicious death, after James Toliver Craig, 45, drove his wife, 43, to a hospital around
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A Colorado dentist was arrested early Sunday morning on murder charges in the poisoning death of his wife, according to a release from the Aurora Police Department. Aurora police detectives launched an investigation into the woman’s suspicious death, after James Toliver Craig, 45, drove his wife, 43, to a hospital around
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A firebrand Israeli minister claimed there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people as Israel’s new coalition government, its most hard-line ever, plowed ahead on Monday with a part of its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition said it was pushing
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There’s scientific agreement that carbon emissions must cease in order to address climate change, but how does a company make that transition and remain profitable? Ørsted, the former Danish Oil and Natural Gas company, ramped up construction of offshore wind farms beginning in 2008. Then it
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday for a three-day visit that shows off Beijing’s new swagger in world diplomatic affairs and offers a welcome political lift for Russian President Vladimir Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for him on war crimes charges related to
Continue Reading By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Palestinian militant commander who was shot and killed in Syria has been buried in refugee camp on the edges of the Syrian capital, Damascus. His wife says his killers used weapons equipped with silencers. She spoke on Monday during the funeral of her husband, 31-year-old
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Over a week after Cyclone Freddy’s second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar, the effects are still being felt as locals, officials and aid workers continue to uncover the full extent of the cyclone’s destruction. In Malawi the death toll
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which is Monday, March 20. This celebration of spring is filled with symbolism around rebirth and renewal, because spring is a time when life is
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By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — No elected Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights in the U.S. than Donald Trump. But in the early days of the 2024 presidential contest, no Republican has worked harder to avoid the issue than the former president. Far more than his GOP
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Aspiring rapper Irvo Otieno streamed his music — with titles like “Man in the Middle,” “Can’t Wait,” “Trapped Out,” and “Frenzy” — under the name Young Vo. Otieno was 28, could write a song in less than five minutes, and wanted to start his own record label, said his mother, Caroline
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Aspiring rapper Irvo Otieno streamed his music — with titles like “Man in the Middle,” “Can’t Wait,” “Trapped Out,” and “Frenzy” — under the name Young Vo. Otieno was 28, could write a song in less than five minutes, and wanted to start his own record label, said his mother, Caroline
Continue ReadingBy Kim Berryman, Brian Todd, Andy Rose, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor by multiple security officers at a Virginia state mental health facility in the moments leading up to his death earlier this month. Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN It may not feel this way yet where you live, but winter is officially over! Today marks the spring equinox — the official first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and a time listen to the birds, smell the flowers and feel the growing warmth from the sun. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of its controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, marking its first climbdown in the face of massive public protests and international pressure, including from US President Joe Biden. Opposition leaders inside and outside
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Rob Picheta, CNN Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have met at the Kremlin and touted the close ties and strategic visions shared by China and Russia, on the first day of a state visit framed by Beijing as a peacemaking project despite deep skepticism in Kyiv and the West. It is
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At
Continue Reading By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish environmental groups have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros of “green” recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming Pyrenees mountain range. Five Spanish groups sent a delegation to Brussels for meetings this
Continue Reading By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested and then released for participating in protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in which opposition supporters demanded the resignation of President William Ruto. Opposition leader Raila Odinga joined thousands of demonstrators and announced weekly demonstrations until
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