BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that the country’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year and grow only by a relatively modest 0.7% next year. The panel on Wednesday joined several other forecasters in revising downward its outlook for Europe’s biggest economy. Its prediction for this year
Continue ReadingBy LISA NAPOLI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy First-class recreation centers in low-income neighborhoods — dozens of them, scattered around the nation. That was the vision of Joan Kroc, billionaire philanthropist and heiress to the McDonald’s fortune of her husband, Ray. When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Entre 1933 y 1945 el Gobierno totalitario de Alemania, controlado por el Partido Nacional Socialista (o nazi), llevó adelante una campaña de persecución y exterminio de la población judía en el país. Tras el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en agosto de 1939, los nazis llevaron esta persecución a
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma City police arrested a woman after court documents say she admitted to giving two dogs drugs, killing one of them. Around 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, police went to a home along Southwest 10th Street near South May Avenue and spoke
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Perdue believes it has a clever way to combat criticism about chicken production: sell humans practically the same food it feeds its chickens. The company has created “Chix Mix,” a new snack that is “made from most of the same ingredients” that’s in the company’s chicken feed.
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Even before last month’s Hamas attacks in Israel, the leader of Hungary had long promoted his country as the safest in Europe for Jews. Now the Israeli men’s soccer team is taking his word. It is heading to a tiny Hungarian village as it prepares to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Charges are now filed in a fatal crash that left three women dead Friday, Nov. 3. Twenty-three-year-old Everton Stewart is charged with the following: Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle while having prior intoxicant-related conviction/revocation (3 counts) Homicide by intoxicated use
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An effort to remove Kristina Karamo as the Michigan GOP’s chairwoman is being supported by some of her once loyal supporters who say she’s done little to advance the state party since being elected in February. Karamo was chosen to lead the party after an unsuccessful
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister said the country is setting up an institute to document Serbia’s crimes against its population in the 1998-1999 war. Albin Kurti said Wednesday the institute would document the war crimes so “the Kosovar Albanians’ tragic history suffered at the hands of criminal Serbia is more widely known.” The
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The CEO of MGM Resorts International said in an earnings call that he believed contract negotiations underway Wednesday would lead to a tentative agreement with the Culinary Workers Union. Experts say a deal between the hotel workers union and the Strip’s largest employer would almost certainly
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan woman who admitted to producing child pornagraphy with an infant and a 5-year-old is sentenced to 20 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week. Amber Nicole Dunbar, 27, of Warren, pleaded guilty back in March to
Continue ReadingBy LUKE LASTER Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — The Michigan Department of State alleges 6,643 violations were discovered during an investigation into a Dearborn driver’s education provider. Epic Driving Education LLC, owned by Ameer Abusalah and located at five Berwick Lane in Dearborn, has been suspended, effective Nov. 1, 2023.
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan and Pennsylvania will emerge from the Tuesday election with House legislative chambers evenly split between Republicans and Democrats in yet another sign of how narrowly divided the two swing states have become. The change will be at least temporary after House members
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has appealed to South Florida’s Cuban community during a rally aimed at upstaging his 2024 Republican presidential rivals while they engaged in their third debate without him a half-hour’s drive away. Trump’s Wednesday night event was part of
Continue ReadingBy KAREN HENSEL, DANIEL COHEN Click here for updates on this story FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — The South Florida housing crisis has residents living on the edge. The prices of homes, apartments, insurance, and condo assessments keep going up and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. Tonight, we begin a series
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE LINSALATA, SAMANTHA SOSA Click here for updates on this story HOLLYWOOD, Florida (WSVN) — A man and a woman were arrested after allegedly attempting to lure a 9-year-old girl into a van in Hollywood, officials said. The incident occurred in the 1900 block of McKinley Street in Hollywood while the girl was playing
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mitch Landrieu is expected to leave his role as White House infrastructure coordinator in the coming months, a source familiar with the decision said. Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans, joined the White House as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden nearly two
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas said it might have to write off the remaining 300 million euros ($320 million) worth of Yeezy shoes left unsold after it cut ties with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The company will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, will require political advertisers around the world to disclose any use of artificial intelligence in their ads, starting next year, the company said Wednesday, as part of a broader move to limit so-called “deepfakes” and other digitally altered misleading content. The
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a
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