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Month: September 2023

Bulgarian parliament approves additional weapons to Ukraine to aid in its war with Russia

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has approved the provision of additional military aid to Ukraine to help in its war with Russia. Lawmakers on Wednesday voted 141 to 40, with three abstentions, in favor of supplying Ukraine with defective surface-to-air missiles for the Russian-made S-300 air defense system. They also approved small-caliber automatic weapon

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America’s emergency oil reserve is at a 40-year low — and that could inflate oil prices, Goldman Sachs says

By Matt Egan, CNN Business New York (CNN Business) — America’s emergency oil stockpile has plunged to 40-year lows. The shrinking Strategic Petroleum Reserve is limiting Washington’s ability to shield consumers from the fallout of Saudi Arabia’s aggressive supply cuts, according to Goldman Sachs. “At this point, US energy policy has fewer bullets left. It

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Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court justices have questioned the state’s lawyer about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Before Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers even finished the first sentence of his

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Prosecutors say cheek swab from Gilgo Beach murder suspect adds to evidence of guilt

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say DNA from Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann’s cheek swab matches the DNA that authorities had previously collected from a pizza crust and used to link Heuermann to one of the victims. The 60-year-old Heurmann has been charged with murder in the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman

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Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for prairie chicken and northern bat

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills intended to undo federal protections for two endangered species that have seen their populations plummet over the years. Biden says the measure would overturn “science-based rulemaking” that offers important protections for the once-abundant lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat.

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Bruce Springsteen postpones all 2023 tour dates until 2024 as he recovers from peptic ulcer disease

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice. The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the remainder

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Angelina Jolie says founding new fashion studio has been ‘therapeutic’

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Since Angelina Jolie first announced her latest venture, Atelier Jolie, this spring, she’s revealed few details about her new sustainability-focused fashion studio, other than its purpose as a creative incubator and its partnership with luxury house Chloé. Now, for the November issue of Vogue, the Academy Award-winning actor, filmmaker

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6 Palestinian citizens of Israel are killed in crime-related shootings in the country’s north

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say that six people have been killed in shootings in northern Israel, including five in a single mass shooting. Wednesday’s victims were the latest to die from a recent surge of gun violence within the country’s Arab communities. Israeli police said that three men and

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Germany ramps up border controls with Poland and Czech Republic to ‘limit human trafficking’

By Inke Kappeler and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Germany announced Wednesday that it is ramping up its border controls with neighboring Poland and the Czech Republic to “limit human trafficking,” as the country faces fierce debate on its migration policy while asylum applications surge. Police will carry out “additional flexible checks and mobile controls

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A judge found Trump committed fraud in building his real-estate empire. Here’s what happens next

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud for years as he built his real-estate empire tarnishes the former president’s image as a real estate titan turned political powerhouse, and could strip him of his authority to make major decisions about the future of

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