By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks have come roaring back barely a week after a bruising global sell-off. Markets were rattled after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates in late July for the second time this year. That led the yen carry trade, in which investors borrow ultra-cheap yen to buy other higher-yielding
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first images out of Ferguson, Missouri surfaced 10 years ago — the bloodied body of a man left for hours in the street beneath white sheets, protesters smashing car windows and looting stores — it didn’t take long for the federal government to see a role for itself.
Continue Reading Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Amnesty International says most of the suspects in a rampage last year against minority Christians in eastern Pakistan over alleged blasphemy are still at large and authorities have failed to deliver justice to the victims. The group said in a statement Friday on the anniversary of the attack that
Continue Reading Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A common line of questions has emerged from visitors to Utah’s Arches National Park in the week since an iconic rock arch at Lake Powell known as the “Toilet Bowl” collapsed. Are these arches also at risk of falling soon? What are you doing to prevent their collapse?
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AP College Football Writer Ra’Shaad Samples was a reticent and newly appointed student-assistant, shagging balls at practice with a group of wide receivers who were recently his teammates, when he received one of his first important lessons about coaching. “Ra’Shaad, you have to talk to coach,” Samples recalls then-Houston coach Tom Herman yelling at him
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has expressed its “very dramatic” alarm over a mid-range missile system that the U.S. military recently deployed to the Philippines and warned it could destabilize the region. Manila’s top diplomat, however, said Friday he reassured his Chinese counterpart that the weaponry was only in the country temporarily. Philippine Foreign Secretary
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CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump held a news conference on Thursday in which he continued to be highly dishonest – again making more than 20 false claims, as he also did in his Monday conversation with Elon Musk. Many of Trump’s inaccurate Thursday claims have been debunked for
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Ernesto is delivering a blow to Bermuda and is ramping up coastal danger for much of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard after it thrashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. The hurricane made landfall on Bermuda early Saturday as
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The next Emmy Awards will go family style. The father and son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, who co-starred in the Emmy-winning sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” have been named as hosts of the 76th Emmy Awards. “For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wyoming has been among the most conservative states in the county, and on Tuesday, voters will select the Republican candidates who will advance to November’s general election for federal and state legislative offices. The only contested races in Wyoming’s state primary are on the Republican side. There will be general
Continue Reading Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders will meet in Zimbabwe on Saturday for a scheduled summit of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community. It may discuss the rising issue of mpox outbreaks across the continent but is less likely to tackle international concerns about the human rights record of its host. This week,
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff’s defense of her Cincinnati Open title didn’t get past the first round as the American was surprisingly defeated 6-4 2-6 6-4 by Yulia Putintseva. The world No. 34 was trailing 2-4 in the final set, but won four straight games to see out the match in spectacular
Continue Reading The running mates of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are coming under greater scrutiny as the presidential election heats up. Ohio Sen. JD Vance winds down several unsuccessful charities that he started after the successful publication of “Hillbilly Elegy,” while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s DUI arrest from nearly 30 years ago has attracted
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, Alicia Wallace, Samantha Delouya and Luciana Lopez, CNN (CNN) — Americans across the political spectrum can agree on this: Rent is expensive, and buying a home can feel nearly impossible. America’s housing affordability crisis has a number of origins, but it largely stems from two key factors that you learned in Econ
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We are under an ABC-7 First Alert for the heat. We are trending warmer and getting near record breaking heat potential. Temperatures today are expected to reach the lo 100s. El Paso is expected to reach 105, Las Cruces is expecting to reach 102. Saturday temperatures are expected to be
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Officials in China say BMW is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles that may have Takata airbag inflators following a similar recall in the U.S. last month. The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation said Friday that the recall covers nearly 600,000 vehicles made in China and more than 750,000 imported vehicles
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Their shared love of travel was one of the main topics of conversation during their first date back in 2004. But other than a “couple of cruises,” Janell and Stu Clarke, both from Australia, had barely traveled beyond their home country nearly a decade later. Once Janell got her
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The Humane Society of El Paso is hosting their 31st Annual Happiness Happens Here Telethon presented by Mark Worley, this Saturday, August 17 on ABC-7. This event is the largest fundraiser for the organization, all proceeds will go to help provide food, shelter, medical care and socialization services to the 4,000 vulnerable
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — It may be time to dust off the face masks and air purifiers. The US is in the midst of a significant Covid-19 wave, with viral activity levels in wastewater the highest they’ve been for a summer surge since July 2022, according to the US Centers for Disease Control
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By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Two years after President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law was signed, millions of Americans have used it to save millions of dollars on solar panels, appliances and home insulation. Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for residential energy upgrades are going gangbusters, recent Treasury Department data shows, with
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rick Scott’s bid for renomination for a second Senate term tops the list of races that Florida voters will decide in the upcoming primary. Scott is heavily favored on Tuesday against two challengers. In the Democratic primary, a former congresswoman, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, leads a field of four candidates in
Continue Reading Associated Press JIT, West Bank (AP) — Israeli leaders on Friday roundly condemned a deadly settler rampage in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a rare Israeli denunciation of the settler violence growing more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The settler riot in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus in the
Continue Reading Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Firefighters are tackling blazes across Turkey as dry, hot and windy weather conditions cause a series of fires. Flames threatening World War I memorials and graves at the Gallipoli battle site, where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops, were brought under control Friday. On the outskirts of
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska voters are set to shrink the pool of contenders for its highly sought-after U.S. House seat from a dozen candidates to just four. In Alaska, every candidate runs on the same primary ballot, regardless of partisan affiliation. The primary is Tuesday. The four candidates with the most votes advance
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The city of Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to a $7.15 million settlement with a man who served 48 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, his attorney announced. Glynn Simmons, now 71, served 48 years, one month and 18 days following his murder conviction in a 1974
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, hizo una gran promesa cuando lanzó su guerra contra Ucrania: los reclutas no participarían en combate. Pero mientras Moscú lucha por contener los avances ucranianos en su territorio, las familias de los jóvenes soldados desplegados en la zona están dando la voz de alarma sobre
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of economic proposals on Friday meant to cut taxes and lower the cost of groceries, housing and other essentials for many Americans. “Look, the bills add up,” she declared, trying to address the financial concerns that are at the top of
Continue Reading By Kathleen Toner, CNN Gothenburg, Sweden (CNN) — Every Saturday, at a church in Gothenburg, Sweden, hundreds of people of all ages and backgrounds gather. There are more than 20 languages spoken among them, and they come not to worship, but to play music. As they chat and tune their instruments, a smiling man sweeps
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, Ebony Davis and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled a populist economic agenda, proposing a new plan to provide tax relief for more than 100 million middle-class and lower-income Americans as she builds out the details of her governing agenda weeks after locking down the Democratic
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto began to pound Bermuda late Friday with heavy winds and rain after officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices. The Category 2 storm located 95 miles (150 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda was packing
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