By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home building cooled in June, dropping 8% from May’s surprising surge, which came as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new homes. Housing starts, a measure of new home construction, dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.43 million,
Continue ReadingBy Paul Drewes Click here for updates on this story HAWAII COUNTY (KITV) — Air Force Hurricane Hunters flew a second day of flights in and around Calvin as it approached Hawaii. “We are collecting data to help forecasters and forecast models, so they can better predict where the storm will hit,” said 1st. Lt.
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Goldman Sachs reported a sharp drop in profit on Wednesday as dealmaking and trading, a core part of the mega bank’s business, dry up. The Wall Street titan also felt the pain of a nearly $1 billion reduction in the value of its consumer and real estate
Continue ReadingBy BILL LUNN Click here for updates on this story HAUGHTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — Edward Franks Jr. spent 26 years in the Army, two years of that in combat in Vietnam. His tour of Vietnam saw action in two of the biggest battle of the war. Franks joined the Army as a teenager in 1965,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol 2023, la cual se llevará a cabo en Australia y Nueva Zelandia, está a unas horas de dar el banderazo de inicio. Del 20 de julio y el 20 de agosto, las mejores selecciones femeniles mayores se enfrentarán para conseguir el campeonato más importante a
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A life-changing battle with cancer and love for Harley-Davidson motorcycles has inspired an English couple to fly across the pond to the mountains to tie the knot. Fiona Prentice and Jay Shaw came to Asheville from their home outside London,
Continue ReadingBy CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There’ll be 32 national teams competing across Australia and New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. A 33rd team — unofficial by international soccer standards — will be watching from the stands. Members of the Afghanistan national women’s soccer team paid a visit to Morocco’s public
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit accusing its rival Shein of violating U.S. antitrust law by blocking clothing manufacturers from working with Temu. Shein, an online apparel firm, and Temu are fast-rising online shopping platforms in the U.S. Court documents show Temu alleging
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The doctors say the plan will endanger public health by granting Netanyahu and his allies greater control over the country’s health care system. Doctors gathered outside Ichilov
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament approved an anti-corruption legislation as the island nation attempts to overcome an unprecedented economic crisis. The legislation is part of the prerequisites of an International Monterey Fund bailout package approved in March, under which nearly $3 billion in government budgetary support will
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino pleaded with New Zealand fans on Wednesday “to do the right thing” amid slowing Women’s World Cup ticket sales in the country. Ticket sales for the global showpiece, which is being co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia from July 20 to August 20, surpassed a
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Newly released charging documents provide fresh insights into how the Michigan attorney general built a criminal case against the fake GOP electors who tried to subvert the Electoral College process after the 2020 election. The group of 16 Republicans were charged this week with state felonies for signing certificates
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El objetivo principal del Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) y su secretario general, Pedro Sánchez, para las elecciones generales del 23 de julio es reeditar un gobierno progresista con el apoyo de otras formaciones afines. Para lograrlo, uno de los mantras más repetidos a lo largo de sus actos de campaña
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, pidió este miércoles a los fans de Nueva Zelandia que “hagan lo correcto” en medio de la baja venta de boletos para el Mundial Femenino de Fútbol en el país. La venta de boletos para la Copa, organizada conjuntamente por Nueva Zelandia y Australia
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, dijo este martes que hubo un consenso en la mesa de diálogo en Bruselas entre la Plataforma Unitaria y su Gobierno para que se levanten las sanciones en contra del país sudamericano. En declaraciones a Telesur desde Caracas, Maduro afirmó que “en la mesa
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended his Pentagon plan in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, which would address recruiting woes by stripping the military of so-called “woke” policy. “You clearly have a problem with recruiting,” DeSantis told Tapper. “And at this level everybody has acknowledged
Continue ReadingBy Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers at Indiana University say a modified version of cannabidiol, a chemical found in cannabis, could help reverse the effects of overdoses from drugs such as fentanyl. In the study published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER and NOAH BERGER Associated Press EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago. Her family escaped unharmed, though her beloved
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The announcement that authorities are holding a person of interest in the case of four women found dead this year around Portland has mothers of the victims hoping they may finally get answers about what happened to their daughters. One of the victims
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