LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car. A spokesman said that Sunak made an “error of judgment” while filming a message for Instagram from the back of an official government car during a visit to northwest
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An official in northwestern Congo says at least 145 passengers are missing and feared dead after their motorized boat capsized on a river at night. The president of civil society groups in the area where the tragedy took place blamed overloading for the boat’s demise. Authorities
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — People’s cultural worldviews play a part in how they respond to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account in efforts to get homeowners to engage in pre-fire mitigation efforts such as adjusting landscaping and preparing an evacuation plan, an Oregon State University study found. The study tapped into participants’ cultural worldviews and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates fell this week as economic data showed inflation is fading. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.15% in the week ending January 19, down from 6.33% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.56%. “As inflation continues to moderate, mortgage rates declined
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The fact “That ’70s Show” premiered 25 years ago truly belongs in the “Time flies” basket, bathing the latest attempt to fire up the franchise in a misty haze of nostalgia. Yet while there’s smoke here, there’s not much heat, as an uninspired next-generation crowd offsets encores by most of
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By Bryanna Gallagher Click here for updates on this story LANGHORNE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — We know Eagles fans are the best for many reasons: we bleed green! But what about decorating your entire house from head to toe for the Birds? Or in this case, from goal post to goal post. “It’s the love of
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by his Catholic priest more than two decades ago is suing the now-defrocked priest and the Archdiocese of Denver. Scott Verti’s lawsuit, filed Thursday, takes advantage of a recently passed law that allows victims in
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN As a young girl in Vietnam in the ’50s and ’60s, Le Ly Hayslip awaited Tết the way many children look forward to Christmas. The Vietnamese Lunar New Year was a time for welcoming deceased ancestors into the home, and preparations for their arrival would begin months earlier. The house was
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well. The story of the first half of Biden’s term, at least by the numbers, is a mixed bag. It includes
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Lawyers for a former European Parliament vice president at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union assembly are worried by her detention conditions. They asked for her release during a hearing at a Brussels courthouse on Thursday. Greek European lawmaker Eva Kaili was removed as vice president after she
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN The administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is blocking a new Advanced Placement course for high school students on African American studies. In a January 12 letter to the College Board, the nonprofit organization that oversees AP coursework, the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Articulation said the course
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By Beccah Hendrickson Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A family in the Olney section of Philadelphia is fighting what they call “hygiene poverty” while on a mission to make their community a better place. There’s a motto in the Thompson family home. “Serve the people and God will serve you,”
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’s finance minister says the country has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked deposits and assets in accordance with European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine. He also told a press conference Thursday that Russian deposits in Cypriot banks have fallen from a stunning 40% of the
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’s finance minister says the country has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked deposits and assets in accordance with European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine. He also told a press conference Thursday that Russian deposits in Cypriot banks have fallen from a stunning 40% of the
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Colombia has extradited to the U.S. on narcotics charges the brother of a powerful leftist senator who has been a trusted intermediary for armed rebel groups and Venezuela’s socialist government. Álvaro Córdoba was handed over early Thursday to agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for a
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Anton C. Walkes, defensa de 25 años del Charlotte FC, falleció en un hospital del sur de Florida tras verse implicado en un accidente de barco este miércoles por la tarde, según Arielle Callender, portavoz de la Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Agentes de la FWC “respondieron a un accidente
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A ransomware attack forced the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell to close several hundred restaurants in the United Kingdom this week. A government filing posted Thursday says the attack impacted information technology systems. Yum Brands said the attackers took company data, but that there is no evidence
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza, Tara John, Jack Guy and Mia Alberti, CNN Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has called for dialogue after clashes between protesters and police during nationwide demonstrations left one person dead and 30 injured. “Once again, I call for dialogue, I call on those political leaders to calm down. Have a more honest and
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever. A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. The National Science
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By Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A family that fled war-torn Ukraine and moved to Las Vegas has found something they did not expect: overwhelming hospitality from strangers. Nadiia Zababurina, her husband Ievgen Kravchenko, their children Leo and Diana and their dog Luna fled fighting-ravaged Zaporizhzhia
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