Stock market today: Wall Street slips as households get more nervous
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday as a listless week on Wall Street appears to be heading toward a quiet…
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Pakistani court frees former Prime Minister Imran Khan
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has left a high court in Islamabad after it granted…
Continue ReadingA Venezuelan dad made a dangerous trek to the US to provide for his kids. Here’s what he encountered at an El Paso detention center
CNN By Gloria Pazmino and Norma Galeana, CNN “Welcome to the United States.” This was the greeting Enderson Amaya Blanco dreamed of…
Continue ReadingUS border communities declare disasters as Title 42’s expiration sets the stage for a migration rush
By Jason Hanna, Ray Sanchez and Rosa Flores, CNN With tens of thousands of migrants massed in northern Mexico, the expiration overnight of the US…
Continue ReadingAustralia trade minister seeks to mend ties on visit to China
BEIJING (AP) — Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell has held meetings and visited businesses in Beijing in a sign of progress in…
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Warming continues under beautiful sunny skies
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Today we’ll wake up to some mild temperatures, as we’re coming off overnight lows in the mid 40s. The light…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s trade minister visits China to lobby for ‘full’ restoration of trade
By Michelle Toh, CNN Australia’s trade chief has arrived in China to lobby for the removal of curbs from its top trading partner, three years…
Continue ReadingFrom allies to foes: How uneasy relations between Sudan army, separate force exploded into violence
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Over recent years, Sudan’s military and a separate armed force accumulated power, each suspicious of…
Continue ReadingReportan más de 90 tormentas en todo Estados Unidos este jueves
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Otro día de fuertes tormentas trajo informes de tornados, ráfagas de viento dañinas y granizo de gran tamaño a…
Continue ReadingJapan, South Korea agree on visit to Fukushima nuclear plant ahead of planned water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese and South Korean officials have agreed on a visit later this month by South Korean experts to the…
Continue ReadingMemphis ‘snake factory’ transplants slither into their new home in Louisiana
By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BENTLEY, La. (AP) — They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away…
Continue ReadingFor Buffalo shooting victims’ kin, Mother’s Day is a reminder of loss, a lesson in navigating grief
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s…
Continue ReadingDoomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts woman in murders of 2 children, romantic rival
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest…
Continue ReadingDoomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts woman in murders of 2 children, romantic rival
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest…
Continue ReadingErdogan heading for a runoff in Turkey’s knife-edge elections
CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh and Gul Tuysuz, CNN Turkey’s fiercely contested presidential election appears likely to go to a second…
Continue ReadingAn earthquake devastated Turkey. Can its strongman leader survive the aftershock?
Story by Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh and Can Ertuna | Photos and video by Lorenz Huber Bedi Değirmenci has taken his first breaths of fresh air…
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Street Dog Hero’s latest Mexico trip for spay-neuter clinic prevents more homeless animals
To help combat the deadly homeless-animal overpopulation crisis in Mexico, Bend-based nonprofit Street Dog Hero hosted a three-day spay/neuter event…
Continue ReadingCyclone Mocha is strengthening in the Bay of Bengal and heading toward the world’s largest refugee camp
By Helen Regan and Allison Chinchar, CNN A tropical cyclone is strengthening in the Bay of Bengal and is on course to hit western Myanmar and…
Continue ReadingA look at the parties and issues in Thailand’s election on Sunday
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand votes Sunday in an election many see as an opportunity to break free from military-led governments that have been in power…
Continue ReadingBorder appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions
By VALERIE GONZALEZ, ELLIOT SPAGAT and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The border between the U.S. and Mexico is…
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