By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman says a roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle in volatile southwestern Pakistan has killed at least four people and wounded 18 others. Monday’s attack happened in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. A spokesman for the provincial government said the dead included two
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hostess Brands President and CEO Andy Callahan knows that his company __ the maker of Twinkies, HoHos and other snack cakes __ is sometimes the butt of jokes. Callahan says a steady stream of new products, like candy bar-inspired Kazbars and miniature Baby Bundt cakes, have been key to
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Tupperware shares fell nearly 50% Monday following a bleak warning that its future is looking murky. In a regulatory filing late Friday, the container maker said there’s “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” and that it’s working with financial advisers to find financing to stay
Continue ReadingCNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Tupperware shares fell nearly 50% Monday following a bleak warning that its future is looking murky. In a regulatory filing late Friday, the container maker said there’s “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” and that it’s working with financial advisers to find financing to
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — German aid group ResQship says at least two migrants have died and about 20 others are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy. ResQship said its rescuers arrived in the area of the wreck Saturday and found about 25 people in the water, who had been
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The patchy fog we are facing this morning has the potential to be dense in some areas, so do watch for reduced visibility this morning. Skies are mostly cloudy this morning and we are expecting rain showers through the afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 60’s to low 70’s today.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Global Affairs confirmed Sunday that a Canadian has died in Antigua and Barbuda following local reports that a tourist fell off a natural rock formation called Devil’s Bridge. The Caribbean nation’s armed forces said in a media release
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (ANDI) de México comunicó este lunes el fallecimiento de su socio Julián Figueroa, hijo de la actriz Maribel Guardia y del cantante Joan Sebastian, quien murió en 2015. Al comunicar su muerte, su mamá, Maribel Guardia, contó que Figueroa fue encontrado inconsciente en su
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system. One official said the strike Tuesday by doctors early in their career could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments. A three-day strike last month crippled the health system that has been
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system. One official said the strike Tuesday by doctors early in their career could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments. A three-day strike last month crippled the health system that has been
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN Some of the best talent in women’s basketball will be taking part in WNBA Draft on April 10. Here’s all you need to know about the big night. How to watch? Fans can tune in to see who goes where on ESPN and in the ESPN+ app from 7 p.m. ET.
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN He’d spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse. In 2011, Kajiyama arrived back in Japan with his Israeli partner Hila, who he met in Nepal, and the pair set about finding the
Continue ReadingBy Avis Favaro, CTV National News Medical Correspondent Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canadian transplant scientists say they may be able to help boost the number of lungs available for transplants, all with a simple tweak of temperature. They’ve been conducting studies that show that storing lungs at 10
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from a Venezuelan businessman who had accused the network of making false claims about him and the 2020 election, attorneys for the man and Fox News said Saturday in a court filing. The details of the settlement were not made public. “This matter
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending the ousted lawmaker back to occupy the House District 52 seat as an interim representative. His return comes days after the GOP-dominated House expelled him after he and two other Democrats called
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, Theresa Waldrop, Amy Simonson, Ritu Prasad and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Four days after being expelled by Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Democrat Justin Jones marched back to the Capitol on Monday following a unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council to reappoint him as an interim representative. His return representing Nashville’s House
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Jon Rahm’s winning margin at the Masters of four shots suggested he had everything his own way over the weekend. But the gap between the Spaniard and his closest rivals, LIV Golf Series duo Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson, might have been even larger if it wasn’t for a contribution from
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA GRIESBACH, AL.com PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her first year back at Wallace Community College. She was recruited back to the school in Dothan, Alabama, by the staff at a new student support center. The same adviser has kept
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Lauren Fox, CNN The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability to veto district court nominees for courts in their home states. It’s a
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Formula One driver Charles Leclerc has asked fans to respect his privacy after his address was leaked, leading to some turning up at his apartment. The Ferrari driver is from Monaco and lives in the tiny Principality. He pleaded with his supporters not to go too far. Posting on Instagram, Leclerc says
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