WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will provide $125 million for parts and other supplies to help repair crews in Ukraine keep up with Russian strikes pounding the country’s electrical system. U.S. international development aid chief Samantha Power announced the funding in a statement Wednesday. The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to use some
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Kaanita Iyer, CNN The clock is ticking faster on the nation’s debt ceiling drama. Just when the federal government will no longer be able to pay its bills in full and on time is not known, but it could come as soon as early June. That wouldn’t give House Republicans and
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A man who told police that he placed a Detroit-area teen’s body in a trash bin has been released from prison after less than a year. The mother of Zion Foster says she’s “livid.” Police last year spent months searching a landfill for Zion’s remains but were unsuccessful. Jalyn Brazier was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Florida on Sunday to speak about abortion on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It’s a bitter historical milestone for the Biden administration after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the national right to abortion last year. Harris has
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is fining British airline Virgin Atlantic up to $1.05 million for flying over restricted airspace in Iraq. The U.S. says the flights violated U.S. restrictions because Virgin Atlantic was flying the planes under a so-called code-sharing deal with U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines. The U.S. Transportation Department says the
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Muslim religious leader’s instruction to women to dutifully accept a husband’s “invitation to bed” to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots. Ahmet Unsal is the head of the Turkish Cypriot Department of Religious Affairs. He reportedly told women during a lecture on marriage
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN When Jane Fraser became CEO of Citigroup nearly two years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, she established the kind of flexible hybrid work culture that’s mostly unheard of among elite Wall Street bankers. Although Fraser sees no need to return to the old ways, Citi’s experiment has shown not
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Starting this year, more resources are available to help people cut their energy use and lower their energy bills. New federal tax credits are available as of Jan. 1 for energy upgrades that could make homes more energy-efficient and comfortable, Energy Trust of Oregon says.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristina Sgueglia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN As Massachusetts prosecutors build their case against Brian Walshe, they have laid out considerable evidence alleging the husband murdered his wife on New Year’s Day and gruesomely disposed of her body. Brian Walshe, 47, appeared in court Wednesday to be arraigned on charges of murder and illegally
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Campbell’s Soup Co. plans to spend about $50 million to upgrade of its headquarters in New Jersey as it consolidates the central offices of snacks businesses from North Carolina and Connecticut. The company announced Wednesday it will add about 330 positions at the site in Camden, bringing the total jobs there
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN A modest drop in mortgage rates over the past month has helped home builder confidence improve in January, after 12 consecutive months of falling, according to a survey released Wednesday. Experts say that could mean new home building is set for a pivot as construction prospects improve. And that’s good news
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Argentina enfrenta una de las peores sequías de su historia: casi el 55% de la superficie del territorio está afectada por la falta de lluvias o en condiciones de estrés hídrico, según un informe del Sistema de Información sobre Sequías para el Sur de Sudamérica (Sissa). Las consecuencias económicas comienzan
Continue ReadingThe cold, wet system moving into the Pacific NW this morning will move through quickly and leave behind 4-8″ of fresh snow on Mt. Bachelor. Clearing skies Thursday will also make for a great day Friday, and it will stay cold enough to hang onto that new snow. Light snow showers are expected Saturday and
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… While we are looking at a fairly mild morning, our cloud cover has thickened and the winds have already started to pick up. Both are signs of the advancing cold front that will bring us mixed showers for much of our day. Highs will be in the upper 30’s to low
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La artista mexicana Paquita la del Barrio ha dado de qué hablar esta semana gracias a lo que sabe hacer mejor: demostrar su apoyo a las mujeres. Luego del estreno de la “Bzrp Music Session #53” —de Shakira y el productor argentino Bizarrap—, se han generado todo tipo de reacciones y
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN New Kids on the Block star Jonathan Knight has revealed that he was pressured into hiding his sexuality during the band’s early days. Knight, now 54, said that the band’s manager at the time knew that he was gay, but urged him to keep his sexuality a secret. One fifth of
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mngqosini, CNN British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s company INEOS has formally entered the bidding process to buy Premier League soccer club Manchester United, according to The Times on Wednesday. This comes after United’s owners, the Glazer family, announced they were exploring new investment or the potential sale of the English Premier League side in
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee County circuit judge has raised more money over the last six months of 2022 than her three rivals combined in the pivotal race that will determine majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Janet Protasiewicz and the other three candidates filed the required campaign
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Meg Medina is the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a selection made by the Library of Congress. Medina, a Cuban American whose books include the acclaimed middle grade novel “Merci Suárez Changes Gears,” is the eighth National Ambassador. Medina, the first Hispanic ambassador, succeeds Jason Reynolds and will
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press He was 6, in his first-grade class in Newport News, Virginia. He pointed a handgun at his teacher, police say, and then he pulled the trigger. And across the nation, people … didn’t quite know how to react. Even in a country where gun violence is sadly commonplace, the story
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