MUMBAI, India (AP) — Amitabh Bachchan says he’s recovering at home from a injury suffered while shooting a film in southern India. The 80-year-old Bollywood superstar posted on his blog that he sustained a rib injury while working in Hyderabad on the science fiction film “Project K.” Bachchan wrote that he has a damaged rib
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese economic officials have expressed confidence they can meet this year’s growth target of “around 5%” by generating 12 million new jobs and encouraging consumer spending. The Cabinet planning officials announced no details of spending or other initiatives to revive growth that slumped to 3% last
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia after strong data on the U.S. economy sent Wall Street to its best close in six weeks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.4% to 20,642.89 and the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.3% to 3,318.56. At the annual session
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden’s side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters. And when Biden ultimately won the presidency, it was
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is on an unlikely collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of journalists. In defending itself against a massive defamation lawsuit over how it covered false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election, the network is relying
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue Reading Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,”
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine transport groups have launched a nationwide strike to protest a government program that drivers fear would phase out iconic jeepneys and other aging public transport vehicles. Officials deployed government vehicles to carry stranded passengers. Other groups refused on Monday to join the weeklong strike against the government transport modernization program
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The FBI says four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were travelling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. The FBI San Antonio
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As warmer weather returns, more people are visiting outdoor hiking and biking spots. But officials remind us of a few things to keep in mind before stepping foot on the trails. “This time of year people are gonna be out in the parks and on the trails,” Assistant Chief for the Boone
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea took a step toward improving ties with historical rival Japan by announcing a plan Monday to raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages against Japanese companies that enslaved them during Tokyo’s 35-year colonial rule. The plan reflects
Continue Reading Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,”
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Gary Rossington, guitarrista de la banda de rock estadounidense Lynyrd Skynyrd, ha muerto, anunció la banda en su página oficial de Facebook el domingo por la noche. “Es con nuestra más profunda simpatía y tristeza que tenemos que comunicar, que perdimos a nuestro hermano, amigo, familiar, compositor y guitarrista,
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Guitarist Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died, the band announced on their official Facebook page Sunday evening. He was 71. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend,
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By Isabella Roberts COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court is mulling over a decision after hearing oral arguments for several lawsuits against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, including one led by Missouri’s Attorney General. More than 26 million people applied for this program when it was launched in October of last year
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have received an invite to the coronation of King Charles III — but the couple have yet to confirm if they will attend, the Duke’s spokesperson told CNN on Sunday. “I can confirm The Duke has recently received email correspondence from His Majesty’s office
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN As “The Walking Dead” and its progeny demonstrated time and again, people — left to their own devices in a lawless society — become the true monsters during a zombie apocalypse, a point made powerfully in the latest episode of “The Last of Us,” while demonstrating how tough, steely and
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Monday announced a contentious plan to raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages in lawsuits against Japanese companies that enslaved them during World War II. The plan reflects conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s determination
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