By MATTHEW LEE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for meaningful diplomacy between the United States and Russia on any number of fronts are grim with the two countries locked in their worst confrontation since the Soviet-era Cuban missile crisis. Both sides have kept lines of communication open since Russia’s invasion of
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business A week of war in Ukraine has rocked the global economy, as quick-fire Western sanctions isolated Russia, collapsed its currency and financial assets and sent energy and food prices soaring. Russia’s $1.5 trillion economy is the world’s 11th biggest, according to World Bank data. A week ago, it was doing
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped send mortgage rates lower last week. This is the second week in a row rates have fallen, reversing weeks of increases that pushed rates close to 4%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.76% in the week ending March 3, down from 3.89% the week before,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a suspect has been arrested in the killing of three Mexican cousins whose bodies were found in a vacant lot last month. A police spokesman identified the suspect as 21-year-old Juan Vargas. Jail records say Vargas was booked on suspicion of crimes that included murder and kidnapping. He was
Continue ReadingBy ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story DIAMOND BAR, California (KABC) — Hundreds of animals – both dead and alive – were found inside a Diamond Bar home Tuesday, according to authorities. Authorities responded to a home in the 1100 block of Flintlock Drive for a help call and discovered an elderly
Continue ReadingEDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) — Troopers say at least three people were killed Thursday in crashes on Interstate 95 in Florida where a combination of fog and smoke made visibility very low. The crashes began around 1:30 a.m. Thursday south of Daytona Beach. Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Kim Montes says there were four crashes on the
Continue ReadingBy Marc Cota-Robles and ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story BELLFLOWER, California (KABC) — A suspect holding a gardening tool was shot and killed by deputies in Bellflower overnight as they were responding to a “street takeover.” Several cars were performing dangerous stunts with passengers hanging out the windows at the intersection
Continue ReadingBy Maricela De La Cruz Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Monday evening’s shooting inside a Sacramento County church is raising awareness about domestic violence situations and a lack of resources for both mothers and fathers. A gunman, later identified as 39-year-old David Mora Rojas, shot and killed his daughters
Continue ReadingKRASNODAR, Russia (AP) — Eight foreign soccer players have left Russian Premier League club Krasnodar in a continuing exodus of players and staff since Russia invaded Ukraine last week. Krasnodar says the eight players asked for their contracts to be suspended but not canceled, so they could live and train elsewhere. They include former France
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week and remain at historically low levels, just as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise its main borrowing rate. The average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.76% this week from 3.89% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Maksim Chmerkovskiy shared an emotional reunion with his wife at the Los Angeles airport on Wednesday. In a video tweeted by “Entertainment Tonight,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum is shown being embraced by his wife Peta Murgatroyd after he landed back in the US from Ukraine. “I just don’t
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — An earthquake has struck southeast Mexico, sending people fleeing into the streets. The U.S. Geological Survey has given a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 and says the epicenter was about 7 miles west-northwest of the town of Nopalapan at a depth of 69 miles. It hit at 8:40 a.m. local time Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that Kentucky’s Republican attorney general may continue defending a restriction on abortion rights that had been struck down by lower courts. The underlying issue in the case is a blocked state law that abortion rights supporters say would have effectively banned a
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El miércoles por la mañana, cuando la guerra no provocada de Rusia contra Ucrania entraba en su séptimo día, encendí Russia Today (RT), la cadena controlada por Rusia que en los últimos días ha sido prohibida en Europa y abandonada por los operadores de televisión de todo el mundo. Fundada en
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has dismissed two more Cabinet ministers after they publicly criticized the government’s handling of the economy, which they said is causing severe hardships for people. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa office says he sacked the energy minister and industries minister. Both played key roles
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has dismissed two more Cabinet ministers after they publicly criticized the government’s handling of the economy, which they said is causing severe hardships for people. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa office says he sacked the energy minister and industries minister. Both played key roles
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for Kentucky’s Republican attorney general to step in to defend a controversial abortion law, after the Democratic governor declined to continue doing so. The law restricts a standard second-trimester abortion method known as “dilation and evacuation” that is used
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coroner’s report says a Black man killed in a confrontation with police in an Ohio emergency room last year was shot 20 times in the encounter. Footage of the April 2021 incident shows a routine police pat-down of Miles Jackson in a Columbus area emergency
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that wounded two men at an Indianapolis Jewish community center during an apparent dispute over a basketball game. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday the man was being detained for his alleged role in Saturday’s shooting but he
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — Don’t expect Leeds to look markedly different under the leadership of new American coach Jesse Marsch following his arrival at the struggling English Premier League club as the replacement for the fired Marcelo Bielsa. Marsch says that is the reason why he was picked to take over from the man who
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