Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse shares have plunged after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to…
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Australia charges ex-soldier with murder over Afghan killing
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police have charged the first Australian veteran with murder for a killing in…
Continue ReadingThis week: Fed meeting, home sales, Nike earnings
The Federal Reserve will close a two-day meeting on Wednesday with its latest decision on whether to keep raising interest rates in an effort to tame…
Continue ReadingFrance’s government survives no-confidence votes and controversial pension reforms will move ahead
By Dalal Mawad, Oliver Briscoe, Chris Liakos and Jack Guy, CNN Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s government…
Continue ReadingReaves gets career-high 35, pushes Lakers past Magic 111-105
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Reaves scored a career-high 35 points, D’Angelo Russell added 18 points and the Los…
Continue ReadingFormer Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to make historic visit to mainland China
By Eric Cheung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Taiwan’s former President Ma Ying-jeou will visit mainland China next week, the first such trip by a…
Continue ReadingFormer Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou will visit China
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China next week in what a spokesman called a…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks rise ahead of Fed’s next interest rate decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on…
Continue ReadingWall Street strengthens after big bank deal, regulator moves
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend and…
Continue ReadingPaul has 29 and Clippers down Blazers 111-102
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Paul George had 29 points and the Los Angeles Clippers handed the Portland Trail Blazers…
Continue ReadingGonzaga, Timme move to Sweet 16 with 84-81 win over TCU
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Drew Timme added something new to his twisting, turning, head-faking, mustachioed repertoire — a…
Continue ReadingOle Miss stuns Stanford, reaches first Sweet 16 in 16 years
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Madison Scott hit a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left that gave Mississippi the…
Continue ReadingAntetokounmpo, Lopez lead Bucks past Raptors, 118-111
By JIM HOEHN Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Brook Lopez scored 17 of his 26…
Continue ReadingTrump’s call for protests get muted reaction from supporters
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his…
Continue ReadingIn Trump probe, NYC grand jury hearing from final witnesses
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York grand jury is hearing from final witnesses in the investigation…
Continue ReadingTrump silent on abortion as ’24 campaign pushes forward
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — No elected Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingThe world’s happiest countries for 2023
By Marnie Hunter, CNN There’s cause for optimism in the latest report on world happiness. For one, benevolence is about 25% higher than it was…
Continue ReadingDigital literacy: Can the republic ‘survive an algorithm’?
By DAVID KLEPPER and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons…
Continue ReadingDigital literacy: Can the republic ‘survive an algorithm’?
By DAVID KLEPPER and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons…
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A family is racing to raise $2.5 million to save their toddler, who suffers from an ultrarare neurological disorder that turns babies into ‘human time bombs’
CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN Mary Saladino spends most of her days holding her son in her arms while he violently seizes, whispering to him as she…
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