The S&P 500 was 1.1% lower in early trading. Highlighting the worries about inflation, oil prices jumped above $119 toward their highest levels since the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Crude oil prices are up 60% this year due to fears about disruptions in supplies from Russia, the second-biggest global exporter. HOW LONG WILL GAS PRICES RISE? For the first time since the dot-com bubble was deflating two decades ago, the S&P 500 tumbled to seven straight losing weeks through mid-May.

The Associated PressFRUITLAND, Wash. — A 9-year-old girl survived a cougar attack after wandering up a trail with two friends while camping in northwest Washington state. The girl fought back while her friends ran for their lives. She was soon airlifted to a hospital, where she's recovering after surgery for multiple wounds to her head and upper body. Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Staci Lehman says cougar attacks are rare, with only two fatalities in the last century in Washington state. If it attacks, “fight back as hard as you can and try to stay on your feet.”“Do not turn around.

Michael R. SisakThe Associated PressNEW YORK — Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. Camera recordings from the church's security system were also stolen, the church's pastor said. The Diocese of Brooklyn called it "a brazen crime of disrespect and hate." The tabernacle, a box containing Holy Communion items, was made of 18-carat gold and decorated with jewels, police and the diocese said. "To know that a burglar entered the most sacred space of our beautiful Church and took great pains to cut into a security system is a heinous act of disrespect," Tumino said.

European soccer's governing body, UEFA, will now try to uncover what went wrong in the disorder and chaos in Paris at the Champions League final before Liverpool lost to Real Madrid. Liverpool fans, pressed up against the railings and many fearful of their own safety, hadn't even been told the match had been delayed. A false narrative that blamed drunken, ticketless and rowdy Liverpool fans was created by police. Now Liverpool fans are challenging the authorities again, this time in France, and are determined to seek the truth. Darmanin, the French minister, claimed on Monday that “this kind of situation occurs” within certain clubs from Britain, stigmatizing Liverpool fans.

APJune 11923 -- The New York Giants scored in every inning to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 22-8 at the Baker Bowl. 1937 -- Bill Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in an 8-0 win. 1975 -- Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitched his fourth no-hitter, striking out nine. It was Ryan’s 100th major league victory. The win gave himself and his brother, Joe, a major league record 530 combined victories, surpassing Gaylord and Jim Perry.

At The Post, we are watching for Memorial Day TV sales, so don’t switch screens if you are in the market for a new one. Memorial Day is synonymous with sales, from furniture to fashion and everything in between. Plus, for those last minute shoppers, these deals are still going strong through Memorial Day and beyond. Read on for options from Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart and more, and then switch the channel to more Memorial Day sales including furniture, fashion and our master list of all sales. This option not only has Alexa built-in, but it is now half-off at Best Buy for Memorial Day.

UVALDE, Texas — Two of the 19 children killed last week in the Texas school shooting will be laid to rest Tuesday in the first of a series of funeral services for the grieving town of Uvalde over the next two weeks. The services come as Uvalde grapples with law enforcement's admittedly flawed response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School. “There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also said last week he wanted Republican lawmakers to work with Democrats on legislation "directly related" to the Uvalde shooting. The gunman in the Uvalde shooting legally purchased two rifles after his 18th birthday, police said.

There's first love, unrequited love, crazy love and that very special, yet novel, rom-com kind of love. "Book Lovers" is a treat from start to finish, flipping the conventional small-town love story trope on its head. If you’re a fan of Henry’s previous romance novels, you’ll love "Book Lovers" just the same. – Mabinty QuarshieMore:The best summer rom-com books that made us hot and bothered in the best way‘Every Summer After’By Carley Fortune. – Jennifer Ernst BeaudryMore:The best new rom-com reads to get us through the rest of 2021'From Bad to Cursed'By Lana Harper.

Subscribe to The Daily Money to get the best consumer and financial news from USA TODAY delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Happy Monday, Daily Money readers. How inflation can hurt homeowners with taxes, insuranceHome prices historically tend to increase when the Consumer Price Index is pushing higher, as is the case now. However, rising prices and inflation don't benefit homeowners in all respects. LISTEN WHILE YOU WORK: You can hear just about every song quoted in the newsletter on the Daily Money Mood Music playlist on Spotify.

Avril Lavigne may be celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut studio album “Let Go,” but she’s also revealing her future plans, including writing her own cookbook. “My food is, like, gourmet,” the 37-year-old singer proudly told The Guardian. “I think I’ll want to make more.”Avril Lavigne prepares poutine, November 23, 2013. The 20th anniversary of “Let Go” comes during a time of a revival of Y2K and pop-punk culture, with some of its tracks going viral on TikTok. Lavigne makes her “Uncooked Chocolate Cookies” on “The Rachael Ray Show” in 2011.

We go in with an active shooter,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”“Not only would the police go in with an active shooter, but the FDNY, EMS, they’re trained to go in with an active shooter,” the mayor added. “Mayors are being impacted by that.”In the days after the May 24 school shooting, Uvalde authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their handling of it. Law enforcement on the grounds of Robb Elementary School on May 24. “That is not going to happen in New York,” Adams said of the Texas tragedy. Greg Abbott fumed that he was “livid” that law enforcement “misled” him about their response to the rampage at the elementary school.

The European Union’s long-delayed deal to embargo Russian oil, finalized late Monday, effectively exempts Hungary from the costly step the rest of the bloc is taking to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. While Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, has cast his weekslong opposition to the deal as purely about shielding his country’s economy, it was also the latest step in what has been a decade-long turn of Hungary’s leadership toward closer alignment with Russia, at times at the expense of relations with its fellow members of the European Union and NATO. The pivot has occurred despite deep-seated suspicion in Hungary of Russian power and influence based on the history of Russian and Soviet troops brutally cracking down on Hungarian uprisings in 1848-49 and in 1956. Mr. Orban, an avowedly illiberal leader who earlier in his career was a vocal critic of Moscow, has increasingly spoken admiringly of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, and his brand of nationalism, expressing sympathies for Mr. Putin’s security demands to NATO. He has also painted Hungary’s interests as being distinct from the West by fanning culture wars and fears of liberal values lapping at Hungary’s borders, speaking in March about “the gender insanity sweeping across the Western world.”

Mr. Brooks offered a simple answer to why he’s not worried about his race: There’s no fraud in Republican primaries, he said. “I’m in a Republican primary, and noncitizens don’t normally vote in Republican primaries,” Mr. Brooks said. Not all Republicans who spread false claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election considered their own races to be exempt. Mr. Perry focused on Philadelphia as a source for fraud in the presidential race and called for additional review. By the time Mr. Trump lost the 2020 election, he and millions of his supporters were primed to believe false allegations about “ballot harvesting” and machines miscounting in America’s populous cities.

Mr. Macron committed to opening up the clubby world of the overwhelmingly white and predominantly male mandarins who run France after the eruption of the Yellow Vest protest movement in late 2018. The protests highlighted the disconnect between urban elites and overlooked communities in the rural hinterland or underserved projects surrounding big cities. “We are risking the disappearance of our professional diplomats.”The government argues that the change will lead to greater competence by dispensing with entrenched traditions and an attachment to status, while also giving diplomats more varied opportunities that bring them closer to the reality of French life. “Diplomats will serve as ambassadors to Burundi,” he said. “Rome or London will be reserved for friends.”

Following his accident, the unconscious cyclist arrived at Bellevue with an epidural hematoma — or bleeding between his skull and his brain. David Jevotovsky was placed in a week-long medically-induced coma while doctors monitored his brain. Courtesy of David JevotovskyThe pressure put on David Jevotovsky’s brain following the accident was enough to leave him with lasting brain damage. About a month after his accident, David Jevotovsk was discharged from NYU Langone for inpatient rehab in his hometown of Rochester, NY. Courtesy of David JevotovskyDavid Jevotovsky told The Post he has strong advice for cyclists: Don’t make the same he did and wear a helmet.

Derek Jeter couldn’t stay away from Twitter forever. A caption for the photo asks, “mullet or tree?”“It’s my hair but it’s a shag… a Ralph Tresvant shag,” wrote Jeter, whose bio says he’s a “sleep-deprived father to three amazing girls.”The Yankees posted a welcome message to Jeter on their Twitter account. Though his first tweets were Tuesday, his account says he joined Twitter in April. The Post’s Joel Sherman reported at the time that Jeter believed owner Bruce Sherman had approved the team spending another $10 million to $15 million on the roster entering the MLB lockout. Derek Jeter has officially joined Twitter.

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It was certainly not “fantastic” in the lead-up to filming “Barbie” for Simu Liu. “Waxing has been an education, to say the least,” Liu told the Independent in a new profile. Margot Robbie is starring as a live-action iteration of Barbie in the upcoming film of based on the popular doll brand. “He was like, ‘If I could stake my career on any one script, it’s the ‘Barbie’ script. I really think you should do it.’”The Canadian entertainer will be appearing in “Barbie” as an alternate version of a Ken doll.

Zheng Qinwen was dealing with more than No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Monday in her fourth-round defeat at the French Open. Zheng Qinwen plays a forehand return to Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their French Open match on May 30, 2022. Iga Swiatek is into the quarterfinals of the French Open. REUTERSSwiatek, who won the 2020 French Open, now faces American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The Sex Pistols have re-released their banned hit “God Save the Queen” ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration. The song, with the same title as the British national anthem, was originally released in 1977 during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. The Sex Pistols have also released the “Pistol Mint Commemorative Coin” to honor the queen’s celebration. “I’m actually really, really proud of the Queen for surviving and doing so well. Sex Pistols“I’m actually really, really proud of the Queen for surviving and doing so well.

Twitter / @RobbBeaux Democrats have called for stricter gun control laws after a decade of failed legislative efforts. Twitter / @RobbBeaux As of Tuesday morning, the video has been viewed more than 1.8 million times. Twitter / @RobbBeaux The instructor assures his audience the door can’t be opened from the outside. Twitter / @RobbBeaux The instructor has someone try, and fail to get into the classroom while the door is barred. The latest from the Texas school shooting“This is Americas [sic] problem,” Twitter user James Reynolds wrote.

The “Orange Is the New Black” actress rang in her 50th birthday on May 29, and celebrated by turning the pool deck into her own personal runway. Happy birthday to me,” Cox captioned an Instagram clip of herself strutting in a baroque-print bikini top ($425) and bottom ($425) from the buzzy Fendi x Versace collaboration, adding the hashtags #TransIsBeautiful, #ProtectTransKids and #Fendace. The “Inventing Anna” star styled her itty-bitty swimsuit with a sheer, floor-sweeping cover-up and mesh high heels for a little added glam. Model Lily Aldridge, catwalk coach Miss J Alexander and “Pose” star Dominique Jackson were among the many who wished Cox a happy birthday in the comments. But to make it cost-effective — $40 retail — we could only do one look,” Cox told E!

“Really Shannon you’re still friends with Kelly? Hanging with Kelly Dodd? shannonbeador/Instagram“@shannonbeador still hanging out with Kelly Dodd ? not a good look. “The fact that you and @jljefflewis hang out with Kelly Dodd says a lot about you both…and it’s not good,” another commented. “I feel horrible for those little kids and those families,” Dodd said after facing backlash for a tweet about the Uvalde shooting.

Navarro is among a handful of Republicans who have invoked executive privilege to keep their communications with former President Donald Trump confidential, but President Biden rejected those claims. The House voted last month to hold Navarro in contempt for not complying with a subpoena delivered to him in early February. The decision gave the Jan. 6 committee access to presidential diaries, visitor logs, drafts of speeches and other records it had been seeking. But the justices in an unsigned opinion noted that there are lingering questions about the limitations of executive privilege. A number of Trump aides, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and one-time White House strategist Steve Bannon, have also ignored the subpoenas.

Some members of the Jets had a holiday weekend to remember. Sophia Culpo, the girlfriend of Jets wide receiver Braxton Berrios, took to her Instagram Stories on Monday to “recap” the couple’s getaway, where they were joined by second-year quarterback Zach Wilson and tight end C.J. Sophia Culpo (far left) recently recapped her whirlwind weekend with boyfriend Braxton Berrios (second from left) and some of his Jets teammates, including Zach Wilson (far right). Instagram/Sophia CulpoThe crew appeared to play “Heads Up!” with Berrios and company acting out the clues. Instagram/Sophia CulpoCulpo and Berrios, who have been dating for more than a year, got cozy in a separate snap.

Tropes about drinking the local tap water keep international travelers on their toes. On the other hand, there’s a competing stereotype of the scared traveler who sticks to all things seal-protected. “It’s really dependent on where you’re traveling,” said Adam Schrader, director of operations for the travel risk intelligence company Riskline. Lin Chen, director of the Travel Medicine Center at Mount Auburn Hospital, said travelers should check with the CDC’s traveler health page to look for destination-specific guidance. Schrader says you can also talk to locals about how to approach tap water.

The fatal crash involving Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney took place around 2:30 a.m. on the Woodall Rogers Freeway in Dallas and involved two vehicles, according to a news release from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. Jeff Gladney was among two people who died in a car crash early Monday morning near downtown Dallas. Jeff Gladney was among two people who died in a car crash early Monday morning near downtown Dallas. Gladney took part in the team’s voluntary OTAs last week. APJeff Gladney was among two people who died in a car crash early Monday morning near downtown Dallas.

Can you explain how the gun industry has used video games and other similar tactics to try to boost sales of guns like AR-15-style rifles? AdvertisementBusse: The story of Daniel Defense bursting on to the market is a case study in how the gun industry has radicalized and changed. The gun industry became like a badly gerrymandered congressional district. Throughout blue America the feeling has intensified that assault-style weapons have no place in civil society. What this middle finger says is, “You can take your civil society and shove it.”AdvertisementBusse: Nothing conveys dominance and intimidation like a loaded AR-15.

Some said the World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England, should be left untouched, citing its apparent history as an ancient religious site. ?We’ve projected eight portraits of Queen Elizabeth II onto Stonehenge. While English Heritage did not comment on backlash, it said that it has beamed images onto Stonehenge before. And in November 2014, footage of World War I soldiers was projected onto the landmark as part of a military tribute. Images of the queen are also popping up in homes and shop windows and beamed onto other iconic sites — including London’s Marble Arch.

But still today, countless Native American young people are being robbed of their chance to live safe and fulfilling lives. Currently, Native American youths are confined in the juvenile justice system at three times the rate of their White peers. Those odds are further compounded by disparities in health care for Native American youths. To end this injustice, our country has an obligation to support Native American youths even more fervently now after oppressing them for centuries. But we can begin to heal — by investing in solutions that free the next generation of Native youths from this painful past.

Magazine Understanding America’s cruelty toward women on abortion Loading... (Monique Wray for The Washington Post)Share this storyThis is the second time I’ve tried to find a way to write about this. I want to write about the irony of men who’ll never experience pregnancy dictating the bodies of people who can. AdvertisementI want to write about how abortion is an apolitical act that’s become politicized. I also want to write about the people who want women who have sex to experience pain and shame, which means I also want to write about cruelty. I try to remind myself that cruelty shames and dehumanizes the people who commit it, not the people harmed by it.

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HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVThis is the area being monitored for possible tropical development this week. (FOX Weather)An upper-level kink in the jet stream is forecast to dip south into the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the southern Gulf of Mexico and the northwestern Caribbean Sea for possible tropical development this week. Unless the system stays very weak and misses the peninsula to the south, it’s hard to see how South Florida can avoid impacts. Stay updated on the latest weather forecast.

WNBA star Liz Cambage has denied using a racial slur directed at the Nigerian women’s basketball team in a scrimmage prior to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. WNBA STAR LIZ CAMBAGE ACCUSED OF DIRECTING RACIAL AT NIGERIAN PLAYERS BEFORE TOKYO OLYMPICS: REPORT"The incident that took place during the pre-Olympic scrimmage with the Nigerian team was handled privately, almost a year ago," Cambage said in a statement posted to her Instagram page. "I did not use the racial slur toward the Nigerian team that has been circulating." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCambage, whose father is Nigerian, later pulled out from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, citing her mental health. "I genuinely apologized to the Nigerian team and I once again, am sorry that these events are being rehashed."

George Shapiro, known as the producer of "Seinfeld" and personal manager of Jerry Seinfeld himself, has died. "One of the dearest people I have ever known, George Shapiro, just passed," he captioned an Instagram post. ‘SEINFELD’ STAR LIZ SHERIDAN, BELOVED TV MOTHER OF JERRY, DEAD AT 93"Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander also paid tribute to the producer on Twitter. "A wonderful man named George Shapiro passed yesterday at age 91," he wrote. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERBesides Seinfeld, Shapiro also managed others, including Andy Kaufman, Carl Reiner, Marty Feldman and Robert Wuhl.

Democratic and Republican senators will meet virtually on Tuesday to discuss possible legislative measures to address gun violence in the U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is leading the talks on the Republican side after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., picked him for the job. President Biden described Cornyn as "a rational Republican," as he did for McConnell as well. BIDEN CALLS 9MM ‘HIGH-CALIBER WEAPONS,’ SUGGESTS BANNING THEMPresident Biden has also pointed to a potential ban on assault weapons, which Republicans have opposed because the term "assault weapon" does not have a set definition. A 1994 ban of semi-automatic assault weapons named which specific weapons were banned, while also including those that could accept detachable magazines and that had two features from a list of several other features.

A Border Patrol agent is opening up Tuesday about the "chaos" he experienced after grabbing a shotgun and responding to the school shooting in Uvalde last week while he was off-duty. When he got there, Albarado said he saw "just chaos" as "everyone was trying to get to the school." TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING: ONE WEEK LATER, FAITH LEADERS SHARE ANGUISH, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE"I was just trying to get towards my wife’s room and my daughter’s room," Albarado recalled. As he approached the school, Albarado told NBC "I could just see kids coming out of the windows and kids coming my way so I was just helping all the kids out." "All of her friends, I could just see their faces – half of them, fine, the other ones, panicking and crying," Albarado told NBC.

An avalanche at Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park killed one person on Sunday morning and injured two others near the Dreamweaver Couloir on Mt. The rock fall and avalanche were reported at 9 a.m. MT, according to the National Park Service, and witnesses who were climbing in the area called for assistance. One of the men suffered severe injuries and Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members requested assistance from a Colorado National Guard helicopter to extricate him using a hoist operation at 2 p.m. local time, when there was a brief weather window. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), there have been seven total deaths during the 2021-2022 season. Fox Weather reported that officials say this avalanche was naturally occurring and that the CAIC put the area under moderate risk.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seriously ill on Sunday as rumors about the leader's health continue to spread. Rumors about the Russian leader's health have swirled since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February. You can see him on the screens, read his speeches, listen to his speeches," Lavrov said. Lavrov's statement comes after a recording reportedly revealed a Kremlin-aligned Russian oligarch stating that Putin was seriously ill with "blood cancer." Putin, 69, has never publicly addressed his health rumors, but he has for years sought to present himself as a sportsman and outdoorsman.

Embattled actor Kevin Spacey has said he will "voluntarily appear" in the U.K. to defend himself against allegations that he raped three men in separate incidents years apart, according to a recent report. KEVIN SPACEY CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULTING 3 MEN IN UKSpacey was charged last week with four counts of sexually assaulting three men in the U.K. The Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday that the charges against the award-winning actor "follow a review of evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police." Spacey, 62, was also charged with "causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent," the agency said. Spacey denies the allegations and is currently trying to have a sex abuse lawsuit from Rapp in New York thrown out.

Miranda Devine joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss the ongoing Michael Sussmann trial and the consequences of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fabricating allegations of Russian collusion against former President Trump. SUSSMANN TRIAL PROVES HILLARY CLINTON PERPETRATED ‘MASSIVE FRAUD’, SHOULD BE ‘BANNED FROM TWITTER’: TAIBBIMIRANDA DEVINE: If he's convicted of lying to the FBI, Michael Sussmann faces a maximum of five years in jail. He is just the first of the trials to come out of the Durham probe into the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. Chiefly, I think, out of this trial that Hillary Clinton was behind it, that she sanctioned this dirty trick, this attempt to go to the FBI and pretend Michael Sussmann was just a concerned citizen, concerned about national security. And to this day, we're seeing that there are national security implications for America's relationship with Russia and with Vladimir Putin.

Travelers were rocked by thousands of flight delays over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, partly due to post-pandemic staffing shortages. Southwest Airlines Pilots Association President Casey Murray told "Fox & Friends First" Tuesday there are numerous "inefficiencies" that are causing travel delays, combined with severe weather across the country. More than 5,000 flights were canceled globally from Friday to Monday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. "Before noon Sunday, FlightAware.com reported more than three-dozen flights delayed and about a dozen canceled at Sea-Tac. Shortages from the ramp workers to operations agents, those who check you in, checking bags as well as to the pilots.

"There are cis women who are very tall and very muscular and have more testosterone than another cis woman, and should that then also disqualify them?" Members of the Penn women’s swimming team spoke out anonymously against Thomas' participation, arguing it hurt the integrity of the sport but added they supported her decision to transition. "You can't go halfway and be, like, 'I support trans women and trans people, but only to a certain point,'" Thomas said in response. "Where if you support trans women as women and they've met all the NCAA requirements, then I don't know if you can really say something like that." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPShe continued: "Trans women are not a threat to women’s sports."

Chicago police are asking for the community's help in finding a man that is believed to have pointed a gun at a FOX 32 news crew during a live segment in the city's River North neighborhood. The Fox 32 crew was doing a live segment on gun violence Wednesday when a man walked behind reporter Joanie Lum and pointed what appeared to be a pistol at the camera as he passed by. He remained in view of the camera as he continued down the street, still appearing to be holding the firearm. Chicago has been plagued by a wave of gun violence in recent weeks, including the deadly shooting of a teenager in the city's famed Millennium Park earlier this month. "We have to end this pipeline of young people to the graveyard," Lifghtfoot said at a press conference to announce the measures earlier this month.

President Biden walked back an assertion that the U.S. would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan against China for the third time of his presidency on Tuesday. Biden stated unequivocally on Monday that the U.S. would send the military to defend Taiwan if China invaded the island nation. US MILITARY WILL DEFEND TAIWAN ‘IF IT COMES TO THAT,’ BIDEN SAYS"You talked about our adversaries, China and Russia. Biden made the statement again during a CNN town hall in October, stating that the U.S. has a "commitment" to defend Taiwan against an attack. "The U.S. defense relationship with Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act," the White House said at the time.

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin cast Republicans as the party of "White grievance" and "toxic masculinity" in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. 'Forces' are not the problem; one political movement encased within the Republican Party is. Rubin also characterized the GOP as a political group determined to deprive others of their rights, referencing election security and abortion. WAPO'S JEN RUBIN CALLS THE GOP ‘A MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO IMPOSING WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM’‘"Lowering the temperature" or seeking unity with those intent on dividing Americans is counterproductive,"’ Rubin proclaimed. In April, she called the party a movement dedicated to imposing "White Christian nationalism."

The U.S. National Guard is planning a "cooperation" program with the Taiwanese military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announced Tuesday. Tsai has not offered details regarding the upcoming cooperation, but previous reports suggest the Taiwan military may link with the Hawaii National Guard. Tsai made the announcement during a meeting in Taipei with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill."The U.S. Department of Defense is now proactively planning cooperation between the U.S. National Guard and Taiwan's defense forces," Tsai said. Mainland China has long claimed Taiwan as its own territory, and has threatened to take it back by force. US MILITARY WILL DEFEND TAIWAN ‘IF IT COMES TO THAT,’ BIDEN SAYSPresident Biden has further complicated relations by repeatedly stating that the U.S. military would intervene if China were to invade the island.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with AMC CEO Adam AronAMC CEO Adam Aron joins 'Squawk Box' to react to the historic turnout for Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' over the Memorial Day weekend. Aron also breaks down how the theater chain plans to diversify its business and explains his own stake in the company. "Even though we were diversifying, we were never taking our eye off the ball of our core business,' Aron tells CNBC.

President Biden appeared to contradict a previous statement from the White House claiming he was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia when he said the Russian president "cannot remain in power." RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES"The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change," a White House official told Fox News Digital shortly after the conclusion of the speech. BIDEN ASSERTS PEOPLE LIKE PUTIN ‘SHOULDN’T BE RULING COUNTRIES,' BUT US POLICY IS NOT REGIME CHANGE"He shouldn't be in power," Biden said of his Russian counterpart during comments at the White House. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe White House did not immediately respond to request for comment.

President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his staff in the White House and their efforts to "rush to explain" something the president has said. The White House has walked back several of the president's statements, including when Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power." White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pushed back on the NBC report. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., said that the White House has not been able to introduce an "intellectually honest" inflation plan. A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital at the time that the policy towards Taiwan has not changed.

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After more than two years of largely staying home due to the pandemic, most Americans are ready to hit the road. Yet inflation and record-breaking gasoline prices are weighing on would-be vacationers, even more than Covid concerns, according to a report. The national average for unleaded gas hit another new high of $4.62 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA data. Prices are up more than 50% compared to last year. Analysts say gasoline prices usually peak by mid-May, but this year prices at the pump could continue to rise into July and reach about $5 a gallon or more.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're seeing a 'bull market within a bear market,' says Jim CramerCNBC's Jim Cramer and the 'Squawk on the Street' team discuss markets following the long holiday weekend. Cramer also discusses China's decision to ease some of its stringent Covid-19 lockdowns.

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUnilever names activist investor Nelson Peltz to company's board'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer and the 'Squawk on the Street' team discuss Unilever's move to name Trian Fund Management CEO Nelson Peltz to its board as a non-executive director.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUse this market opportunity to find high-quality companies, says Jason TrennertJason Trennert, chairman and CEO of Strategas Research Partners, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss markets ahead of the open on Tuesday.

The world's biggest stablecoin, tether, saw more than $10 billion in redemptions in May, fueling fears of a 2008-style "bank run." Britain wants to make sure stablecoins don't end up threatening the wider financial system following the collapse of controversial crypto project Terra. The government on Tuesday proposed amending existing rules to manage the failure of stablecoin firms that may pose a "systemic" risk. The proposal is separate from previously announced plans to regulate stablecoins under laws governing electronic payments. The government is looking to implement additional safeguards to existing legislation around insolvency of firms operating key financial market infrastructure.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTuesday, May 31, 2022: Cramer says we're in a bull market within a bear marketJim Cramer names three stocks that everyone should own right now. He is continuing to high-grade the portfolio by adding more energy names. He also discusses his favorite health care companies to invest in.

Customers walk past a digital display of the new green color Apple iPhone 13 pro inside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, in New York, March 18, 2022. Foxconn, a major supplier of Apple's iPhones, said the impact of China's Covid lockdowns on its operations wasn't as bad as expected, Nikkei Asia reported Tuesday. In late March, China ordered a series of lockdowns in some major cities after it saw a surge in coronavirus cases. The comments don't necessarily mean Apple is totally in the clear from supply-chain constraints caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, or chip shortages, but it suggests the situation is at least improving for iPhone manufacturing. Apple's iPhone business generated $50.57 billion in revenue during Q2, a bulk of its $97.28 billion total revenue.

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(CNN) — The roots of French cooking run deep. Adobe StockThis list of classic French dishes would be incomplete without the inclusion of something from the country's extensive repertoire of patisserie. Related content 20 of the world's best soupsEscargotEscargot: Snails with parsley and garlic butter are a French delicacy. Adobe StockNot every French dish has a whole day devoted to it, but then again, the crepe isn't just any French dish. "French cooking is very technique oriented and pâte à choux is a very easy technique to master."

(CNN) Just before welcoming a child with Rihanna was earlier this month, A$AP Rocky shared some thoughts about how he planned on approaching fatherhood. In a recently published interview with Dazed just before Rihanna gave birth, the rapper said he "will always remind my children to never lose their imagination, even as adults, no matter what." "I actually love to watch cartoons -- I've watched like, 'Teletubbies,' 'Blue's Clues,' 'Yo Gabba Gabba,' 'Peppa Pig' and 'Baby Shark,'" he said. And I'm not trying to describe a saint, but realistically, I just want a cool child with cool parents." Their baby, whose name has not yet been publicly announced, is in good hands.

Whether it's a day trip or a long-distance haul, you'll score instant nostalgia with one of these incredible North American railway journeys. Grand Canyon Railway & HotelGrand Canyon Railway offers a slice of American history. The Grand Canyon Railway ride is another way to experience the thrills of the Wild West, at a leisurely pace. Since 1901, travelers (including Theodore Roosevelt, Clark Gable and Bill Gates) have ridden the Grand Canyon Railway to take in dreamy views of Grand Canyon National Park. Along the way, you'll see Santa Barbara, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Portland.

The average US commute now costs an extra $35 a month compared to pre-Covid. Some workers are weighing the costs of getting to work against potential job opportunities. CNN's Gabe Cohen reports.

(CNN) US home prices continued to surge higher in March, as buyers raced to lock in homes before the average mortgage rate hit 5%. Home prices rose 20.6% in March from the year before, an even higher rate than the 20% growth seen in February, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index. Sun Belt cities again saw the biggest price increases among the 20 US cities tracked by the index. But for the first time in nearly three years, the city with the most rapid growth in housing prices was not Phoenix. Seventeen of the 20 cities reported higher price increases in the year ending March 2022 versus the year ending February 2022.

Working as a tour guide at Skara Brae was a dream come true. Wandering around the stone edifices, the two talked about the history of Skara Brae. 'I should be with him'After their time together at Skara Brae, Anthony and Rachael went their seperate ways. And as time went on, she resigned herself to that fact, even while she enjoyed recollecting their walk around Skara Brae at dusk. "Thanks to a certain tour guide my research focus had narrowed from Neolithic Britain to Neolithic Orkney," he says.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The United States is planning on “cooperation” between its National Guard and Taiwan’s military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, deepening security ties in the face of what Taipei’s government complains is a rising threat from China. The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international supporter and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties. China’s military said last week it had recently conducted an exercise around Taiwan as a “solemn warning” against its “collusion” with the United States. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics“As a result, the U.S. Department of Defense is now proactively planning cooperation between the U.S. National Guard and Taiwan’s defense forces,” Tsai said, without giving details. Taiwanese media has previously reported that Taiwan could partner with Hawaii’s National Guard for the program.

(CNN) Bobby Brown is happily married, but he still sounds a bit smitten with Janet Jackson. "Janet was the crush of my life," Brown said during his A&E two-night documentary, "Biography: Bobby Brown." "What was it about Janet?," he said. Her little smile, body, her dance moves, her little laugh." Brown said he and Jackson "loved each other's company" but "didn't have that long of a relationship."

Passengers queue to enter airport security ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, in London, Britain, April 14, 2022. "We believe this is necessary to provide stability and a better customer service at Manchester Airport," TUI said after cancelling flights at the northern English airport. Some airlines have tempered once-optimistic summer growth forecasts, and noted it is taking longer than normal for staff to get security clearance. A spokesperson for London's Heathrow airport - Britain's busiest - said there were queues but that the airport was "flowing", while at Gatwick airport a spokesperson said "the airport is operating normally today but will be busy". In Sweden, the CEO of airport operator Swedavia has been summoned to parliament to answer questions about long queues at Stockholm's Arlanda airport.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"Last time I played her (Stephens) I lost so I am happy it went differently today. With Gauff forcing the 29-year-old Stephens to the net with a string of well-executed drop shots and holding serve confidently, she cruised to a 5-2 lead. Stephens, U.S. Open champion in 2017 and finalist in Paris a year later, battled to get the breaks back and levelled at 5-5. While Stephens may rue her missed chances throughout the match, Gauff managed to return almost everything her opponent threw at her. Another lengthy rally ended with Stephens sinking a forehand into the net and Gauff going 5-1 up.

Actor Kevin Spacey walks down Carlo Alberto street as he visits the city, where he is expected to return for a cameo appearance in a low budget Italian film, after largely disappearing from public view, in Turin, Italy, June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Massimo PincaLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has said he will voluntarily appear in Britain "as soon as can be arranged" to face sex crime charges, Good Morning America reported on Tuesday. Police said the alleged assaults had taken place between March 2005 and April 2013 - four in the capital and one in Gloucestershire. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSpacey will be charged if he is arrested in England or Wales, a CPS spokesperson said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2022. Ten of the 11 major S&P 500 (.SPX) sectors declined in morning trade. "In the U.S., it's a peak technically, but it's much more about the composition of inflation in the next few months." Dexcom Inc (DXCM.O) jumped 7% to the top of S&P 500 index after the glucose monitoring systems maker denied report of merger talks with insulin pump maker Insulet Corp (PODD.O). The S&P index recorded four new 52-week highs and 29 new lows, while the Nasdaq posted 32 new highs and 30 new lows.

"Sadly, the prime minister appears unwilling to bring matters to a head," Stevenson said in a statement. "Therefore, the only option is for the Conservative MPs to facilitate a vote of confidence. Should Johnson lose a confidence vote, he would be removed as prime minister. At least 54 Conservative members of parliament are required to formally request a confidence vote to the chairman of the party's 1922 Committee for one to be triggered. L8N2XN32WScience Minister George Freeman, asked on Sky News whether the prime minister would win a vote of no confidence next week, said: "I just don't know."

REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - In underground vaults near Ukraine's battlefields, the genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops is in danger of being permanently destroyed. The risk came into sharp focus earlier this month when a research facility near Ukraine's national seed bank was damaged, according to Crop Trust, a non profit organisation set up by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. The facility and Ukraine's seed bank are both based in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, which has come under intense bombing from Russia forces. "It would be a tragic loss if Ukraine's seed bank were destroyed." The director of the seed bank could not be reached, Ukraine's academy of science declined to comment and Russia's defence ministry did not immediately reply to request for commment on the damage.

GalleryThe grieving Texas town of Uvalde begins laying to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with funerals scheduled Tuesday for a pair of 10-year-old girls.

Abortion pills, which can be ordered online and delivered by mail, have already fundamentally changed reproductive rights in America. People of color, immigrants, those who live in rural areas, and teenagers are disproportionately unlikely to have access to abortion pills, says Upadhyay. Nearly two-thirds of the first 3,200 patients who have received abortion pills in Upadhyay’s study are white, compared to the national population of abortion patients, which is about 40% white. And while lawmakers have otherwise traditionally targeted abortion providers rather than patients, abortion pills—which patients can get by mail or can order online without a doctor’s involvement—complicate that dynamic. An ad promoting an event last month training people on medication abortion and self-managed abortion was rejected for the same reason.

We currently live in a fundamentally different and much more dangerous world than we did prior to February 24. Meanwhile, Turkey, a long-standing member of the alliance, has stalled the newcomers’ road to NATO by criticizing the countries for harboring, and even supporting, terrorist organizations. At the same time, the Turkish president has also attacked his country’s traditional opponent, Greece, saying Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “no longer exists” for him, because of his stance on Turkey’s veto. Initially, Turkey was hoping that NATO’s open-door policy would also help them become a member of the European Union. Given these developments, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg should undertake robust diplomatic efforts toward negotiating an agreement among current NATO members, focusing on the non-use of the veto in cases where more than three-quarters of members support a new applicants’ entry to the organization.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to discuss the administration's plan to combat high inflation. The president, however, has pointed to the war in Ukraine and supply chain issues for rising prices for gas and other necessities. He said the Federal Reserve "has a primary responsibility to control inflation," adding that he would not try to influence the board's decisions. "We should level the international taxation playing field so companies no longer have an incentive to shift jobs and profits overseas. To fight inflation rates that have reached 40-year highs, the Federal Reserve raised its core interest rate in early May by 0.5 percent, which was its second hike in two months and the largest increase since 2000.

Pedestrian deaths in the U.S. reached a count not seen in 40 years. A spokesperson for the association cited multiple factors that contribute to pedestrian deaths: dangerous driving, the lack of pedestrian infrastructure such as sidewalks, road designs that prioritize speed, vehicle size and weight, and the weather. Fatalities increased in all but 13 states, including California, Maryland and Missouri, from 2020 to 2021. According to a GHSA analysis, states in the Southwest and South have the most deaths when adjusted for population. The increase in pedestrian deaths comes amid a surge in roadway fatalities, which Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has called a crisis.

Anderson posted images of himself with what appeared to be a handgun, a rifle and a tactical style vest along with the caption, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. An investigation found the handgun and rifle were “airsoft guns,” which resemble typical firearms and shoot nonlethal, plastic pellets. His arrest came one day after a 10-year-old fifth grader in Lee County, Florida, was arrested on a charge of making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it learned of a “threatening text message” sent by a student at an elementary school, culminating with the boy's arrest. “This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement.

As volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty, they contemplate the unicorn insignia that gives their uniform a rare distinction — a symbol of their status as an LGBTQ couple who are Ukrainian soldiers. Members of Ukraine’s LGBTQ community who sign up for the war have taken to sewing the image of the mythical beast into their standard-issue epaulettes just below the national flag. Ukraine and its allies call that a false pretext for a war of aggression. There was much back-slapping as they joined their new unit at Kyiv’s central station for a second three-month stint. Some of the team Zhuhan and Romanova knew but the commanders were not at the station.

Two women are missing after a group went over a dam Monday afternoon in the area of Richmond, Virginia, authorities said. The Richmond Fire Department received a report just before 3:15 p.m. that a group of people were stranded in the river, Assistant Chief Jeffrey Segal said at a news conference Monday night. Minutes later, the fire department received a report that the group went over Bosher's Dam. It was not immediately clear what kind of watercraft the group was using. Two women remain missing.

Invitation Homes (INVH) saw a welcome improvement to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating on Tuesday, rising from 70 to 73. X When looking for the best stocks to buy and watch, one factor to watch closely is relative price strength. See if Invitation Homes can continue to show renewed price strength and hit that benchmark. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:Stocks With Rising Relative Strength RatingsWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockIdentify Bases And Buy Points With Pattern Recognition From MarketSmith

This cover image released by Thirty Tigers shows “Dark Enough to See the Stars" by singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier. (Thirty Tigers via AP)This cover image released by Thirty Tigers shows “Dark Enough to See the Stars" by singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier. (Thirty Tigers via AP)“Dark Enough to See the Stars,” Mary Gauthier (Thirty Tigers)Mary Gauthier’s weekly Sunday afternoon livestreams at the pandemic’s peak were a lot like church, with confessions, contemplations and a welcome spirit of communion. As the title might suggest, love prevails over death on “Dark Enough to See the Stars,” though not without a struggle. Gauthier’s scarred alto is the ideal instrument for her candid, thoughtful musings on loss, healing and the need for hope.

A customer pumps gas at this Madison, Miss., Sam's Club, after filling up a gasoline container, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)A customer pumps gas at this Madison, Miss., Sam's Club, after filling up a gasoline container, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Wholesale retail chains stores like Costco and Sam's Club tend to price their gas and diesel competitively against one another while major gas chain prices are usually higher. (AP) —U.S. consumer confidence edged lower for the second consecutive month as Americans’ view of their present and future prospects dimmed in the midst of persistent inflation. The Labor Department reported earlier in May that consumer prices jumped 8.3% last month from a year ago.

Hit by pandemic curbs, India’s quarterly growth slows to 4%Workers are engaged in the construction of a coastal road in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released Tuesday by the government. India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released Tuesday by the government. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released Tuesday by the government. Last week, rating agency Moody’s trimmed India’s growth forecast to 8.8% from 9.1% for the current fiscal year, which started in April, as rising energy and food prices hit consumer spending.

Let’s say these Republicans and others on the right who used similar rhetoric this week genuinely believe that religion is the answer to the societal scourge of deadly gun violence. According to international data compiled by the Pew Research Center, among wealthy democracies, the United States is easily among the most religious. Many foreign countries that are far more secular than the United States have far fewer gun deaths — because they have far fewer guns. Their lack of religiosity and infrequent worship attendance does not make the people of these countries any more violent or prone to mass murder. Closer to home, many of the states with highly religious populations routinely also have some of the highest rates of firearms deaths.

FILE - Sidney DuPont attends the Tony Awards: Meet The Nominees media day at the Sofitel New York on May 12, 2022, in New York. DuPont is nominated for a Tony for best featured actor in a musical for his role in "Paradise Square." DuPont is nominated for a Tony for best featured actor in a musical for his role in "Paradise Square." It was in 2019 at a workshop of the Broadway musical “Paradise Square.” DuPont and A.J. I’ve been very lucky to have him.”DuPont has been working on “Paradise Square” for five years.

In a welcome move, Motorola Solutions (MSI) saw its Relative Strength Rating rise from 68 to 71 on Tuesday. X As you try to find the best stocks to buy and watch, keep a close on eye on relative price strength. See if Motorola Solutions can continue to show renewed price strength and hit that benchmark. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:Stocks With Rising Relative Strength RatingsWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockFind Top Stocks Near A Buy Point With IBD Leaderboard

As you try to find the best stocks to buy and watch, be sure to pay attention to relative price strength. The score shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:Which Stocks Are Showing Rising Relative Strength? Why Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockSee How To Reduce Risk, Increase Profits With Swing Trading

This combination of two separate photos shows actors Johnny Depp, left, and Amber Heard in the courtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Friday, May 27, 2022. Depp is suing Heard after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Depp is suing Heard after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.

Ironwood Pharma (IRWD) had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 68 to 73 Tuesday -- a welcome improvement, but still shy of the 80 or better score you prefer to see. X When looking for the best stocks to buy and watch, one factor to watch closely is relative price strength. The score shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database. Why Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockSee How To Reduce Risk, Increase Profits With Swing Trading

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday enacted a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) extra budget to tackle soaring fuel and food prices following Russian invasion of Ukraine. Japan’s parliament on Tuesday enacted a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) extra budget to tackle soaring fuel and food prices following Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Kyodo News via AP)TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament enacted a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) extra budget on Tuesday to tackle soaring fuel and food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Wheat and corn prices are also up significantly, prompting food prices to soar. The extra budget will be financed by a new issuance of government bonds, adding a burden to the world’s third-largest economy, whose fiscal health is already the worst among major economies.

Here's the scoop on vegan ice cream — and why it's everywhere nowEnlarge this image toggle caption Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesAs temperatures heat up and hordes of Americans begin spending their days at the beach or pool, they'll be thinking of that quintessential summer treat to help them keep cool: ice cream. Thanks to the popularization of plant-based diets, non-dairy ice cream has become a huge industry, catering to people with all types of palates, dietary needs, and curiosities for where the world of ice cream may be going. "There's been an amazing explosion in the availability of vegan ice cream, and also the quality of it as well," Martin said. "People used to think that vegan ice cream is lesser-than, or not as delicious, not as creamy," she said. Alicia Kennedy, a vegetarian food writer, said that until recently there were just a handful of little-known brands selling vegan ice cream.

On Tuesday, Nustar Energy (NS) earned a positive adjustment to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating, from 70 to 77. X As you try to find the best stocks to buy and watch, be sure to pay attention to relative price strength. See if Nustar Energy can continue to show renewed price strength and clear that threshold. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:IBD Stock Rating Upgrades: Rising Relative StrengthWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockIdentify Bases And Buy Points With Pattern Recognition From MarketSmith

Canadian Pacific Ry (CP) had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 68 to 71 Tuesday -- a welcome improvement, but still below the 80 or better score you look for. See if Canadian Pacific Ry can continue to rebound and hit that benchmark. Canadian Pacific Ry reported negative growth for both sales and earnings last quarter. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:IBD Stock Rating Upgrades: Rising Relative StrengthWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockSee How To Reduce Risk, Increase Profits With Swing Trading

C N H Industrial Nv (CNHI) is one stock that just reached the mark, now earning a score of 84. See How IBD Helps You Make More Money In StocksC N H Industrial Nv is working on a consolidation with a 17.23 entry. C N H Industrial Nv saw both earnings and sales growth rise last quarter. C N H Industrial Nv earns the No. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:Stocks With Rising Relative Strength RatingsWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating?

The Relative Strength (RS) Rating for DXC Technology (DXC) moved into a new percentile Tuesday, as it got a lift from 70 to 77. When looking for the best stocks to buy and watch, one factor to watch closely is relative price strength. The grade shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:IBD Stock Rating Upgrades: Rising Relative StrengthWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockEvaluate Any Stock With Stock Ratings, IBD Charts And Stock Checkup

On Tuesday, Insperity (NSP) hit a noteworthy performance benchmark, seeing its Relative Strength (RS) Rating jump into the 80-plus percentile with an improvement to 82, up from 78 the day before. When looking for the best stocks to buy and watch, keep a close on eye on relative price strength. The grade shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in our database. History shows that the market's biggest winners typically have an RS Rating north of 80 as they launch their biggest runs. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:IBD Stock Rating Upgrades: Rising Relative StrengthWhy Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating?

On Tuesday, Core & Main Inc Cl A (CNM) earned a positive adjustment to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating, from 78 to 84. X When you're researching the best stocks to buy and watch, keep a close on eye on relative price strength. The rating shows how a stock's price movement over the trailing 52 weeks compares to all the other stocks in our database. Why Should You Use IBD's Relative Strength Rating? How Relative Strength Line Can Help You Judge A StockSee How To Reduce Risk, Increase Profits With Swing Trading

AMC Entertainment Holdings and Imax stock posted early gains Tuesday morning following a strong opening weekend for Tom Cruise’s new movie, Top Gun: Maverick, which set a new Memorial Day weekend record. Over the holiday weekend, Top Gun: Maverick brought in a three-day domestic total of $124 million and an estimated $156 million including Monday showings, according to Rosenblatt Securities analyst Steve Frankel. In early morning trading, AMC (ticker: AMC) stock climbed 6.1% on Tuesday while Imax (IMAX) stock was 0.6% higher. The performance of Top Gun: Maverick is more proof of this, says Frankel. AMC CEO Adam Aron said on CNBC Tuesday morning that 3.3 million people watched Top Gun: Maverick at AMC locations this weekend.

U.S. stocks were down soon after the opening bell Tuesday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the decline after Memorial Day weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 408 points, or 1.2%, at around 32,805 DJIA, -0.53% , while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.53% fell around 1% and Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.40% dipped about 0.8%, according to FactSet data, at last check. Christopher Waller said in a May 30 speech in Frankfurt, Germany that he supports 50-basis-point rate hikes for "several meetings." Waller said, "I am not taking 50 basis-point hikes off the table until I see inflation coming down closer to our 2 percent target." The yield on the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 2.860% jumped Tuesday morning, rising 11 basis points to around 2.85%, FactSet data show, at last check.

By Will FeuerShares of Insulet Corp. fell more than 11% in early trading after Dexcom Inc., a designer of continuous glucose monitoring systems, denied news reports that it is in talks to buy Insulet. Dexcom said Tuesday that it "is not in active discussions regarding a merger transaction at this time."

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 106.4 in May from a revised 108.6 in April, data from the private-research group showed Tuesday. Consumer confidence stands well below prepandemic levels. A strong labor market is helping to support near-term expectations for consumption and keeps confidence from dipping further, economists say. However, a moderation in employment growth in the coming months could further weigh in consumer confidence. "Looking ahead, expect surging prices and additional interest rate hikes to pose continued downside risks to consumer spending this year," she said.

By Jeffrey T. LewisSÃO PAULO--Shares of Brazil's Marfrig Global Foods SA rose 4.6% after the meatpacking company said its main shareholders boosted their stake. The share price rose to 15.49 reais, the equivalent of $3.28, and were down about 33% from the end of 2021 through Monday's close. The benchmark Ibovespa stocks index was up 0.3% at about the same time.

By Dominic ChoppingFinnish asset managers Evli Oyj and EAB Group Oyj said Tuesday that they have signed an agreement to merge, having last month announced their intention to explore a possible combination. The deal will see EAB merged into Evli, with EAB shareholders receiving 0.172725 newly issued series B shares in Evli for each EAB shares they own, plus 3 million euros ($3.2 million) in cash distributed equally between the outstanding shares of EAB. The combined entity will continue as Evli Oyj, with Evli Chief Executive Maunu Lehtimaki and the Evli board all holding their positions within the combined company. Evli shareholders would own around 91% of the shares and 99% of the votes in the combined company with EAB shareholders owning the rest. Evli shareholders holding shares representing 85% of the A shares in Evli and 82% of the votes as well as shareholders representing 65% of the shares and votes in EAB have undertaken to vote in favor of the merger.

By Chris WackFrontline Ltd. shares were down 14% to $9.88 Tuesday after the company said it is buying 6 million shares in Euronav N.V., representing almost 3% of the outstanding shares in a privately negotiated share exchange transactions with certain shareholders of Euronav N.V. The shareholders of Euronav N.V. will receive a consideration in shares of Frontline, the company said.

By George MwangiSpecial to Dow Jones NewswiresBotswana's economy is forecast to grow by 4.3% this year, largely on higher prices and demand for diamonds, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. "Growth will depend heavily on the path of commodity prices," IMF mission chief to Botswana Papa N'Diaye said in a statement. "An abrupt slowdown in China or a protracted war in Ukraine could weaken global demand, thus lowering demand for diamonds," he said. However, prolonged sanctions against Russia, the world's largest rough diamond producer according to the IMF, could increase demand and prices of Botswana's diamonds, Mr. N'Diaye said. "Faster tightening of monetary policy in key advanced economies could trigger volatility in global markets, prompt capital outflows, and reduce demand for diamonds," Mr. N'Diaye said.

By Jaime Llinares TaboadaKatoro Gold PLC and Power Metal Resources PLC said Tuesday that its inaugural diamond drilling program on the Haneti nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group project in Tanzania didn't return economically significant intersections. Katoro said however that the program confirmed presence of nickel and will allow the companies to re-engage with potential project partners.

Shares of Johnson & Johnson and Merck are trading lower Tuesday morning, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. Shares of Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -2.09% and Merck MRK, -1.52% have contributed to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline, as the Dow DJIA, -0.56% was most recently trading 201 points lower (-0.6%). Johnson & Johnson's shares have fallen $3.99, or 2.2%, while those of Merck have declined $1.56 (1.7%), combining for a roughly 37-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include Coca-Cola KO, -1.48% , Home Depot HD, -1.71% , and 3M MMM, -1.53% . Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet.

Shares of Big Lots Inc. BIG, -7.39% dove 7.1% toward a 2-year low in morning trading Tuesday, after the discount home essentials retailer disclosed Chief Merchandising Officer Jack Pestello had been terminated without cause. The disclosure comes after the stock tumbled 12.1% on Friday, after the retailer reported a surprise first-quarter loss and big sales miss and provided a downbeat gross margin outlook, as sales trends "materially slowed" in April. On Tuesday, the company said in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Pestello's "separation" was effective immediately, and that two senior vice presidents, Kevin Kuehl and Derek Panfil, were named interim co-chief merchandising officers. The company said Pestello's separation would be treated as a "termination without cause" for purposes of the company's severance plan, which in 2021 would have entitled Pestello to a total payout of $2.09 million. Big Lots' stock has plunged 44.4% year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.57% has dropped 13.5%.

By Kathryn HardisonKirkland's Inc. shares fell 14% to $5.83 Tuesday after the home-decor retailer reported a first-quarter loss as inflation weighed heavily on consumer demand. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company said it recorded a loss of 63 cents a share for the 13 weeks to April 13, against earnings of 11 cents a year earlier, while sales fell to $103.3 million from $123.6 million. Comparable sales were down almost 16%.

By Chris WackBlink Charging Co. said its EB Charging wholly owned company entered into an agreement with Q-Park, a parking infrastructure owner and operator in Europe, to deploy nearly 600 charging points across 80 sites in the U.K. and Ireland. The company said the agreement, totaling more than $3.7 million, will initiate EB Charging's rollout of more than 600 charging points across Q-Park's portfolio of parking facilities in the U.K. and Ireland. Installations are due to begin in July, and will include the modernization of the existing charging infrastructure with EB Charging's state-of-the-art hardware. EB Charging will also be responsible for the installation of the EV charging hardware and for the management of the charging provision, including a 24/7 customer support service to Q-Park EV customers. In April, Blink acquired EB Charging, adding more than 1,150 chargers, installed or committed for delivery, to Blink's footprint.

NIO stock is rallying to start the week—and there’s not just one reason but three. NIO (ticker: NIO) stock was up more than 4% in early trading Tuesday, while futures on the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average had both fallen about 0.4%. Reason#1: Digitimes reported Tuesday that NIO has been recruiting in the U.S. That could lead to production and sales in America. This doesn’t seem to be the most the most significant move driving Nio stock. NIO delivered almost 26,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, up from about 25,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Netflix shares are off 70% this year, due in large part to the streaming-video company’s disastrous first-quarter earnings. Among other things, Netflix lost 200,000 net subscribers in the March quarter—and projected losing two million more in the current one. In a Tuesday note, Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet laid out how an ad model could drive free-cash-flow growth and revive investor interest in Netflix. Cash flow would rise by $800 million to $3.1 billion a year. So, Netflix’s annual global cash flow could climb by $1.7 billion to $6.7 billion.

A person wears a mask while they pass the logo board of the new Apple store in Wuhan, China. Getty ImagesAs Apple stock goes, so goes the stock market—or so we thought. But that wasn’t the case in May, as the S&P 500 looks set to finish the month roughly flat, but Apple is down around 5%. Apple (ticker: AAPL ) comprises nearly 7% of the S&P 500, making it the index’s largest holding and giving the stock an outsize effect on the S&P 500’s final performance.

U.S. stocks were down soon after the opening bell Tuesday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the decline after Memorial Day weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 408 points, or 1.2%, at around 32,805 DJIA, -0.56% , while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.54% fell around 1% and Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.41% dipped about 0.8%, according to FactSet data, at last check. Christopher Waller said in a May 30 speech in Frankfurt, Germany that he supports 50-basis-point rate hikes for "several meetings." Waller said, "I am not taking 50 basis-point hikes off the table until I see inflation coming down closer to our 2 percent target." The yield on the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 2.860% jumped Tuesday morning, rising 11 basis points to around 2.85%, FactSet data show, at last check.

Wall Street is sticking with its Buy call for Rivian stock. Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh says that current prices were a “good entry point” for Rivian (ticker: RIVN) stock. Rakesh’s price target for Rivian stock is $80 a share, up almost 140% from Friday’s close of $30.96. The average analyst price target is about $942 a share, up about 24% from recent levels. Rivian stock is up about 1.7% in early trading.

The numbers: A survey of consumer confidence fell slightly in May to a three-month low of 106.4, reflecting worries about high inflation and a slowdown in the economy. Big picture: The U.S. economy is still growing, but government spending has tapered off and high inflation is forcing the Federal Reserve to jack up interest rates. On the flip side, the strongest labor in decades and rising wages have offset some of the damage from high inflation and allowed consumers to keep spending. Consumer spending is the main driver of the U.S. economy. Consumers don’t “foresee the economy picking up steam in the months ahead,” said Lynn Franco, senior director of economic indicators at the board.

Shanghai counted just 29 new COVID cases on Monday, well below the roughly 20,000 a day it was recording in April. The U.S. is averaging 109,105 cases a day, up 14% from two weeks ago, according to a New York Times tracker. But cases are flattening in states in the Northeast that were recent hot spots, including New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. By mimicking the first step of natural exposure to an airborne pathogen, these vaccines help train a person’s immune system at the potential place of infection. The U.S. leads the world with 84 million cases and 1,004,770 fatalities.

The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, rose to 60.3 in May from 56.4 in the prior month. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal forecast a 55.9 reading. The index is produced by the ISM-Chicago with MNI. It is released to subscribers three minutes before its release to the public at 9:45 am Eastern.

Shares of Johnson & Johnson and Merck are trading lower Tuesday morning, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. Shares of Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -2.15% and Merck MRK, -1.56% have contributed to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline, as the Dow DJIA, -0.58% was most recently trading 201 points lower (-0.6%). Johnson & Johnson's shares have fallen $3.99, or 2.2%, while those of Merck have declined $1.56 (1.7%), combining for a roughly 37-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include Coca-Cola KO, -1.55% , Home Depot HD, -1.67% , and 3M MMM, -1.55% . Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet.

Associated PressChancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany is working on a deal with Greece that would see Athens deliver old military equipment to Ukraine and get armored personnel carriers from Germany to fill the gap. Germany has faced criticism for a perceived reluctance to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine, which the government rejects. It points among other things to arrangements for NATO allies to deliver older equipment — particularly of Soviet design — to Kyiv and then have modern material supplied by Germany.

Shares of Big Lots Inc. BIG, -7.39% dove 7.1% toward a 2-year low in morning trading Tuesday, after the discount home essentials retailer disclosed Chief Merchandising Officer Jack Pestello had been terminated without cause. The disclosure comes after the stock tumbled 12.1% on Friday, after the retailer reported a surprise first-quarter loss and big sales miss and provided a downbeat gross margin outlook, as sales trends "materially slowed" in April. On Tuesday, the company said in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Pestello's "separation" was effective immediately, and that two senior vice presidents, Kevin Kuehl and Derek Panfil, were named interim co-chief merchandising officers. The company said Pestello's separation would be treated as a "termination without cause" for purposes of the company's severance plan, which in 2021 would have entitled Pestello to a total payout of $2.09 million. Big Lots' stock has plunged 44.4% year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.56% has dropped 13.5%.

Shanghai is rolling out a raft of stimulus measures as its Omicron wave and draconian lockdown come to an end. And while many welcome the inclusion of initiatives to boost consumption and assist foreign firms—alongside the usual supply-side efforts—analysts remain skeptical. “There seems to be a fair amount of investor excitement around the new Shanghai measures, if for no other reason than the government is finally addressing the severe falloff in growth with substantive action rather than just pledges,” he told Barron’s. Competitor JD.com (JD) followed with its own sales bonanza, and there are now sales events for Valentine’s Day, Women’s Day, Mother’s Day, Children’s Day, Christmas, I Love You Day, Fever Shopping Festival, Men’s Festival, and numerous more. The bulk of the document resorted to China’s stimulus method-of-choice—supply-side measures such as infrastructure investment and tax cuts for businesses.

Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss consumer product giant Unilever adding activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board. Shares of consumer product giant Unilever are up about 6% in the pre-markets, as it announced the addition of hedge fund Tryon Fund Management founder Nelson Peltz as a board member. And Brad, really no surprise here, if you look at Unilever stock price over the past five years, down 22%. Now, I went back, and I looked at what Peltz did at Procter and Gamble because I covered his campaign very extensively. And I think he's going to dust off that playbook here at Unilever.

ReutersTesla Inc has restored weekly output at its Shanghai plant to nearly 70% of the level which it had operated at before the city's COVID-19 lockdown, according to two people familiar with the matter. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bringing production back to pre-lockdown levels has been a challenge for Tesla at the Shanghai plant, known as Gigafactory 3, amid the ongoing lockdown of the Chinese economic hub which forced the factory to shut for 22 days.

Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre discusses how stocks opened on Tuesday and how commodity futures are trading. JARED BLIKRE: Yes, we're a day later to the market here, a little bit of a down draft. You can see we had a little bit of lift off last week, and we're giving back some of those gains. Mortgage rates are finally coming back down a little bit. Jared Blikre, we'll talk to you later.

ReutersIndia has received requests for the supply of more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat from several countries that need the staple to overcome shortages triggered by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, trade and government sources said on Monday. "More than half a dozen countries have approached India for more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat and we will see how to go about these requests," said a government official who didn't wish to be identified in line with official rules. "India is keen to help vulnerable countries and anyone who needs wheat," said the official involved in decision making.

Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss the decline in stock for American Eagle after Morgan Stanley downgrades its shares. Shares of American Eagle are in focus this morning after Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating on the apparel company from equal weight to underweight and lowered its price target to $8. That $8 price target here is suggesting 40% downside into American Eagle Outfitters. A fundamentally challenged company, you still have to think that GAP is in a worse place than American Eagle Outfitters. Unfortunately, also, a ripple effect going into American Eagle Outfitters, as well.

Ten of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors declined in morning trade. "In the U.S., it's a peak technically, but it's much more about the composition of inflation in the next few months." U.S.-listed shares of Yamana Gold Inc climbed 8.2% after South African miner Gold Fields Ltd agreed to buy the Canadian miner in a $6.7 billion all-share deal. Dexcom Inc jumped 7% to the top of S&P 500 index after the glucose monitoring systems maker denied report of merger talks with insulin pump maker Insulet Corp. The S&P index recorded four new 52-week highs and 29 new lows, while the Nasdaq posted 32 new highs and 30 new lows.

Denmark is the only member of the 27 nation bloc not in the Common Security and Defence Policy, having secured exemptions from it and the euro currency in a 1993 referendum on the Maastricht Treaty, which laid the groundwork for the modern EU. Both Denmark and Germany have already promised to sharply raise defence spending. "NATO will of course remain our most important tool, but the EU gives us another tool in securing our defence in the east," said Mogens Jensen, defence spokesman for the ruling Social Democrats. Denmark is a founding member of NATO, but the alliance's biggest military power, the United States, has signalled European allies must take greater responsibility for their own security. Participating in the Common Security and Defence Policy would enable Denmark to take part in joint EU military operations, such as those in Somalia, Mali and Bosnia.

ReutersThe humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Supplies of the auto part were choked by the war in Ukraine, which is home to a significant chunk of the world's production, with wire harnesses made there fitted in hundreds of thousands of new vehicles every year. The supply crunch could accelerate the plans of some legacy auto firms to switch to a new generation of lighter, machine-made harnesses designed for electric vehicles, according to interviews with more than a dozen industry players and experts.

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Product shot of a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger in 1977. McDonald's Big Mac. McDonald's hamburger. Andrew LaSaneAccording to the nutritional info listed for a McDonald's hamburger, it contains 25% of your daily value of protein. This October 13, 2010 photo shows a McDonald's Happy Meal complete with a "Star Wars" toy.

BEIRUT (AP) — An aging Japanese militant who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv’s airport showed up in Beirut on Monday at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack. The 1972 attack on the airport was suspected to be a joint operation between the PFLP and the Japanese Red Army. Okamoto’s rare public appearance came two days after Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the Japanese Red Army, was released from prison in Japan after serving a 20-year sentence and apologizing for hurting innocent people. The two Japanese with Okamoto were killed in the attack while he was wounded. Japan has been demanding for years that Okamoto be handed over by Lebanon but Beirut has repeatedly rejected the demand.

Subscribe to The Daily Money to get the best consumer and financial news from USA TODAY delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Happy Monday, Daily Money readers. How inflation can hurt homeowners with taxes, insuranceHome prices historically tend to increase when the Consumer Price Index is pushing higher, as is the case now. LISTEN WHILE YOU WORK: You can hear just about every song quoted in the newsletter on the Daily Money Mood Music playlist on Spotify. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: The Daily Money: What homeowners need to understand about inflation

The comedian did not put in an appearance at the wedding of Kourtney Kardashian, even though he and her sister Kim Kardashian are still going strong. New photos show Davidson wearing a shower cap over his freshly dyed locks and a casual white sweatshirt. Kim also recently bleached her hair for the Met Gala, honoring Marilyn Monroe's platinum locks as she wore the actress's famous gown. It's not the first time either one of them have dyed their hair platinum blonde, but it is the first time they've done it together as a couple. Kim wore one of her own older gowns with a lace overlay, paired with some stunning accessories.

Kim Kardashian Pete Davidson PDA Instagram@kimkardashian/InstagramIn case their matching bleach-blonde hair wasn't convincing enough, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's new PDA-filled post is all the confirmation you need to know that the couple is head over heels, madly in love with one another. On Sunday night, Kim shared a series of clips of her and Pete kissing on her Instagram Stories, as they showed off their twinning dye jobs. In the first video, the two are seemingly enjoying a chill evening at home in matching black outfits. After sticking their tongues out at the camera in sync, Kim and Pete shared a quick peck on the lips, before the comedian went in for a second smooch which adorably made the reality star giggle. RELATED: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Have Matching Platinum Blonde Hair NowThey added, "He thinks she's an awesome mom and would more than likely take their relationship to the next level in a heartbeat."

Kim Kardashian instagramKim Kardashian instagramKim Kardashian is once again here to remind us she's living her best life. On Monday, Kim shared a series of outfit photos with her 314 million Instagram followers from the deck of a huge boat. Doubling down on her unconventional outfit choice, Kim accessorized with sock-style black stiletto booties and shiny black sunnies. Kardashian's head-scratching outfit choice comes just weeks after the SKIMS founder opened up about having a style identity crisis following her split from Kanye on this season of The Kardashians. During a chat with her sister Kourtney, Kim revealed that she was having "panic attacks" after deciding to no longer consult her ex-husband.

As mortgage rates continue to rise as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, what should aspiring first-time homebuyers do? "I think you have to get in the game," Barbara Corcoran told Yahoo Finance (video above). The real estate mogul and "Shark Tank" investor added that buyers "really can't sharpshoot a real estate market. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty Images)As for the state of the housing market overall, Corcoran acknowledged that it's red hot. It costs you more to buy a house, but it's going to keep things a little bit more normal."

The alleged shoplifter, a 30-year-old man, was shot in the face and crashed his truck a few miles away, according to police. She said her bother told her — through writing and nodding — the employee had shot him as he left the gas station. The video showed Orona grab something from near the register, put it in his waistband and walk back outside. Police said the video showed Orona raise his arms toward the truck with a black object in his hand and his arms jerk slightly. Police said as the truck drives away Orona bent down to pick up several items off the ground, items believed to be bullet casings.

Motley FoolWhen CEOs offer insights into their industries, it behooves investors to listen. During Sundial Growers' (NASDAQ: SNDL) May 16 earnings call, CEO Zach George quipped that "[Sundial is] in an enviable position as we witness a reckoning taking hold in the Canadian cannabis market," and that "continued aggressive cash consumption by our peers, reduced access to capital, and waning investor risk appetite is likely to accelerate sector rationalization as the industry slowly moves toward the formation of an oligopoly." Bold predictions like those are actionable for investors, and there's more than one reason to believe that change is actually afoot in the cannabis industry.

FRUITLAND, Wash. (AP) — FRUITLAND, Wash. — A 9-year-old girl survived a cougar attack after wandering up a trail with two friends while camping in northwest Washington state. It happened Saturday morning near Fruitland, Washington. The girl fought back while her friends ran for their lives. Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Staci Lehman says cougar attacks are rare, with only two fatalities in the last century in Washington state. If it attacks, “fight back as hard as you can and try to stay on your feet.”“Do not turn around.

ReutersASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) chips will drive $2 billion to $2.5 billion in revenue for Broadcom this year, helped by its deals with Meta and partnerships with Alphabet and Microsoft, the analysts said. "We believe these wins are primarily at 5 nanometre and 3 nanometre and will be used to power Meta's metaverse hardware architecture that it will deploy over the next few years," analyst Harlan Sur said. Meta is investing heavily in the metaverse - a virtual space where people interact, work and play - by adding new features to hardware devices that serve as access points to the virtual world.

Federal officers ultimately decided to enter the building and killed the gunman, according to law enforcement sources. Story continues"That question will be answered," McGraw said when asked directly if the incident commander on the ground received the 911 information. But the video obtained by ABC News, taken just outside the premises, appears to show that 911 dispatchers were relaying the information -- including information that the room was "full of victims." The dispatcher's information heard on the video appears to match the readout of the 911 calls provided last week by law enforcement officials. 'Full of victims': Video appears to show Texas 911 dispatchers relaying information from children in classroom originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

President Biden stressed the importance of maintaining the independence of the Federal Reserve ahead of a rare Oval Office meeting with Chairman Jerome Powell amid an inflation crisis that has frustrated Americans. The two will focus on the state of the U.S. economy, particularly soaring consumer prices, when they meet at the White House on Tuesday. Powell has pledged to keep ratcheting up the benchmark interest rate until inflation is "coming down in a clear and convincing way." Biden vowed to refrain from interfering with the U.S. central bank and its war on inflation, despite growing fears on Wall Street that Fed officials may inadvertently trigger a recession with aggressive tightening. My predecessor demeaned the Fed, and past presidents have sought to influence its decisions inappropriately during periods of elevated inflation," Biden wrote, referring to former President Donald Trump, who frequently attacked the Fed and Powell.

Based on data compiled by Credible, mortgage refinance rates have fallen for longer terms and risen for shorter terms since last Friday. Today’s mortgage rates for home purchasesBased on data compiled by Credible, mortgage rates for home purchases have remained unchanged since last Friday. How mortgage rates have changed over timeToday’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac — 16.63% in 1981. The historic drop in interest rates means homeowners who have mortgages from 2019 and older could potentially realize significant interest savings by refinancing with one of today’s lower interest rates. How Credible mortgage rates are calculatedChanging economic conditions, central bank policy decisions, investor sentiment, and other factors influence the movement of mortgage rates.

Oil Associates President Andy Lipow argued that inflation has not yet peaked and that higher oil prices are expected following the European Union’s decision to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian imports. Ticker Security Last Change Change % USO UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P. 85.46 +0.87 +1.03% BNO UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT 33.77 +0.45 +1.35%The higher oil prices come after EU leaders agreed the day before to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. "What this means is higher oil prices are ahead because this impacts about 2.3 million barrels a day of crude oil and another 1.2 million barrels a day of refined products," Lipow told host Maria Bartiromo. RECORD GAS PRICES FOR THIS LONG ‘UNPRECEDENTED’: AAA"And as the world scrambles for alternative supplies, it means that oil prices have to go up in order to create additional demand destruction to get us back in balance." Lipow forecasted that "we could start approaching $5 a gallon if crude oil prices continue to rise."

During an interview on "Mornings with Maria," Tuesday, Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., slammed President Biden's policies for sending "bad signals" to investors and the marketplace. He also said in his Op-ed that he inherited a very bad economy, that it was very static. But the reality is, he inherited a robust economy, built on a strong foundation, built on lower regulations, lower taxes. He increased regulations… stopped oil development largely in the United States of America, or at least stopped it where it was. And worse than all of that, Maria, I think all of these things, plus many more, send bad signals to investors and to the marketplace.

In this daily bar chart of EMN, below, we can see that prices tested and held the $100 area in September. EMN has recently rallied above the 50-day moving average line and is just a few dollars below the 200-day moving average line. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) oscillator has turned upwards and is only slightly below the zero line. In this daily Point and Figure chart of EMN, below, we can see a potential upside price target in the $125 area. In this weekly Point and Figure chart of EMN, below, we can see a possible downside price target in the $85 area.

The Royal Caribbean cruise line has been slowly but steadily making a major change to its fleet -- and it one-ups Carnival and Norwegian. The pandemic forced Royal Caribbean (RCL) - Get Royal Caribbean Group Report to make some tough decisions. TheStreetRoyal Caribbean Goes Big, Has Bigger PlansEven Royal Caribbean's smaller ships are generally much bigger than Empress and Majesty were. Royal Caribbean has, however, kept pushing its ships toward being bigger, even if it's not in a way passengers would notice. Royal Caribbean May Build a Seventh Oasis-Class ShipRoyal Caribbean had not even hinted at its plans beyond Utopia, Icon, and the future Icon-class ship.

Trend lines improved as well with the S&P 500 (see above) and DJIA turning near-term positive from neutral as the rest shifted from negative to neutral. The percentage of S&P 500 issues trading above their 50-day moving averages (contrarian indicator) rose to 44% and is now neutral. The detrended Rydex Ratio is -2.83 (very bullish)Last week's AAII Bear/Bull Ratio (contrarian indicator) remained very bullish 1.97, dropping from 2.39. S&P 500 Valuation and Treasury YieldsThe forward 12-month consensus earnings estimate from Bloomberg for the S&P 500 has slipped to $235.56 per share. Near-Term OutlookFriday may well have been a game changer regarding relief from the past several days of market weakness.

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) - Get Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Report recently reported solid Q4 earnings results. Here is what some of Wall Street's experts thought of Alibaba's performance during Q4 earnings. Figure 1: Alibaba Stock: Experts Are Thrilled After BABA’s Earnings Alibaba(Read more from Wall Street Memes: GameStop Stock: Is This A Perfect Setup For A Short Squeeze?) After the company’s "solid" fiscal Q4 earnings, she did trim her price target on BABA by $1, from $177 to $176. However, that price target still represents an attractive 86%+ upside, based on BABA’s market price at the time of this article’s writing ($94.48).

Amazon stock has lost almost all its pandemic gains, with shares now sitting close to their 2019 levels. Here, we’ll list the top 3 reasons why Amazon investors should expect choppy seas ahead in the short and mid-terms. Figure 1: 3 Reasons Why Amazon Stock’s Selloff Is Far From Over Unsplash(Read more from Amazon Maven: Amazon Stock In Free Fall: An Opportunity To Double Your Gains?) In a higher interest rate environment, growth stocks like Amazon begin to look far less attractive. (Read more from Amazon Maven: 2 Reasons to Buy Amazon Stock on the Dip)Tough Comps for 2022Last, but certainly not least, it’s important to remember that Amazon might have some trouble trying to beat its 2020 and 2021 results.

On the Shelf 10 June Books For Your Reading List If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your June list. (Riverhead Books)ThrustBy Lidia YuknavitchRiverhead Books: 352 pages, $28(June 28)Meet Laisvé, who lives in a city called the Brook, its past largely submerged underwater as its inhabitants struggle to survive the present. Bitch: On the Female of the SpeciesBy Lucy CookeBasic Books: 400 pages, $30(June 14)When did we decide that female animals (including humans) are the noncompetitive gender? Like all his books, this one is accessible to everyone regardless of race or class.

Henry Winkler stars in HBO’s “Barry.” (Peter Fisher / For The Times)During filming on Season 2 of HBO’s hit-man series “Barry,” Henry Winkler met with co-creators Alec Berg and Bill Hader, who also stars as the titular paid killer. Henry Winkler, left, and Bill Hader in season 3 of HBO’s Barry. I only think I’m playing this character. But early on, at the first rehearsal of the first season, Bill took the Chechens — Anthony Carrigan, Glenn Fleshler — and rehearsed with them in another room. This season, Barry tells Gene that he’s a bad actor.

An 8-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a car with his father, and sheriff’s officials say the shooter was firing at vehicles that passed his rural South Carolina home. He was a third-grader from Portsmouth, N.H., who was visiting Florence County, S.C., with his family for a relative’s high school graduation, the Portsmouth Herald said. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Charles Montgomery Allen, 40, who lives on a one-acre property on Old River Road. He was “randomly” shooting at cars, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. He was denied bond and was being held at the Florence County Detention Center.

1 seeds De La Salle (baseball) and St. Francis (softball). “Nobody’s ever done that (in baseball) at De La Salle. Over the past five full seasons and one home game in 2020 before the pandemic shutdown, De La Salle is 56-11 on its campus field. De La Salle will be at home this week as long as it keeps winning. Palo Alto held St. Francis scoreless for seven innings but lost 1-0 in the eighth in the CCS D-I final.

Rather it’s the technology that taps the Lightning’s battery pack to power your home or the electric grid itself during increasingly frequent climate-driven blackouts. On this day, Ford had not yet handed over electric trucks to the grape growers — it has a backlog of some 200,000 orders. While electric vehicles are often referred to as batteries on wheels, the Lightning might be better described as a mobile power strip. Ford says the Lightning can fully power an average home for roughly three days. “And some people are just truly, really interested in this product as a backup generator.”She declined to say whether future Ford electric vehicles will feature bi-directional capability.

SEBASTOPOL — My first wine tasting trip to Sonoma County in nearly three years could have been stressful. But did I really want to spend my day racing across this massive wine region nearly twice the size of Napa — needy Maltese and 11-year-old in tow — just to sit through long, expensive, overindulgent concierge-style appointments? You can’t find that anywhere right now.”A taste of that wine, a 100-pointer critically-acclaimed as “perfection from Sonoma,” will run you $26. Related Articles Restaurants, Food and Drink | Sonoma restaurants: The best new places to eat, from Sonoma to HealdsburgSonoma restaurants: The best new places to eat, from Sonoma to Healdsburg Restaurants, Food and Drink | What was 49er George Kittle doing onstage at BottleRock Napa? Restaurants, Food and Drink | Gala honors De Anza College’s wine connection And no need to flag down a tasting attendant or sommelier, though both are on staff.

But even in places like the San Gabriel Valley, where more than 80% of residents are either Asian or Latino, few people are both. As the Asian and Latino populations continue to grow, fueled by both immigration and birthrates, mixed offspring will become increasingly common. Being Asian Latino can spark pride, especially for young people who spend much of their lives online. Ngo’s Mexican mother told her kids to kiss and hug their Chinese grandmother, which is not customary in Asian culture. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Emiko Luna Hernandez’s mother is Japanese Mexican and her father Mexican; Isaac Guo Meyer’s father is Mexican and his mother Chinese; Matthew Sy’s mother is Chinese and his father Salvadoran.

OAKLAND — A man was found shot in East Oakland Tuesday morning, authorities said. The condition of the man, believed to be in his 50s, was not immediately available. The man was found shot about 6:28 a.m. Tuesday in the 2900 block of East 12th Street. The wounded man was taken to a hospital. Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the shooter.

Both of these axioms are upheld by Foothill College Theatre Arts’ production of “Radium Girls,” running through June 12 at the Lohman Theatre on campus. “Radium Girls,” a 1999 play by D. W. Gregory, focuses on the young girls who were hired as factory works to paint watch dials. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer (a soft-spoken, affecting Caitlyn Kyong) as she fights her former employer, the U.S. Radium Corporation. That’s a shame because the true story of real radium girls, a chapter of labor reform in early 20th century America, needs to be told. Tickets for “Radium Girls” are $13 -$28 at www.theatreboxoffice@fhda.edu or 650-949-7360.

Here's the daily 2022 NBA Playoffs schedule, with television information. Click on each game for odds, picks and predictions for that game. More:Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors 2022 NBA Finals schedule, TV info., how to watchNBA Playoffs: NBA FinalsThursday, June 2Game 1: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 6 p.m., ABCSunday, June 5Game 2: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m., ABCWednesday, June 8Game 3: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABCFriday, June 10Game 4: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABCMonday, June 13Game 5: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 6 p.m., ABC (If necessary)Thursday, June 16Game 6: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABC (If necessary)Sunday, June 19Game 7: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m., ABC (If necessary)More:NBA Playoffs odds: Money lines, point spreads, over/unders for 2022 NBA postseason gamesNBA's highest paid players in 2021-22 season:Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff. Support local journalism: Subscribe to azcentral.com today.

The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors face off in the 2022 NBA Finals. Here's how to watch the best-of-seven final NBA Playoffs series in which Golden State has home court advantage. 2022 NBA Finals ScheduleGame 1: Thursday, June 2: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 6 p.m., ABCGame 2: Sunday, June 5: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m., ABCGame 3: Wednesday, June 8: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABCGame 4: Friday, June 10: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABCGame 5: Monday, June 13: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 6 p.m., ABC (If necessary)Game 6: Thursday, June 16: Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics, 6 p.m., ABC (If necessary)Game 7: Sunday, June 19: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m., ABC (If necessary)Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff. Support local journalism: Subscribe to azcentral.com today.

Take a look at the odds for NBA Playoffs games, including the point spread, money line and over/under. Click on each game for odds, picks and predictions for that game. More:NBA Playoffs schedule, TV information: How to watch 2022 NBA postseasonMore:Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors 2022 NBA Finals schedule, TV info., how to watchNBA Finals Finals: Point spreadsThursday, June 2Game 1: Boston Celtics (+3.5) vs. Golden State Warriors (-3.5)NBA Finals: Money linesThursday, June 2Game 1: Boston Celtics (+133) vs. Golden State Warriors (-165)NBA Finals: Over/undersThursday, June 2Game 1: Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors: 211.5NBA's highest paid players in 2021-22 season:Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. More:NBA title odds: Phoenix Suns' odds to win 2022 NBA Championship increaseMore:NBA Playoffs schedule, TV information: How to watch 2022 NBA postseason, Play-In tournamentReach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com.

Monday, May 30, 2022 Read moreA Philadelphia man and his 10-year-old son were killed in a drive-by shooting on Sunday during a holiday weekend that saw 13 homicides in the city, police said. At 6:38 p.m Monday, a 25-year-old man was killed in a shootout at 17th and Oxford Streets in North Philadelphia, authorities said. Two young women were killed on the street at 1:18 a.m. in a quadruple shooting in the 2900 block of East Tioga Street, police said. A 66-year-old man was shot once in the left side about 4:48 a.m. in the 5700 block of Anderson Street. In North Philadelphia shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, a 56-year-old man was killed and a 33-year-old woman was wounded by gunfire.

Read moreThough the four-story house in the Rittenhouse area would need major renovations, Richard Phillips envisioned how perfect it could be as a place to forge community ties. He bought the 6,000-square-foot, Second Empire-style townhouse in 2013, gutted the interior, and moved in two years later. Over the last century and a half, the circa 1850 structure has seen many transformations, from homes to multiple medical offices. For his renovations, Phillips elicited the help of builder Kyle Lissack of Ardmore-based residential construction firm Pinemar, Warren Claytor Architects in Wayne, and designer Ashli Mizell in Center City. The second floor features a TV room, game room and office, complete with floor-to-ceiling poplar bookcases painted a rich chocolate.

In hot neighborhoods around Philadelphia and nationally, single-family houses are selling quickly — often with multiple bids driving up the price. “If the house is even relatively decent, it’ll sell in two days,” said Andrew Black, a Redfin agent in Philadelphia. “It’s definitely a seller’s market,” said Holly Garber, a BHHS Fox & Roach agent in South Jersey. “If you’ve got the space, if it’s the neighborhood people want, you’re going to have bidding wars, multiple offers. In today’s market, buyers need to know sales prices from six days ago, not six months or a year ago.

But the cost of housing continues to rise for everyone, and economists expect rents across the country and in the Philadelphia region to grow faster than home prices in 2022. Nationally, November marked the fifth straight month of double-digit rent growth compared with last year, when rents grew more slowly than normal because of the pandemic, according to Realtor.com. Of the country’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, 47 had double-digit rent growth in November. National rent growth reached double digits — 11.5% — for the first time in August, when it began to outpace home price growth, according to Realtor.com. Economists at Realtor.com and Redfin predict that across the country, rents will grow about 7% in 2022, higher than the predicted 3% growth in median home listing prices.

“Someone said let’s go get a johnny,” said a West Philadelphia teen, using Philly slang for a stolen car. As Philadelphia experiences an unprecedented rise in gun violence, the number of carjackings in the city has soared in the last two years. They brag on social media and feature the stolen cars in music videos, and the rise of mask-wearing, including ski masks, makes them feel more emboldened, as if they can get away with anything. He said he believes that most thieves exporting stolen cars do so by renting their own shipping containers and tow trucks, bypassing the loading dock’s verification process. » READ MORE: Before killing a 12-year-old, a South Philly plainclothes police unit caused frequent chaos, residents sayIn January, two men who called for a pizza delivery carjacked their delivery driver at gunpoint, the owners said.

Jonathan Akubu of Drexel Hill was arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal carjacking of a 60-year-old man killed Feb. 6 in Northeast Philadelphia. Detectives used ballistics and cell phone records to connect Akubu to at least five incidents in the last two months. Akubu was charged with receiving stolen property in the Greenway Avenue case. Akubu is charged with aggravated assault in connection with that incident. Investigators later learned it belonged to Gbessay, Smith said, and they believe Akubu set it ablaze.

In the recent competitive market, home buyers have often found themselves in bidding wars for limited supply. Israel has seen rental bidding wars at small-scale properties since the pandemic started, she said. Although rental bidding doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue, in the last year, about a dozen of Israel’s clients have been asked to bid for rentals. ‘The rental market is very scary’High home sales prices are keeping some renters from becoming homeowners. Offering to pay more rentJune 2020 was the first time Israel of eXp Realty experienced a rental bidding war.

After a boat capsized Sunday evening, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Marine Evidence Recovery Team found another body during an overnight search in Lake Pueblo State Park, according to state officials. A person went missing over Memorial Day weekend when a boat with 13 people on board capsized due to high winds. “Our MERT team worked all night and around 5:45 a.m. we located a victim in 107 feet of water,” said Joe Stadterman, park manager at Lake Pueblo and MERT team member, in a Tuesday press release. Upon receiving a call for help after 7:30 p.m. Sunday, rangers rescued eight children and three adults by boat. The body recovered early Tuesday along the state park’s north shore was brought to the Pueblo County Coroner’s office for identification and cause of death.

American society is suffering from a growing pandemic of mass shootings. Last week, the list of forever students grew: 19 students between the ages of 8 and 10 and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. The FBI counted 53% more active shooter cases in 2021 than 2020 resulting in 171% more deaths over the same period. Guns, mental health, drugs, moral decay … there is no single answer to fix what is broken in our society and those politicians who suggest they know an answer are charlatans. These mass shootings portend a moral failing at our core.

It’s been five decades since the glitter-encrusted, gender-bending performance troupe the Cockettes burst onto the stage at San Francisco’s old Palace Theater, forever changing drag and theatrical conventions. Now a new cabaret tribute to the Cockettes plans to focus on one of the most enduring parts of their legacy: the original music that gave those performances their shape and vitality. Other original Cockettes may appear in the show. In the decade since that revival, some original Cockettes material that deals with cultural depictions and race has been re-evaluated. “With how big drag is on Broadway with shows like ‘Kinky Boots,’ there’s got to be an audience for that.

Newcomers Mario Mitchell and Jovan Jackson are trying to unseat incumbent Councilman Scott Black in North Las Vegas Ward 3. Scott Black, left, Jovan Jackson and Mario Mitchell, candidates for North Las Vegas Council Ward 3, 2022 primary. North Las Vegas Councilman Scott Black faces two political novices in the upcoming primary to represent Ward 3. Scott BlackBlack, owner of the graphic design company LogoZoo, grew up in North Las Vegas. Now, North Las Vegas can be strategic and selective as the competition increases between businesses that want to come there, he said.

This week, the 36-year-old from Pierson, Michigan, is rolling together two of his passions for a 120-mile hike — broken up by a ferry ride across Lake Michigan — to Elkhart Lake. Light on sponsorship for the 2022 season, Blackall Racing committed to just two rounds — Road America and Pittsburgh International Raceway in August — and then were able to add Road Atlanta in April. “That’s when I know that I’m having fun too, is that I’m talking and I’m not in a corner or in a dark room. The walk — which began Sunday — will take its toll too, particularly the hills he’ll encounter as he approaches the racetrack. But Blackall has endured far worse in life and he knows others have too.

And now, amid a national surge in traffic fatalities that federal officials have called a crisis and studies showing Black communities have been hit even harder during the pandemic, plans to redesign the city’s “corridor of death” could be gaining traction. In the wake of increasing fatalities, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has pushed a “safe system” approach, encouraging cities and states to take into account more than just driver behavior when designing roads. The Philadelphia skyline, top left, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with North Mascher Ave, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. Federal officials have pledged to prioritize equity when making funding decisions in the wake of a disproportionate 23% jump in Black traffic fatalities in 2020. One of the men was a teenager when his own mother had died crossing Roosevelt Boulevard.

(Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office)Re: It’s been 32 years since a clown shot Marlene Warren to death. However, as reported, the trial judge, Palm Beach Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer, reluctantly agreed to the delays, claiming he had cleared his schedule for the expected three-week trial. I have a duty to the public,” Suskauer told the lawyers. (Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post)In my opinion, the judge has crossed the line of impartiality and should be disqualified from the case if he’s worried about the impact on his schedule. She is of the opinion that lots of students with loans would vote if such a program were in place.

Gervonta Davis seemed annoyed enough by all Rolando Romero's talking to lightly shove him off the stage at their weigh-in. Davis regained his knockout power and retained his lightweight title Saturday night, stopping Romero in the sixth round. Davis landed a crushing left hand near the corner and Romero fell forward into the ropes. Davis laughed off most of the talk, until pushing Romero on Friday and learning something about how to handle his opponent. Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs) landed a hard left and appeared set to finish O’Sullivan in the closing seconds of the seventh before the bell rang.

Putting on his shirt and shoes after the Mets pounded the Nationals, 13-5, on Monday night, Francisco Lindor was humming — and sort of singing — perhaps the most-played tune at Citi Field in the hours prior: the Rangers’ goal song. Like those who have been wearing Rangers jerseys to Mets games, catching his eye, Lindor has enjoyed the Rangers’ run. You can see when people come to the games with Rangers jerseys. So did his music-loving toddler, Kalina, who took to the goal song after initially being scared. “I love their song,” Lindor said.

So he wanted to make sure twin daughters Rachel and Sydney — now seniors at Young — understood what they would have to do if they wanted to follow in his footsteps. The Robinson twins each won four medals, including a trio of firsts, in leading Young to the Class 3A state title last weekend at Eastern Illinois in Charleston. In beating runner-up Homewood-Flossmoor 53-44, the Dolphins became the first Public League girls track champ since Morgan Park won the Class AA title in 2002. Rachel and Sydney went first and second in the 100 at 12.03 and 12.08 seconds. ‘‘When it was time to focus and go, that’s what I did.’’‘‘The rolling schedule didn’t bother me,’’ Rachel said.

And now, amid a national surge in traffic fatalities that federal officials have called a crisis and studies showing Black communities have been hit even harder during the pandemic, plans to redesign the city’s “corridor of death” could be gaining traction. In the wake of increasing fatalities, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has pushed a “safe system” approach, encouraging cities and states to take into account more than just driver behavior when designing roads. The Philadelphia skyline, top left, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with North Mascher Ave, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. Federal officials have pledged to prioritize equity when making funding decisions in the wake of a disproportionate 23% jump in Black traffic fatalities in 2020. One of the men was a teenager when his own mother had died crossing Roosevelt Boulevard.

Paul Schimpf during a Republican governor candidate session with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on May 17, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)But that’s because both of those leading candidates have been infused with outside cash. Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey during a debate at WGN-Ch. AdvertisementAurora Mayor and Republican candidate for governor Richard Irvin, answers questions after a candidate forum at WMAQ-Ch. We understand the appeal of a tactical vote for Irvin, who may well improve as the election moves past the primary stage.

I was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. As we investigated Taylor’s case at the Tribune, we found ample new evidence of his innocence — documents and witnesses who undermined the case against him. If Taylor’s case fell apart, all the cases would fall apart, since they depended on confessions that linked all the young men to the crime. Faced with spending his life in prison, Taylor educated himself and, like many inmates, studied his case. “Rather than admitting there was a grievous injustice here, the city of Chicago chose to fight and drag this out.

A just-sentenced inmate bound for state prison was caught trying to sneak ceramic razor blades, drugs and other contraband into a Suffolk jail in Yaphank, the sheriff's office said Tuesday. Although the inmate, 36-year-old William Santiago of Holtsville, initially denied possessing contraband, on May 18, he later acknowledged what was hidden in his body, after an officer spotted it, according to Sgt. Paul Spinella, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, which runs the jail. Once an inmate is sentenced, he is subject to being strip searched, which is what uncovered the contraband, the spokesman said. After the contraband was seen, Santiago produced from his body: "three large ceramic razor blades, six small ceramic razor blades, one small bag of fentanyl, eleven bundles containing over 100 strips of suboxone, K2 (synthetic marijuana), match strikers, rolling papers, and numerous match heads," the office said in a news release.

With inflation at a 25-year high increasing the property tax levy cap, expect even greater property tax increases than in recent years. With respect to budgeting, that can start with the creation of a truly empowered and independent council budget office. AdvertisementThe creation of a council budget office should be accompanied by a truth in budgeting ordinance requiring underlying methodology and data for city budget projections to be publicly disclosed. This is what the law sets out at the federal level in which the powerful Congressional Budget Office independently evaluates and scores all legislative proposals. Paul Vallas was budget director for the city of Chicago and CEO of Chicago Public Schools.

Student loan burden does not benefit the nation ["Partial student loan relief expected," News, May 23]. Daryl Altman, LynbrookAs a Democrat, I am incensed at the thought of any amount of student debt being forgiven. Actions have consequences, and student debt is one of those consequences. Laura Smith, CentereachWe want to assure access to a college education without folks needing to get into large debt. Karen Ferguson, Glen CoveI truly feel bad for those suffering with student debt.

I want to thank the Tribune and reporter Jeremy Gorner for the informative article about the editorial board’s recent meeting with the three Democratic candidates for the Illinois secretary of state (“Candidates question each other’s ethics,” May 20). Two days before summer break, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers. We all hate each other; one half will hate the other who is in office, and vice versa. AdvertisementIt annoys me that the current candidates for the governor’s job are bringing up the abortion issue. I want Illinois to stay an abortion rights state, which is why I will not endorse any of those candidates.

(Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)Scattered thunderstorms are expected throughout northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon into evening, with a slight chance some of the storms will develop into severe weather, according to the National Weather Service. “If storms do indeed become severe, large hail and damaging winds would be the primary threats,” meteorologists warned on the weather service website. The system could arrive in the Chicago area between 3 and 10 p.m., with the greatest chance of severe weather after 5 p.m., meteorologists said. The local threat will come as severe weather shifts from the Upper Midwest and into the Southern Plains Tuesday, according to the weather service. “A threat of severe weather exists (Tuesday) from the Great Lakes down through the southern High Plains,” forecasters said.

Dennis Watkins with the cast of "Death and Harry Houdini" by House Theatre of Chicago in 2012. (Michael Brosilow)There is longer anyone home at the House Theatre of Chicago. “We were a unicorn in that we operated on 70% earned income and attracted audiences who didn’t go to the theater,” Allen said in a telephone interview. Smaller companies had a far better chance than us of making it through.”Artistic director Nathan Allen during a rehearsal of the musical "Verboten" on Jan. 6, 2020 at the House Theatre of Chicago. But for that 20 years, any night that the House was on, that was one of the best rooms you could be in Chicago.

We can’t let my kids, my grandkids live like this for the rest of their lives and for their kids’ lives,” he said. She feels helpless, because she knows so many people who lost children, and she has no idea what to say to console them. “I don’t know why he decided to kill my friends,” said the boy, bouncing nervously on a trampoline. They don’t know what to say, except that his friends are in heaven now with God. They also don’t know what to say when he tells them he doesn’t want to go back to school in the fall.

Locust Valley Middle School student going to national spelling beeThe winner of the Long Island Spelling Bee, Safiullah Sajid, a student at Locust Valley Middle School, is on his way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara

La muñeca tenía la piel morena, el pelo largo y oscuro y la misma pintura facial y corporal que utilizaba el pueblo anambé. AdvertisementAsí nació una idea de negocio y su modesta casa es ahora un taller donde ella y su hija fabrican muñecas para una clientela cada vez mayor. Luakam Anambé posa con unas muñecas indígenas en su taller de Río de Janeiro, el martes 24 de mayo de 2022. (Silvia Izquierdo/AP)Era una de 15 hijos y los padres de Anambé la enviaron a ella y a sus dos hermanas a vivir y trabajar en una plantación. Recuerda que la reprendieron tras pedirle a la mujer del dueño una muñeca: debía trabajar, no jugar, recuerda Anambé.

Stewart Harvey’s letter resonated with me and I’m sure many others (“Digital-only coupons discriminate,” May 24). I’ve also passed up on purchases or discounts because of an inability to copy the code. But I found an alternative, thanks to a helpful Fred Meyer employee. I had just requested help from a man stocking shelves, who tried unsuccessfully to show me how to use the camera on my phone to copy the QR code on a digital deal. It’s so much easier, and each time, Fred Meyer staff have “made it right” by me.

Ríos en los que no pescarán. Pueden apoyarse unos en otros en el duelo. Llegó a la casa donde Rojelio Torres, de 10 años, esperaba cada mañana en la vereda con su hermano pequeño y su hermana. “Te amo y te extrañaré”, escribió encima, y dibujó un corazón roto en el sitio donde solía sentarse, en la parte trasera. “De modo que tocan las vidas de miles de personas, estos niños, prácticamente a todo el mundo en el pueblo”.

A person was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Northeast Portland, police said. Officers responded to reports of the crash near Northeast Prescott Street and 102nd Avenue about 5:30 a.m., police said in a news release. The driver, who initially appeared to be breathing, died at the scene. The driver was not publicly identified, and police did not say what caused the crash. Investigators asked anyone with information about the crash to contact police at 503-823-2103 or by emailing crimetips@portlandoregon.gov, attention Traffic Investigations Unit, and referencing case number 22-144599.

A 10-year-old Florida boy is under arrest for allegedly threatening by text to conduct a mass shooting, police in Lee County said Sunday. The boy was arrested Saturday and charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting after the Patriot Elementary School fifth-grader sent a threatening text message, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. “This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement. “Making sure our children are safe is paramount. My team didn’t hesitate one second … NOT ONE SECOND, to investigate this threat.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced legislation Monday that would put a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns. “We are capping the number of handguns in this country,” Trudeau said.

How do I deal with the news that 19 kids and two teachers were murdered in Texas? And yet I see kids everywhere the ages of these kids who died, happily giggling about kid stuff, and it breaks my heart. “Stopping gun violence” is a huge mission for a huge country. Ask other parents if they have guns in their homes before you let your kids go over to their houses. If you want to help specifically to reduce gun violence, Ceasefire Oregon, Lift Every Voice Oregon or Everytown For Gun Safety are all good places to start.

Since moving to the Pacific Northwest and becoming truly immersed in the outdoors, my relationship with the natural world has never run deeper. One of the places that has become home to me is in the Tillamook State Forest along the banks of the Wilson River. It sets off primal reward systems that I didn’t know existed and has caused a sort of paradigm shift in how I view the natural world. The Tillamook State Forest, an hour from downtown Portland, provides a wide variety of wild edibles, including salmon and steelhead, wild mushrooms, blackberries, lady fern fiddleheads and more. I have shared many great times, enriched friendships, grown personally and gained an even greater appreciation for the natural world in that forest.

— U.S. consumer confidence edged lower for the second consecutive month as Americans' view of their present and future prospects dimmed in the midst of persistent inflation. The expectations index, based on consumers’ six-month outlook for income, business and labor market conditions, also declined in May, to 77.5 from 79 in April. The Labor Department reported earlier in May that consumer prices jumped 8.3% last month from a year ago. Rising costs remain the top concern for consumers, as their inflation expectations were mostly unchanged from April’s elevated levels. “Looking ahead, expect surging prices and additional interest rate hikes to pose continued downside risks to consumer spending this year," said Lynn Franco, the Conference Board’s senior director of economic indicators.

Stan ChoeAssociated PressNew York — U.S. stocks are falling Tuesday as Wall Street nears the end of a tumultuous month, bruised by worries about a possible recession, inflation and rising interest rates. Highlighting the worries about inflation, oil prices jumped above $119 toward their highest levels since the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The nearly 60% jumps for oil prices so far this year have been a big contributor to the very high inflation around the world. For the first time since the dot-com bubble was deflating two decades ago, the S&P 500 tumbled to seven straight losing weeks through mid-May. They all combined to bring Wall Street to the brink of what’s called a bear market, where the S&P 500 was on the verge of closing more than 20% below its record.

Zeke MillerAssociated PressWashington — President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans' pocketbooks and the president's public approval. It also represents something of a reversal by Biden as inflation has evolved as a threat. Their shared goal is to move the U.S. from its robust rebound and high inflation to low inflation and steady growth. Ahead of the meeting Biden pledged not to interfere in the Fed's decision-making, but suggested that he and Powell are aligned on addressing inflation. "My predecessor demeaned the Fed, and past presidents have sought to influence its decisions inappropriately during periods of elevated inflation,” Biden wrote.

An Ohio man drowned Sunday in a Lenawee County lake while on a Memorial Day weekend trip with family, police said. Thomas O'Leary, 39 of Sylvania, Ohio, was about to go tubing with his daughter before they both fell off the tube and into Devil's Lake in Manitou Beach near the Ohio border, according to a press release from the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office. Alcohol was not a factor in the incident, police said, and all children were wearing life vests while the man was not. O'Leary's family were on the trip with another family and rented a cottage on the lake, the release said. The dive team was assisted by Michigan State Police, the Toledo, Addison and Somerset fire departments and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Associated PressFairfax, Va. — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors resumed deliberations in Fairfax County Circuit Court just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.

Upper Arlington City Council is expected to determine this month if the use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides will be permitted as part of a new turf-management policy for athletic fields at city parks. Under the proposal, those chemicals are "necessary tools" to enable Parks and Recreation staff to provide "quality athletic fields" to the community. "We are talking about the athletic fields of our parks, with a small buffer and not the entire area of the park," McLaughlin said. "Historically, Upper Arlington has been a leader in its environmental stewardship of its parks and sports fields with minimal to no use of synthetic pesticides," said Matt Petersen, a board member. Petersen added that the advisory board prefers the city continue to focus on the soils at its park athletic fields and issues that affect drainage, as opposed to using chemicals to treat them.

“What you need,” they said, “is a smart watch. If I don’t stop them, the watch crew will call the squad, and there’s no calling them back. I recently read an opinion piece by a New York Times columnist who decided to abandon the smart watch applause and simply listen to her body. So maybe I’ll keep my smart watch a bit longer. Balancing Act author Pat Snyder is a Beechwold resident and life-balance speaker and coach.

Jim FischerThisWeek | USA TODAY NETWORKOlentangy Schools is welcoming new principals at Olentangy Shanahan and Olentangy Liberty middle schools. Prior to becoming an administrator, Tartt taught high school English and coached three high school sports. “I am truly honored to join Olentangy Schools,” Tartt said in a statement. He brings 16 years of experience in education, having held elementary and middle school principal roles at South-Western City and Buckeye Valley school districts, as well as assistant principal roles. Crothers is to assume the role of assistant director of professional development, with five years as building principal at Olentangy Liberty Middle School and five years as an assistant principal at Liberty High School.

Hanna Greer-BrownSolid Waste Authority of Central OhioSWACO is working hard to make central Ohio a leader in sustainability by accelerating issues involving waste reduction and diversion, including providing grant funding to put ideas into action. Since the Community Waste Reduction Grant program was reimagined in 2016, SWACO has awarded $770,000 in competitive funding to support local waste-diversion initiatives across the region. We’re proud to highlight two of our 2022 grant recipients, both of which will use their grants to make significant inroads in waste reduction and diversion efforts. In 2022, SWACO provided CFA with a $20,000 grant to help support activities related to textile waste reduction and recycling. In 2022, SWACO awarded the city of Gahanna with $7,371 to help implement the city’s first residential food waste drop-off program.

But even more hostile to the Union cause was the fiery and articulate Samuel Medary of Columbus. Medary often remarked, “This boy will someday be president.”With some friends, he began editing a newspaper called the Ohio Sun in Clermont County in 1828. Prominent in Ohio politics, Medary was offered the governorship of the Minnesota Territory in 1857. Returning to Columbus in 1860, he soon founded and was outspoken editor of The Crisis newspaper. Medary was not a man to be swerved from his purpose by a mob, and the tone of The Crisis continued as before.

It's been about 70 years, but Jill Kuyper still can remember attending kindergarten class in what was then the relatively new Kindergarten Annex building. Kuyper added that the annex building was a place where she felt comfortable. "The annex building has served us well over the decades," Culp said. The project to complete the new parking lot will be on a fast track, Culp said. "The thing that stands out for me is that it was a school built expressly for kindergarten-aged children," she said.

Over the weekend, center fielder Aaron Hicks was essentially benched after missing two days with right hamstring tightness. He’s struck out 33 times and walked 21 in 145 plate appearances. The Yankees had hoped that Hicks would be able to rebound after missing most of the 2019 and 2021 seasons with injuries. But it’s not just this season that has made Gallo seem like a misfit in the Yankees lineup. “Joey is going to strike out at times,” Boone said.

Central Oklahoma Humane Society Center: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, 7500 N Western Ave., 286-1229. Edmond Animal Welfare Shelter: 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Moore Animal Shelter: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 4000 S Interstate 35 Service Road, 793-5190. Oklahoma City Animal Welfare: The shelter is open from noon to 5:30 p.m. seven days a week at 2811 SE 29. Yukon Animal Shelter: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, 501 Ash Ave., 354-6312.

EU says deal will effectively cut 90% of oil imports by year-end cutting off key source of Moscow’s funding for the war.

Based on early voting data alone, 37,144 former Democrats voted in the Republican primary. Trump’s opponents encouraged Democrats to help defeat U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in her Georgia primary last week. Of Republican primary voters who cast early or absentee ballots this year, only 1.7 percent voted Democratic in the 2020 primary. Kinzinger’s political organization, Country First, targeted thousands of former Georgia Democrats with mailers and text messages urging them to support Raffensperger for the sake of democracy. Back in Georgia, Raffensperger’s team pushed back on the idea that he won the GOP primary because of Democrats.

Updated 3 timesWASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden disagree, they don’t hash it out in front of other people. She says she could soon be sharing White House living quarters with a teenage granddaughter. When Joe Biden was vice president, the couple decided to settle disagreements by text to avoid fighting in the presence of their Secret Service agents — and dubbed it fexting. “You have to be able to stand on your own two feet.”Jill Biden met then-Sen. Joe Biden in 1975, and they were married two years later. Granddaughter Naomi is engaged to be married and is planning a White House wedding reception in November.

Updated 3 timesWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans’ pocketbooks and the president’s public approval. Tuesday’s meeting is the first since Biden renominated Powell to lead the central bank and comes weeks after his confirmation for a second term by the Senate. It also represents something of a reversal by Biden as inflation has evolved as a threat. Their shared goal is to move the U.S. from its robust rebound and high inflation to low inflation and steady growth. “My predecessor demeaned the Fed, and past presidents have sought to influence its decisions inappropriately during periods of elevated inflation,” Biden wrote.

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “The city is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block,” Oleksandr Striuk said. Evacuation efforts from Sievierodonetsk have been halted because of shelling. Military analysts described the fight for Sievierodonetsk as part of a race against time for the Kremlin. In neighboring Luhansk, two people were killed and four were wounded by shelling, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said Tuesday on Telegram.

Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering, one-sided conversations with a computerized answering service by making it obligatory for companies to offer a real, flesh-and-blood customer service worker when so requested by a caller. That is one among a battery of measures included in a customer service bill presented by Spain’s left-wing coalition government on Tuesday. The bill will need the approval of Spain’s Parliament before it can become law. Providers of basic services, such as utilities, phone and Internet, will have to offer customer service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All other companies will have to be provide customer service during working hours.

FAIRFAX, Va. — A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against Amber Heard. What the jury considers will be very different from the public debate that has engulfed the high-profile proceedings. Most of the article discusses public policy as it relates to domestic violence, and Heard’s lawyers say she has a First Amendment right to weigh in. Heard’s lawyers say they have presented a mountain of evidence that Heard was abused. Depp’s lawyers, though, say the two passages are clear references to Depp, given the publicity that surrounded their 2016 divorce proceedings.

"It would be hypocritical for the Supreme Court to prevent its own employees from taking advantage of that fundamental legal protection." The Supreme Court did not respond to a CNN request on Monday for comment related to the phone searches and affidavits. The young lawyers selected to be law clerks each year are regarded as the elite of the elite. Six of the current nine Supreme Court justices are former clerks. The escalating scrutiny of law clerks reflects Roberts' concerns about the breach in confidentiality and possibly further leaks.

In big bid to punish Moscow, EU bans most Russia oil importsBRUSSELS (AP) — In the most significant effort yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the European Union agreed to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian oil imports. EU leaders agreed to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funeralsUVALDE, Texas (AP) — It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break. Hurricane Agatha sets May record, then weakens over MexicoPUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Agatha has made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season. Oil traded near $120 per barrel following the agreement by EU leaders to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc as part of new sanctions against Moscow.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages in southern Mexico. Agatha was downgraded to a tropical depression by Tuesday morning, with sustained winds down to 35 mph (55 kph). Heavy rain and big waves lashed the beach town of Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe. “There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind,” said Silvia Ranfagni, manager of the Casa Kalmar hotel in Zipolite. It was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, said Jeff Masters, meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections and the founder of Weather Underground.

The Sapporo District Court ruled that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. must not operate any of the three reactors at its coastal Tomari nuclear power plant in northern Japan because the inadequate tsunami protection could endanger people's lives. Many of Japan's nuclear power plants have been shut down since the disaster for safety checks and upgrades. The reactors at the Tomari plant have not operated since 2012. About 1,200 people from the area of the Tomari plant and elsewhere filed a lawsuit in late 2012 demanding that it be decommissioned because of inadequate earthquake and tsunami protections. The court also ruled that Hokkaido Electric had failed to adequately explain how it can ensure the safety of spent nuclear fuel inside the reactors.

Authorities on Tuesday released the names of two women missing near Bosher's Dam. Henrico police in a statement said they are Lauren E. Winstead, 23, of Henrico County, and Sarah E. Erway, 28, of Chesterfield County. Our earlier story ...Two women are missing after a group of 12 people went over a dam in the James River on Monday afternoon. RFD's first boat went into the water at 3:22 p.m., where alongside civilian kayakers, the fire department was able to rescue and account for 10 people. Nine of those individuals were taken to a reunification center at Station 25 to meet with family members.

It is not clear how the outlets have determined the jurors’ races or other details, other than simple observation. “The gendered distribution of the jury makes that even more interesting.”The jury will attempt to rule on two claims. That’s even more probable considering that Heard’s team “turned a case about defamation into a case about abuse,” which might muddy the waters for the jury. “While they’ve been prohibited from accessing social media and media coverage, the frenzy at the courthouse alone is enough for them to understand that the world is watching,” she said. Complicating things further is how to determine actual damages, if the jury decides anyone is owed them.

In March and April of 2020, as the coronavirus spread and people isolated in their homes, a doctor in San Diego boasted that he had his hands on a “miracle cure,” according to prosecutors — hydroxychloroquine. But Staley had a way of getting it, he later told an undercover federal agent. Staley was sentenced last week to 30 days in prison and a year of home confinement for the scheme. According to prosecutors, federal agents began looking into Staley after concerned customers alerted the FBI to the marketing emails from Skinny Beach Med Spa. “It’s preventive and curative,” Staley said to the undercover agent, court documents show.

The then non-professional actor Martin LaSalle was cast by Bresson as Michel, a gloomy young man who spends his days writing his journal in a seedy bedsit: a precursor for the prison cell for which he is destined. (Michel is clearly an ancestor of Paul Schrader’s insomniac malcontents, but with his own monkish austerity.) Who could go back to working for a living after the fierce existential thrill of stealing from someone? After the intimate ecstasy, the almost sensual caress of the fingers inside the stranger’s pocket at the bar, the Métro, the racetrack? Or is stealing from strangers his idea of redemption after the unspeakable shame of stealing from his own mother?

Dominic Cummings has accused Sue Gray of not properly investigating the alleged “Abba party” in Boris Johnson’s flat during lockdown, saying the music was so loud that dozens of people working in the office downstairs could hear it. Cummings said Gray’s justification not to properly look into the event was “brazen”, suggesting she turned a blind eye and took a “fuck this” attitude. It became known as the “Abba party” because the song The Winner Takes It All was reportedly blasted out of the flat, allegedly because Johnson’s wife, Carrie, was celebrating Cummings’ departure. Some Tory MPs told the Guardian they feared a cover-up when the flat party was not properly investigated. “He’s thinking if they don’t put him out before August, he’s got a reasonable chance of swinging the election,” Cummings said.

Placeholder while article actions loadSome good news for home buyers: More houses are coming on the market, according to a recent report from Realtor.com. Homes spent fewer than six days on the market during the week ending May 14, compared with a year ago. Buyers in many markets face competition from institutional investors who buy homes for single-family home rentals or to improve and sell. The study found that on average, 42 percent of single-family properties purchased by institutional buyers were converted to single-family rentals. For the full report on institutional buyers from NAR, visit cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/documents/2022-impact-of-institutional-buyers-on-home-sales-and-single-family-rentals-05-12-2022.pdf.

During most of this term's arguments, the main question was whether the Supreme Court's conservative majority would rule narrowly or broadly. The issues include abortion, guns, religion and climate change. But the state's attorneys said the court should go further and overturn the right to abortion established in 1973. vs. Bruen)Religious schools: Do students enrolled in religious schools have an equal right to public funds if their state funds other private schools? Now, West Virginia and 18 other coal states want the court to rule that the EPA and the Biden administration lack broad regulatory authority to fight climate change.

Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was born Elsa Hildegard Plötz in the city of ?winouj?cie, now part of Poland, in 1874. In Venice this year, she was honoured as a dadaist pioneer who reimagined her everyday life as a performance. She collaborated with fellow surrealists Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray on the film The Baroness Shaves Her Pubic Hair. A jagged spike of split wood … the baroness’s Cathedral. Photograph: Justin Wonnacott/Courtesy of Carleton University Art Gallery, OttawaA new exhibition at London’s Mimosa House is celebrating the Baroness.

It’s a motto that some UK drill rappers have adopted with gusto, leaving fans to question whether it’s harming or helping the genre. Another handy aspect of the sample drill craze, for labels at least, is that they make money from the royalties if they own the rights to the original sample as well as the new song. A strategy of throwing shit (J-Lo samples) at the wall (Spotify playlists) until it sticks (is Top 20 good enough?) Some of these new songs sample guilty pleasures. Tion Wayne has a new, coldly non-pop track out with Giggs this week.

Swiss customs authorities have discovered an antique Japanese samurai sword made nearly 700 years ago, after it was smuggled into the country. The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security said the katana sword, dated to 1353 and valued at €650,000 (£550,000), was found in a car with Swiss plates during a routine search near Zurich. The driver, accompanied by his daughter, had not registered the objects at the Thayngen border crossing from Germany, officials said. Following the investigation, regional authorities imposed fines of more than 6,000 Swiss francs (£4,960) on the employer. The customs authorities said they had collected nearly 54,000 Swiss francs in VAT from the driver, who faced up to 800,000 francs in further fines.

USA Swimming’s policy states that trans athletes must undergo three years of hormone replacement therapy before being allowed to compete. “The biggest misconception, I think, is the reason I transitioned,” Thomas said. “Trans women competing in women’s sports does not threaten women’s sports as a whole,” Thomas said. The NCAA rules regarding trans women competing in women’s sports have been around for 10-plus years. And we haven’t seen any massive wave of trans women dominating.”Some have argued that trans athletes should compete in their own category, but Thomas dismissed such ideas in swimming.

Two years later John Paul II gave Sodano the top job in the Vatican, Secretary of State, creating him a Cardinal soon afterwards. A frequent visitor to Legionary headquarters, Sodano was also on the receiving end of Maciel’s (a fabled fundraiser’s) generosity. Despite the fact that Sodano had been Maciel’s point man in the Vatican, his career did not suffer. The Dean was Cardinal Ratzinger, which meant that Sodano had to fulfil the role of Dean in the Papal election after Ratzinger was elected Pope. Despite the fact that all offices in the Vatican lapse on the death of a Pope, Ratzinger, as Benedict XVI, reconfirmed Cardinal Sodano as Secretary of State and also approved his election as Dean of the College of Cardinals.

A sperm donor who fathered 15 children despite having a rare genetic condition that causes low IQ is a “victim of his own kind heart”, his family have claimed. However, he was unmasked in a rare move by a High Court judge after he demanded access to some of the children. Mrs Justice Lieven, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court in Derby, named him in a bid to stop other women from using him as a sperm donor. “I was shocked because we didn’t even know he had a girlfriend and then he told me he was a sperm donor and I thought it was one and couldn’t believe it was any more. She also said he should be named to stop other women from using him as a sperm donor, adding: “I have no confidence that he will not act as a sperm donor in the future.

Days after a massacre at an elementary school in Texas in which 21 people died, the Memorial Day weekend in the US was marked by yet more mass shootings, at least 14 incidents total. Overall, gun violence over the weekend from 5am on Friday to early Tuesday saw 156 people dead and 412 injured. Among the mass shootings over the long weekend were six injured by gunfire at a high school graduation in Anniston, Alabama, and the killing of three children under 10 and a woman dead at a private residence in Mecosta county, Michigan. Five other mass shootings took place on Saturday. On Monday, the gun violence included one man dead and six injured close to a liquor store in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

We spoke directly to Wayne LaPierre at the NRA Convention and thanked him for all his thoughts and prayers. “You kept hearing [after each] that Wayne LaPierre isn’t doing enough, and frankly that’s not true,” Selvig continued. “The NRA under Wayne LaPierre’s leadership has provided thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families and maybe these mass shootings would stop happening if we all thought a little bit more and we prayed a little bit more. He scowled and frowned as Selvig repeatedly uttered the phrase “thoughts and prayers”, words that critics say are used by opponents of meaningful gun control to deflect responsibility for action after mass shootings. Selvig, along with Good Liars collaborator Davram Stiefler, had previously targeted one of the convention’s highest-profile speakers, former president Donald Trump.

BrewDog has forked out £9m on trying to fix its culture problem and ease pressures on staff after facing claims that workers were "burnt out, afraid and miserable." It said it had spent £9m during the year on people, including on an "extensive culture review" and improving salary and benefits for staff. BrewDog said its plans are aimed at accelerating growth, but designed "to relieve resource constraints in certain parts of the business". Mr Watt told the Telegraph there was a mismatch in expectations of what workers were looking for and its culture. BrewDog said its bar division had since returned to profitability, after Covid restrictions were lifted earlier this year.

The Kremlin has spent $10m on technology to get around its own bans on accessing Western websites, according to new figures. Since the February invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s public sector has spent millions on virtual private networks (VPNs), which allow users to bypass internet restrictions on certain websites. A new analysis of public contracts placed by Russian state agencies reveals how much the country has spent getting around its own internet blocks. VPNs operate by routing users’ web traffic through special digital tunnels that help disguise its true origin and destination. Critics of VPNs say operators of such services gain valuable insights into, and, potentially, control over, customers’ web browsing habits.

The Bank of England will take over collapsed “stablecoin” companies to prevent a cryptocurrency crash hitting financial stability, under Treasury plans. Stablecoin issuers would be placed into special administration by the Bank to protect consumers if they fail, a Government consultation said on Tuesday. The proposals would mean companies offering stablecoins, cryptocurrencies designed to hold their value, would fall under similar rules as banks and other systemic institutions. The consultation proposed that the Bank would have the power to direct administrators for systemic “digital settlement asset” firms under the Financial Market Infrastructure Special Administration Regime. Under the proposals for stablecoins, the Bank would have to consult with the FCA when appointing administrators.

England's women's team were given the first preference of training pitch at St George's Park on Tuesday over the men's senior side, who are also training on the site at the same time, following collaboration between Gareth Southgate and Sarina Wiegman. With the Lionesses preparing for July's home Women's Euros, that major tournament has informally been given priority by the Football Association over the men's Nations League fixtures in June, and sources told Telegraph Sport all involved were keen to show the women's team the respect they deserve. For that reason, Wiegman's squad's first full training session of the summer took place on the Sir Bobby Charlton pitch, while the men's team were over on pitch 5, amid a rare clash where the men's and women's sides were both at St George's Park on simultaneous camps. The men's Under-21 and women's Under-19 sides were also training at home of the England teams this week. Wiegman's provisional squad of 28 were in good health, with 26 of them training as a group on Tuesday.

Donald Trump Jr has published a scathing rant video about how the Uvalde shooter could have killed the same number of people using a bat. “They’ll blame it on the guns, they’ll blame it on everything because no one can possibly take responsibility for their actions,” he said. “He wouldn’t have done the exact same thing with a bat, or a bomb, or some sort of improvised device?" Salvador Ramos was able to walk into a store and buy two AR-15 rifles and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition legally. Click here to sign up to our newsletters.

It has been almost a hundred days since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and changed the course of European history. The war has left behind a trail of death, destruction and displacement and plunged much of the world into economic uncertainty. Below, we count the cost of the conflict so far, from casualties and equipment losses to refugees and food prices. CasualtiesTo date, as many as 50,000 people may have been killed by fighting since 23 February. Where Kyiv saw around a quarter of confirmed deaths in the first month of the conflict, just 11 have been recorded in the city since the start of April, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.

For all our cakes and buns and comforting stews, our pies and potatoes and mad fixation with putting everything and anything on toast, Britain is a country that runs on breakfast. Without wanting to get too Nigel Farage about it, our breakfasts are clearly world class – superficially celebrated yet rarely given the respect they deserve. It’s the one thing that truly unites this fractured country. However we vote, whichever team we support, even if we rarely eat before noon, we’re an island of breakfast worshippers next to a continent largely content with a coffee and a pastry on the hoof. While I’m not saying breakfast is the national religion I might go as far as to call it a cult.

He’s everywhere and nowhere, baby (to quote Jeff Beck’s debut 1967 solo single, Hi Ho Silver Lining). Movie star Johnny Depp has taken a break from his court battle against ex-wife Amber Heard to join guitar supremo Beck on tour in the UK. Depp’s look may be intended to approximate Keith Richards’s jet set gypsy cool but could be easily mistaken for Worzel Gummidge losing a fight with a maypole. At 77, Beck remains one of the most adept masters of six strings the rock world has ever witnessed. Presumably, he may be seeking alternative employment if his current trial does not go his way.

Joe Rogan has continued to wade in on the Uvalde school massacre, by saying it's not 'wise' to take weapons away from gun owners. The controversial podcaster was speaking on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience when he was asked about how you stop a situation like what happened in Texas. “This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem,” he told scientist Lex Fridman. "I don't think it's wise to take the guns away from the people and leave all of the power to the government." Click here to sign up to our newsletters.

An attempt to beat the world record for the amount of bungee jumps in 24 hours is under way. The 44-year-old Paris-born actuary travelled to Garry Bridge in Perthshire on Tuesday morning to take on the mammoth challenge. “It’s good to get out of your comfort zone.”To break the existing record, Mr Dibon will need to complete a bungee jump roughly every 200 seconds (3 mins 20 secs). Mr Dibon will be completing the challenge with 15 crew members from Highland Fling Bungee who are working in shifts throughout the 24-hour period. Hopefully, as a team, we can do this.”The marathon attempt, being scrutinised by Guinness World Record judge Joanne Brent, is scheduled to finish on Wednesday morning.

PETA has urged people to stop buying corgis, the Queen's iconic favourite breed of pup, warning of their potentially serious health issues. "They have serious health issues and purchasing them supports breeders who churn out litter after litter for profit. Corgis were first associated with the Queen in the 1940s, when Susan (the Queen's first Pembroke Corgi) was born. In fact, numerous corgi campaigns have been released in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee, including a "PJ the corgi" emoji and a corgi trail treasure hunt. Some commenters also made reference to the health issues of other breeds, such as pugs and boxers, who are well-known to struggle with breathing as a result of inbreeding.

A miniature display of the royal family – including a Lego replica of the Queen which took 15 hours to build – has been unveiled at Legoland Windsor to mark the platinum jubilee. The display took Legoland Windsor’s model makers around 282 hours to build, using more than 18,000 individual bricks. Chief model maker Paula Laughton said the team had “pulled out all the stops” to mark the jubilee. The Red Arrows have also been created in Lego, with nine planes, which were built by one model maker over 33 hours, flying down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace. Ms Laughton said: “The royal connection between Windsor and Her Majesty meant that our model maker team had to pull out all the stops to mark this monumental occasion here in Miniland.

The Queen has returned to London ahead of her platinum jubilee celebrations this weekend, after spending a short break at her Balmoral home in Scotland. Her Majesty was spotted arriving at Aberdeen Airport today to fly back to London, after arriving in Scotland on Thursday. Her return comes just days before celebrations for the Queen’s platinum jubilee are set to begin, which will kick off with the Trooping the Colour parade on Thursday, followed by the lighting of the platinum jubilee beacons on Thursday night. However, earlier this month Buckingham Palace said that the Queen’s attendance at these events would likely only be confirmed the day-of. She also tested positive for coronavirus in February this year, just after she marked her 70th year on the throne on 6 February.

As the decision on Roe v. Wade draws near, many abortion activists fear what could happen next to patients who visit abortion clinics, especially given the harassment patients face already. Already, anti-abortion organizations show up at clinics like Planned Parenthood, stand outside attempting to harass patients out of an abortion, and protest abortions with graphic images on signs. One pro-choice organization, Charlotte For Choice, posts videos on their TikTok page showing how intimidating anti-abortion activists can be to patients visiting a clinic. Mobley told MIT Technology Review, that sometimes anti-abortion activists will offer free WiFi to visitors under the name 'abortion info' that immediately brings up a webpage filled with anti-abortion material. #VenmoSpringBreak #macysownyourstyle #AerieREAL #clinicescort #clinicdefender #40WeeksOfHarassmentDefenders like Mobley fear that should Roe v. Wade be overturned, many of the surveillance tactics anti-abortion activists use could be used in court.

Thousands of tickets remain on sale for England’s first Test of the summer, with empty seats expected as Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum attempt to kickstart a new era. The cheapest tickets for the match cost £20 for under-16s and £50 for adults, though most of those are no longer available. To attract the fans we have to build on that style of cricket and have a style that people want to watch,” he said. “The MCC would have known ticket sales were down weeks ago and so could have opened up the ticket sales with a different pricing structure for this particular game. It isn’t rocket science but this could have been a great opportunity to showcase Test cricket to a wider audience at one of the best grounds in the world.”

England’s new era of Test cricket begins this week with head coach Brendon McCullum encouraging them to play with freedom. The 23-year-old’s 840 LV= Insurance County Championship runs this season have come at 75.60 runs per 100 balls and he boasts a career first-class strike rate of 64.36 in 87 innings. The biggest differences are more than 19 runs for Lees (46.51 in first-class cricket) and bowler Craig Overton (63.56, compared to 43.86 in Tests). Broad is the only player to score quicker in Tests, 64.68 compared to 63.26 in first-class cricket. Totting up all Test runs and balls faced by that team – up to the present day – sees the runs scored at 52.38 per hundred balls compared to 54.07 for England.

Lionel Messi has revealed that an “incredible” twist of fate led to him discovering a way of paying tribute to Diego Maradona. There was a chair and on top was the 10 of that Newell’s t-shirt. Messi will captain Argentina in Qatar later this year, but fears the next World Cup in 2026 may be beyond him. “The truth is that I think about this World Cup [in Qatar] and then I will see,” Messi said of his international future. “And honestly, [the 2026 World Cup] seems very difficult to me, but I have nothing clear.”

Chris Gunter remains unfazed by the prospect of marking Robert Lewandowski despite currently being without a club. Gunter is set to lead Wales in their Nations League opener in Poland on Wednesday and win his 108th cap. “As a player you turn up and do your job,” said Gunter, Wales’ most capped men’s team player. After that, Wales will resume their Nations League campaign by playing Holland home and away and Belgium in Cardiff. We’ve also worked hard to get into a good position in the Nations League, and we’ll come up against some good teams.

Wales start their Nations League campaign in Poland on Wednesday. The game comes just four days before the World Cup play-off final against Scotland or Ukraine in Cardiff to decide a place at this year’s finals in Qatar. The 32-year-old could get a Wroclaw breather to make sure he is ready for the World Cup play-off. The delayed World Cup play-off final has been shoehorned into what was already a hectic Nations League schedule. Leighton James and Trevor Hockey scored in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory in Cardiff, but Poland won the Katowice return 3-0.

West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen has said it means “everything” to earn a first England call-up. The 25-year-old scored 12 Premier League goals last season and was rewarded with a place in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the upcoming Nations League fixtures. “It is everything you dream of when you’re growing up and to get the call, obviously it is an honour and a privilege.”Bowen is joined in the England squad by Hammers captain Declan Rice, who has been linked with a move away from the London Stadium. “I don’t see it as a distraction for Dec,” added Bowen. The Nations League is a great tournament as well and you want to be successful in every tournament.”

Oliver Kahn, the CEO of Bayern Munich, has criticised Robert Lewandowski for publicly declaring his intention to leave the German club. Lewandowski has said that his time at Bayern is “over”, with the Poland striker seeking a move away ahead of next season and urging the club not to attempt to block any potential transfer. The 33-year-old’s contract expires at the end of next season and Barcelona have been heavily linked with his signature. Kahn, the second most capped player in Bayern history, has now accused Lewandowski of lacking “appreciation” for what Bayern have done for him by speaking publicly about his desire to leave. “Robert became [Fifa Best’s Men’s Player of the Year] here twice in a row – I think he should know what he has at Bayern.

Many Supreme Court clerks have wondered whether they should seek outside counsel as the court has escalated its probe into who leaked a draft opinion showing that the court would likely overturn Roe v Wade, CNN reported. Supreme Court clerks are often considered to be some of the most elite young legal minds in the country. Mr Roberts was himself a clerk on the Supreme Court for future Chief Justice William Rehnquist when he was an associate justice and Justice Amy Coney Barrett clerked for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Mr Roberts ordered Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley, a former US Army Colonel, to lead the investigation the day after the leak of the draft opinion, which Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote. The opinion is not the official opinion and as of right now, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that enshrined the right to seek an abortion remains intact.

Margaret Qualley has confirmed she is engaged to music producer Jack Antonoff in a post shared to her Instagram on Tuesday. In a heartwarming post shared to her Instagram page on 31 May, Qualley gave fans a glimpse at her diamond ring as she hugged her new fiancé from behind. The slideshow featured three outdoor selfies of the pair, with Qualley resting her head on Antonoff’s neck. In April, Qualley supported Antonoff at the 2022 Grammy Awards, where he won the award for Producer of the Year. Glee actor Dianna Agron commented, “CONGRATULATIONS,” while comedian Mike Birbiglia wrote, “Love love love love love this news.”

Disney has released the first trailer for its forthcoming live-action Pinocchio remake starring Tom Hanks. The film will be released straight to Disney+ as part of the streamer’s Disney+ Day on 8 September. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis who previously worked with Hanks on Forrest Gump. “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight,” Geppetto says in the teaser, reciting the famous prayer from the original film. “I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.”

Politicians in Northern Ireland have united behind calls for three banned gymnasts to be allowed to compete at the Commonwealth Games, saying the decision by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) contravenes the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement states that citizens of Northern Ireland should be free to choose whether their identity is British, Irish or both – a principle widely upheld across elite sport. “Your decision runs against custom and practice in many sports, which permit sportspeople from Northern Ireland to represent variously Northern Ireland, Ireland or Great Britain & Northern Ireland. The Irish Olympic team represents all 32 counties on the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland, and athletes from the north can choose whether to represent Ireland or to compete for Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Britain is split into its four costituent countries at the Commonwealth Games, meaning Northern Ireland are a team in their own right, as are England, Wales and Scotland.

Police arrested Mr Pelosi, who was charged with two misdemeanors. According to Mr Kamer, the reports are "erroneously" attributing a past traffic infraction to the wrong Mr Pelosi. Some early reports claimed that Mr Pelosi blew through a stop sign, which resulted in the Jeep clipping his rear bumper. “A prior driving offense erroneously attributed to Mr. Pelosi is untrue and likely refers to an unrelated person with the same name. “There are also incorrect reports that misstate the timing of events.”

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has broken her silence over the attacks on her success, saying that “trans women are not a threat to women’s sport”. Ms Thomas, 22, said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America broadcast on Tuesday morning that she hopes to compete in the Olympics. “Trans women are not a threat to women’s sport,” Ms Thomas said. We transition to be happy and authentic and to be ourselves,” Ms Thomas told Good Morning America. Should that also disqualify them?” Ms Thomas responded.

Opponents of trans women's inclusion argue that these changes are not enough to erase the natural advantages of growing up with testosterone. The scientific evidence is mixed, and post-HRT trans women do not currently dominate professional sport. Ms Thomas skipped the 2020-21 swimming season, and so she has now been on HRT for nearly three years. It is also possible that Ms Thomas' old times do not represent how fast she'd swim if she had never begun HRT. It is to prove that people are lying to you in order to turn you against trans women athletes."

"The food stayed for several hours untouched. She came back asking if I was full and took it back. We were there without any anaesthetics. I believed I had to survive; it was all I could do."

The first two charges relate to alleged sexual assaults on a man, now in his 40s, in London in March 2005, while a second man, now in his 30s, is alleged to have been assaulted in London in August 2008.

Kim Kardashian was seen visiting Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood with her daughter North. For a limited time, Marilyn Monroe’s Happy Birthday dress is on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Visitors to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The Happy Birthday dress will be touring Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Fun times: For a limited time, Marilyn Monroe’s Happy Birthday dress is on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Margaret Qualley seems to have confirmed she is engaged to her musician boyfriend Jack Antonoff. Early on Tuesday morning the 27-year-old actress shared images to Instagram where she was flashing her diamond engagement ring. Margaret set rumors abuzz on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of her film Stars At Noon when she debuted what appeared to be a sizable diamond on her left ring finger. Jack was in a relationship with writer–director–actress Lena Dunham for six years, after meeting on a blind date in 2012. Although Margaret was still seen out looking loved-up with the actor shortly after the accusations went public, they went their separate ways just days later.

By Alistair SmoutLONDON – Cancelled flights, long queues and staff shortages have disrupted the travel plans of British holidaymakers during the half-term break, a grim sign of possible summer strife for a global sector battling to rebound from a two-year COVID slump. “We believe this is necessary to provide stability and a better customer service at Manchester Airport,” TUI said after cancelling flights at the northern English airport. A spokesperson for London’s Heathrow airport – Britain’s busiest – said there were queues but that the airport was “flowing”, while at Gatwick airport a spokesperson said “the airport is operating normally today but will be busy”. In Ireland, Dublin airport descended into chaos on Sunday when more than a thousand passengers missed flights as staff shortages forced travellers to queue for hours to pass through security. In Sweden, the CEO of airport operator Swedavia has been summoned to parliament to answer questions about long queues at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.

Deutsche Bank has been raided for the second time in less than a month, this time over a $1tn greenwashing scandal that has rocked the bank. Regulators in Germany claim that DWS, the bank’s asset management arm, sold investment products worth $1tn as more environmentally friendly and “sustainable” than they actually were. Police raided the headquarters of Deutsche Bank and the DWS office in the city of Frankfurt on Tuesday. The asset manager has repeatedly denied all the allegations. In a separate incident, the German authorities raided the lender at the end of April in an inquiry related to suspected money laundering.

LONDON – A first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, with some errors and signed by author J.K. Rowling, is going up for a private sale at Christie’s in London, with the auction house inviting offers starting from 200,000 pounds ($250,000). The publication is one of 500 hardback copies of the book that were printed in an initial run in 1997. The one being sold by Christie’s, as part of its upcoming “The Art of Literature: Loan and Selling Exhibition”, is among the other 200. “In many ways, this book is the physical manifestation of a magic memory for so many people and that’s what makes it so desirable,” Wiltshire said. Christie’s “Art of Literature” event is open to the public June 7-15.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he has been charged with a new case and faces "up to 15 more years to my sentence" if found guilty. Mr Navalny has been outspoken against President Vladimir Putin and was recently sentenced to nine years in prison after he was found guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court by a Russian court. Mr Navalny wrote about the new charges on Twitter. "It turns out that I created an extremist group in order to incite hatred towards officials and oligarchs," he said. "And when they put me in jail, I dared to be disgruntled about it (silly me) and called for rallies.

AdvertisementTom Hanks stars in a magical new teaser for the live-action remake of Pinocchio. Wow: Tom Hanks was virtually unrecognizable in character in an evocative new teaser for the live-action remake of Pinocchio'Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight,' says the live-action Geppetto, just as the cartoon did. In the live-action remake, the number will be performed by Cynthia Erivo, who is featuring in the memorable role of the Blue Fairy. For the live-action remake, Pinocchio is voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, 13, a child actor from England who has been on Emmerdale. Pinocchio was played by the child actor Dick Jones, while Geppetto was voiced by the Austrian-born character actor Christian Rub.

Video: Incredible moment hero saves neighbor's autistic son, four, from drowning in pool by pulling him out and performing CPR for three minutesAutistic four-year-old Xavier Rigney was saved by quick-thinking neighbor Tom Westerhaus who was alerted to the problem by his son Maddox at their Lawrence, Kansas apartment block.

Mr Zahawi was hounded by around 30 activists who chanted 'Zahawi is a transphobe' and 'Tory scum' outside a talk the Cabinet minister gave to Warwick University's Conservative Association. Email jack.wright@mailonline.co.uk AdvertisementMr Zahawi tweeted this morning: 'This student [Mr Cooper] was very polite to me. The Tory MP had been asked to speak to students by Warwick University's Conservative Association - an invitation which prompted backlash and demands to deplatform Mr Zahawi by Warwick Pride. University officials are understood to be making a formal complaint to Warwick students' union regarding the incident. A Warwick University spokesperson said: 'Academic freedom and freedom of speech have always been fundamental to who we are and what we do as a university.

A homeless person from Chicago who is affectionately known as 'The Walking Man' is expected to die after being doused in gasoline and set on fire. Joseph Kormelis, 75, who is famous in the city for wandering around with long hair and a mustache, was allegedly torched by Joseph Guardia, 23, for three minutes. He claimed not to know that Kormelis was under the blankets despite surveillance footage showing his arms and legs sticking out from the covering. A police officer who is a neighbor of Guardia recognized him from a police bulletined with photos from the surveillance footage. 'The Walking Man' Joseph Kormelis, 75, has been likened to the Greek composer, Yani, was part of the Chicago streetscapeKormelis was raised in a big family in Chicago.

A nine-year-old girl has woken up from a coma after being brutally attacked by a cougar at a Washington state campsite. The little girl was airlifted to the hospital, where she underwent 'several hours of surgery' and had to be intubated, her uncle Alex Mantsevich wrote on GoFundMe. 'She’s definitely a fortunate little girl, and as she said in her own words, brave and tough,' Lehman told KIRO 7. The little girl was airlifted to the hospital where she underwent 'several hours of surgery' and had to intubated. Washington state records show cougar attacks are rare and only around 20 attacks have led to human injuries.

Close to 200 national treasures will take to the stage to serenade the Queen by singing the national anthem at the grand finale of the Platinum Jubilee festivities. The Gold State Coach that took the Queen to her Coronation in 1953 is making its first appearance on the streets of London since 2002 at Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee weekend. ** What are you doing to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee? Platinum Jubilee Beacons (from 9.25pm)On Thursday evening, more than 3,000 beacons will be set ablaze across the UK and the Commonwealth in tribute to the Queen. Epsom Derby (from 4pm)The Queen is no longer planning to attend the Epsom Derby during her Platinum Jubilee weekend.

AdvertisementThe lost city of 'Zakhiku' has resurfaced after spending decades underwater in the Mosul reservoir on the River Tigris in Iraq. References to this city appear in historic records dating to around 1800 BC, suggesting that it stood in the Tigris River Valley for at least four centuries. AdvertisementThe extensive ancient metropolis is located in Kemune in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and once sat on the River Tigris. Construction of the Mosul dam took place between 1981 and 1984, and the following spring it began to inundate the Tigris river and fill the reservoir. Some clay tablets, which may be letters, were found still in their clay envelopes and are being translated.

That's how our road trip began, so at least it made the rest of the driving seem easy in comparison.' Couple Cara Atwell and Jeremy Davis (above) arrived in the UK for the first time on March 23 this year for a road trip around England and Scotland. York, pictured, was the best part of the trip for Jeremy and CaraJeremy and Cara are pictured here at Saint Michael's Mount in Cornwall. We'd also love to visit Wales and Northern Ireland.' To see videos of Cara and Jeremy's travels, visit their YouTube channel – The Magic Geekdom.

Cuomo's office denied the claims, calling them 'sill rumors' in a statement to the Journal. The politician went on to acknowledge that some of his alleged behavior uncovered in James' investigation wasn't appropriate, but quickly added that nothing he did violated the law. The video slammed an investigation led by James' office that found he sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo's political legacy began crumbling in December 2020, when former aide Lindsey Bolan became the first woman to go public with her sexual harassment claims against him. The 30-second advertisement blasted curren Attorney General James' investigation into the accusers' claims

Enter 'fexting', a term they coined to describe their text battles, which Jill concedes can become quite heated. Jill was shot by famed photographer Cass Bird for the publication, which sees her posing in the White House and while attending several events'Joe said, "You realize that’s going to go down in history. Jill revealed that her 17-year-old granddaughter Natalie (left) has asked to move into the White House this summer while she completes an internship in D.C. The teenager has secured an internship in D.C. and asked her grandparents if she could move into the White House for the duration of it, news that Jill admits came as something of a shock. In two images, she is seen laughing at the camera while sporting a lilac $1,690 belted dress and $1,590 blazer from Adam Lippes.

Leading lady: Queen Elizabeth II's cinematic moments13:52 ENCORE! © FRANCE 24 screengrabBy: Louise DUPONT | Alison SARGENT | Jennifer BEN BRAHIM | Lise DEGAND | Clémence DELFAUREAs Britain celebrates its monarch's 70 years on the throne, we take a look at how Queen Elizabeth II has been portrayed on screen – including her one and only film appearance alongside another British icon. We also hear from actress Kate Winslet, who spoke to our team in Cannes about gender equality in the film industry.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Premier Mario Draghi on Tuesday said Italy was "satisfied" with the results of a two-day EU summit on Ukraine that included a partial ban on Russian oil imports excluding pipelines and an EC study on an energy price cap that Rome fought hard for. "It was a little long European Council but we can say we are satisfied with the results," Draghi told a press conference. Draghi said Italy had been pleased with gettig the victory over the price cap, saying "the Commission officially received a mandate to study the feasibility of a price cap". "Now we must press ahead with RePowerEu, which is a response to the reliance of Russian gas," she said, according to sources. She said EU gas reserves were higher than last year and sanctions were now biting Moscow hard.

According to the report in daily newspaper Domani, the office of Premier Mario Draghi knew nothing about the meeting. The centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which, like the League, is part of the coalition supporting Draghi's government, demanded an explanation. "We are calling for answers," said PD leader Enrico Letta. Salvini had expressed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin on several occasions before the war in Ukraine. The League leader has condemned Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.

Macron hails ‘defining’ EU measure to sanction Russian oil imports12:51French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hailed an EU agreement to ban Russian oil imports. Under the new agreement, the EU will now ban the import of Russian oil by sea.

Hundreds of new species have invaded the Mediterranean Sea, altering local biodiversity and disrupting fisheries. Ocean looks at both the problems and opportunities presented by their arrival.

The collection spans the entire history of the US tech giantWarsaw (AFP) – A new museum opening in a former metalworking factory in Warsaw brings together 1,600 exhibits linked to Apple -- the result of years of painstaking efforts by a determined Polish collector. Advertising Read more"It is the biggest and most complete Apple collection in the world," boasted Jacek Lupina, a 56-year-old architect, who amassed the collection spanning the entire history of the US tech giant. The museum is housed in Fabryka Norblina, a red-brick factory from the early 19th century in central Warsaw which has been turned into a retail and entertainment space. Two hundred models of the Apple 1 were produced and sold at the time for $666.66 (620 euros) each. 'Sold the furniture'The museum includes dozens of computers such as the Apple II, Lisa, iMac, Power Mac, Macbook, Mac Pro, as well as iPhones, iPods, iPads, instruction booklets, software and other objects from the Apple universe.

WHO: Tobacco's environmental impact is devastating04:37 © APThe tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said on May 31. Dr Kerstin Schotte was our guest.

Advertising Read moreUkraine will play a competitive fixture for the first time since Russia's invasion of their homeland in a World Cup playoff semi-final against Clarke's side at Hampden on Wednesday. The match was originally scheduled to take place in March, weeks after the war began, but was delayed to give Ukraine the chance to fulfil the fixture. "The game goes ahead but with the horrific outside influence," said Clarke at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday. Former Scotland skipper Graeme Souness has said even he is supporting Ukraine at Hampden. But goalkeeper Craig Gordon said the Scotland players have to focus on their chance to reach a first World Cup in 24 years rather than their solidarity with Ukraine.

The jury has resumed deliberations in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber HeardFairfax (United States) (AFP) – The jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The 58-year-old Depp filed suit against Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Hours of testimony was devoted to a grisly finger injury that Depp suffered while filming an installment of "Pirates" in Australia in March 2015. Depp testified that it was Heard who was frequently violent and said it has been "brutal" to listen to "outlandish" accusations of domestic abuse made against him. Heard, who was married to Depp from 2015 to 2017, obtained a restraining order against him in May 2016, citing domestic violence.

Two Russian soldiers were sentenced to more than 11 years in jail each on Tuesday after a court in central Ukraine found them guilty of firing artillery at civilian areas. They were found guilty of firing Grad missiles on two villages in the northeastern Kharkiv region in the early days of the war. The verdicts this month against Russian servicemen are expected to be the first in a wave of trials. Rights organizations have voiced hope that Ukraine's trials of Russian soldiers will be impartial and transparent. Ukrainian lawyers representing the Russian servicemen say they have not been in contact with legal or military officials in Moscow.

Russian companies sanctioned by the West will be legally exempt from electing boards of directors, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced at a government meeting Tuesday. According to Mishustin, the new measure is intended to “stimulate business activity” and help the work of public joint-stock companies that could “find [election of board members] difficult” amid growing sanctions against Russian business magnates. “In certain cases, we also plan to allow [members] of a board of directors to retain their powers without re-election. Mishustin also proposed to extend measures that allow Russian public companies to re-purchase their own shares on the stock exchange. “This decision will allow companies to extend the planning horizon.

Champions League final: French police 'don't know how to handle football supporters'05:16 © AFPUEFA announced on Monday it was opening an "independent report" into the security chaos before the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. France blamed the behaviour of Liverpool supporters as well as "massive" ticket fraud for the chaotic scenes that marred the event. Mr. Slagter found it strange that "there weren't any perimeters around the stadium." And Mr. Slagter explains that the issue with police is reflective of "French football in general. French police "don't know how to handle football supporters," he asserts.

A food delivery worker navigates between shared bicycles during a lockdown in Shanghai on May 16. Photo: Bloomberg

"I think there's a realization on the part of rational Republicans -- and I consider [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell a rational Republican, [Texas Sen. John] Cornyn as well -- there's a recognition on their part they can't continue like this," Biden respondedWhich raises an interesting question: Is Biden right? Is McConnell part of the "rational" Republican wing of the party? To answer that question, you have to first decide this: What does Biden mean by "rational"? And my inference is that Biden defines rational as a) willing to break from Donald Trump and b) willing to compromise when compromise is available. So, using that definition, let's see how McConnell fits into the "rational" category.

I think Governor LePage either didn’t understand the implications this harmful practice had, or he did understand and agreed that LGBTQ people should be subject to this harmful practice. Unlike Trump, LePage grew up in extreme poverty, as one of 18 children in an abusive, alcoholic household, and ended up homeless during his teenage years in the early 1960s. Mike Tipping, the author of As Maine Went: Governor Paul LePage and the Tea Party Takeover of Maine, is adamant that there’s no room for complacency. It’s difficult to reach certain populations, and a lot of people are reluctant to say they support LePage or Trump. “Paul LePage,” says Steve, at 3 Cousins Firearms, “is a man’s man.

A right to abortion, Justice Samuel Alito correctly points out in his leaked (and, as yet, unofficial) opinion overruling Roe v Wade, is mentioned nowhere in the constitutional text. Each is protected as a “substantive due process” right. That might provide grounds for an abortion right at least through the first trimester. It may require more ingenuity to erase one without making others vulnerable to the Supreme Court shredder. Why abortion rights are under threat in AmericaWho is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick?

Following the war, in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. Has the US racial landscape changed, or are we fighting for some of the same rights and issues prevalent 150 years ago? Even though the battle is over, the war continues in our courts, on our campuses, and in state and federal government. It is worth noting that the noose is the instrument of torture that replaced the whip in the aftermath of the Civil War. Why else would a Georgia woman seek to throw a slavery-themed party asking blacks to serve if they are “comfortable”?

(CNN) The White House this week is kicking off a month-long effort to place a heavy focus on the economy as inflation worries become the top concern for the White House before this fall's midterm elections. The administration is also blanketing airwaves with Biden's top economic officials in a concerted push to use those aides more as spokespeople to push the President's message on the economy as a majority of voters say the government isn't doing enough to fight inflation. An official told CNN to expect to see this effort to focus on the economy to continue for the rest of the month as officials want to convey to voters that Biden is paying attention to their concerns, while also preparing them to see fewer job-creation numbers as the economy stabilizes. "For month of June, we are just really communicating how in touch we are with what Americans are dealing with and how it's our number one economic priority," one official told CNN. The effort comes as the White House is facing more questions about whether the economy is going into a recession.

Share this: FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditBulgaria has been exempted up to the end of 2024 from the European Union’s partial embargo on oil imports from Russia, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told reporters in Brussels on May 31. As The Sofia Globe reported earlier, the European Council agreed to the partial embargo – covering crude oil, as well as petroleum products, delivered from Russia into member states, with a temporary exception for crude oil delivered by pipeline – on May 30. Petkov said that the exemption for Bulgaria would be recorded in the detailed conclusions of the European Council, which would be published in two to three days. This would provide time for Bulgaria to adapt its refinery so that it could process other oil, he said. Please support independent journalism by clicking on the orange button below to become a patron of The Sofia Globe on patreon.com.

And please do not forget this most salient fact of all: There has been one major expansion of mental health spending and coverage in recent American history. The ACA’s impact on the country’s mental health has been salutary, according to this Commonwealth Fund report. So the sole major expansion of mental health coverage in this century was contained in a bill whose passage every Republican in Washington opposed and on which most Republican governors have refused to participate in the state-level implementation. Republicans are not going to expand mental health funding. Mental health care is for sissies and liberals.

A GOP candidate has taken fear mongering to new heights, claiming that schools are teaching five-year-old children to have oral sex. “I don’t think it’s nice when they’re telling your five-year-old that he can [perform oral sex on] another five-year-old,” Republican Massachusetts secretary of state candidate Rayla Campbell said at the state’s GOP convention last week. “Because that’s what’s happening in your schools!” Campbell said. “If this makes you uncomfortable, it should.”The Boston Globe tried to get her to provide any evidence that five-year-olds are being taught about oral sex, but she refused. But his criticism of Campbell apparently only went as far as how she expressed herself.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to prevent Texas state legislators from answering questions in a lawsuit over the state’s plan for drawing new congressional and legislative district boundaries. But the Justice Department said it routinely seeks testimony from state legislators who represent challenged districts. The Justice Department lawsuit said the state intentionally discriminated against minority voters in West Texas and the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. The lawsuit said most of the increase in the state’s population came from Black, Latino and Asian residents. The number of districts with a majority of those voters was below their percentage of the state’s overall population, the suit contended.

World Message from the European Union: "EU needs to become a military power" The conflict in Ukraine has made it clear that soft power is not enough, so the European Union should become a military power. Source: Tanjug Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | 13:38 Tweet Share EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLETThe conflict in Ukraine has made it clear that soft power is not enough so the European Union needs to become a military power, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on arrival at an EU summit on Tuesday. "What we have learned from the Ukrainian war is that trade is not enough, the rule of law is not enough, it’s not enough to be a good civil power, we need to be also a military power," Borrell pointed out, as TASS reports. "Defense is the competence of member states," Borrell noted. But we have to do it all together.

Dutch Prime Minister Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L), Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin (C), Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2-R) and the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo (R) at the first day of a Special European Summit on Ukraine at the European Council, in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday. [OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA]In response to Turkey’s aggression “on a rhetorical and ground level” particularly over the last few days, Athens is formally raising the issue with its allies and partners. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed the EU summit in Brussels on Monday, and described Turkey “as a factor of destabilization in the Eastern Mediterranean region” during brief comments to reporters upon his arrival. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week that he will never meet Mitsotakis again. Meanwhile, Defense Ministry sources said on Monday that Greece may face “hybrid-type threats” this summer aiming to destabilize the country internally.

‘Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Has Undermined the Global Order’: Singapore Prime MinisterSingapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that there the Russia–Ukraine war is having a far-reaching impact worldwide, including Singapore, and that Singaporeans are already feeling the impact of the war on the cost of living. “So the fighting will likely go on for quite a while longer, and the stakes are rising,” said Lee. “Russia now sees this not just as a fight in Ukraine, but as a struggle against many Western countries. This is deeply, deeply worrying,” Lee said, adding that Russia has warned of a real danger of World War III. Lee pointed out that what was most fundamental is that Russia’s attack on Ukraine has undermined the global order—the basic rules and norms for countries, big or small—to interact properly with one another.

Russian troops in Ukraine nearly killed a general who ordered them to the front lines, Ukraine said. Ukrainian intelligence published audio it said was of a Russian soldier describing it. Now Russian forces are focusing on taking the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Russia has taken territory and Ukraine admits it is struggling. "Our brigade can't capture anything because there's fucking nothing left of it," the voice on the audio says of his fellow troops. Other reports have detailed a growing number of Russian troops and mercenaries refusing to fight in Ukraine.

"We know that rising energy costs are a particular challenge for households which already have severe pressure on their incomes, but smaller businesses shouldn't be left out of the equation either - this is a tough time to be heating offices, and at a time when it's meant to be about rebuilding resilience after the pandemic."

Vietnam's industry minister has told the national assembly developing nuclear power is an "inevitable trend" around the world, signalling that authorities may be considering resuming a plan to construct nuclear power plants after the programme was suspended six years ago. The Southeast Asian country, a regional manufacturing hub, shelved a plan to build its first two nuclear power plants in 2016 following the Fukushima disaster in Japan and due to budget constraints. "Developing nuclear power is an ongoing inevitable trend in the world," Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told the National Assembly on Monday, according to a statement posted on the government's website. "We can't develop more coal-fired power plants, while the country's hydropower potential has been fully tapped," Dien said. Dien said plans to develop the country's first nuclear power plants were "suspended, not completely cancelled," according to the government statement.

The risk came into sharp focus earlier this month when a research facility near Ukraine’s national seed bank was damaged, according to Crop Trust, a nonprofit organization set up by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The facility and Ukraine’s seed bank are both based in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, which has come under intense bombing from Russia forces. Reuters could not determine the cause of the damage and Crop Trust said only that the research facility had been hit, but declined to give further detail, citing security regions. “It would be a tragic loss if Ukraine’s seed bank were destroyed.”The director of the seed bank could not be reached, Ukraine’s academy of science declined to comment and Russia’s defense ministry did not immediately reply to request for comment on the damage. Read more: US says diplomats not ready for talks with Russian counterparts over Ukraine war

$2M tabernacle stolen from church in New York CityA tabernacle, worth about $2 million, according to police, was stolen from St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

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When we moved to a new city several Junes ago, Zach and I were excited to meet new friends and make the area feel like home. So even before we finished unboxing our belongings, we made sure to attend some of the local LGBTQ Pride events. We watched as hundreds of our new neighbors in solid-colored T-shirts marched through the historic downtown in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, forming a rainbow as long as the parade itself. We stopped by the open-air marketplace to sample food and drinks from local vendors. And later that evening we enjoyed live music and nightlife complete with thumping dance beats and drag queens.

APTony Stewart's exhibition Superstar Racing Experience has signed Camping World as its title sponsor for its second season. Camping World also was the title sponsor for the inaugural SRX season, and Tuesday's announcement includes a commitment from Camping World to sponsor the No. 1 car that former Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay will drive. SRX is a six-race short-track series that runs on Saturday nights and is shown on CBS. “Camping World is a family-oriented brand, which is a perfect fit for me and my family.

Courts rejected the cases and election officials were unconvinced, thwarting a stunning assault on the transfer of power. Some former election officials say they are hopeful that when election skeptics observe the process they may finally be convinced that the system is sound. Asked about her project at the Pennsylvania training, Ms. Mitchell declined an interview request and asked a reporter to leave. This year, its multimillion-dollar investment includes hiring 18 state “election integrity” directors and 19 state “election integrity” lawyers. Ms. Mitchell is no doubt connecting with some of the fringe groups and ideas some in the party once avoided.

Whether he's hosting "The Voice" or the "Today" show, Carson Daly appears calm and composed in his high-pressure, high-profile career. In reality, the TV personality, 48, has suffered from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic attacks for much of his life. While much progress has been made in de-stigmatizing the mental health conversation, Daly says there's still a long way to go. Daly hopes this mental health conversation will also highlight the impact on marginalized communities. You hear mental health certainly in music and pop culture and from celebrities that are up and coming …and are willing to talk about it.

It’s still uncertain how effective using psilocybin to treat addiction is in the long-term and whether some individuals are more likely to benefit than others. Still, many experts hungry for new addiction therapies say that psilocybin represents a new and potentially exciting treatment for people suffering from a disease that is difficult to address. Long after the short-term withdrawals have waned, people suffering from addiction often face living without the stress release valve that their habit gave them. Some experts say psilocybin addresses that psychological need. Back in the psychedelic heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, such drugs were evaluated for treating depression and addiction with mixed results.

When The New York Times surveyed 1,320 mental health professionals in November, nine out of 10 therapists said the number of people seeking care was on the rise. During a Senate committee hearing in February to address the nation’s growing mental health and substance abuse problem, Senator Patty Murray of Washington noted that nearly 130 million Americans live in places with less than one mental health care provider per 30,000 people. Even therapists can have trouble finding help. Thomas Armstrong, a clinical psychologist in eastern Washington, waited more than a year to get treatment for his youngest child, who was 2 when they started searching. If you are looking for a mental health care provider, don’t give up — there are several strategies that can help.

Why do people think cold water is key? There are several reasons to think that cold water might provide mental health benefits. This is likely why people say that a dip in cold water wakes them up, Dr. Tipton said. Several conditions, including depression, are tied to chronic inflammation, said Mark Harper, an anesthesiology consultant at Royal Sussex County Hospital, who is studying cold water swimming as a treatment for depression. Researchers know more about the dangers of cold water than its potential therapeutic effects.

You don't need travel insurance to protect some vacation expenses, like flight cancellations. Travel insurance, however, can cover a lot more than what you invested in your trip, particularly for medical emergencies. If you opt for travel insurance, it's crucial to read the fine print to see what's actually covered. With the unofficial start of summer and after more than two years of pandemic uncertainty, travelers are ready to get away – regardless of high prices. Americans are expected to spend, on average, $2,644 on summer vacations, 30% more than in 2019, according to the latest Vacation Confidence Index from insurance providers Allianz Partners USA.

I also knew I had to go cold turkey; moderation not only required a massive amount of energy, it failed me every time. I still felt anxiety because I am an anxious person, but I wasn’t choking on it. If something was negatively received, or I lost people, I was consumed by anxiety and felt compelled to “fix” it. The more I posted, the less I felt like my true self. And “the here and now” is where the true self lives.

Serbia may adopt EU sanctions against RussiaSerbia, a stalwart ally of Russia, may join the rest of Europe in adopting sanctions against Russia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, sworn in for his second five-year term Tuesday, pledged to keep the Balkan country on its European Union membership path. Serbia is the only European nation country that has not joined in sanctioning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. But he added that Serbia is "not politically neutral" because of its European Union aspirations. The compromise was reached after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged E.U.

The alleged incidents date from March 2005, August 2008 and April 2013. During those years, Mr. Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic theater in London. All the incidents occurred in London, except one from 2013, which occurred in Gloucestershire, England. Mr. Spacey is currently defending himself in a lawsuit filed by Mr. Rapp in New York. After Mr. Rapp’s allegations were made public in a BuzzFeed article, 20 people who worked with Mr. Spacey at the Old Vic theater in London, where he was artistic director for 11 years, accused him of inappropriate behavior.

Not to mention, some of the best women’s white sneakers don’t have to break the bank. Ahead, find the 25 best women’s white sneakers for every budget and style. Steve MaddenOK, Steve Madden’s Catcher White Sneakers have to be one of the most modern-minded and chicest styles on our list. These white sneakers are made of 100% pure cotton and come in a slew of other colors to pick up for additional styling. AmazonThis Vejas lookalike is one of the best of Amazon’s white sneaker sales we stumbled upon.

This spring and summer scent is from Sweet Water Decor, shoppable on Amazon in a variety of other smells as well. Grove Co. has a new summer scent, smelling of pink grapefruit, jasmine and a warm vanilla. ApothekeHead to the farmer’s market this summer, by way of summer candle scents. A two-in-one gift, Jackpot Candle comes in a variety of sweet scents like lavender, birthday cake and caramel latte. Yankee CandleFrom the experts on all things candles, the trending scent of summer is the Japanese-inspired Sakura Blossom Festival candle.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, in Brussels on Tuesday. Ukraine produces around 12 percent of the world’s wheat, 15 percent of its corn and half its sunflower oil. At the same time, European leaders are working to expand broad economic support to bolster the Ukrainian economy. The European Union will also phase out the offer of various services such as insurance to Russian entities by European Union companies, and ban E.U. firms from insuring Russian oil transfers.

The Post’s Joseph Staszewski will be bringing you around the world of professional wrestling every Tuesday in his weekly column, the Post Match Angle. Ric Flair deserves a chance to have his moment on his terms — albeit a very risky one. This is gonna be fun and that’s what it should be because that’s what Ric is looking to do. Thompson mentions Flair being “big on overcoming adversity.” In 2013, he lost his son Reid to a drug overdose. Thompson said Flair wasn’t thrilled with where he was physically and mentally for his final match in TNA.

Luckily, we but our shopping hats on and rounded up the 50 best Father’s Day gift ideas across the online market. But don’t wait too long, as Father’s Day is right around the corner. AllbirdsIt wouldn’t be fair to bring you the best Father’s Day gifts without including Allbirds. Tipsy ElvesHave a little fun this Father’s Day with this bright teal and banana-cover button up. If that’s the case for you, then this is the ideal Father’s Day gift for your special father figure.

Marshall is seen handing the woman water and questioning her about an injury on her leg. The Biden Administration has faced increasing criticism over the rising number of border crossings from Mexico since taking office last year. Renders Aid to Victim of Biden’s Border Crisis. YouTube / Senator MarshallSen. Roger Marshall put his medical training to use and help a migrant woman suffering from the effects of extreme heat. REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinThe Biden Administration has faced increasing criticism over the rising number of border crossings from Mexico since taking office last year.

Whether you’re shopping for jewelry, swimsuits under $35 or air fryers, there’s always much to anticipate from Amazon — including thinking ahead for this year’s Father’s Day gift. Behold: the ultimate Father’s Day gift ideas list that’s Amazon-sourced for you to click “add to cart” and head to checkout in seconds. Ahead, shop the 50 best Amazon Father’s Day gifts for 2022 that’s perfect for all kinds of dads: the fathers who have everything, the guys who have a bit of a nerdy side and more. Amazon Gift Card in Gift Box, select amountAmazonPurchase it with: DoorDash Gift Card (select amount)If you’re really in a pickle over what to get dad, an Amazon Gift Card has to be No. With a storage case and included beans for tossing (hopefully in the hole), this classic set is a no-brainer this Father’s Day.

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Ant Anstead celebrated Memorial Day Weekend with his 2-year-old son Hudson amid his custody battle with ex-wife Christina Haack. “My little apprentice x.”Haack, 38, appeared to wrap up the weekend with Hudson, sharing a sweet shot cuddling him on Monday night. Anstead and Haack are battling for custody of Hudson, with a hearing scheduled for June. ant_anstead/InstagramHaack and Anstead welcomed their son in September 2019, one year before their split. Although the exes agreed to joint legal and physical custody of Hudson when they finalized their divorce in June 2021, Anstead filed an emergency motion for full custody last month.

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)It’s official! Margaret Qualley confirmed that she and Jack Antonoff are engaged by sharing sweet Instagram selfies on Tuesday. “Oh I love him!” the actress, 27, captioned three pictures of herself embracing the 38-year-old record producer with her ring on full display. Qualley and Antonoff were first linked as a couple in August 2021 when they were seen kissing on a New York City date. Qualley also previously dated her “Death Note” co-star Nat Wolff, “Saturday Night Live” alum Pete Davidson and model Cara Delevingne.

Mounting evidence shows caffeine lovers who drink coffee daily are less likely to die early compared to those who don’t, a new study suggests. Ultimately, they discovered that those who drank unsweetened coffee regularly were 15 to 21% less likely to die than the participants who didn’t. The study also found that people who drank between one and four cups of lightly sweetened coffee every day were 29 to 31% less likely to die. Getty ImagesResearchers studied 171,616 participants with an average age of 55.6 years, looking at people who drank unsweetened, sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened coffee. Drinking too much coffee can not only cause the jitters but also insomnia, increased heart rate and more.

A 29-year-old man was fatally shot in the head on a Brooklyn street early Tuesday, authorities said. The victim was struck around 1:40 a.m. near the corner of Marcy and Lexington avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said. About an hour later, a 21-year-old man was blasted in the torso at the corner of Atlantic and Autumn avenues in Cypress Hills, authorities said. The victim was struck around 1:40 a.m.. Robert MeceaThe circumstances of both shootings remain unknown. Robert MeceaHe was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he is listed in critical condition.

Goldman Sachs’ move to give its senior bankers unlimited vacation time is drawing a skeptical response from analysts – with some calling the move a cynical scheme to boost the bank’s bottom line that won’t actually result in stressed-out workers taking more time off. All Goldman employees are now required to take at least 15 days off per year, according to the company’s policy. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA Goldman Sachs representative did not immediately return a request for further comment. While senior bankers have unlimited vacation, junior employees are still subject to a cap. More recently, Goldman employees have complained about the firm’s rigorous return-to-office plan.

Are Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole still dating? “Not sure where y’all got this nonsense from, but it’s absurd and very false,” Kayla tweeted last Saturday. In March, Kayla recalled meeting Kelce for the first time when she took part in an “ask me anything” on Instagram. Kayla Nicole responded to rumors about her and Travis Kelce breaking up Kayla Nicole/InstagramKayla Nicole and Travis Kelce were first linked in 2017 Getty Images For Nickelodeon“He had been following me and insta-flirting for a few months,” Kayla, 30, wrote when asked how she met the 32-year-old Chiefs player. Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Matthews joined Kayla Nicole and Travis Kelce in Las Vegas in February 2022 NHLI via Getty ImagesKelce and Kayla were first linked in 2017 and briefly split in the summer of 2020.

Kevin Spacey said Tuesday that he plans to “voluntarily appear” before the UK courts in a bid to defend himself against numerous sexual assault allegations. AP Photo/Netflix, Melinda Sue GordonThe UK charges stem from a probe of evidence gathered by London’s Metropolitan Police. The UK charges stem from a probe of evidence gathered by London’s Metropolitan Police. REUTERS/Jefferson SiegelKevin Spacey leaves court after testifying in a civil lawsuit on May 26, 2022 in New York. AP Photo/John MinchilloSpacey testified in a civil suit over other allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from actor Anthony Rapp’s allegations that Spacey made sexual advances toward him when Rapp was just 14.

US Supreme Court law clerks could be asked to turn over their cell phone records as part of the escalating hunt for whoever leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, a new report revealed Tuesday. Protective fencing remains up around the U.S. Supreme Court building in anticipation of protests. Former law clerks told CNN the documents could have been circulated to about 75 people. Getty ImagesPro-choice activists object to a pro-life supporter trying to provoke arguments outside the Supreme Court. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/ShuttersIt is unclear at this time whether other staffers at the Supreme Court, besides the law clerks, have been asked to turn over their phone records as part of the leak probe.

Two women from Britain have gone viral on TikTok after disguising themselves as men to spy on their pal’s partner inside a nightclub. “We dressed up as boys to spy on our mate’s boyfriend at the club,” Pollicott captioned her hilarious clip, which has clocked up more than 2.3 million views in less than 24 hours. Pollicott and her pal Maddie are seen dressed in disguise, ready to hit the nightclub to undertake their operation. The video then cut to a photo of Pollicott and her pal Maddie dressed in disguise, clad in hoodies, hiding their hair with the help of hats. meganpollicottx/TikTokPollicott didn’t reveal, however, whether she managed to catch her friend’s boyfriend cheating inside the club.

Simone Johnson is wrestling off haters who are dissatisfied with her professional name. Johnson announced Sunday that she would be known as Ava Raine, and people on Twitter were disappointed the name wasn’t a nod to her father, wrestling legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “Giving Simone Johnson, the daughter of THE ROCK, a new name is completely nonsensical,” another user commented. Johnson is a fourth-generation wrestler, and her father was a 10-time WWE world champion. Her grandfather Rocky Johnson and great-grandfather Peter “High Chief” Maivia are WWE Hall of Famers.

But first …Medicare enrollees will have to wait until next year for premium reliefSeniors won't see cheaper Medicare premiums until next year, after a steep cut in the price and expected use of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug. But it would be too heavy a lift to reduce the cost of premiums midyear, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services concluded. It’s now possible a reduction in premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits for seniors, could be announced before the Nov. 8 midterm elections. More from CMS:CMS has released a report that recommends savings from lower-than-expected Medicare Part B spending be passed to Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. AdvertisementIn November, CMS announced a roughly 14.5 percent increase to premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, some preventive care and other outpatient services.

Rabble-rousing SpaceX boss Elon Musk claimed that something “very strange” was going down on his Twitter after his older Tweets failed to load. Two weeks ago, Musk claimed that he will not go through with his $44 billion takeover of Twitter unless the social media platform offers definitive proof that less than 5% of its daily users are spam and bot accounts. “Very strange indeed,” the 50-year-old Tesla Boss Tweeted in response to the social media samaritan’s warning. It’s yet unclear what caused Musk’s Tweets to disappear into the virtual void, however, Markryan claimed that the incident was deliberate and indicative of Twitter’s lack of transparency. “Very strange indeed,” Elon Musk said in response.

Placeholder while article actions loadAbout 20,640 U.S. adults will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer this year, according to estimates from the American Cancer Society (ACS). A report, however, suggests that esophageal cancer may be increasing among middle-aged people. Barrett’s esophagus, which usually develops when the lining of the swallowing tube is damaged by chronic acid reflux, is considered a common precursor of esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer will prove fatal to an estimated 16,410 U.S. adults this year, according to the ACS. The researchers, who presented their findings at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week conference, say that more middle-aged people should be screened for esophageal cancer.

The stadium issue arose last week when it was revealed the Commanders have the right to purchase 200 acres of land in suburban Virginia. This week, the Virginia legislature considers whether to support the team’s efforts to build a stadium there. With all that swirling around, we thought it would be good to get Sam Fortier — part of our Commanders beat team — to join me for a Q&A on the stadium issue. AdvertisementWe’ll start answering questions at 1 p.m. Tuesday, but feel free to submit them early. Catch up on The Post’s coverage of the Commanders:Thomas Floyd, an editor for The Post’s Sports section, produced this Q&A.

The trend highlights how — without a federal data privacy law in place — Democrats in Washington have limited tools at their disposal to try to prevent tech companies from scooping up and sharing sensitive health information with authorities in GOP-led states. “Democrats must swiftly pass a strong national consumer data privacy standard that protects our personal information including pregnancy status and other health data,” Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said in a statement earlier this month. Privacy policies aren’t working, The Post’s tech columnist arguesOur tech columnist collected all the privacy policies for the apps on his phone. A federal privacy law could move companies in that direction. The R Street Institute hosts an event on the path forward for a federal privacy law Wednesday at noon.

Placeholder while article actions loadPUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages in southern Mexico. Agatha was downgraded to a tropical depression by Tuesday morning, with sustained winds down to 35 mph (55 kph). Heavy rain and big waves lashed the beach town of Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe. “There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind,” said Silvia Ranfagni, manager of the Casa Kalmar hotel in Zipolite. It was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, said Jeff Masters, meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections and the founder of Weather Underground.

Wellness The troubled legacy of feminine care products Washes and wipes remain popular, especially among Black women, even though doctors say they are unnecessary and potentially harmful. Diamond Redden, a Honey Pot customer, has used different intimate care products off and on, including vaginal douches, since she started menstruating. In a more recent study of about 350 women aged 18 to 34 in California, Black people also reported using intimate care products, including douches, more than other women. But the market has since become dominated by other intimate care products, such as external washes and wipes. Redden, who spends about $300 a month on Honey Pot’s menstrual pads, wipes and washes, said she wasn’t aware of the history behind intimate care products, nor did she know that doctors often don’t recommend them.

As a result of the rising needs, 2 in 3 schools increased the types or amount of mental health services available, the survey found. Almost all schools — 96 percent — provided at least some school-based mental health services, most commonly from a school counselor or licensed mental health provider employed by the school system. The survey found that mental health needs were acute not just for students, but for school employees, too. About 3 in 10 schools reported an increase in workers seeking school-based mental health services, and 6 in 10 reported a rise in staffers’ concern over their own or their colleagues’ mental health. Some schools responded to these heightened needs by providing additional professional development on mental health and more time to prepare for classes.

Placeholder while article actions loadAttorney General Merrick Garland, whose slow-motion investigation of the plot to overthrow the 2020 election has frustrated defenders of democracy, spoke at a Harvard commencement ceremony on Sunday. First, in an effort to appear nonpartisan, he inoculated the party responsible for the assault on American democracy. We saw journalists targeted, assaulted, tackled and harassed.” He added: “Members of Congress had to be evacuated. Garland’s fuzzy talk disguises the culprits behind the intense campaign, well underway, to suppress and subvert American elections. But surely, he could confirm that the Jan. 6 violence was just one aspect of the coup attempt.

Boston police issued a warning Monday noting "numerous social media posts" from various people claiming they were victims of drink spiking at local bars over the Memorial Day weekend. The Boston Police Department issued a statement reminding the public of "the dangerousness of scentless, colorless and tasteless drugs" such as Rohypnol, also known as roofie, or other drugs such as GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) or Ketamine, "being placed in the drinks of unsuspecting victims." The warning said to use your hand or other items to cover drinks and to test drinks with test strips or nail polish that light up a certain color if they detect drugs. Individuals are urged to get help immediately if they begin to feel dizzy, nauseated, light-headed or strange in any way. Boston police also noted the November 2021 advisory issued by the Licensing Board for the City of Boston regarding safety concerns for nightclub owners and other licensed establishments.

As this storm system continues to track across the nation, severe thunderstorms are expected again each day through Thursday. (FOX Weather)TuesdaySevere thunderstorms are expected late Tuesday afternoon and into Tuesday evening in a corridor from parts of the Great Lakes southwestward into the Southern Plains. Severe storm threat on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (FOX Weather)WednesdayIsolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms are possible on Wednesday across portions of the Southern Plains and from the lower Great Lakes into the interior Northeast. A few stronger storms are also possible from the central Appalachians and the mid-South southwestward into the Southern Plains.

A 9-year-old girl survived a cougar attack after wandering up a trail with two friends while camping in northwest Washington state. It happened Saturday morning near Fruitland, Washington. The girl fought back while her friends ran for their lives. WASHINGTON MOM SAVES TODDLER RUNNING TO HUG BLACK BEARFish and Wildlife spokeswoman Staci Lehman says cougar attacks are rare, with only two fatalities in the last century in Washington state. COUGAR BREAKS INTO WASHINGTON MAN'S HOME, PASSES OUT IN KITCHENAnyone confronted by a cougar should yell at the animal and try to make yourself look bigger than it is, she said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said that, as of earlier this month, Iran has accumulated a stockpile of enriched uranium more than 18 times the limit set out in the nuclear deal signed in 2015. The deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), forbade Iran from exceeding 300 kg of a compound that translates to roughly 202.8 kg of uranium. As of May 15, the Islamic nation had amassed an estimated 3,809 kg of enriched uranium, the IAEA found, according to Agence France-Presse. A new IAEA report noted that while the JCPOA also capped Iran's uranium enrichment levels at 3.57% – 90% is needed for a nuclear weapon – Iran currently has 43.1 kg of uranium enriched to 60%, up 9.9 kg since March. They also have 238.4 kg of 20% enriched uranium, up 56.3 kg since March.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday penned a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement, the latest product of the two countries' historic normalization deal in 2020 known as the Abraham Accords. With a stated target of increasing annual bilateral trade to more than $10 billion over the next five years, the trade agreement is the largest ever between Israel and any Arab country. It covers 96% of the trade between the two Middle Eastern countries, which last year reached $885 million, according to Israel's economy minister. Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai and her counterpart, UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, signed the deal in Dubai following months of negotiations. The signing opened "a new chapter in the history of the Middle East," Emirati Trade Minister Thani Al Zeyoudi wrote on Twitter.

"As a hiring manager, when I get a note like that — which is rare — I always read it." "Some organizations will say, 'Do not contact us,'" he adds, but nine times out of ten, it's a smart job search tactic that only takes fives minutes. Then, figure out who the hiring manager for the role is, and who the role reports to. "You want to target one or two levels above the role you're interested in," he explains. It might be tempting to follow up with someone through social media or their personal email if that contact information is more readily available, but Hyman recommends sticking to the person's work email.

As employers — especially those in financial services, consulting and law — attempt once again to summon workers back to offices this year, a sense of dread is common among AAPI women, according to Jo-Ann Yoo, executive director of the Asian American Federation. Then in March, seven AAPI women were assaulted during a two-hour spree in Manhattan. "This is a bittersweet time, because our issues are finally getting some attention," said Cynthia Choi, a San Francisco-based activist who co-founded Stop AAPI Hate. "There is a part of me that's like, 'Why do Asian women have to die for us to take these issues seriously?' `Even in broad daylight'The experiences of a half-dozen AAPI women living in New York, Chicago and San Francisco varied widely.

Green Beret veteran Scott Mann joined "Fox & Friends" Tuesday to emphasize the need to recognize Afghanistan veterans and their efforts for our nation and how the botched withdrawal in August 2021 affected these veterans and their families. MEMORIAL DAY: HORSE THERAPY HELPS VETERANS HEAL FROM THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WARSCOTT MANN: Well over a dozen friends that I lost. That was something with this Memorial Day that was really hard for a lot of our Gold Star families who lost people and a lot of our veterans who lost. It just feels like we just turned the page on that botched withdrawal, and then we just shut the door on it. And there are so 800,000 veterans plus their families right now that are just feeling what was what was it for?

A Florida sheriff is speaking out after a 10-year-old was arrested for threatening a mass shooting at his school, just days after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the Uvalde massacre. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno joined "Fox & Friends" Tuesday, warning "parents are afraid" to discipline their kids for fear of being reported. "When I was growing up, the nun hit you with a ruler, a wooden ruler," Sheriff Marceno told co-host Steve Doocy. Sheriff Marceno explained even a fake threat will yield a real consequence as child safety remains the top priority. "My message is consistent no matter what age," Sheriff Marceno said.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCFPB expects more borrowers to default as student loan payments resumeAs millions of borrowers await President Joe Biden's decision about student loan forgiveness, there's still a great deal of concern among students about being able to repay their debt. CNBC's Sharon Epperson joins 'Squawk Box' with the details.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhite House economic advisor Brian Deese on inflation: The U.S. economy is in a period of transitionNational Economic Council Director Brian Deese joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the Biden administration's plan to tackle inflation ahead of the president's meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden's student loan forgiveness plan is 'fatally flawed,' says Purdue University presidentMitch Daniels, former OMB director and former governor of Indiana, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the Biden administration's reported plan to cancel $10,000 per student loan borrower.

Consider the three main issues moving the market: 1) China: Good news here: the reopening in Shanghai continues, and Beijing has avoided major lockdowns. 3) Inflation: With the consumer price index and core personal consumption expenditures price index reports, there are some signs inflation may be peaking, but we don't know how much it may be slowing. The key data this week will be the ISM manufacturing index out Wednesday, and the ISM services index and the May jobs report out Friday. It's a tricky game: The data needs to show some slowing, but not too much. My old friend Sam Stovall at CFRA Research agrees, noting "we remain skeptical of the rally's sustainability."

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIndependent Solutions' Paul Meeks explains why he's buying shares of IBM, AT&T and Palo Alto NetworksPaul Meeks, portfolio manager at Independent Solutions Wealth Management, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down how he's positioning investment portfolios amid the latest market volatility.

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON – Sterling is in danger of becoming an "emerging market" currency as falling growth and growing risks cause investors to flee the pound, according to Bank of America. The preferred means of capitalizing on sterling's "epic" fall from grace for BofA is through the advance of the euro against the pound, Sharma added. The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% in March and economists are expecting further contractions this year, as the country's cost-of-living crisis entrenches itself. "Whatever the reason, the external trade position will become an increasing focus for markets as the UK economy struggles under the weight of higher inflation and slower growth." U.K. assets are now more expensive than they were in 2021, when inflows to the country were significant, and the pound is increasingly considered less "undervalued" than models suggest, he added.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Paramount Pictures CEO Brian RobbinsParamount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to react to 'Top Gun' grossing $156 million at the domestic box office over the Memorial Day weekend. "This is a historic win for not only Paramount Pictures but the movie business as well," Robbins tells CNBC.

Yup, we're talking punctuation marks — commas, quotation marks, periods, semicolons, and the like. Based on comments and responses from our readers and listeners, here are 11 common punctuation mistakes that irritate people the most:1. Incorrect quotation marksPeople seem to think that quotation marks can go anywhere, but, of course, they can't. Here's when to use quotation marks: To set off exact language that comes from someone else, or from media like a book or play. Example: Sales came in above forecast this month; they're projected to be up next month, too.

The changes to the iPhone include updates to notifications, messages and the Health app, according to Bloomberg. The messages app is expected to get new audio message features, Bloomberg said. Meanwhile, the Health app is expected to get new features that work with the iPhone and Apple Watch, according to Bloomberg. Apple is reportedly going to add new widgets to the lock screen with support for "always-on" displays on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. That would allow you to see widgets on your iPhone even when it's just sitting on your desk.

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAMC saw 3.3 million people watch 'Top Gun' over holiday weekend, says CEO Adam AronAMC CEO Adam Aron joins 'Squawk Box' to react to the historic turnout for Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' over the Memorial Day weekend.

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCrude oil prices climb after EU agrees to ban most Russian importsJeff Currie, Goldman Sachs global head of commodities, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss oil prices after European Union leaders agreed to cut a major chunk of Russian oil imports by the end of the year.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Top Gun' rakes in $156 million at U.S. box offices over holiday weekendCNBC's Julia Boorstin joins 'Squawk Box' to break down the latest box office figures for Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' over the Memorial Day weekend.

DraftKings (DKNG) price target lowered to $28 from $35 at Citi. Burlington Stores (BURL) price target lowered to $220 from $292, says second quarter not shaping up better than the first quarter. RH reports Thursday, price target lowered to $550 from $650 at Bank of America, cites potential wealth contraction. Medtronic (MDT) price target lowered to $109 from $116 at Raymond James. Okta (OKTA) price target lowered to $145 from $260 at RBC Capital ahead of earnings this week.

Nationally, home prices were 20.6% higher than they were in March 2021, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Seventeen of the 20 cities reported higher price increases in the year ending March 2022 versus the year ending February 2022. "All 20 cities saw double-digit price increases for the 12 months ended in March, and price growth in 17 cities accelerated relative to February's report." "Mortgages are becoming more expensive as the Federal Reserve has begun to ratchet up interest rates, suggesting that the macroeconomic environment may not support extraordinary home price growth for much longer. Although one can safely predict that price gains will begin to decelerate, the timing of the deceleration is a more difficult call," added Lazzara.

Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first "carbon neutral" FIFA World Cup. Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with regional carriers to allow World Cup ticket holders to fly into Doha and back from neighboring countries just for the day. Climate advocates say the decision flies in the face of the tournament's sustainability goals. "[We] have airplanes which have very low emissions compared to the normal aircraft most of the other airlines fly," including long-haul flights, he said. Qatar's economy is oil-based and has one of the biggest per capita carbon footprints in the world.

New York (CNN Business) "Top Gun: Maverick" took off at the box office this weekend — setting a new record in the process. On top of all of that, "Maverick" is the third-biggest debut of the year behind two superhero films, Marvel's " Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness " and Warner Bros.' " The Batman ." Studios and theaters couldn't ask for a better way to dive into the summer — the film industry's most lucrative season. Films such as "Scream," "The Lost City" and " Sonic the Hedgehog 2 " have helped give a boost to Paramount and "Maverick" continues that trend. As for theaters, "Maverick" is another blockbuster helping the industry rebound from two brutal years of the pandemic decimating the business.

A Russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian in the first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion began three months ago. The case drew international attention amid mounting allegations of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, some of which have been documented by international human rights organizations. Ukraine has launched a massive effort to prosecute the alleged war crimes on its territory, and both the International Criminal Court and the United Nations have set out separate inquiries. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said this month that there were more than 11,000 ongoing war crimes cases in Ukraine, with 40 suspects already identified. “A prisoner of war cannot be prosecuted for a lawful act of war,” said William Schabas, an international law professor at Middlesex University in London.

Laborers wait after unloading the sacks of rice at a wholesale market, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiCOLOMBO, May 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis. Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worst such crisis in more than seven decades. Talks are underway with India to procure 65,000 tonnes of fertliser and appeals have been made to seven other countries, Amaraweera said. Last month the central bank announced it would “preemptively” default on some of its external debt as the currency depreciated more than 50% and food inflation hit 46% in April.

A view of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility 250 km (155 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran, March 30, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo/File PhotoDUBAI/PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Iran accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday of publishing an unfair report on its investigation into Tehran's nuclear activities, possibly setting up a fresh diplomatic clash with the West. read more"Unfortunately this report does not reflect the reality of talks between Iran and the agency," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters on Tuesday. If Western powers seek a resolution criticising Tehran, it could deal a further blow to stalled efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Those powers have until now repeatedly shied away from admonishing Iran at the board on the same issue fearing it could jeopardise the nuclear talks.

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds at a meeting commending role models of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File PhotoBEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Zambian counterpart in a telephone call on Tuesday that China was willing to strengthen and broaden bilateral ties with Zambia, according to a Chinese state television report. Over the past year, China-Zambia relations have maintained positive momentum, Xi said, adding that China will promote the entry of more Zambian products into the Chinese market, especially high-quality agricultural goods. China will also strengthen epidemic control cooperation with Zambia, he told President Hakainde Hichilema. At the end of 2021, its external debt stood at $17.27 billion, of which China held $5.78 billion.

Ukraine's top prosecutor Iryna Venediktova listens as she attends a news conference after a meeting at the International Criminal Court to discuss investigations into alleged war crimes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Eva PlevierTHE HAGUE, May 31 (Reuters) - Ukraine has identified more than 600 Russian war crime suspects and has started prosecuting around 80 of them, Kyiv's top prosecutor said on Tuesday. The list of suspects includes "top military, politicians and propaganda agents of Russia", prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova told a news conference in The Hague. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThey are working with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which launched its investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine in early March. Venediktova said international support was vital to Ukraine's efforts to investigate all possible war crimes.

PRAGUE, May 31 (Reuters) - The Czech Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's ambassador on Tuesday to express concerns about the use of Russian diplomatic properties. The Czech Republic expelled around 100 Russian embassy staff last year in a diplomatic row over Prague's accusations of Russian involvement in a 2014 explosion at an arms depot, and the government has been one of the toughest advocates of sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. CTK news agency reported that a newly created working group to deal with properties owned by Russia had found dozens of properties that raised doubts whether they were still used for diplomatic activities. Earlier this year, the district of Prague where the Russian embassy is located requested that a Russian school building -- unused since the Czechs expelled the Russian diplomats last year -- be made available for Ukrainian refugee children. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jason Hovet; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

GalleryThe grieving Texas town of Uvalde begins laying to rest the 21 school children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with two funerals scheduled Tuesday for two 10-year-old girls.

Below, we chat with Paige Lavender, news director at HuffPost, about why you’ll want to put Lewisburg, West Virginia, on your bucket list. It’s close to where the West Virginia State Fair takes place, and it’s home to a lot of events and businesses my family frequents. You can definitely walk most of the historic downtown area, but as with all of West Virginia, it’s a little hilly. Unless you’re going to the West Virginia State Fair, I’d avoid going that week, as the town gets a little crowded then. Also, it’s so easy to get around West Virginia with a car and there are so many other great spots within a short drive of Lewisburg.

It was nearly three weeks ago when the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack made a bold and historically unusual move: The bipartisan panel subpoenaed five sitting Republican congressmen. The members’ reticence led some to wonder whether the GOP lawmakers were open to the possibility of honoring the legal process. In fact, last week, 21 former House Republican lawmakers urged the subpoenaed members to cooperate with the investigation. “As part of that duty, we write to urge you to cooperate with the House Select Committee investigating the attack.”The advice was not well received. He and McCarthy then wrote a joint op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, questioning the “legitimacy” of the Jan. 6 panel.

She would shout and swear at him, while trying to physically block him from leaving the house they shared. She said a witness to the attack called the Kotenkos to let them know Russian soldiers had killed Volodymyr. By hand, they carried the bits of Volodymyr’s body that they were able to scrape out from the car and walked 9 miles back to their home. Back at their house, the Kotenkos packaged Volodymyr’s body parts into white tarps, dug a grave in their back garden and said goodbye to their son. Olga said she didn’t need a prosecutor to tell her that the killing of Volodymyr was a war crime.

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee is planning an emergency session Thursday to mark up a package of gun violence prevention bills and send it to the full chamber for a vote as soon as possible, a committee aide told NBC News. The meeting was scheduled even though the House of Representatives is out of session this week. "We felt like we needed to do something big and comprehensive after two mass shootings in two weeks," the aide said. "It’s inconceivable to me that we have not passed significant federal legislation trying to address the tragedy of gun violence in this nation, especially because since Sandy Hook ... the pace of everyday gun violence has dramatically escalated over the past two years," Murphy said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”"We need federal legislation. Any gun restrictions would face difficulty gaining the minimum of 10 Republican votes needed to defeat a Senate filibuster.

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Tony Stewart’s exhibition Superstar Racing Experience has signed Camping World as its title sponsor for its second season. Camping World also was the title sponsor for the inaugural SRX season, and Tuesday’s announcement includes a commitment from Camping World to sponsor the No. SRX is a six-race short-track series that runs on Saturday nights and is shown on CBS. “Camping World is a family-oriented brand, which is a perfect fit for me and my family. SRX this year will race at South Boston Speedway in Virginia, Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut, Nashville Fairgrounds in Tennessee, I-55 Raceway in Missouri and Sharon Speedway in Ohio.

This book cover image released by Doubleday shows "Sparring Partners" by John Grisham. (Doubleday via AP) This book cover image released by Doubleday shows "Sparring Partners" by John Grisham. (Doubleday via AP)“Sparring Partners” by John Grisham (Doubleday)Since bursting on the scene with the runaway hit “A Time to Kill” in 1989, John Grisham has been one of the most reliable fiction writers alive, churning out a bestselling novel almost every year. Enter “Sparring Partners, a collection of three novellas with almost nothing in common. In the end, if you thought Grisham novels were page turners, the three novellas in “Sparring Partners” read even faster than that.

This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows "Happy-Go-Lucky" by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown and Company via AP) This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows "Happy-Go-Lucky" by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown and Company via AP)“Happy-Go-Lucky,” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Company)Almost everyone has a dysfunctional family, but few expose their relatives’ funny, embarrassing and even disturbing quirks quite like writer and humorist David Sedaris. Writing about his teen years, Sedaris is simultaneously amusing and brutal while unflinchingly exposing the ironies of his family and life in general. “The America I saw while on tour in the fall of 2021 was weary and battle-scarred,” Sedaris wrote in one piece in the book, an essay entitled “Lucky-Go-Happy,” published in The New Yorker this spring.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is squaring off with Pfizer (PFE) and Merck (MRK) after announcing Tuesday a $3.3 billion deal to buy pneumonia vaccine-maker Affinivax. But GSK stock dipped in early trades. In premarket trades on today's stock market, however, GSK stock fell 0.5% near 43.80. GSK Stock: Competing With Pfizer, MerckThe acquisition lines up GlaxoSmithKline to compete with Pfizer and Merck. GSK stock is now forming a flat base with a buy point at 47.07.

A group of plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate a court decision outside the Sapporo district court Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP)A group of plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate a court decision outside the Sapporo district court Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. The Sapporo District Court ruled that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. must not operate any of the three reactors at its coastal Tomari nuclear power plant in northern Japan because the inadequate tsunami protection could endanger people’s lives. ADVERTISEMENTMany of Japan’s nuclear power plants have been shut down since the disaster for safety checks and upgrades. The court also ruled that Hokkaido Electric had failed to adequately explain how it can ensure the safety of spent nuclear fuel inside the reactors.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ceremonially signs a bill allowing early voting in the state on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ceremonially signs a bill allowing early voting in the state on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina begins regular early voting across the state for the first time Tuesday. South Carolina’s primaries are June 14 and early voting is available Monday through Friday. A list of sites is on the South Carolina Election Commission’s website.

Courts have lawsuits from 3 Republicans barred from ballotLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two more Republican candidates for governor are suing to get on the Aug. 2 primary ballot, just days before the Michigan lineup must be settled. The candidates want courts to order the board to put them on the ballot. Five other Republican candidates landed a ballot spot, including Tudor Dixon, a former conservative TV news host who has the backing of Betsy DeVos, head of the U.S. Education Department during the Trump administration. But it’s not clear how much that will help in a Republican primary. The winner of the Republican primary will face Democratic Gov.

Australia's new prime minister appoints a record 10 women to his CabinetEnlarge this image toggle caption David Gray/Getty Images David Gray/Getty ImagesAustralia's new government will look more like its country, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named a record 10 women to his incoming Cabinet. The high-profile appointments include Penny Wong as foreign minister, Claire O'Neil as home affairs and cyber security minister, and Katy Gallagher as finance minister. "This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian Cabinet," he added. A few of the new leaders were sworn in last week, but Albanese has now unveiled the full slate of Cabinet postings. With 10 women in leadership roles, Albanese is raising the bar set by seven women in top jobs under Scott Morrison, the former prime minister.

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trashEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseThere's a man wearing a suit of rubbery old car parts, like he's an extra in the film "Mad Max." And someone posing in a magnificent, Chewbacca-looking getup made out of ... hundreds upon hundreds of unrolled condoms. But they also highlight the resilience and beauty of its people, captured in a set of striking portraits by Belgian-based photojournalist Colin Delfosse in 2019. During the festival, the Congolese artists walked and danced around the city in their elaborate costumes. Enlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseEnlarge this image toggle caption Colin Delfosse Colin DelfosseJonathan Shipley is a freelance writer based in Atlanta.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Wes Moore, a Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland, announced Monday that he has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Moore, 43, who is seeking the Democratic party’s nomination, revealed on Twitter that he is infected but asymptomatic. “I’m isolating and working from home and eager to be back on the campaign trail ASAP,” Moore wrote. Moore was the chief executive officer of the Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty non-profit, from 2017 to 2021. He is the author of the 2010 non-fiction book, “The Other Wes Moore,” a story of two men with the same name whose lives followed different paths.

Shares of DexCom Inc. DXCM, +9.15% surged 8.1% to pace the S&P 500's SPX, -0.99% premarket gainers, after the diabetes care company said it was not currently in "active discussions" regarding a merger. The stock has been dragged down over the past week, closing at a two-year low on Thursday, after Bloomberg reported that DexCom was in talks to buy Insulet Corp. PODD, -14.10% , a maker of insulin-infusion systems. Insulet's stock sank 10.7% in premarket trading. "It is generally our policy not to comment on rumors or speculation, however, in light of recent sustained media and market speculation as well as the upcoming American Diabetes Association conference, we wish to confirm that Dexcom is not in active discussions regarding a merger transaction at this time," DexCom said in a statement Tuesday.

And now that U.S. stocks have broken a historic string of weekly losses, market analysts are looking to technical indicators to determine where the “danger zone” for equities might lie. A counter-cyclical rallyInterestingly, Krinsky pointed to a overstretched positioning in the best-performing sectors for stocks (i.e. Following the period of summer chop, Krinsky believes U.S. stocks will eventually move lower to plumb new depths as the fall approaches. This brings us to the CBOE Volatility Index – otherwise known as the ‘VIX’ VIX, +9.41% . According to Krinsky, clients have asked many times why the VIX hasn’t been able to hold above 35 despite a nearly 20% selloff in the S&P 500 from peak to trough.

By Colin KellaherAmgen Inc. on Tuesday reported positive topline data from a Phase 2 study evaluating olpasiran in the reduction of lipoprotein(a), reported to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The Thousand Oaks, Calif., biotechnology company said the study showed significant, sustained reduction in lipoprotein(a) in adults with levels over 150 nmol/L and evidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

By Adriano MarcheseYamana Gold Inc.'s Toronto-listed shares rose in early trading on Tuesday after Gold Fields Ltd. said it agreed to buy it in an all-stock deal that values the Canadian gold producer at $6.7 billion. At 9:34 a.m. ET, Yamana's Canadian shares were trading 5% higher at C$7.09.

Shares of Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola are trading lower Tuesday morning, propelling the Dow Jones Industrial Average selloff. The Dow DJIA, -1.07% was most recently trading 450 points lower (-1.3%), as shares of Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -2.88% and Coca-Cola KO, -2.21% are contributing to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline. Johnson & Johnson's shares are off $5.05 (2.8%) while those of Coca-Cola have declined $1.47, or 2.3%, combining for an approximately 43-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Boeing BA, -2.28% , Honeywell International Inc. HON, -2.16% , and 3M MMM, -2.02% . Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet.

That is the idea behind nasal COVID-19 vaccines, and they have been getting a lot of attention recently as a spray or liquid. These nasal vaccines would be based on the same technology as normal vaccines given by injection. More accurately called intranasal vaccines, these vaccines are liquids that can be given as a spray or through a dropper or syringe. So in theory, intranasal vaccines could provide better protection than vaccines given through a shot in the arm. This was first published by The Conversation — “Nasal COVID-19 vaccines help the body prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and throat“.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday a proposed ban on the purchase, sale and transfer of handguns in Canada. The proposed restrictions come less than a week after 19 students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Photo: David Kawai/Bloomberg

The U.S.-listed shares of Yamana Gold Inc. AUY, +7.16% YRI, +4.74% soared 15.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the Canada-based gold and silver miner announced an agreement to be acquired by Gold Fields Ltd. GFI, -19.10% in a stock deal that values Yamana at about $6.7 billion. Under terms of the deal, all Yamana shares will be exchanged for 0.6 Gold Field shares, which based on Friday's closing prices would value Yamana's stock at $7.32 each, a 41.6% premium. Gold Fields' stock slumped 12.6% in premarket trading. The companies are targeting synergies of about $40 million per year from the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of 2022. Yamana's stock has rallied 22.5% year to date through Friday and Gold Fields shares have climbed 11.0%, while gold futures GC00, -0.11% have gained 1.3% and the S&P 500 SPX, -0.98% has shed 12.8%.

Banks had a great week, and they can thank JPMorgan Chase for that. Not every bank is JPMorgan, however, and investors should be selective in choosing which ones to buy. By the end of the week, JPMorgan stock had gained 12%, its best week since June 2020. The entire banking sector got its mojo back, too, at least for the week, with the SPDR S&P Bank exchange-traded fund (KBE) advancing 7.4%. As for the SPDR S&P Bank ETF, it appears to have found support near $45, roughly where it had been in January 2021.

Shares of DexCom Inc. DXCM, +9.15% surged 8.1% to pace the S&P 500's SPX, -0.98% premarket gainers, after the diabetes care company said it was not currently in "active discussions" regarding a merger. The stock has been dragged down over the past week, closing at a two-year low on Thursday, after Bloomberg reported that DexCom was in talks to buy Insulet Corp. PODD, -14.10% , a maker of insulin-infusion systems. Insulet's stock sank 10.7% in premarket trading. "It is generally our policy not to comment on rumors or speculation, however, in light of recent sustained media and market speculation as well as the upcoming American Diabetes Association conference, we wish to confirm that Dexcom is not in active discussions regarding a merger transaction at this time," DexCom said in a statement Tuesday.

And now that U.S. stocks have broken a historic string of weekly losses, market analysts are looking to technical indicators to determine where the “danger zone” for equities might lie. A counter-cyclical rallyInterestingly, Krinsky pointed to a overstretched positioning in the best-performing sectors for stocks (i.e. Following the period of summer chop, Krinsky believes U.S. stocks will eventually move lower to plumb new depths as the fall approaches. This brings us to the CBOE Volatility Index – otherwise known as the ‘VIX’ VIX, +9.37% . According to Krinsky, clients have asked many times why the VIX hasn’t been able to hold above 35 despite a nearly 20% selloff in the S&P 500 from peak to trough.

Alibaba was rising along with the other U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. Qilai Shen/BloombergChinese companies listed in the U.S. rose on Tuesday as Covid-19 lockdown measures in China eased and the country released better-than-expected economic data. The ADR of e-commerce player Alibaba’s (ticker: BABA) was up 5% to $97.30 on Monday, while its peer JD.com (JD) rose almost 7% to $57.25 in premarket trading. Electric-car maker NIO (NIO) was up 5% to $17.37 in the early hours and internet giant Baidu (BIDU) jumped 6.5% to $148.13.

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. extended their recent rocket ride higher, with Tuesday’s rally fueled by the record-setting weekend box office performance by “Top Gun: Maverick.”The stock AMC, -0.41% ran up 10.1% in premarket trading, after already soaring 38.9% over the past three days. Just prior to the current win streak, the stock was trading at levels seen before the “meme”-stock rally that had kicked off a year ago.

Shares of Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola are trading lower Tuesday morning, propelling the Dow Jones Industrial Average selloff. The Dow DJIA, -1.07% was most recently trading 450 points lower (-1.3%), as shares of Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -2.88% and Coca-Cola KO, -2.18% are contributing to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline. Johnson & Johnson's shares are off $5.05 (2.8%) while those of Coca-Cola have declined $1.47, or 2.3%, combining for an approximately 43-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Boeing BA, -2.35% , Honeywell International Inc. HON, -2.16% , and 3M MMM, -2.01% . Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet.

(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG and its asset management unit had their Frankfurt offices raided by police, adding to the legal headaches facing Germany’s largest lender. DWS shares fell more than 5% on the news and Deutsche Bank declined as much as 2.6%. While DWS is publicly listed, Deutsche Bank owns an almost 80% stake. It’s targeting as-yet-unidentified DWS staff and executives. BaFin has initiated a probe of Deutsche Bank over private communications and the lender is facing a similar investigation in the US, Bloomberg has reported.

(Adds details on deal closing, background)May 31 (Reuters) - Franklin Resources Inc on Tuesday agreed to buy European credit manager Alcentra from Bank of New York Mellon Corp, as the investment management firm looks to expand its footprint in the alternative credit market. Alternative credit refers to a line of financing that generally focuses on sectors, such as real estate, which offer lesser liquidity. Individual investors typically do not have access to alternative credit funds, except through mutual funds. In November, asset manager T Rowe Price announced a $4.2 billion deal to buy fund manager Oak Hill Advisors. It manages nearly $38 billion of assets.

The numbers: U.S. home prices rose again in March even as higher mortgage rates began to bite, leaving prices at all-time highs. The big picture: The record increases in home prices over the past few years is bound to slow with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. High prices and higher mortgage rates have made buying a home more unaffordable. Key details: The year-over-year increase in the 20-city Case Shiller prices index bested the previous record of 20.3% in February. Still, prices were up 12.9% in Washington, which had the smallest year-over-year gain.

And now that U.S. stocks have broken a historic string of weekly losses, market analysts are looking to technical indicators to determine where the “danger zone” for equities might lie. A counter-cyclical rallyInterestingly, Krinsky pointed to a overstretched positioning in the best-performing sectors for stocks (i.e. Following the period of summer chop, Krinsky believes U.S. stocks will eventually move lower to plumb new depths as the fall approaches. This brings us to the CBOE Volatility Index – otherwise known as the ‘VIX’ VIX, +9.37% . According to Krinsky, clients have asked many times why the VIX hasn’t been able to hold above 35 despite a nearly 20% selloff in the S&P 500 from peak to trough.

Bonfire Ventures, a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. We are looking for software companies with a strong narrative that we think can become iconic brands with products that buyers cannot live without. I'm very grateful that my career has steered me, and then we steer the firm to focus on B2B software. Software companies have never been small, so I'm grateful that we are where we are in this climate. We are going company by company engaging with each founding team to make sure that we are comfortable, collectively, with the investments that the businesses are making and giving those founders the best perspective and guidance.

Since the Ray doesn’t have a mic for voice assistants, you don’t need to worry about whether it can hear you if you place it in a media stand, either. There’s also an LED status light on the front, rather than on the top as it is on most Sonos speakers. This uses the microphone on an iPhone or iPad to balance the speaker’s audio based on how your room sounds. While the Ray is meant to be hooked up to your TV, it’s also a capable music speaker. The only real feature it’s missing compared to most other Sonos speakers is voice control.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is still pushing boundaries long after its first Mars liftoff. As CNET notes, the space agency has shared video of Ingenuity's milestone 25th flight on April 8th, when it broke duration and speed records. The footage you see below was sped up to cut the viewing time to 35 seconds. The navigation camera switches off whenever Ingenuity is within three feet of the Martian surface to prevent dust from interfering with the navigation system. It's currently preparing for a 29th flight following a brief scare in early May, when the mission team lost communication after the helicopter switched to a low-power state.

ReutersA team of archaeologists has discovered a network of passageways under a more than 3,000-year-old temple in the Peruvian Andes. Chavin de Huantar temple, located in the north-central Andes, was once a religious and administrative center for people across the region. The passageways were found earlier in May and have features believed to have been built earlier than the temple's labyrinthine galleries, according to John Rick, an archaeologist at Stanford University who was involved in the excavation.

India has withdrawn a warning that asked users to not share photocopies of their national biometric ID following a widespread uproar from users on social media, many of whom pointed out that this is the first time they were hearing about such a possibility. UIDAI has now woken up after everyone's distributed photocopies of Aadhaar all over. This scale of adoption makes Aadhaar the world's largest biometric identity system. "UIDAI issued Aadhaar card holders are only advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their UIDAI Aadhaar numbers. Aadhaar Identity Authentication ecosystem has provided adequate features for protecting and safeguarding the identity and privacy of the Aadhaar holder."

Associated PressThe blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman at a Texas elementary school — even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside — has been placed with the school district's homegrown police chief. It's left residents in the small city of Uvalde struggling to reconcile what they know of the well-liked local lawman after the director of state police said that the commander at the scene — Pete Arredondo — made the “wrong decision” last week not to breach a classroom at Robb Elementary School sooner, believing the gunman was barricaded inside and children weren’t at risk. Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at the Friday news conference that after following the gunman into the building, officers waited over an hour to breach the classroom.

Camila Giorgi moved the logo to her left shoulder for her fourth-round clash at the French Open. This article originally appeared on Yahoo Sports AustraliaCamila Giorgi made a telling change to her outfit at the French Open on Monday after an earlier run-in with a chair umpire about the placement of a logo. pic.twitter.com/mxshmzx9I2 — José Morgado (@josemorgado) May 28, 2022Giorgi had posted a photo on social media in the outfit before the match, and she had been wearing the same one for her previous matches at the French Open. Unfortunately for Giorgi she won't be able to wear the outfit again after she was dumped out by Daria Kasatkina in a 6-2 6-2 thrashing. “We will have one more, playing quarters at Roland Garros, I think it’s a very nice moment.”Camila Giorgi had the logo on her chest in the third round at the French Open.

By Guy FaulconbridgeLONDON (Reuters) - A senior Russian lawmaker has suggested kidnapping a NATO defence minister in Ukraine and bringing them to Moscow for questioning about what "orders" the West has been giving to Kyiv. And would wake up somewhere in Moscow," Morozov said. He also accuses the United States of using Ukraine to threaten Russia through NATO enlargement. Ukraine and its Western backers say Russia is waging an unprovoked war against a sovereign state which is fighting for its existence. Russia has repeatedly warned the West that the supply of advanced arms to Ukraine risks escalating the war.

Reuters VideosSTORY: Hurricane Agatha is expected to hit the coast on Monday afternoon.Locals were seen removing boats away from the coast and protecting buildings from possible damage.Experts expect a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds ranging from 105 to 223 miles per hour, according to Oaxaca State Civil Protection.More than 80 towns are at risk of floods and landslides, Civil Protection authorities have warned.

Inflation, which had been scarcely noticeable for decades, is suddenly the top concern most people have about the economy. On July 19, 2021, President Joe Biden played down the risk of persistent inflation, telling reporters that price hikes "are expected to be temporary." On June 16, the Fed revises forecasts for inflation, predicting a 3.4% rate by late 2021, up significantly from its previous estimate. The Council of Economic Advisers calls the news "encouraging" but notes that inflation could rise or fall in coming months. "There's a real risk now, we believe - I believe - that inflation may be more persistent," Powell tells reporters on Dec. 15.

(Doug Mills/The New York Times)For four years under President Donald Trump, the United States all but stopped trying to combat climate change at the federal level. But, underscoring the profound obstacles to cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change, even that movement was insufficient. China, India, the United States and Russia were on track to account for more than half of global emissions in 2050. The United States ranked 43rd overall, with a score of 51.1 out of 100, compared with 24th place and a score of 69.3 in the 2020 edition. But the pace of reduction has been insufficient given the United States’ extremely high starting point.

TipRanksAfter 7 weeks of straight losses, the markets went into the long weekend on positive note: their best single week since 2020. The S&P 500 added more than 6% wiping away its losses from the month of May. The sudden drop in value, combined with the even more sudden bullish shift, even if it is temporary, has brought out the discount shoppers of the equity world. ‘Buy the dip’ is a real thing, and frequently successful path toward long-term portfolio gains, and the current environment is ripe for t

Although inflation is impacting a majority of Americans, one personal finance expert says it's no reason to panic. Her comments come on the heels of a recent survey that revealed an overwhelming 80% of Americans reported inflation impacts their daily lives. Cruze then shared tips and tricks to stop surging prices from squeezing your wallet. If you are not being intentional with where your paycheck is going, then you're going to spend money that you don't tend to spend," Cruze explained. "Really looking at your needs versus your wants, putting dollar amounts next to all the categories you spend money on," she continued.

Tens of thousands of people remained without power in Minnesota on Tuesday morning after strong storms left behind destruction. Images posted to social media showed major property damage, including trees toppled onto houses in the western city of Marshall and cars flipped over in Douglas County. Power outage tracker PowerOutage.US said that 42,530 customers were without power in the state. We are watching the new round of storms coming in and have crews working to restore power as quickly as possible around the state," Gov. "The whole landscape has changed," Mayor David Reller told them, adding that 75 structures had been affected.

After you receive this alert, we will buy 295 shares of Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) at or near $90. All of this points to further increases in both demand and prices for oil, gasoline and other forms of energy compared to recent expectations. This is prompting us to get off the sideline and initiate a starter position in XLE shares, which similar to our position in the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) , affords the portfolio wider spread and very liquid exposure to the energy sector (oil, gas, and consumable fuels) rather than owning one particular stock. As oil prices either move higher or remain near current levels for a sustained period of time, we will look to revisit that price target. In keeping with a Two rating, we will look to build out the XLE position either on pullbacks or on signs our price target needs to be adjusted higher.

non-profitable tech stocks, are down 60% to 80% from their highs, so investors are jittery in not missing the bottom. The Fed is now in a rate-tightening phase at a time when inflation is averaging in the range of 8% to 10% year over year. We may have seen the peak in inflation at around 8%, but that is not to say inflation will not stay higher for longer at an uncomfortable level. Even if inflation is starting to come down, the Fed will not stop until it gets the rate to the more reasonable 2%-3% range. To say the Fed is done raising rates when the market has rallied 8% is misleading.

Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)CALIFORNIAEfforts are underway to rebuild Greenville, Calif., from the ashes of the Dixie fire. “We’re trying to replace trucks and vans with something that’s 90% less energy.”OPINIONAmerica needs a Memorial Day for gun-violence victims. Memorial Day is a time to remember our war dead, those in the armed services who gave their lives to protect our nation. (Los Angeles Times)Eighty-seven years ago this week, the California Pacific International Exposition opened in San Diego’s Balboa Park.

It’s Mark Olsen, film writer for The Times and “The Envelope” podcast co-host. This week on the show, I’m switching things up from my regular beat to cover a major TV moment: the long-awaited return of “Stranger Things.”Last season left fans guessing about Hopper’s fate, but Friday’s drop of this season’s first seven episodes confirmed that he is very much still alive. Still, Harbour says, “Your tears were worth it.”Hear Harbour discuss where he hopes Hopper’s story will end, his perspective on playing a cop in the midst of national police brutality conversations, and how acting helps him manage his mental health. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on latimes.com , where you can also read the full transcript. — David Harbour on Hopper’s story arcThanks, and happy listening!

I think we were afraid to say it at first, that there was this chemistry. Quinta Brunson: More correct was that I didn’t technically have any of these women in mind at the beginning. And what was incredible about these women is when they auditioned it was clear it could be nobody else. I was like, “Oh, she’s the clown.” I think Ava — outside of scamming the school — is a perfect person. Brunson: My niece said to me, “I like ‘Abbott.’ It’s like a long TikTok.” That’s how she articulated it.

Police body cameras and facial recognition technology serve two completely different purposes and shouldn’t be combined. Even the tech companies that make the software discourage or bar its use in police body cameras, on ethical grounds. California lawmakers recognized the obvious dangers in 2019 when they adopted a three-year ban on using facial recognition software with body cam images. In other states, the use of facial recognition technology has resulted in multiple wrongful arrests and racial profiling. Facial recognition software has no proper place in that relationship.

It’s been 44 years since the Sex Pistols broke up and only a couple more since they played their first gig, having produced only one actual album in their lifetime. Johnny Rotten, who for many is the Sex Pistol, takes a bit of a back seat. Thus, with Lydon renamed Johnny Rotten, are the Sex Pistols born; they write songs, play gigs, become a national scandal. The tale of the Pistols is often framed as a tussle between Lydon and McLaren (not least by Lydon and McLaren). The Sex Pistols were born to blow up; did anyone really expect a follow-up to “Never Mind the Bollocks”?

When I hear about the mountains of money California has, I wonder why solving homelessness remains so elusive. Los Angeles TimesHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested in Napa County on charges of driving under the influence. Los Angeles TimesSupport our journalism Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles TimesNetflix employees, activists, public figures and supporters gathered outside a Netflix location in Hollywood during a walkout last October. CALIFORNIA ALMANACLos Angeles: Sunny 78 San Diego: Sunny 68 San Francisco: Sunny 67 San Jose: Sunny 82 Fresno: Sunny 89 Sacramento: Sunny 89AND FINALLYToday’s California memory is from Skylar Blue (P.S.

Tiffany Haddish from Apple TV+'s “The Afterparty.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementTiffany, in “Afterparty” you play a homicide detective and a former LAPD officer. We’re finding humor in something that’s not really that funny. My brain switches gears, because when you’re doing stand-up, it’s like you’re alone but you’re with a room full of people. And if I’m supposed to be funny and I don’t try to be funny, I allow that slice of life, that moment to be funny. It’s not that it’s not funny, but it’s interesting to me, it’s a fascinating discussion to have.

“Happy-Go-Lucky” is a snapshot of Sedaris’ life in the final years of the Trump administration, rendered in shadows and light. AdvertisementAuthor David Sedaris is willing to offend. But I have a real problem with this idea now about “punching down.” I don’t think anything should be off-limits for humor if it’s funny. When we passed that accident, I thought, “F— you for having an accident and making me sit in traffic for an hour!” But I don’t say it! To be honest, I’m not convinced I’m right about anything.

Phil Dunster plays Jamie Tartt on “Ted Lasso.” (Sam Wright / For The Times)Phil Dunster is convinced that he’s not funny. Fans of “Ted Lasso,” on which the British actor plays larger-than-life footballer Jamie Tartt, would argue otherwise, but the role isn’t something Dunster previously ever imagined himself taking on. I think there was something in Jamie that’s a hardworking person. And he’s got a swagger in the same way that someone like Liam Gallagher does.”Phil Dunster in “Ted Lasso” season two. (Colin Hutton / Apple TV+)Nick Mohammed, Phil Dunster and Jeremy Swift in “Ted Lasso” season two.

State Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators said they found over 90 crab traps within the ecologically fragile area off Northern California, where fishing of any kind is prohibited. “Our officers received an anonymous tip from a commercial fisherman who said he saw another fisherman’s crab traps in the Marine Protected Area. Efforts by The Associated Press to find contact information for Tran on Monday and seek comment about the lawsuit were unsuccessful. The district attorney’s lawsuit alleges Tran gained an unfair business advantage by illegally fishing in a Marine Protected Area. Whales and sea turtles also pass through the area, and crab traps threaten to entangle them.

A governmental agency made a decision May 11 that will affect everyone who lives in the Bay Area, especially those who depend on the San Francisco Bay and our creeks for recreation and livelihood. This agency, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, is responsible for protecting water quality throughout the Bay Area. Unfortunately, the agency’s plan is deeply flawed and isn’t going to solve the Bay’s serious storm water pollution problems. Our field scientists regularly patrol waterways around the Bay and take samples of storm water discharges from city outfalls. We know firsthand that storm water pollution from cities is a problem, and that this data can be collected easily.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National WriterRonnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, has died. His wife, Wanda, confirmed to The Canadian Press that Hawkins died Sunday morning after an illness. Canadian musicians had often moved to the U.S. to advance their careers, but Hawkins was the rare American to try the reverse. With drummer and fellow Arkansan Levon Helm, Hawkins put together a Canadian backing group that included guitarist-songwriter Robbie Robertson, keyboardists Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel and bassist Rick Danko. Over time, Hawkins mentored numerous young Canadian musicians who went on to successful careers, including guitarist Pat Travers and future Janis Joplin guitarist John Till.

These spots prove that incredible food made with mindful ingredients can be quick, affordable and memorably delicious. Here are three amazing Sonoma County cheap eats, from Santa Rosa to Petaluma. They’re served al taglio, meaning by cut and weight, so you can try as many styles as you like. Sol FoodSan Rafael’s crazy-popular Puerto Rican eatery, Sol Food, opened its first Sonoma County outpost this spring, and the town of Petaluma has been crazy for their Cubanos ever since. For more food and drink coveragefollow us on Flipboard.

8:17 p.m. at Curtner and Camden avenues: A driver, 57, was stopped for a vehicle code violation. 3 p.m. in the 100 block of East Hamilton Avenue: A green 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe was stolen. 5 p.m. in the 400 block of East Hamilton Avenue: Someone stole tools and fled through an emergency exit. 12:21 a.m. at Campbell Avenue and Second Street: A man, 44,was stopped for a vehicle code violation. 4:10 p.m. in the 400 block of East Hamilton Avenue: Someone shoplifted various items and fled.

The same study that tested emissions around stoves in homes raised new concerns about indoor air quality and health because of levels of nitrogen oxides measured. That methane is on top of the 6.8 million tons (6.2 million metric tons) of carbon dioxide that gas stoves emit into the air when they are in use and the gas is burned, the study said. And what was surprising was that three-quarters of the methane released happened while the stoves were off, Jackson said. Jackson estimated that when all natural gas use and extraction is taken into account, about 100 million tons (91 million metric tons) of gas leaks into the atmosphere. And the couple million tons from gas stoves “is meaningful.

Methane emissions from gas stoves across the United States are roughly equivalent to the carbon dioxide released by half a million gas-powered cars in a year, it reports. But as California seeks to reduce emissions, purchases of induction stoves will likely surge. “But every time you turn on a gas stove, the air quality goes way down. Now, with a new Wolf induction stove, she’s learned how to skillfully use cast iron pans to boil pasta, toast tofu, even sear salmon. Higher electricity bills are hard for small business owners, said Baca, whose induction stoves pushed up his PG&E bills from $800 to $2,800 a month.

And my husband, who allows himself about two steaks a year, wanted the best cut he could find. Despite the pandemic, the number of noteworthy bars and restaurants that have opened in Sonoma County in the past two or three years is astonishing. And that doesn’t include the hidden gems and weekend pop-ups we discovered, like Woodshop Coffee, which is tucked inside the trellised alley of a French antique shop, Chateau Sonoma, near Sonoma Plaza. If you goWoodshop Coffee: Open from 9 a.m. Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays) at Chateau Sonoma, 453 First St. West, Sonoma. Little Saint: Open 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday-Monday at 25 North St., Healdsburg; www.littlesainthealdsburg.comFor more food and drink coveragefollow us on Flipboard.

The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between a hepatitis A outbreak and fresh organic strawberries. “If you are unsure of what brand you purchased, when you purchased your strawberries, or where you purchased them from prior to freezing them, the strawberries should be thrown away,” the FDA cautioned. Seventeen hepatitis cases have been identified in California, Minnesota and North Dakota, which have led to 12 hospitalizations, FDA said. Traceback investigations show that cases in California, Minnesota and Canada reported having purchased the strawberries. Related Articles Health | The end of our love affair with gas stovesThe end of our love affair with gas stoves Health | FDA investigating hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to fresh strawberriesFDA investigating hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to fresh strawberries Health | What was Luke Combs doing at BottleRock before his headlining set?

Two of the Bay Area’s largest cities — San Jose and Oakland — this week banned natural gas from nearly all new construction, pushing all-electric infrastructure as their latest tool to fight climate change. Berkeley became the first city in the country to prohibit natural gas when it passed an ordinance in the summer of 2019, and San Francisco recently followed suit. The Oakland City Council unanimously approved the ordinance. The particular exemption that drew backlash from dozens of San Jose residents, students and environmental advocates dealt with facilities that wish to generate and store energy on-site. Environmental groups have urged the restaurant association to stand down, and proponents of banning natural gas point to the surge of chefs who have turned to induction cooking over either gas or electric ranges.

And no starter, not on the Giants or anywhere in the majors, has thrown his slider more than Junis. Luebber suggested Junis try a slider, though the grip he gave Junis mimicked more of a cutter, ever-so-slightly rotating his fingers from a four-seam grip. Junis has always had his slider, but he’s only been able to find consistent success this season. The Giants front office identified Junis’ slider, and their pitching coaches found a way to better complement it. And slider, slider, slider.

Georgann YaraSpecial for The Arizona RepublicThe Valley’s oldest restaurants have all carved their own special niche in not only the metro area's history, but in Arizonans’ hearts as well. Durant, the audacious and colorful original owner of the central Phoenix restaurant created a place that is still known for the vibe as much as for the martinis and steaks. The StockyardsYear opened: 1947This Phoenix steakhouse has origins as a packing house that supported “Cattle Baron” Edward A. Tovrea’s growing beef operations in 1919. The Stockyards’ role in the state’s cattle industry and architectural style earned it a spot on the Phoenix Historical Register. The renovation also made El Chorro the first Arizona restaurant to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold Certification.

Lawmakers did just that in a bipartisan vote that raised the spending limit to match the amount of money they approved last summer. By "we," Boyer said he means the 31 votes in the House and the 16 in the Senate needed to approve a state budget. Boyer, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, envisions a long-term fix to the 40-year-old spending limit as part of a larger compromise. As president of the Arizona Tax Research Association, Kevin McCarthy has tracked school spending for decades at the Capitol. It's a certainty the spending limit will emerge as an issue early next year.

A hemp farm leads to lawsThe history of hemp on the Navajo Nation took a turn about three years ago. “Marijuana has always been a prohibited substance on the Navajo Nation, this remains true regardless of any changes to state marijuana laws in Arizona, New Mexico or Utah.”Within the three states the Navajo Nation spans, marijuana laws vary. The annual Indigenious Hemp Conference is held on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, where hemp cultivation is legal. If there is a regulation in place for retail on the Navajo Nation, the tribe would need to develop that taxing law on public marijuana sales on Navajo Nation land. The siblings believe the Navajo Nation government used scare tactics around hemp and set the tribe back 10 years.

The Arizona Republic has learned NASCAR will announce on Tuesday it’s bringing championship weekend back to Phoenix Raceway in 2023 for a fourth consecutive year. “It’s hard to describe how proud we are of this opportunity,” track president Julie Giese told the Republic. Phoenix Raceway is also announcing six months in advance that grandstand tickets have sold out for the NASCAR Cup Series finale on Nov. 6 — the quickest sellout since the sanctioning body began racing at the one-mile track in 1988. Upon receiving the call from Giese about another sellout and NASCAR’s continued relationship with Phoenix Raceway as the destination for championship weekend, Avondale Mayor Kenn Weise was left speechless and in awe. “You can see where cities support NASCAR and where they don't, and Avondale absolutely supports them,” Weise told The Republic.

Following a clear-skied Memorial Day, Denverites can look forward to more sunshine Tuesday until evening showers roll in. Colorado’s capital is expected to see mostly sunny weather with potential thunderstorms, reaching a high near 64, reports the National Weather Service in Boulder. The National Weather Service forecasts severe thunderstorms and heavy rain across some of the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley overnight. Temperatures will cool slightly with a high near 57. The sun will reemerge Thursday with only a slight chance of storms before noon and a high near 74.

The Denver Police Department launched an ongoing investigation into the death of one person after a shooting on Memorial Day near East Colfax. The fatal shooting occurred in an alley along the 1600 block of Willow and Xanthia streets, according to a tweet by the Denver police published around 5 p.m. Monday. Initially, the victim was found with injuries to an unknown extent, but an update posted after 6 p.m. pronounced the person’s death. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner is expected to issue victim identification and cause of death. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or to report it online.

Take a ride on the S.S. Badger Lake Michigan CarferryThe S.S. Badger that travels across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, to Ludington, MI, is the last coal-fired passenger steamship in operation in the US.

Pork shoulder is easy to cook, economical and forgiving of culinary missteps. Here’s a glimpse inside the book with the pork shoulder recipe, and all the spices and instructions you need to make juicy pulled pork. Pat the pork shoulder dry using a clean kitchen towel. BBQ Bits & Pieces: Wrapping with plastic wrap and foil is a terrific way to create a super-juicy pork shoulder. Tri-Tip RubMakes 1 cupINGREDIENTS:? cup ground black pepper? cup granulated garlic? cup sweet paprika1 teaspoon ground dried rosemaryDIRECTIONS:1.

A motorist died after driving off Interstate 94 early Tuesday and crashing through a fence near 115th Street, according to Illinois State Police. The driver’s car rolled over as it left the southbound lanes shortly before 2 a.m. and stopped near Doty Avenue and Kensington Avenue, the state police said in a statement. The driver was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Authorities have not released the person’s name. State police said the crash remained under investigation.

A food hall in Milwaukee's west side Uptown Crossing neighborhood has its grand opening in September as its tenant line-up comes into focus. North Avenue Market, 5900 W. North Ave., is under construction, with a former Associated Bank branch being converted into a home for several local food and drink providers. "We are incredibly excited about the project and are getting closer to opening," said Chris Harris Morse, North Avenue Market owner. The $2.2 million North Avenue Market is being financed in part with a $1.86 million loan that was approved in August by Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit business lender. North Avenue Market expects to attract most of its customers from such nearby neighborhoods as Uptown Crossing, Washington Heights and East Tosa.

From the moment Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the West has sought to make Moscow pay economically for its war. AdvertisementIn a move unthinkable just months ago, EU leaders agreed late Monday to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. AdvertisementThe deputy head of Russia’s Security Council said Tuesday that energy sanctions against the country were intended to hurt ordinary Russians by making it harder for Moscow to fund social programs. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia, much of it through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. The EU estimated that would mean around 90% of Russian oil is banned by the end of the year.

PHILADELPHIA — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler stood just outside the third base dugout at Citizens Bank Park for the national anthem on Monday, taking a break on Memorial Day from his protest against the direction of the nation. A few other San Francisco players stood on the chalk line past the third-base bag during their stretching exercises. “Today, I’ll be standing for the anthem,” Kapler wrote earlier Monday on his blog. “The way I see it is anything that sparks thoughtful conversation is good,” Kapler told reporters on Monday. Kapler said he was not ready to announce whether his protest will resume on Tuesday night.

A 19-year-old woman riding her bicycle not far from DuSable Harbor late Monday was shot once by a man who had been shouting at her before the attack, Chicago police said. Officers were called to the 200 block of North Breakwater Access around 10 p.m. on Memorial Day to investigate the shooting, according to an online media statement from police. The woman had been riding her bicycle when “an unidentified male” began shouting at her for an unknown reason. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)The man pulled a gun and shot the woman once before he took off running, police said. The woman suffered a gunshot wound to one thigh and she was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she had been listed in fair condition.

From the moment Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the West has sought to make Moscow pay economically for its war. AdvertisementIn a move unthinkable just months ago, EU leaders agreed late Monday to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. AdvertisementThe deputy head of Russia’s Security Council said Tuesday that energy sanctions against the country were intended to hurt ordinary Russians by making it harder for Moscow to fund social programs. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia, much of it through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. The EU estimated that would mean around 90% of Russian oil is banned by the end of the year.

As I waited to pass out, I noticed a large air bubble slowly moving down the IV line toward my arm. I got concerned about an air embolism and called the nurse over, who pooh-poohed my concern: “It’s just an air bubble! She then pinched the line shut and turned the drip back on and flicked the line a few more times, until the air bubble floated into the IV bag and wobbled to the top. She released her pinch on the IV line and said: “There. An air bubble might be 0.2 cc and still look pretty significant in the IV tubing.

From the moment Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the West has sought to make Moscow pay economically for its war. AdvertisementIn a move unthinkable just months ago, EU leaders agreed late Monday to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. AdvertisementThe deputy head of Russia’s Security Council said Tuesday that energy sanctions against the country were intended to hurt ordinary Russians by making it harder for Moscow to fund social programs. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia, much of it through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. The EU estimated that would mean around 90% of Russian oil is banned by the end of the year.

[ For the parents and families of the Sandy Hook victims, every mass shooting is re-traumatizing ]“It helps you remember that you’re still connected, you will always be connected,” she said. Advertisement“We don’t want to insert ourselves into their grief,” said Hockley, who co-founded the national nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise with fellow Sandy Hook parent Mark Barden. Mark Barden with his son Daniel, who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. In a close-knit community like Uvalde or Sandy Hook, said Gay, it’s important to recognize that everyone is affected by a shooting like this. For those looking to help families in Uvalde, the crowdfunding website GoFundMe has set up a hub linking all verified fundraisers for families of victims at https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/donate-to-texas-elementary-school-shooting-relief.

High pressure moving into northwest Oregon should bring plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures Tuesday. Morning clouds should clear away before lunchtime, and Portland should see a high of about 77 degrees. Wednesday could start with patchy fog followed by increasing high clouds as marine air seeps into the valleys. Portland should see clouds and sun breaks, and temperatures will remain warm, but not as warm as forecasters expected over the weekend. There’s a slight chance of valley thunderstorms, but most of that action should remain in the Cascade mountains.

If you believe that “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” then how can you possibly disagree that comprehensive and effective background check systems are exactly what’s needed to prevent the wrong people from owning guns? Alan Mela, Portland

Four people were killed in a one-car crash in Thompson Monday, capping a particularly deadly and hazardous Memorial Day Weekend. The Thompson crash brought the holiday weekend’s death toll to 10 people, including four who died in a wrong-way collision on I-95. The Thompson crash happened at about 5 p.m. on Quaddick Town Farm Road. Four people died Sunday following a wrong-way crash on I-95 southbound in Guilford, state police said. The 2022 Memorial Day weekend has proved the deadliest in the past several years.

Four people were killed in a one-car crash in Thompson Monday, state police said. The crash happened at about 5 p.m. on Quaddick Town Farm Road. Also killed were Jaslin Perez, 21, of Providence, Erika Perez, 21, whose address was not listed, and Lixandra Almonte Terrero, 21, of Providence, police said. Reyniel Alfonso Lopez, 21, of Providence, was seriously injured and was listed in critical condition at UMass Memorial hospital in Worcester, police said. The crash brought Connecticut’s Memorial Day weekend roadway death toll to 10 people, including four who died in a wrong-way collision on I-95, state police said.

Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering, one-sided conversations with a computerized answering service by making it obligatory for companies to offer a real, flesh-and-blood customer service worker when so requested by a caller. That is one among a battery of measures included in a customer service bill presented by Spain’s left-wing coalition government on Tuesday. The bill would also seek to do away with long wait times by forcing companies to answer calls within three minutes. Providers of basic services, such as utilities, phone and Internet, will have to offer customer service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All other companies will have to be provide customer service during working hours.

Dee-Ann DurbinAssociated PressU.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic strawberries. In Canada, the affected strawberries were sold between March 5-9 at Co-op stores in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The potentially affected strawberries are past their shelf life, but health officials say consumers who purchased them and froze them to eat later should throw them away. Mexico-based FreshKampo, which grew the strawberries, said in a statement Sunday that it is working with regulators to determine how the problem occurred. Consumers who ate the potentially affected berries in the last two weeks and have not been vaccinated against hepatitis A should immediately consult with a physician, the FDA said.

We can’t let my kids, my grandkids live like this for the rest of their lives and for their kids’ lives,” he said. She feels helpless, because she knows so many people who lost children, and she has no idea what to say to console them. “I don’t know why he decided to kill my friends,” said the boy, bouncing nervously on a trampoline. They don’t know what to say, except that his friends are in heaven now with God. They also don’t know what to say when he tells them he doesn’t want to go back to school in the fall.

Kelvin ChanAssociated PressLondon — Eurozone inflation hit a record 8.1% in May amid surging energy and food costs fueled in part by Russia's war in Ukraine. Inflation in the eurozone is now at its highest level since recordkeeping for the euro began in 1997. Energy prices jumped 39.2%, highlighting how the war and the accompanying global energy crunch are making life more expensive for the eurozone’s 343 million people. Strong global demand following the COVID-19 pandemic and a cautious approach to increasing production from oil cartel OPEC have lifted energy prices. The European Union earlier this month slashed its economic growth forecast for the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian-Ukraine war and extended disruptions to energy supplies.

A 45-year-old Toledo man drowned Monday at Milan Beach in Milan Township, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. Monroe County Central Dispatch received a call at 6:24 p.m. Monday reporting that a 45-year-old Toledo resident had been missing for two hours, the sheriff's office said. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Dive Team searched the water for the man and "not long thereafter" recovered his body, officials said, and he was pronounced dead. According to its website, Milan Beach at 16339 Cone Road is a privately owned beach resort. Assisting at the scene were the Milan Township Fire Department, Dundee Township Fire Department, Dundee Police Department, Monroe Community Ambulance and a Sheriff's Office chaplain.

Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau said in a news conference Monday that he's introducing a "national freeze" on handgun sales in his country to curb the increase in homicides. Trudeau's announcement comes a week after 19 children were killed in a school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. On Politics:Despite Texas shooting, gun control advocates fear inactionAfter Uvalde:Biden to push for more gun control but says he hasn't talked to Republicans yetCanada had a reported 743 homicides in 2020, – the highest number since 1991. Canada had initiated a 2020 law banning assault-style firearms but offered a gun buyback program to those who possessed the weapons. President Joe Biden has pushed for gun control since the Uvalde shootings, saying, "there’s only one reason for something that can fire 100 shots."

With Memorial Day kicking off the unofficial start of summer, it may also have ushered in some sizzling temperatures in central Ohio. Columbus on Tuesday is expected to hit 90 degrees, which would be the highest of the year so far, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. If it happens, Columbus' 90-degree mark would come a little early this year, as the average date for the first 90-degree day of the year is June 9, the National Weather Service said. But a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move in during the afternoon and evening hours. A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms is expected, with the low getting down to 53 degrees.

Though the events for the next bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus' ordination and installation are invite-only, they will be livestreamed for all to view. The Vespers service will be shown:On the diocese's YouTube channel, called Columbus Catholic. The ordination and installation Mass, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, is being held at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville. The Bishop's Mass of Installation and Ordination will be livestreamed:5 things to know:Columbus Catholic bishop-elect Earl FernandesFernandes, who was born and raised in Toledo, was named by the Pope as the next Columbus bishop in April. The new bishop is also the first person of color in that role and the wider Catholic Church's first Indian-American bishop.

At least seven people were killed in Franklin County over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, providing a violent start to the traditional summer season. A 39-year-old man was killed Tuesday morning after confronting a man who was breaking into cars on the Far West Side, Columbus police said. Around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, officers found a 21-year-old man on a porch with multiple gunshot wounds. Statehouse shooting leaves man dead:One dead in reported shooting on grounds of the Ohio StatehouseThe violence that took place over the holiday weekend was not limited to the city. The name of a man killed on the lawn of the Ohio Statehouse has also not yet been released.

Advertisement“We’re going to be dealing with this virus on a chronic basis,” Fauci said. Average daily case numbers have risen about 26% around the country, according to Johns Hopkins University. AdvertisementAverage daily case numbers in New York City have nearly doubled, to 4,214 as of Tuesday, according to the Health Department. Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a second COVID vaccine booster shot for those ages 50 and older. All Americans can expect to get regular boosters in the future, according to Fauci, who compared the situation to annual flu shots.

Ohio Republicans are moving to lower training requirements for teachers who want to carry guns following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where 19 children and two teachers died. House Bill 99 would let school districts arm teachers and other personnel after 20 total hours of training. More:Teachers can't carry firearms without police training, Ohio Supreme Court rulesJustice Sharon Kennedy, who is running to replace O'Connor in November 2022 and is a former police officer, disagreed. The bill doesn't require school districts to tell parents that they plan to let teachers, coaches, bus drivers and other staff carry firearms. Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper has said she will ask DeWine to veto the bill if it passes in the state Senate.

The Harker School boasts of a world-class reputation built over a century, regularly sending graduates to Stanford, Harvard and other elite universities. But the private school in San Jose shares a problem common to its public-school brethren throughout the Bay Area — the lack of affordable housing for teachers. I was upset,” said Jane Kenney, an energetic 84-year-old who has lived in the same Troy Drive apartment for 25 years. The Harker School pays teachers competitive wages, but not as high as some public schools in the Bay Area, Yager said. They don’t know what the future will hold, but they expect to pay twice their current $1,200 rent to find a comparable San Jose apartment.

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney died Monday morning in a car accident in Dallas. FILE - In this March 1, 2020, file photo, TCU defensive back Jeff Gladney runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. AdvertisementGladney was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2020 out of TCU. Jeff Gladney of the Minnesota Vikings is pictured on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. “We are devastated to learn Jeff Gladney’s passing,” the Cardinals said in a statement.

The Orlando Magic, owners of the Nos. 1, 32 and 35 picks in the NBA draft, will have multiple chances to add to their roster on June 23. Orlando has nine players who were drafted in the first round since 2017 signed to contracts for the 2022-23 season. As the roster stands, Orlando needs a 3-and-D wing/forward — with an emphasis on reliable 3-point shooting — who has good size and length for their position. After taking a step forward in their pre-draft evaluations during the mid-May NBA draft combine in Chicago, the Magic are hosting prospects for workouts ahead of the draft.

The collection also included over 200 painted wooden sarcophagi, and a variety of other antiquities.

‘Manhattanhenge’ brought out New Yorkers, as well as many from around the world Monday night as it came to its full peak.

The Tucson-area's urban outdoor gem, Catalina State Park, had its genesis in the 4,200-acre Rancho Romero along what was then the Tucson-Florence Highway, 14 miles north of downtown Tucson. A group called the Coalition Opposed to the Rancho Romero Development quickly formed in opposition to the project. The Arizona State Museum said the site includes a Hohokam Indian village dating back to 700 A.D. The State Parks Board was very slow to embrace establishment of Catalina State Park. So, Tucson Rep. Charles King introduced a bill in the state legislature for the establishment of Catalina State Park.

It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break. The city's mayor also told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Sievierodonetsk "is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block." Delivering remarks honoring fallen servicemembers, he said “Memorial Day is always a day where pain and pride are mixed together.”“Today we are free because they were brave,” the president said. Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by mid-afternoon Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in an order issued late Friday that Tarrio poses a danger to the public.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets headed lower before Tuesday's opening bell after the European Union agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports by the year’s end, sparking a fresh spike in oil prices. Oil prices, up almost 60% this year, rose another 3% and neared $120 per barrel early Tuesday after the EU said it would embargo most Russian oil imports because of its brutal invasion of Ukraine. The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. Benchmark U.S. crude oil gained $3.52 to $118.59 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude oil prices are up 60% this year due to fears about disruptions in supplies from Russia, the second-biggest global exporter.

It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break. The city's mayor also told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Sievierodonetsk "is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block." Delivering remarks honoring fallen servicemembers, he said “Memorial Day is always a day where pain and pride are mixed together.”“Today we are free because they were brave,” the president said. Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by mid-afternoon Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in an order issued late Friday that Tarrio poses a danger to the public.

The court's moves are unprecedented and the most striking development to date in the investigation into who might have provided Politico with the draft opinion it published on May 2.

Virtual children that play with you, cuddle you, and even look like you will be commonplace in 50 years, and could help to combat overpopulation, an artificial intelligence expert has claimed. In her new book, AI by Design: A Plan For Living With Artificial Intelligence, she argues that concerns about overpopulation will prompt society to embrace digital children. 'As the metaverse evolves, I can see virtual children becoming an accepted and fully embraced part of society in much of the developed world.' 'On the basis that consumer demand is there, which I think it will be, AI children will become widely available for a relatively small monthly fee. There is already a proof of concept for virtual children.

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LEXINGTON — For the second consecutive season, Kentucky basketball’s roster will be built around a strong nucleus of veterans. “I think he can be TyTy Washington, but I also think he can be a little bit more than TyTy Washington,” Branham said. “At the same time, offensively he is not near the shooter that TyTy Washington was. As a senior at Richardson High School in Texas, Wallace averaged 19.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game. He is considered the best perimeter defender in the high school 2022 class.

Mongolia, a squeezed outpost of democracy in north-east Asia, is under renewed pressure from its authoritarian neighbours, Russia and China, to shed its independence and form a triangle of anti-western cooperation in the wake of the war in Ukraine. A Soviet satellite state until 1990, and heavily dependent on China as a market and conduit for its copper and coal exports, Mongolia has to tread carefully. However, its governing Mongolian People’s party is attending briefings given by United Russia, the biggest party in Russia – which has been interpreted in Russia as support for the war. This pipeline would increase Mongolia’s dependence on Russia by taking gas from Siberia’s Yamal fields and allowing Russia to transport gas originally destined for Europe to find a new market in China. Once in charge of one of her country’s largest independent broadcasters, Chinbat said Mongolia would not backslide from democracy.

“To sing Wind of Change as we have always sung it, that’s not something I could imagine any more,” Klaus Meine told Die Zeit. “It simply isn’t right to romanticise Russia with lyrics like: ‘I follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park … Let your balalaika sing’”. In his interview with Die Zeit, Meine again denied that his most successful song had been written by US propaganda officers. In his interview with Die Zeit, Meine denied that his band, too, had overlooked Ukraine’s plight, pointing out Scorpions had played concerts in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odesa. “I haven’t spoken with Gerhard Schröder for a while,” Meine told Die Zeit.

Name: Tamagotchi kids. True, for loads of reasons, including concerns about the environment, overpopulation, the rising cost of bringing up a child, etc. It means virtual digital children will exist in the metaverse which, as you’ll know, is the immersive digital future of the internet. She has called this digital demographic the “Tamagotchi generation”, after those digital pet toys from Japan, remember? Campbell says virtual children will look like you, and you will be able to play with and cuddle them.

Historic Hurricane Agatha touched down in Mexico's southern coast Monday as heavy storm surges and driving rains prompted fears of killer flooding and mudslides. By 5:00 pm PT, the hurricane's maximum sustained winds decreased to about 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. "Agatha is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm tonight, and dissipate over southeastern Mexico by late Tuesday," the hurricane center said. AccuWeather meteorologists said Agatha, as it crosses Mexico and enters the Bay of Campeche in the next few days, could redevelop into the Atlantic basin's first named storm. 'GOING TO BE WATCHING':Hurricane Agatha expected to hit Mexico on Monday.

Wherever you’re living la dolce vita, however, cheese makes a very good starting point for no-cook dinners. “I might take mozzarella or fresh ricotta and some prosciutto, then add seasonal vegetables or even fruit,” says Davies, who dresses the lot with olive oil. That does involve some cooking, admittedly, but she eats it at room temperature, so it’s sanctioned (no arguing, please). The night before, make a tomato sauce: saute sofrito (onion, celery, carrot) in olive oil, then add a bottle of passata. Stir the mix a few times to break up the bread, and it will get creamy.” Finish with a generous glug of olive oil, black pepper and basil.

The fantasy of opening your wardrobe to find neat rows of colour-coded shirts, jackets and pants is pretty universal. In fact, in two separate, strange fashion jobs I’ve been paid by a superior to organise theirs. Visibility is keyA well-organised wardrobe should make getting dressed easier. Poulakis says, “hanging trousers and special evening attire is a must to minimise the expenditure of ironing and dry-cleaning time”. McInnes says, “You fold things ‘standing’ in your drawers/storage … and it creates double the space.”Farrugia describes it as folding in “file fashion”.

Five years ago, Sidhu Moose Wala announced his arrival with So High. Sidhu Moose Wala, originally Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, was born on June 11, 1993, and began singing in the fifth grade with folk songs of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, a legendary Sikh commander from the early 18th century. Sidhu is the village’s clan name, and so in essence, Sidhu Moose Wala allowed Shubhdeep to embody the aspirations of anyone from Moosa. After the unprecedented success of So High, Sidhu released his debut album PBX 1 in October 2018. Fans pay tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala at a vigil in Amritsar the day after his death.

Increased processing power in modern consoles and PCs, and a shift away from the design sensibilities of linear arcade games, led to a new generation of ‘open world’ experiences. Fast-forward 25 years and the open world genre is no longer radical or daring – it’s pretty much the standard. Last week, a controversy blew up on social media when one frustrated gamer tweeted, “STOP MAKING OPEN WORLD GAMES. But open world games can be too baggy and obtuse with these rules, or the narrative is set almost at odds with the world. Open world games need to evolve beyond the conventions with which players are now desperately familiar.

Yet Lish Jr’s other credentials were nearly as unique: in place of the usual creative writing degree and magazine credits, he listed past jobs as a removal man, builder, factory worker, security guard and (briefly) a marine. His equally formidable new novel likewise draws power from plunging into lives most writers ignore. Closer to home, there’s his estranged father, Leonard, a security guard who drifts back into Gloria’s orbit in the wake of her diagnosis, but seemingly to sponge rather than help. We know right from the start where this gruelling story must go, yet in Lish’s universe even death brings no respite: any glimmer of release only ever heralds just another tightening of the screw. You can’t look away: what begins as a pulverising portrait of the financial and emotional jeopardy of terminal illness morphs, by the end, into a gothically horrific tale of predatory manipulation.

Although the album fell into obscurity, Takada has in recent years become a cult figure, with her monk-like musicality and reverential cataloging of obscure world music. Takada began picking out Chopin chords as a six-year-old while growing up in a cosmopolitan Tokyo home. After a short spell as a soloist with the Berlin RIAS Symphonie Orchester, Takada began to produce and arrange her own music, and formed a percussion group with other experimental musicians. “It was unlike anything I had heard.”Such observations could be controversial in Japan, where she found prejudice against Korean culture. “In Japan, artists keep going right into old age,” Takada laughs.

Make the sauce: roughly chop 2 spring onions and put them in the bowl of a food processor. Pour in 3 tbsp of runny honey together with 3 tbsp of light soy sauce. Add 2 tbsp of garam masala and 2 of mild curry powder. Lower the heat and continue simmering for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time to prevent the sauce from sticking. Oil and lightly season 4 boned and flattened chicken legs, then grill on both sides until the skin is golden.

Her sharp-tongued teen angst captured the TikTok zeitgeist, where, like Olivia Rodrigo a year earlier, her bitterness over a shattered relationship resonated with millions. As painfully self-scrutinising as any teen … Gayle. Photograph: Andy Hall/the ObserverIf TikTok and gen Z are supposed to be inseparable, then where are her young fans? Like any teenager, Gayle is painfully self-scrutinising: on Indieedgycool, she questions: “Am I being ironic? Flexing with the kind of power notes that would make Kelly Clarkson’s eyes water, Gayle’s strength as a vocalist is undeniable.

Alex Liu’s documentary has the easy relatability of a YouTube video; the difference is, instead of unboxing some latest haul, Liu attempts to demystify the shame that surrounds sex in America. A conversation with his parents reveals that, when they were teenagers, their access to sex education was even more inadequate than Liu’s. Maintaining a balance between scientific reporting and personal anecdotes, A Sexplanation pairs Liu’s interviews with sexperts – including his participation in a study that makes MRI scans of orgasms – with playful stunts. At one point, illustrations of sex organs are erected at a park where passersby are asked to identify different parts of the genitalia. However, in fashioning a call for better sex education in the American school system, Liu is an enjoyably charismatic guide, as his doubts and questions about the birds and the bees mirror many of our own.

Here is an elegant and ruminative dual narrative from Mia Hansen-Løve, a parallel romance concerning monogamy and its discontents. It’s intriguingly autobiographical and the Bergman-adjacent discussion and ambience creates something instantly serious, although the effect is also sometimes self-conscious and desiccated. Tim Roth and Vicky Krieps play Tony and Chris, a renowned film director and his screenwriter spouse who have come here for a creative retreat. Chris wants to tell Tony about the script she’s having trouble with: he is unhelpful and distracted, but nonetheless we see Chris’s movie idea dramatised on screen. The movie ends with a flourish of the sort Almódovar could have created, although this has less primary-colour exuberance.

Peter Navarro, a top White House adviser to Donald Trump, revealed in a court filing on Monday that he had been ordered to testify before a federal grand jury and produce to prosecutors any records concerning January 6, including communications with the former president. The grand jury subpoena to Navarro, which he said was served by two FBI agents last week, compels him to produce documents to the US attorney for the District of Columbia and could indicate widening justice department action ensnaring senior Trump administration officials. The grand jury subpoena appeared to be part of a case to hold Navarro in contempt rather than pertaining to the justice department’s criminal investigation into the Capitol attack, though the exact nature of the justice department subpoena was not immediately clear. “Since the subpoena of the Committee is ultra vires, unlawful, and unenforceable, the US Attorney’s Grand Jury Subpoena is likewise ultra vires, unlawful, and unenforceable and the US Attorney must be enjoined from any actions to enforce this subpoena,” Navarro wrote. A spokesman for the select committee declined to comment.

The actor Kevin Spacey will travel voluntarily to the UK to face sexual assault charges, he has told a US news outlet. If Spacey, who is based in the US, had not decided to travel to the UK voluntarily, formal extraditions proceedings would have needed to be instigated to secure his return. Two counts of sexual assault in London in March 2005 relate to one complainant, a man who is now in his 40s. The final authorised charge is sexual assault against a third complainant, a man who is now in his 30s, in Gloucestershire in April 2013. Sexual assault allegations were first raised publicly against Spacey in October 2017 as the #MeToo movement grew.

When Joe Biden and Jill Biden disagree, they don’t hash it out in front of other people. She says she could soon be sharing White House living quarters with a teenage granddaughter. When Joe Biden was vice-president, the couple decided to settle disagreements by text to avoid fighting in the presence of their Secret Service agents – and dubbed it fexting. “You have to be able to stand on your own two feet.”Jill Biden met then-senator Joe Biden in 1975, and they were married two years later. Granddaughter Naomi is engaged to be married and is planning a White House wedding reception in November.

A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I took my daughter to a paediatrician in Philadelphia for her one-year checkup. It was all very routine until, squeezed between a discussion about weaning and a question about baby gates, the paediatrician asked if we had a gun in the house. “They’re not used to guns.” The paediatrician gave a sad smile. In 2010, a woman in Florida was outraged over her kids’ doctor asking this “invasive” question, and helped set into motion a years-long legal saga known as “the docs versus the glocks”. If a doctor did raise the gun question, they risked losing their licence, and a $10,000 fine.

And there was no way to hear from the outside world, which now may be the true mark of wilderness. Those suburbs helped breed a kind of hyperindividualism, as the Depression and second world war, with their common purpose, receded into the distance. We had taken for granted the physical stability of our planet – and now its poles are melting. We had taken for granted the stability of our democracy and now people invade Congress to stop the counting of votes. There’s another kind of society, within living memory, that more or less worked.

Clearly the climate crisis is a pressing mattter of life or death and the future of all humanity. Figures showing nitrous usage were only provided from one hospital in the press release, so we have no way of knowing whether they’re widely indicative, but they showed that 62% of patients used nitrous during labour. “At planetary scale, the relative impact of nitrous oxide use in labour wards isn’t irrelevant, but it is very, very small. He told me nitrous is mostly used to alleviate fear and anxiety in children but it is used more broadly too. While the report in itself may not be “incorrect” in any way, it feels like the lowest hanging, cheap-as-chips fruit.

The Sex Pistols lasted for three years, and it’s fair to say that a lot happened to them in that brief, blinding flash of late 1970s chaos. Danny Boyle directs this frenetic yet baggy six-part dramatisation of the Sex Pistols story, largely told through the eyes of guitarist Steve Jones. It is adapted by Baz Luhrmann favourite Craig Pearce, from Jones’s memoir, Lonely Boy, which explains the Jones-heavy perspective. The problem with this is that it gives the story a wonky, skewed focus and a frustrating sense of delayed gratification. There’s a lot of ambition in Pistol, a lot of provocateuring, but it doesn’t spark.

Such easing of gun laws was approved less than two years after the Odessa and the El Paso mass shootings left 30 people dead. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who faces felony fraud charges, voiced similar sentiments and predicted more mass shootings. Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge. Debbie Plotnick, executive vice president for state and federal advocacy at the nonprofit Mental Health America (MHA), told ABC that mental health was a regular scapegoat. “Hate is not a mental illness … having a mental health condition does not make someone violent,” she said.

4m ago 14.48 House 'to vote on Protecting Our Kids Act'An emergency gun reform package will be presented to the House judiciary committee on Thursday as politicians grapple with the aftermath of mass shootings in New York and Texas this month that killed 31 people, including 19 elementary school children. It doesn’t include an outright ban on assault weapons, which many gun reform activists have called for following the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. According to Punchbowl, Nancy Pelosi plans to bring the measures for a House vote next week, and the speaker is confident she has the votes to pass them. Separately, bipartisan talks between senators on gun controls will take place over Zoom today, with Texas Republican John Cornyn leading negotiations for his side. Here’s my colleague Lauren Gambino on the challenge of getting gun reform legislation through a bitterly divided Congress:

The Crown Stamp will consequently not be allowed to represent an accurate measurement in Northern Ireland, and can only be used as decoration. In Britain, the Crown Stamp will be displayed alongside the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark, which is replacing the CE mark. The CE mark, which can still be used in Britain until January 1, 2023, must still be used in Northern Ireland. 'The crown gracing our pints is a welcome tribute to Her Majesty'"The Crown Stamp may be only symbolic but it is an important symbol," said Andrew Bridgen, the Brexiteer Tory MP for North West Leicestershire. Separate regulations to allow British traders to display exclusively imperial measurements will also not be allowed in Northern Ireland because of the Protocol.

Three decades after the abortion pill became available to women in the UK, Japan is inching closer to approving the drug – but there is a catch. Under the new law, it is expected that it will only be prescribed with the consent of the woman’s partner. Legislation to approve medical abortion pills is winding its way through Japan’s Diet after British pharmaceutical company Linepharma International applied last year to market a combination of two drugs for the purposes of abortion. They point out that medical abortion - which can be used to terminate a pregnancy in the early stages without surgery - has been available in many parts of the world for decades. Questioned by a parliamentary committee earlier this month, a health ministry bureaucrat stated that the standards required for a surgical abortion under the 1948 Maternal Protection Law should be applied to the morning-after pill.

Russian forces have taken about half of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, its mayor has said, as heavy fighting continued in and around the key city and civilians were told to stay underground. “Half of the city has been captured by the Russians and fierce street fighting is under way,” Striuk said. “The Ukrainian military continues to resist this frenzied push and aggression by Russian forces. It is still Ukrainian,” he said, advising those still trapped inside to stay in cellars. “Putin is now hurling men and munitions at the last remaining major population centre in [Luhansk], Sievierodonetsk, as if taking it would win the war for the Kremlin.

The recent Russian advances in the Donbas lead to an inevitable question: whether the indiscriminate tactics the Kremlin deployed there will be a template for future offensives. While much has been made of the painfully slow and grinding pace of Russia’s recent offensive in the Donbas, the speed of territorial gains is not the only metric. “In April and early May, after Ukraine’s victory in the battle of Kyiv, a degree of triumphalism crept into Ukraine war narratives. But as the Russians have shown recently, by concentrating their forces on smaller regions of Ukraine, they can generate tactical victories,” he said. “Despite the Russians and Ukrainians losing people and equipment in the hundreds (if not thousands), neither are exhausted nations.

However, the summer months can prove to be a unique time to visit the mountains and enjoy time on the pistes in the world’s highest ski resorts, while the masses flock to the coast. Generally set at 2,500m or higher, these glacier ski areas benefit from the low temperatures at altitude, especially at night, so you can expect smooth groomed runs in the morning, soft slushy bumps later on. Definitely – glaciers are great places to hone skills on summer ski courses, most hosting ski racers and freestylers during the summer. Independent providers such as The Warren Smith Ski Academy, Snoworks and the European Ski & Snowboard School all run courses for British skiers. Many work in tandem with a separate visitor pass that gives access to a whole range of summer activities.

For anyone who spent much of their childhood being practically force fed by their friends’ parents, it was all too much to compute. Further confirmation of the curious Swedish custom – also common in other Scandinavian nations, it transpires – was provided by a couple of residents of Malmo. I was playing at my friend’s house and there was a delicious smell of food drifting up from the kitchen. Some have suggested historic problems with food scarcity among Nordic communities is to blame for the lingering culinary stinginess. “Parents of the away child don’t want to inconvenience another family and they don’t want to have it seem like they can’t feed their own child.

Oil transported through the critical Druzhba (“friendship”) pipeline will be exempt from the ban, a key concession to Hungary, which is heavily dependent on Russian oil. Motorists and businesses will see higher prices at the pumps, as the embargo feeds into higher oil prices. Oil prices have already risen more than 55% this year and are at their highest levels since 2008. Before the war, Russia supplied 40% of EU gas but EU leaders have promised to gradually phase this out. That step is far from assured and will be even harder than talks on the unfinished oil embargo.

Sergio Perez has extended his contract and will remain with Red Bull until 2024 two days after winning the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. The announcement followed the 32-year-old Mexican's victory in the principality on Sunday where he emerged from a delayed and rain-affected event ahead of his world champion team-mate Max Verstappen. "For us, holding onto his pace, race craft and experience was a no-brainer and we are delighted that Checo will continue to race for the team until 2024," said team boss Christian Horner in a statement. Perez said on Twitter: “Winning the Monaco Grand Prix is a dream for any driver and to celebrate my first victory there with this announcement that I will continue with Red Bull Racing until 2024 is just the icing on the cake.”More to follow...

“We have all these administrators telling us Test cricket is the pinnacle and then they do this. “We are the one country than generally sells out Test cricket. Brendon McCullum made a good point last week that he wants his team to be the ones that save Test cricket. One of the reasons we are successful at selling Test cricket is because people want to watch it - so, don't out-price them. Furthermore, there are opportunities to watch cricket at Lord’s to suit many budgets in 2022.

In a carriage behind the coffin came the Queen, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and the Princess Royal, all in black, followed on foot by the four royal dukes – Edinburgh, Gloucester, Windsor and Kent – a study in contrasts. Princess Elizabeth and her husband of five years were shielded from the King’s last illness. As the Queen and the Duke were flying back to London, a radio message from the Queen Mother was copied on to a BOAC signal form and handed to Elizabeth. The four-year-old Prince Charles, in tow with his nanny, entered by a side door to sit between the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Now, as much as at the time of her coronation, many people see in the Queen ‘their better selves ideally reflected’.

Manchester United have gone five seasons without a trophy and just suffered their worst campaign of the Premier League era. Telegraph Sport takes an in-depth look at the plans to evolve a failing team from this summer under new manager Erik ten Hag. It needs to provide a platform where United have star players who can perform and deliver. United want their football to be readily identifiable but flexible and unpredictable - in the best sense. 'Outrun, outplay and outfight'United are not blind to the issues Ten Hag is inheriting with the squad.

The shortage is significantly affecting people using Ozempic for its approved use for type 2 diabetes,” the statement read. It comes as TikTok users have been documenting their weight loss using hashtags including #ozempic, #ozempicjourney and #ozempicaustralia. “Weight loss is complex, it does require a whole lifestyle approach – psychology, exercise, diet – and depending on what’s going on for that person, including their other medications and other medical conditions. “We need to leave this drug for those who’ve got diabetes and wait and see where the developments go,” she added. “I haven’t seen that medication in my pharmacy’s fridge for some time, unfortunately, and according to the medication shortage notices, stock may not be expected until mid-June,” he told reporters.

A life-sized cake of the Queen has been baked to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Social media star Lara Mason, whose Cake Anything account has 2.7 million followers and more than 70 million likes on TikTok, took five days to complete her creation using Victoria sponge. The cake was served up to Buzz Bingo players on Tuesday (Fabio De Paola)The courtly confection, containing 400 eggs, 20kg of flour and 20kg of butter, was served up to players at a branch of Buzz Bingo in Birmingham on Tuesday. Lara Mason needed five days to make the Queen cake (Fabio De Paola) PA Wire/PA Images - Fabio De PaolaMs Mason said: “I’ve loved recreating her image out of cake and I’m so delighted that Buzz Bingo approached me to help celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. “It’s been amazing to see the reaction from players today.”Buzz Bingo is offering all players of their Main Event bingo a free cup of tea and special Jubilee cupcake at all of its clubs on Sunday.

You may have been surprised to see the eyes of the world focusing on a small town on the outskirts of Coventry over the past few days – with the Binley Mega Chippy becoming everyone’s favourite new meme. “Binley mega chippy gave my life meaning,” one wrote. “Amazing, I got there and I've never had a meal like it gotta love the mega chippy,” another enthusiastic reviewer wrote. I love Binley Mega Chippy,” one more wrote. “Binley Mega Chippy has to be one of the best I have tried in Coventry up to now.

Roman Kemp has been diagnosed with sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person’s breathing to stop and start while they are asleep. Sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder and symptoms usually occur while a person is asleep. However, it can be hard to tell if you have sleep apnoea if you live alone. Sleep apnoea occurs when your airways become too narrow while you sleep, which stops you from breathing properly. This in turn can improve the quality of your sleep and reduce the risk of problems linked to sleep apnoea.

This year’s Love Island contestants will wear clothes from a shared wardrobe packed with designer items, the show’s stylist has revealed. An oversized men’s Ralph Lauren shirt has been turned into a dress, tightened at the waist with a Moschino belt. “It’s really exciting to be seeing brands like Jacquemus going into the villa, and I think islanders are also very excited about the fact that they get to wear designer pieces,” Bannerman said. There is a floor-length red and black polka dot Moschino gown featuring a sweetheart neckline and large ruffled sleeves. “I found this last week,” Bannerman said of the Moschino gown.

A rare silver Roman penis pendant unearthed on a farm in Kent has been described as a “significant national find” and classified as treasure. The silver penis measured at 1.2 inches long (31mm) and weighed just 0.3 ounces (9.7 grams). Out of the previous 451 phallic objects from Roman Britain recorded, only one other is silver – a dual-sided pendant from the Caerleon bathhouse, also featuring testes. Throughout the Roman period, the penis was seen as a sign of power and virility so phallic imagery was commonly expressed in artwork. Hundreds of phallic objects from the Roman period have been found in Britain, but most are made of copper.

A politician on Russian state television said it would take just four missiles to destroy the east and west coasts of the US. "I will competently tell you that to destroy the entire east coast of the US, two Sarmat missiles are necessary and two missiles for the west coast," Zhuravlyov said as fellow commentators listened on. This wouldn't be the first time people on Russian state television mentioned firing nukes at the US. In another video uploaded to social media last month, Kremlin propagandists spoke about striking New York City with Vladimir Putin's Sarmat Missle, or Satan 2. This prompted another panelist to respond with: "Objects like the city of New York, a good city, but it would be gone."

There is a new fastest computer in the world – and it is so quick that it requires a new word to describe it. The Frontier system at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is now the fastest computer on the Top500 list, which ranks the most powerful in the world. The supercomputer is not only the fastest in the world, but easily so. As well as top ranking on the Top500 list, Frontier also took the top spot on the Green500 list, which ranks supercomputing systems according to how efficient they are. The Frontier computer is not only the most powerful one in existence, but the first to break through the “exaflop ceiling”, and become the first “exascale” machine.

A life-sized cake of the Queen has been baked to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Social media star Lara Mason, whose Cake Anything account has 2.7 million followers and more than 70 million likes on TikTok, took five days to complete her creation using Victoria sponge. The courtly confection, containing 400 eggs, 20kg of flour and 20kg of butter, was served up to players at a branch of Buzz Bingo in Birmingham on Tuesday. (Fabio De Paola)It depicted the 96-year-old monarch wearing a blue sash, symbolising that she is a member of the Royal Victorian Order, and silver jewels. Mason said: “I’ve loved recreating her image out of cake and I’m so delighted that Buzz Bingo approached me to help celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

However, in Quordle, players have to guess four five-letter words at the same time in order to win. So, when you type in a guess, you’re guessing a word for all of the four, different word puzzles. A new Quordle game will be available to players every day, just like Wordle. So what’s the correct words for today’s Quordle, game #127Spoilers for game 127 below:The answers are: PLUCK, GRAVE, MIDGE, and JUICY. On social media, many Quordle players have expressed how challenging they thought the puzzle was.

Frenkie de Jong has said that he “would prefer to stay with Barcelona” after being linked with a move away from the club. De Jong has been mentioned as a likely transfer target for Manchester United after the appointment of his former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. “What I’m saying, there is absolutely nothing of an agreement or anything official,” De Jong said to ESPN about links with Manchester United. “I prefer to stay with Barcelona. Barcelona is just my dream club.

French transport trade unions on Tuesday hailed the success of their strike during the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, which the French government said contributed to the public disorder that marred the showpiece event. The government has mainly blamed massive ticket fraud and Liverpool’s handling of their fans for Saturday’s trouble but also said the transport strike contributed to an overcrowding of fans near the Stade de France stadium. “The success of the strike during the Champions League final resulted in a clear display of strength for the trade unions,” said a joint statement from the CGT and UNSA unions representing workers on Paris’ RER and RATP public transport networks. The unions also threatened another strike on Friday to coincide with the France versus Denmark Nations League football match. The unions want better pay and working conditions.

Love Island is sliding back into our lives, for its second season to be filmed during the pandemic. Here’s a reminder of all the winners from previous series of Love Island...Series One (2015)The winners of the very first series of modern Love Island were Jessica Hayes and Max Morley, who each bagged £50,000 at the series’ conclusion. Series Two (2016)Cara and Nathan on ‘Love Island’ (ITV)Cara de la Hoyde and Nathan Massey were crowned victorious in Love Island’s second season, having got together on the very first day of the show. Following his Love Island success, Cetinay has been seen on This Morning as the ITV series’ showbiz reporter. Series Seven (2021)Millie and Liam on ‘Love Island' (ITV)Millie Court and Liam Reardon were crowned the winners of last year’s Love Island, which took place during the Covid pandemic.

Love Island season is officially upon us. Season SevenDon’t get me wrong, I watched every episode of last year’s series – and I have the reviews to prove it – but Love Island season seven was a flop. As our Love Island critic Elise Bell questioned: “Is this the beginning of the post-Love Island era?” And lastly, voting Kyler as fourth place? Season fourIf season three gently opened Love Island’s door to mainstream success, season four blew it clean off the hinges. Despite there being no Casa Amor to look forward to, Love Island’s second series still managed to dish up relationship drama on a platter.

“The vehicle lost control, overturned, driving off of the roadway into the pond,” Lieutenant Alex Camacho told WSVN. It was later confirmed that Mr Laza, a gas station employee and mechanic, died at the medical centre. “He was someone full of life, laughter and good times to share, a unique personality,” the GoFundMe page said about Mr Laza. To me, we lost the light of this gas station,” Yusle Disperez said via a translator. Co-workers said Mr Laza had worked at the gas station for about a decade.

He collects miniature railway figurines from as far afield as Japan and Singapore and sends them to an artist to be painted to his own specification. He often uses fruit to create a landscape, including oranges sliced in half, and grapes, which look giant in comparison to the tiny figurines. (David Gilliver/SWNS)Gilliver has collected the “Little People” figurines for decades, and only really alters them to make them more diverse. Between January and April 2022, Gilliver made 100 artworks in 100 days, and used the prospect of sunny holidays as inspiration for his artworks. “A lot of patience is required.”Gilliver is exhibiting in the Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum this weekend.

Former Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro has been subpoenaed to give evidence to a federal grand jury that is investigating the events leading up to the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol. As reported by Politico, the details of the subpoena were made public via a draft version of a lawsuit that Mr Navarro himself has been circulating. Mr Navarro was earlier this year held in contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a similar subpoena from the congressional select committee investigating the insurrection, which interrupted but failed to thwart the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. Along with producing numerous documents falsely claiming the election was stolen, Mr Navarro also formulated a strategy known as the “Green Bay Sweep” with ex-Trump aide and far-right extremist Steve Bannon with the aim of keeping Mr Trump in office. In several TV appearances since the riot, Mr Navarro has described plans to have Mike Pence essentially throw the result out citing non-existent voter fraud.

A man in Massachusetts was arrested and accused of threatening to commit a mass shooting at a school, according to local police. Justin Moreira, 29, of Hyannis, was arrested on Saturday after Barnstable and Yarmouth police received multiple reports that a man was threatening a school shooting on Facebook. Mr Moreira has been charged with making terroristic threats and has been ordered to be held without bail. Weeks before the Uvalde shooting another gunman attacked a predominantly Black neighborhood grocery store and live-streamed the shooting on a helmet mounted camera. However, some people — like Mr Moreira — post their threats to social media ahead of time.

Heart-stopping video captured the moment a four-year-old boy with autism was saved from drowning in his pool by hero neighbours. Maddox told police he became alarmed at seeing Xavier appearing to drown and ran to tell his father Tom Westerhouse. The Lawrence police department said on Thursday that Xavier was pulled from the water by Mr Westerhouse, who was thanked by the boy’s mother. Police said in a Facebook post that Mr Westerhouse “jumped the locked fence, pulled the unresponsive toddler from the pool, and administered life-saving aid”. “This is an amazing outcome,” police added.” Watch the surveillance video and see for yourself.

A former Qatari princess has apparently been found dead at her home in Spanish resort of Marbella. The body of Kasia Gallanio, 45, was discovered by police inside the property on Sunday, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien. Gallanio was the third wife of Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani, 73, the uncle of the Emir of Qatar. AdvertisementThe three children live with their father on the luxurious Avenue Montaigne off the Champs-Elysees in Paris after Gallanio was denied custody. Her body showed no signs of any physical violence, Le Parisien reported.

NATO 'playing the part of global policeman', says Russian foreign minister Sergei LavrovMr Lavrov also said that Russia is defending 'the principles of international law' - and accused the West of violating the UN charter.

Police in Budapest have dismantled a criminal organisation involved in industrial-scale money laundering and fraud, according to Europol. Officers descended on 24 homes in the Hungarian capital on May 9. The suspects opened bank accounts in the names of these companies to be used in a wider money laundering scheme. The accounts received transfers from others in different countries, then sent them on to still others. In total, Europol said, they were aware of 44 people believed to be involved in the scheme.

Japan plans to allow more regional airports to accept entrants from abroad, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday, as the country gradually relaxes stringent border controls implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government will also unveil guidelines on COVID-era inbound tourism for the travel industry on June 7, Kishida said, three days before it resumes accepting tourists from overseas, initially targeting those on package tours with guides and fixed itineraries.

A Swedish freight technology company has demonstrated the precision of its self-driving electric trucks by having a pair of them navigate a maze of China vases. The company, Einride, said the Pod model “currently operates on public roads and at customer sites in Sweden with remote oversight and drive capability.”

The first dog cafe in the Gulf emirate of Dubai serves food, coffee, and cake to dogs only, opened by Korean nutritionist and certified pet bakery chef Hyunsuk Ku.

Take a walk through the city where China’s foreign minister met on Monday with the leaders of nearly a dozen Pacific Island nations, and China’s imprint is unmistakable. On one side of Suva, the capital of Fiji, there’s a bridge rebuilt with Chinese loans and unveiled with the country’s prime minister standing beside China’s ambassador. On the other, down Queen Elizabeth Drive, sits Beijing’s hulking new embassy, where the road out front has been fixed by workers in neon vests bearing the name of a Chinese state-owned enterprise.

The mystery as to why the red supergiant star Betelgeuse experienced a massive dip in brightness two years ago may finally have been solved. It is a reddish variable star just 642 light years from Earth and is also known as Alpha Orionis. AdvertisementBut data from the satellite Himawari-8 supports ground-based observations that the Great Dimming was caused both by the star cooling by about 284°F (140°C) and dust condensing from warm gas around it. The optical and infrared wavelengths of light that the Himawari-8 satellite normally detects were ideal for studying the dimming. The researchers suggest that Betelgeuse's dimming was caused both by the star cooling by approximately 284°F (140°C), and by dust condensing from warm gas around it, in almost equal proportions.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Travis Jonsen was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence on Monday. In a news release, Tampa police said officers spotted Jonsen driving his car in a manner 'indicative of impairment.' Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Travis Jonsen was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence on Monday. He has been released from jail on $500 bondJonsen refused to take a breath test, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 'We are aware of the situation regarding Travis Jonsen earlier this morning and will refrain from further comment at this time while the legal process continues.'

AdvertisementCops have shot a 26-year-old black woman who claimed she was pregnant as they searched for a vehicle involved in an armed car jacking. The man, who was said to be her boyfriend, was also taken in by medics on an unrelated medical issue. Onlookers wailed as they repeated claims from the woman that she was pregnant, with one claiming: 'She did not pull out a weapon on them.' One witness called She Danja claimed she was a medical assistant and slammed officers for their handling of the incident. But the male driver then allegedly fled northeast as two officers pursued and Hale stepped out of the car and told officers there was a gun inside.

Under Title 42, Border Patrol can expel migrants back to Mexico without hearing their asylum claims in the midst of a public health emergency. 'So I didn't find that they were ignorant about Title 42.' The lawsuit argues the CDC is violating the Administrative Procedures Act because they did not provide a notice-and-comment period for the plan to lift Title 42. Since implementation in March 2020, Title 42 procedures have stopped 1.7 million illegal immigrants attempting to illegally cross the border. Internal estimates show that once Title 42 is dropped, migration can spike from 8,000 per day to 18,000 per day – other predictions show it tripling.

Two serving Russian colonels have been 'intercepted' making blistering criticisms of Vladimir Putin and his defence minister Sergei Shoigu over the failing war with Ukraine. 'There must have been a f****** missile hitting Kyiv, the Supreme Rada,' he said. I don't understand, f****** Putin, mother******! Hit Kyiv, hit the centre of the city, buildings of Supreme Rada and Government House. 'Spend the f****** bombs, f***, there are f****** plenty of them, just f****** throw them!

AdvertisementThe Florida sheriff whose detectives perp-walked a 10-year-old boy and published his mugshot for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at his elementary school says the public disgrace is scaring kids straight. The boy was arrested and charged on Saturday with making a threat to commit as mass shooting. The fake threat was the second time in a week Lee County was rocked by the threat of violence against a school. He also warned anyone who attempts a school shooting: 'You don't get to come into one of my schools in my county and present deadly force. We've seen juveniles researching on Columbine and how to commit a mass shooting and buy guns on the black market.'

In each case the jury has to 'find that Mr. Depp has proven all the elements of defamation'. 'There is an abuser in this courtroom but it's not Mr. Depp. She said: 'There is an abuser in this courtroom but it's not Mr. Depp. Taking the floor Friday, Heard's lawyer Benjamin Rottenborn said, 'If you didn't take pictures it didn't' happen. That's the message Mr. Depp is asking you to send.

Harry and Meghan's popularity has sunk to an all-time low, according to a new poll - just days before the couple are due to fly in from California for the Queen's Jubilee. The research, carried out by YouGov on 1,692 adults earlier this month, asked whether they held a positive or negative opinion of the Duke and Duchess. In a similar poll carried out between March 16 and 17, Harry had scored -25. Some 42 per cent of those aged 18 to 24 see Harry positively, and 33 per cent see him negatively - a net score of +9. This age group are more closely split over Meghan with a net score of +2, as 38 per cent view her positively and 36 per cent negatively.

The married church pastor publicly accused of taking a 16-year-old girl’s virginity on his office floor began grooming her as early as 14, her family have alleged to DailyMail.com. Pastor John Lowe was found shirtless in bed with Bobi Gephart when she was underage, her brother told DailyMail.com. I know that because Bobi told me,' her mother Karen Wolfe told DailyMail.com‘I was a prisoner and you kept me in your prison. I know that because Bobi told me. ‘Out brokenness extends to Pastor Lowe, his wife and family as well.

Inflation heats up in France and across EuropeAudio 05:43 Audio 05:4305:43 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24By: Bryan QUINNFrench inflation comes in higher than expected at 5.2 percent at May, with consumer prices also on the rise across the continent, driven by skyrocketing food and fuel costs. We take a closer look at how French consumers are looking for discounts in supermarkets. Also, we see how the fashion industry's sustainability efforts continue to fall short.

Last week, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet went on a long-awaited visit to the region. Bachelet spoke only briefly about the repression in Xinjiang, urging Beijing to make sure any counter-terrorism measures don't infringe on human rights. AdvertisingMeanwhile in Japan, the co-founder of the Japanese Red Army, an anti-imperialist militant group, has been released after two decades behind bars. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Fusako Shigenobu said she was deeply sorry for the harm her group had caused to innocent victims. The love story between a middle-class boy and a transgender dancer set in Lahore received a lengthy standing ovation at the première.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Meo Sacchetti has departed as Italy's national basketball coach, Italian Basketball Federataion President Gianni Petrucci announced Tuesday. Former Varese power forward Sacchetti, 68, who coached the national side since September 27, came to an amicable agreement about ending his contract, Petrucci said. Petrucci said "the relationship was exhausted, like in many divorces" and said that a successor would be announced in a week's time. He would not confirm or deny that Olimpia Milano assistant coach Gianmarco Pozzecco had been contacted for the position. Sacchetti is the Fortitudo Bologna coach, a post he did not leave when he took over the Azzurri job.

Eye on the ball: Italy's Martina Trevisan taking on Canada's Leylah Fernandez on TuesdayParis (AFP) – Italy's Martina Trevisan reached her first Grand Slam semi-final on Tuesday with a straight sets win over Canada's Leylah Fernandez. She made that 10 when she claimed victory on a second match point having wasted one in the second set. Trevisan said Grand Slam titles by fellow Italians Francesca Schiavone in Paris in 2010 and Flavia Pennetta at the 2015 US Open were her influences. At 5-4 in the second set, Trevisan was unable to convert a match point and Fernandez seized her lifeline by taking the tiebreak. Later Tuesday, 18-year-old Gauff attempts to make the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time when she faces fellow American and 2018 runner-up Stephens.

The spy inside Auschwitz: The true story of Polish resistance fighter Witold Pilecki07:39By: Sharon GAFFNEYWitold Pilecki was a Polish resistance fighter who volunteered to go to Auschwitz, from where he sent secret messages to warn the world about the true nature of Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp. After the war, Pilecki was tried and executed. For years, he was described as a traitor and an enemy of the Polish state. Jack Fairweather is the award-winning author of "The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz". He told us about the parallels between Pilecki's legacy and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, May 31, 2022. Lebanese lawmakers re-elected Nabih Berri as parliament speaker Tuesday for a seventh consecutive term, cementing the octogenarian politician's reputation as an immovable centrepiece of the country's political landscape. But although Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in parliament, Berri was the heavyweight candidate for a post reserved for a Shiite Muslim. In his address to parliament, Berri acknowledged the frustrations with the country's political system and vowed to work to heal the divisions. Berri will preside over a deeply fragmented parliament prone to the kind of deadlock that has paralysed Lebanese politics for decades.

Paris (AFP) – World number one Iga Swiatek puts her 32-match unbeaten run on the line in the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday against Jessica Pegula. Advertising Read moreIf she goes on to win Saturday's final, she would equal Venus Williams' longest run by a women's player in the 21st century. She won a third straight French Open title before losing to Marion Bartoli in the Wimbledon semi-finals. 35: Venus Williams (USA) 2000-- Venus Williams won five WTA titles and the Olympic gold medal during her unbeaten run at the start of the century, which no one has improved on since. Swiatek is now putting Williams' mark under threat again, although the all-time longest unbeaten run -- Martina Navratilova's 74-match streak in 1984 -- remains a long way off.

A total of 248 civilian deaths were attributable to the defence and security forces, the report said. These "well documented" abuses were specifically attributable to Malian security forces, the report said. The Malian authorities have still not allowed UN experts to visit the site. The MINUSMA report noted that the Malian authorities had announced their own investigation into the events in Moura. The MINUSMA report, more generally, pointed to a "continuous narrowing" of democratic debate, and restrictions in the exercise of public freedoms.

UVALDE SHOOTINGThis illustration photo shows the Twitter page of Daniel Defense displayed on a mobile phone in Arlington, Virginia, US on May 25, 2022. Advertising Read moreA week after the Uvalde school shooting, Daniel Defense shied away from attending the National Rifle Association convention. One particular image – which Daniel Defense posted on Twitter 10 days before the Uvalde massacre – is emblematic of its outré marketing style. At the time, Daniel Defense sent its “thoughts and prayers” to victims’ families – but did not change anything about its business practices. “Daniel Defense got its start because Marty’s golf game sucked,” the website reads.

England bowler Stuart Broad arriving for practice at Lord's ahead of the first Test against New ZealandLondon (AFP) – England veteran quick Stuart Broad has vowed to leave his "heart and soul" on the field should he earn a Test recall against New Zealand at Lord's this week. Asked if there were any scars from being dropped by England, he told reporters at Lord's: "Not at all, I'm fine... I'm going in with the mindset to attack each week and leave my heart and soul on the field. You don't look too far ahead when you make your Test debut, you're just excited to play the next game. "I just want to feel fresh and attack the strategy at Lord's, leave my heart and soul on this field and move on."

South Korea's transportation ministry is considering lifting the curfew for arrivals at Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to the country, from July at the earliest, as part of efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, sources said Tuesday.Currently, there are no arrival flights allowed at Incheon Airport from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in April that the pre-pandemic returns at Incheon International Airport may be considered after the coronavirus pandemic becomes endemic.With the normalized operating hours, Incheon International Airport will be able to accommodate about 40 arrival flights per hour, close to the pre-pandemic level.In April, the transportation ministry said it will help restore the number of inbound and outbound international flights to 50 percent of the 2019 level by the year's end to meet pent-up travel demand amid eased virus curbs.In April, the country allowed fully vaccinated travelers from all countries to enter without quarantine in line with eased virus restrictions.The ministry's plan also came as soaring demand for overseas travels amid fewer flights has caused a sharp rise in ticket prices.

The first dog cafe in the Gulf emirate of Dubai serves food, coffee, and cake to dogs only, opened by Korean nutritionist and certified pet bakery chef Hyunsuk Ku.

Chinese authors of a new study said rejuvenation effects in old mice were caused by the activation of aged HSPCs rather than relocation of young HSPCs into the bone marrow. Photo: Shutterstock Images

The licensing requirement is expected to add a new layer of uncertainty for all studios and distributors that cater to China’s vast online audience. Photo: Shutterstock

Bob Graham signed the Florida Affordable Housing Act into law in 1986. Then in 1992, Florida enacted a small tax on real estate transactions and earmarked it for the State Housing Trust Fund. In his first three years as governor, DeSantis signed budgets that swept $447 million from the housing trust fund for other purposes. Though political debates often focus on the state housing trust fund, Ross believes Florida would have an affordable housing problem even if lawmakers hadn't reneged on their commitment. "People come up to me who are traditionally apolitical and say, 'What are we going to do about affordable housing?'"

New York's attorney general, Letitia James, isn't seeking criminal charges against Donald Trump. Letitia James v. Donald Trump, Eric Trump, and beyondThe top of any lawsuit would read "People of the State of New York, by Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York," as set by law. Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. have not said whether they would follow suit or whether they would continue to appeal the attorney general's subpoenas for their testimony. And where appropriate, the state attorney general can seek a judge's order dissolving the business — the so-called corporate death penalty. James' office has also repeatedly cited — though less frequently — the state's Martin Act, more mundanely known as New York General Business Law Article 23-A.

Right now it’s part of a white-supremacist war cult. Minority rule perpetrates it, because just as the majority of Americans want abortion rights to stand, so do they want limits on access to guns. Gun culture reminds me of rape culture, specifically the conventions that hold the victims rather than the perpetrators responsible for limiting the violence. If guns are icons it’s because violence is a sacrament defended as a right and an identity. And the carnage will continue until the majority can overrule the minority in power that profits from and perpetrates it.

It is inconceivable that anyone reaching a voting booth in November would spurn a Senate Democrat because of tech legislation. Who is the non–Big Tech employee that will be inconsolable after hearing that their senator voted for one of these bills? That way, nobody will have to know about their tacit deal to not anger Big Tech. If you’re big enough, Google will cut you a deal, and all the concerns about privacy and security and functionality melt away. The choice is simple: call the vote and end the blockade propping up the Big Tech monopoly, or keep pretending in speeches that you care when your actions show otherwise.

The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary received a temporary exemption for pipeline oil until they can completely cut their dependency on oil imports from Russia. The Czech Republic was granted one more exemption - for imports of diesel made from Russian oil. In the end, the Czech Republic was granted an exemption - it will be able to import diesel from other EU states for another two years. I asked Pavel Havlí?ek from the Association for International Affairs whether this scenario is doable for the Czech Republic. The conditions that were negotiated by the Czech prime minister and his team were, I think, quite favourable for the Czech Republic.

In a lawsuit, Peter Navarro revealed he'd been served a grand jury subpoena over the Jan 6 riot. Navarro's lawsuit said that the committee subpoena against him was "unlawful and unenforceable," and that the grand jury subpoena was the "fruit of the poisonous tree." When asked by The New York Times if he would comply with the grand jury subpoena and testify on Thursday, he responded with: "TBD." During his time serving under Trump, Navarro helped work on trade policies and the US' pandemic response. Ali Alexander, a key organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement, was also served a federal grand jury subpoena in April and said he would cooperate with the probe.

May 31 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Tuesday that the role of the dollar and the euro as global currencies would decline as central banks rethink their strategies after the West froze Russian reserves, suggesting it could consider imposing negative rates for dollar and euro deposits. As of late 2021, the Russian central bank held $131.5 billion of its reserves in gold, while the remainder of the $612.9 billion reserves was held in foreign currency assets. The central bank said the share of foreign currency liabilities Russian banks had has declined recently as clients stepped up withdrawal of funds from their currency accounts, while the share of banks' foreign currency assets has increased. To speed up the process, Russia could consider imposing negative interest rates on deposits held in dollar and euros, the central bank said. The central bank also said in the report that Russian private investors have become the stock market's main driving force amid trading restrictions for non-residents.

The Czech Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to Prague, Alexander Zmejewski, on Tuesday morning over the use of real estate owned by the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic. The authorities suspect that many of the buildings are not used for diplomatic activities. According to Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, this would be in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Earlier this month, the head of Czech diplomacy created a working group to deal with the issue of property rights to real estate used by Russia in the Czech Republic.

Taiwan's defence ministry said that it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activityChina has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan's air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. Taiwan's defence ministry said late Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity. In recent years, Beijing has begun sending large sorties into Taiwan's defence zone to signal dissatisfaction, and to keep Taipei's ageing fighter fleet regularly stressed. Monday's incursion was the largest since January 23, when 39 planes entered the air defence identification zone, or ADIZ. A flight map provided by the Taiwanese defence ministry showed the planes entered the southwestern corner of the ADIZ before they looping back out again.

will fully restore the normal order of production and living across the city starting from Wednesday, on the premise of containing the overall risk of Covid-19, officials announced on Tuesday. Those who enter public places with clear epidemic prevention requirements and take public transportation must hold a negative nucleic acid test report within 72 hours. The same requirements will also be implemented at cultural and tourism venues, stadiums and A-level tourist attractions. The city is still at a critical stage of Covid prevention and control and, therefore, needs the continued understanding, support and cooperation of all people, Zong Ming, vice mayor of Shanghai, told mediapersons. Zong called on every resident to adhere to standard epidemic prevention and control measures, maintain social distancing, get vaccinated and comply with all epidemic prevention regulations.

Within days the couple had packed their bags and were headed for Montenegro, a tiny Balkan state that has become a refuge for thousands of Russians fleeing sanctions, military conscription or political oppression. According to government data, Russians own around 19,000 pieces of real estate in Montenegro, where Russian investments equalled more than a quarter of its GDP in 2019. Gelman said that among Russians seeking refuge in Montenegro were wealthy business people and their families, as well as young Russian draft dodgers fleeing military conscription to avoid being deployed to fight in Ukraine. In April, the country joined EU sanctions against Moscow, including banning Russian air carriers from its airspace as well as Russian state media. Owner Artyom Yukhin said 50 employees and their families had accepted an offer to move from Moscow to Montenegro.

File Photo: Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonMay 30 (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association board reappointed Wayne LaPierre as executive vice president on Monday, turning back the latest leadership challenge amid corruption allegations and flat membership for the still-powerful gun lobby. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe NRA said there was one vote against LaPierre, who is also CEO of the NRA, on the 76-member board. Monday's board vote came after dues-paying members on Saturday voted overwhelmingly in support of LaPierre. Phil Journey, the lone board member to vote against LaPierre and in favor of West, said the vote was 54-1. The NRA says it has undergone a "course correction" by reinforcing oversight, promoting whistleblowers and having LaPierre reimburse the group for spending on personal items.

FRUITLAND, Wash. (AP) — Witnesses say a 9-year-old girl survived a cougar attack after wandering up a trail with two friends while camping in northwest Washington state. It happened Saturday morning near Fruitland, Washington. The girl fought back while her friends ran for their lives. Others found the young male cougar and killed it. Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Staci Lehman says cougar attacks are rare, with only two fatalities in the last century in Washington state.

The Philadelphia skyline, top, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with Whitaker Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)The Philadelphia skyline, top, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with Whitaker Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. Federal officials have pledged to prioritize equity when making funding decisions in the wake of a disproportionate 23% jump in Black traffic fatalities in 2020. ADVERTISEMENTAround Philadelphia, aggressive driving during the pandemic drove fatalities to 156 in 2020, a sharp increase from 90 deaths in 2019. One of the men was a teenager when his own mother had died crossing Roosevelt Boulevard.

Self-driving truck shows off its skills while navigating through maze of breakable vasesA Swedish technology company demonstrated the precision of its self-driving truck by having a pair of them navigate a maze of China vases.

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: What mattered most to voters in the May primariesCongress reporter Candy Woodall breaks things down. Congress reporter Candy Woodall has more on what topics mattered most for voters during the primaries. Now, two things happened in May that really changed the scope of the primaries and the general election in 2022. So the mass shootings would be one area where they think red flags could help more. Arredondo led the law enforcement response during last week's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and 2 adults dead.

Binaj GurubacharyaAssociated PressKATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers have recovered all 22 bodies from the site where a plane crashed on a mountainside in Nepal, the airline said Tuesday. All the bodies were flown to Kathmandu and taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, where doctors are performing autopsies, Tara Air said in a statement. The bodies will be handed over to relatives once autopsy is done, the airline said. The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter aircraft lost contact with the airport tower Sunday while flying on a scheduled 20-minute flight in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops. INITIAL REPORTS:Rescuers target possible site of missing Nepal plane with 22 people on boardFour Indians and two Germans were on the plane, Tara Air said.

Extreme winds lash southern Mexico as Hurricane Agatha makes landfallHurricane Agatha lashed beach resorts on Mexico’s southern coast on Monday, May 30, bringing torrential rains, strong winds and the threat of flooding.

The previous high for a total 500 purse, $14,406,580, came in 2008; prior to that, it had never hit $11 million. (5) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 200, Running, $3,100,0002. (27) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 200, Running, $205,3008. (21) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, Running, $483,00015. (31) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 200, Running, $463,00019.

The corporate boardrooms of the nation’s largest companies have fewer men – and fewer white men – than they did just two years ago. New data shows that companies in the S&P 500 shuffled their slate of corporate directors after the murder of George Floyd, adding more African Americans and more women of color to the line-up.

“It’s a really odd journey that I didn’t think I would be taking,” Tatum says of being a children’s book author. Then it’s like, ‘Oh, what’s the second book?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t know,’” Tatum says. Q: What does your daughter think of the books? She definitely plays it really cool most times, even if she’s really into something. Tatum: I think that’s where it might have changed.

Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau said in a news conference Monday that he's introducing a "national freeze" on handgun sales in his country to curb the increase in homicides. Trudeau's announcement comes a week after 19 children were killed in the tragic school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. On Politics:Despite Texas shooting, gun control advocates fear inactionAfter Uvalde:Biden to push for more gun control but says he hasn't talked to Republicans yetCanada had a reported 743 homicides in 2020 – the highest number since 1991 – prompting change. In the U.S., a bipartisan group of senators began informal talks last week to address gun-related deaths following shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. President Joe Biden has pushed strong for gun control since the Uvalde shootings, saying, "there’s only one reason for something that can fire 100 shots."

As inflation rates have climbed, the European Central Bank has sped up its policy response and said that the era of negative interest rates could be over as soon as September. European leaders reached a political deal early Tuesday morning on an embargo on most Russian oil imports, a once unthinkable measure that is aimed at punishing Russia but that economists say will also further hurt European households and industry by pushing prices even higher. Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has been among the hardest hit, with inflation there rising 8.7 percent. France (5.8 percent), Spain (8.5 percent) and Italy (7.3 percent) also saw consumer prices continue a monthslong climb, prompting lawmakers in those countries to offer caps on energy prices or rebates for low-income households to offset the cost of gas and diesel. In Germany, starting in June, for example, the government will offer reductions for the price of gas at the pump and a monthly $10 ticket for public transport across the country.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made headlines after winning an NCAA Division I national championship, responded to critics who say that she gained an unfair advantage competing against women. "The biggest misconception, I think, is the reason I transitioned," Thomas told ABC News and ESPN. "Trans women competing in women's sports does not threaten women's sports as a whole," Thomas said. The NCAA rules regarding trans women competing in women's sports have been around for 10- plus years. "Trans women are women, so it's still a woman who is getting that scholarship or that opportunity."

A Facebook sperm donor fathered 15 children but never told the mothers he has an inheritable condition that causes learning disabilities. Derby Court Judge Mrs. Justice Lieven named MacDougall to stop other women from using him as a sperm donor. In a different court, MacDougall won a case allowing him to have regular contact with a boy he fathered who was born in July 2018. MacDougall went with private sperm donations because he knew he couldn’t go through a clinic with his condition, the court heard. The judge had no confidence in MacDougall explaining to the mothers the implications of Fragile X syndrome.

ShowBiz Minute: Depp, Jubilee, EurovisionJury in Johnny Depp's libel suit resumes deliberations while Depp surprises with U.K. shows; Britain prepares for Queen's platinum jubilee; Ukraine's Eurovision winners auction off trophy.

A multi-billion dollar Chinese tech company pulled out of financing the new smash sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” because it was worried about angering Communist Party officials due to the film’s overtly pro-American theme, according to a report. The film has proven to be a hit in its first weekend in theaters, though it is not being screened in China. Paramount Pictures“Top Gun: Maverick” is the sequel to the 1986 hit “Top Gun.” APBut the movie’s celebration of the American military prompted concerns among Tencent executives that the firm could run afoul of Beijing, according to The Wall Street Journal. In its first three days in North American theaters, the long-in-the-works sequel earned an estimated $124 million in ticket sales, Paramount Pictures said Sunday. Tencent was reportedly fearful of angering Chinese Communist Party officials due to the movie’s overtly pro-US slant, according to a report.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was driving home from a dinner party when he was in a crash while allegedly driving drunk, his attorney has revealed. Pelosi was attending a dinner party at the home of friends near Oakville,” Paul Pelosi’s attorney, Paul Kramer, told Fox News’ Chad Pergram of Saturday night’s bust in upscale Napa Valley, California. “He left that party at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, to drive to his home a short distance away. Pelosi was fully cooperative with California Highway Patrol officers who arrived a few minutes later,” his attorney said. Pelosi left the dinner party at 10:15 p.m. Saturday.

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)“Bridgerton” star Ruby Barker said she’s “happy to be alive” after being discharged from the hospital over recent mental health struggles. “You’ve made me feel so happy to be alive,” she said in a newly-shared video on Instagram. I’m sat in a beautiful environment right now, taking some time for myself to relax and breathe,” she added. Sometimes you’ve just got to find the funny.”Barker went on to thank her “Bridgerton” co-stars and revealed a piece of advice Claudia Jessie — who plays Eloise Bridgerton — once shared with her. Barker is best known for her role as Marina Thompson in the Netflix period drama.

Give your loved ones their flowers while they are alive,” Master P, 52, wrote in a post on Instagram on Monday along with a throwback photo of himself with his late daughter. #MyAngel.”Master P’s oldest son Romeo, 32, also took to social media to grieve the loss of his younger sister. Love on your loved ones, life is short.,” Romeo wrote. Master P’s son Romeo also mourned the loss of his sister online. Master P has two ither kids, Cymphonique and Veno, from previous relationships.

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ son Dylan is a college grad. “Graduation congratulations to my boy, my pride, my joy, Dylan,” the actress, 52, gushed in an Instagram tribute on Sunday. As for 77-year-old Douglas, the “Kominsky Method” alum called himself “one proud dad” in an Instagram post of his own on Sunday. Well done!”The couple, who are also the parents of 19-year-old daughter Carys, documented their emotional farewell when Douglas moved into his Brown University dorm in September 2018. “Good luck in the next exciting and enlightening chapter of your life.”Zeta-Jones told her Instagram followers she is “inexplicably proud” of Dylan.

Cutting-edge research has given scientists a better understanding of food allergies — and viable therapies — than ever before. And counterintuitively, kids who are exposed to more germs early on are actually less likely to develop lifelong food allergies. While a true milk allergy can be deadly, an intolerance can be addressed with an over-the-counter supplement, such as Lactaid. Food allergy remission is more achievable than ever beforeThe US Food and Drug Administration recently approved Palforzia for the treatment of peanut allergies in kids ages 4 to 17 with advanced peanut allergies. In the future, researchers hope it could be used for the treatment of virtually any food allergy.

An 80-year-old woman was struck by an apparent stray bullet in her Queens home late Memorial Day, cops and police sources said. The elderly woman was struck in the upper right arm, cops said. Investigators do not believe the woman was the intended target, according to the sources. They are probing whether the shooter targeted the wrong house, or whether the gunfire was intended for someone known to the victim, the sources said. The octogenarian was home alone at the time, but lives with her husband, the sources said.

For Baltuskonis, the location in Columbia Heights was another plus. Columbia Heights borders 16 Street Heights to the north and the U Street corridor to the south. Schools: Marie Reed Elementary, Columbia Heights Education Campus (middle), Cardozo Education Campus (high). AdvertisementTransit: The Columbia Heights Metro station is about a half-mile north. Nearby: Meridian Hill Park, Girard Street Park, U Street corridor, DC USA mall, Howard University1435 Clifton St. NW1435 Clifton St. NW, Washington, D.C.

But first:Bills in blue states target the fossil fuel industry for climate damageDemocratic lawmakers in two of the nation's most populous states are pushing legislation to punish the fossil fuel industry for its apparent role in causing droughts, wildfires and other disasters exacerbated by climate change. Here's what to know about both bills — and whether they could pass before the end of their respective legislative sessions:California eyes pension divestmentSenate Bill 1173, California's Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, would require the state’s public pension funds to divest from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies by 2030. But Fossil Free California, an environmental group, accused the two public pension funds of presenting “wildly exaggerated” cost estimates in a recent report. AdvertisementThe bill shares the same goal as lawsuits brought by Democratic-led states and municipalities seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry financially responsible for climate damage. Agatha strengthened as it passed over abnormally warm water, which is linked to climate change.

AdvertisementThe next week in Wisconsin, Dillinger killed a federal law enforcement officer in a hail of submachine-gun bullets. Roosevelt’s firearms bill also proposed requiring newly purchased pistols and revolvers to be registered and owners to be fingerprinted. Texas banned machine guns. Rather than a federal ban on machine guns, the Roosevelt administration proposed taxing the high-powered weapons virtually out of existence. It would place a $200 tax on the purchase of machine guns and sawed-off shotguns.

Sean Loose/Illustration for The Washington Post We The Users I tried to read all my app privacy policies. A 2019 Pew survey found that only 9 percent of Americans say they always read privacy policies. As an experiment, I tallied up all of the privacy policies just for the apps on my phone. The TLDR approachFor the past decade or so, one idea has dominated efforts to fix privacy policies: Make them simpler. AdvertisementLess is moreSo here’s an idea: Let’s abolish the notion that we’re supposed to read privacy policies.

Sarah Castillo, 15Sometimes, when kids talk at school, they say the old TJ admissions system was better. When I got older, and learned more, I pictured TJ as a big white building with supercomputers and high-tech science labs, full of really, really smart kids. AdvertisementI know there are adults who have a lot of opinions about TJ admissions, but I don’t know much about it. TJ students are so accepting. I haven’t had much free time to follow the debate over TJ’s admissions system.

At the beginning of his term, Biden asked Congress for a big boost to the EPA’s budget, from $9.2 billion to $11.2 billion. “We have to rebuild the agency.”One area where the EPA is scaling back — rather than rebuilding — is monitoring air pollution. In Houston, the EPA is set to close a regional laboratory and relocate it to Ada, Okla., to save money on office space. “I’m happy to see the EPA budget shrink in real terms,” said Myron Ebell, the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, who oversaw the EPA transition under Trump. “You have all this money going through EPA because of the infrastructure law, and no real authorization to hire up to staff the infrastructure programs,” said David Coursen, a former EPA attorney and a member of the nonprofit Environmental Protection Network.

Climate Solutions The quest to keep carbon in North Carolina’s wetlands “Every time you lose a foot of peat, there are just so many emissions associated with that," says one federal official. Loading... Sunlight illuminates steam in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on March 15 near South Mills, N.C. The fire began with a lightning strike on private land on June 1, 2008, and burned for nearly four months. “We need partners.”‘Those emissions reductions are real’One way advocates hope to find those partners is by demonstrating that restoring drained and deteriorating peat land can be financially beneficial. “Nobody is going to become a gazillionaire because they are sitting on drained pocosin land,” he said.

Dominion's voting machines have vulnerabilities, but there's no evidence they were hacked in GeorgiaGeorgia’s voting machines recorded votes properly – but they have hacking vulnerabilities that went undiscovered for years. The findings are from a recent review of the voting machines and represent a mixed bag for people concerned about foreign and domestic interference in U.S. elections. Most of the vulnerabilities are also quite difficult to exploit, requiring hands-on access to the voting machines. Such independent reviews are still relatively rare — and election security advocates warn vulnerabilities in other voting systems could still be waiting out there undiscovered. There’s no evidence U.S. adversaries have ever changed votes in an election, but Kremlin hackers penetrated voter rolls in at least two states in 2016.

AdvertisementPresident Biden has tapped Steve Dettelbach to lead ATF, the federal agency tasked with enforcing gun laws and prosecuting illicit activity, including gun trafficking. The ATF is mandated, in part, to disrupt gun violence and illegal gun purchases and sales. AdvertisementFurthermore, gun dealers don't have to turn over gun sale information and gun inventory to the government. The National Rifle Association has long worked to weaken the agency and gun control groups say the Tiahrt amendment has made it difficult for ATF to enforce current gun laws. The latest on Senate gun bill discussionsA bipartisan group of senators will continue to work on compromise gun legislation this week even as the Senate is out of Washington for the Memorial Day recess.

Under the agreement, Govor will acquire McDonald’s entire restaurant portfolio and operate the restaurants under a new brand. He previously operated 25 McDonald’s restaurants in Siberia. The first McDonald’s in Russia opened in January 1990 when the country was still part of the Soviet Union. The company temporarily closed its restaurants in Russia on March 8 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In his letter, Kempczinski did not rule out a return to Russia, although he did not specify what would have to change for McDonald’s to return.

Placeholder while article actions loadPeople with monkeypox symptoms should abstain from sex, British health authorities are recommending as the country reports 179 confirmed cases of the disease amid a rare global outbreak. The WHO said Sunday that nearly two dozen countries have reported a total of 257 confirmed cases and about 120 suspected cases of monkeypox. In Britain, which has the highest reported number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the world, according to the WHO, health authorities have suggested new measures for health-care workers and the public. AdvertisementPeople with monkeypox can isolate at home, as long as they are monitored by local health authorities, the guidance states. The United States stopped vaccinating people against smallpox — which was eradicated globally in 1980 — as a matter of routine in the 1970s.

Wall Street executives, normally an upbeat bunch, are warning of a “very, very high risk” of recession. Americans rate the economy as badly as they did the Great Recession, largely because of inflation at 40-year highs. Less clear-cut is how to save the country from recession when the United States appears to be returning to a have/have-not economy. Voters might not like today’s economy and high prices, but they have boosted their spending every month this year. AdvertisementAs recession warnings pile up, it is important to keep in mind what matters to the real economy: hiring and consumer spending.

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, says a recession is entirely possible. American life is beset by flashing red warning lights, but two in particular — an increase in social isolation and a lack of trust — signal that a recession is likely to make our already fractious politics deteriorate further. Let’s start with loneliness, something so common in the United States it was described as an epidemic even before covid-19 intensified our social isolation. AdvertisementThere’s a link between social isolation and an attraction to extremist ideology — so much so that Hannah Arendt flagged it when she wrote about totalitarianism. If a recession is upon us, our bank accounts won’t be the only things in jeopardy.

Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates ArrowRight Commentators’ newfound optimism centers on Georgia, where last week two of Trump’s primary targets — Gov. It’s Trumpism — and it’s become the formula employed by nearly every successful politician in the Republican Party outside a few blue enclaves. Recent polls indicate that Trump is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination. The only scenario in which Trump is unlikely to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is if he doesn’t run. Two primary election results in Georgia and a lot of wishful thinking will not change that dismal reality.

The Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest in the U.S. and third largest in the world, is seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, on June 22, 2011.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have discovered the bodies of approximately 152 dead combatants in a van rigged to detonate. Russian officials reported finding the dozens of bodies in an Azovstol steel plant after successfully advancing into and taking the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. "Ukrainian troops left behind a van with 152 dead militants in underground facilities of the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol and planted mines underneath them on Kiev’s direct instruction as a provocation against Russia," the Russian state news agency claimed. RUSSIA CLAIMS IT TESTED HYPERSONIC ZIRCON CRUISE MISSILEThe Russian government has not yet produced concrete evidence of the alleged incident. Authorities cited "interrogation of captured Azov battalion militants" as their source of information on the van and its contents.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., ripped President Biden for being on the "wrong side" of every issue, telling "Fox & Friends First" that Democrats will see big losses in November. Mace also commented on her state's primary election, saying she looks forward to representing South Carolina going forward. There is going to be a giant red wave and that red wave starts in 2022, and it starts in South Carolina's first congressional district where I serve. WATCH FULL INTERVIEW BELOW:I will tell you, South Carolinian families are worried about inflation, they're worried about the price of groceries and food when they go to the store, they're worried about gas prices and they're worried about the southern border. We're up 20 points right now and expect to hold the line over the next two weeks and looking forward to continuing to represent South Carolina going forward.

Two captured Russian soldiers have each been sentenced to 11.5 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine during the war, a report says. Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov were told their punishment while standing inside a glass box at a district court in central Ukraine, according to Reuters. "The guilt of Bobikin and Ivanov has been proven in full," Judge Evhen Bolybok reportedly said. We fired at Ukraine from Russia," Bobikin told the court, according to Reuters. Both soldiers were captured after they crossed the border in Ukraine and continued shelling, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said.

North Carolina authorities announced the arrest of a man allegedly depicted in surveillance footage hurling Molotov cocktails toward two churches over the Memorial Day weekend. Wright said arson investigators with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office identified Raeford as the suspect who threw Molotov Cocktails at two churches Sunday. Less than a half hour later, New Calvary Missionary also reported Molotov cocktails thrown at its building at about 11:08 a.m. Authorities initially sought information on an unidentified Black male driving a four-door grey car with tinted windows and said the suspect vehicle was seen on surveillance video from both churches. Raeford was being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center on a $200,000 secured bond Monday evening and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

North Carolina State Rep. Erin Pare stressed the importance of parents being aware of what is being taught to their children after a teacher used LGBT-themed flashcards with a depiction of a pregnant man to teach preschoolers about colors. On "Fox & Friends" Tuesday, the GOP lawmaker praised the school's principal for taking immediate action and noted that the cards were not part of the approved curriculum. SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETELY DISRESPECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN: AMERICA FIRST LEGAL ADVISERSTATE REP. ERIN PARE: A lot of loving families come in all different shapes and sizes. And I think that parents are asking for more of that ability to follow this. And I think that that's appropriate and makes a whole lot of sense.

Morgan Stanley names Nio a tactical research idea Morgan Stanley said the China electric vehicle company is well positioned as China begins to reopen. Daiwa upgrades Zoom to outperform from underperform Daiwa said investors should buy the dip on the stock. Morgan Stanley names Trane a top pick Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday that it's taking a more "defensive view" of the heating and air conditioning company. Credit Suisse initiates Sherwin-Williams as underperform Credit Suisse said the paint company could be negatively affected by higher interest rates. Morgan Stanley downgrades American Eagle Outfitters to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of American Eagle that it sees more "sales & margin misses."

It's time to bet on Dish Network as shares could more than double in the near term, according to Truist. Shares of Dish have plummeted 31.3% this year, but could rally 169% based on Truist's fresh price target of $60. Dish is working on its own 5G network called Project Genesis, which utilizes a type of cellular networking technology known as Open RAN . At its investor's day, Dish failed to share a "coherent strategy" for how it plans to disrupt U.S. wireless or explain how its cost structure is better than its competitors, Miller wrote. Plus, the company is delayed in rolling out its network and indicated it will cost much more than the initially expected $10 billion.

The stock market may have trimmed its recent losses, but investors can't relax just yet, according to Morgan Stanley chief U.S. equity strategist Mike Wilson. Last week, the S & P 500 climbed 6.6% to break a seven-week slump. However, Wilson said in a note to clients on Tuesday that the recovery looks more like a bear market rally that is already running out of steam. "Outside of a peace agreement in Ukraine, it's difficult to construct a case for more than a bear market rally, which could carry another 5%, in our view," Wilson wrote. Nasdaq and small cap stocks, which fell more than the S & P 500 during the spring decline, could see stronger rallies on a percentage basis, he said.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBeijing, Shanghai relax Covid restrictions as cases declineCNBC's Eunice Yoon joins 'Squawk Box' to report how workers are commuting to their jobs amid China's stringent zero-Covid policy.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow much are large employers disclosing about diversity, equity and inclusion? Ashley Marchand Orme, Just Capital corporate equity director, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down the findings from Just Capital's 2022 corporate racial equity tracker.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJon Najarian: Have we reached a tradeable bottom yet? Jon Najarian, Co-Founder of MarketRebellion.com, joins Worldwide Exchange to discuss options action and washouts.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAnneka Treon: We're starting to see inflation expectations rolling overAnneka Treon, Managing Director of Equities at Kempen, joins Worldwide Exchange to discuss moderating inflation and demand destrcution.

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Top Gun' is a 'historic win' for the movie business, says Paramount Pictures CEOParamount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to react to 'Top Gun' grossing $156 million at the domestic box office over the Memorial Day weekend.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailKatz: This market is truly impossible to predict in the short-termDavid Katz of Matrix Asset Advisors says investors should look for companies that have an attractive valuation and then buy the weakness, don't chase rallies.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailI think markets are near a bottom, says Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia JablonskiSylvia Jablonski, CEO and chief investment officer of Defiance ETFs, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down her market outlook following the long holiday weekend.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPethokoukis: The main thing Biden can do is state publicly he supports the Fed in the fight against inflationJames Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute discusses what the Fed and the Biden administration can conceivably do to help reduce inflation, as the president and Fed chair Jerome Powell get set to meet at the White House.

Should Klain go, a potential successor is Anita Dunn, a White House adviser and Biden confidant whom he often turns to when his fortunes look bleak. (The White House didn't specify when Biden got his first briefing on the formula shortage.) Democratic lawmakers are sparring among themselves and blaming the White House for their dim prospects in November. A spokeswoman for her office said she hasn't talked about policy with a senior White House official in six months. But Biden has been leaning on White House aides to come up with a message that captures the stark choice voters face.

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Bond prices fall, 10-year yield tops 2.8%U.S. Treasury yields climbed Tuesday, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note rising as high as 10 basis points to reach 2.855%. The action in the bond market came as preliminary data for May showed euro zone inflation hitting yet another record high and oil prices rose. Oil rises as EU reaches deal to ban most Russian crude importsA general view of oil tanks in the Transneft-Kozmino Port near the far eastern town of Nakhodka, Russia. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude futures for July climbed more than 3%, trading as high as $119.43 per barrel. The August contract for international benchmark Brent crude was higher by about 1.65% to $119.54 per barrel.

A priest in Uvalde, Texas, will lead 12 funerals for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The first funeral will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, across the street from the site of the tragedy. CNN affiliate WFAA has more.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the introduction of a bill that would place a national freeze on handgun ownership across Canada. The announcement comes in the wake of high profile mass shootings in the United States.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Unprofitable tech' offers favorable investment opportunities, says Syz BankCharles-Henry Monchau, chief investment officer at the Swiss private bank, says the sell-off in tech stocks has presented an opportunity for investors to buy selective companies with bottom-up potential.

Yamana Gold shareholders will receive 0.6 Gold Field shares for each share they now hold. Yamana surged 14.9% in the premarket while Gold Fields tumbled 11.8%. Credit Suisse (CS) – Credit Suisse denied a Reuters report that it is mulling various options to raise capital after a series of losses. Credit Suisse lost 3.8% in premarket action. Sherwin-Williams (SHW) – The paint company's shares slipped 2.3% in premarket trading after Credit Suisse initiated coverage with an "underperform" rating.

But for a small subset of specialized hedge funds known as quants, the chaos of 2022 has unleashed a windfall. "Macro hedge funds experienced a historic quarter," says Kenneth J. Heinz, HFR's president. After all, the hedge funds making headlines lately are most notable for their losses. Melvin Capital, once one of Wall Street's most successful hedge funds, announced earlier this month that it is shutting down. In the first quarter of this year, institutional investors allocated the largest amount of new capital to hedge funds since 2015, according to HFR.

New Delhi (CNN Business) India's appetite for cheap Russian oil is swelling, even as the West continues to hit Moscow with unprecedented sanctions. Russian Crude flows to India are expected to reach 3.36 million metric tonnes in May, according to estimates from Refinitiv. Overall, the country has received 4.8 million metric tonnes of discounted Russian oil since the Ukraine war started, Refinitiv added. Part of the reason for the price disparity: The West has shunned Russian oil. On Monday, the EU agreed to ban 90% of Russian oil imports by the end of the year.

A fire at an Omaha chemical plant forced some residents to evacuate their homes on Monday. The fire caused several large propane containers to explode and left hundreds of residents without power.May 31, 2022

In an emotional interview, border patrol agent Jacob Albarado recounts rushing into Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, while off duty to get to his wife and daughter who were inside the building. “I got there as fast as I could. I was trying to get toward my wife’s room and my daughter’s room,” Albarado says.May 31, 2022

The players’ well-being at risk: Players across sports share similar risk profiles and suffer horrific online abuse in the workplace impacting mental well-being, lifestyle and performance.2. The same abusive patterns: Online abuse follows similar tactics and categorization of social media abuse across sports industries and jurisdictions.3. Safety measures for players are often missing: Whilst players can be protected against online abuse, specific safety measures are often not sufficiently implemented.7. Parham says the consequences that are “doubtlessly triggered by social media abuse” include addiction to social media, anxiety, depression, sadness, pitfalls associated with social comparisons, jealousy, feelings of inadequacy, social withdrawal and isolation, suicide and sleep disturbances. READ: World Athletics finds female athletes target of 87 percent of online abuse at Tokyo OlympicsFrance star Kylian Mbappe described the psychological impact of the abuse.

London (CNN Business) The European Union's historic agreement to ban the vast majority of imports of Russian oil by the end of the year is without question a major achievement. The deal, however, does have flaws that reveal the limitations of European unity and nod to headaches for the bloc further down the road. First and foremost, the deal does not include oil that is imported via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin's key ally in the EU, started Monday by criticizing the EU Commission and calling it "irresponsible" for putting the economies of these countries at risk. He ended the day with a video message claiming: "We have managed to defeat the Commission's proposal to ban the use of oil from Russia in Hungary."

It was a frustrating weekend for thousands of flyers with delays and cancellations upending holiday plans. Meanwhile, drivers faced more pain at the pump with the most expensive gas prices ever recorded on Memorial Day. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY.May 31, 2022

Swiatek, who turned 21 on Tuesday, won her first grand slam title two years ago at Roland Garros. Now, with a winning streak of 32 matches and the longest unbeaten run on the women's tour since Williams bagged 34 victories in succession in 2013, she is the favorite to win this year's French Open. Though it isn't always plain sailing for Swiatek, whose winning streak was under threat at the French Open on Monday. JUST WATCHED Iga Swiatek on winning 2020 French Open Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Iga Swiatek on winning 2020 French Open 02:33Swiatek's dominance comes at a time when there is no clear challenger to her winning streak. Ashleigh Barty, who was dominant on every surface having won Wimbledon, the French Open, and the Australian Open, suddenly retired from tennis earlier this year at 25.

President Biden is set to host K-Pop sensation BTS at the White House today in part to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month and discuss the alarming rise in anti-Asian hate incidents around the country. NBC News’ Mike Memoli has the details. May 31, 2022

Senator Elizabeth Warren questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled ?The Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress,? “This investigation found that Wall Street insiders have used SPACs as their own personal piggy banks while retail investors have suffered," Warren said in a prepared statement. read moreIf finalized, SEC rules proposed in March would largely close current loopholes by offering SPAC investors protections similar to those they would receive during the IPO process. It would expand the definition of underwriter to include any party that facilitates the takeover of the target company, increasing legal liability for financial institutions, SPAC sponsors and boards, and the target company. The bill would also increase the disclosures required in relation to the target takeover.

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Unseeded Italian Martina Trevisan surged into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 defeat of Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday. Trevisan had all the answers as she dominated most of the match against a below-par Fernandez who struggled to repeat the form that took her to last year's U.S. Open final. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFernandez comfortably claimed the tiebreak to become the first player to take a set off Trevisan at Roland Garros this year, but it was to prove only a brief respite. Trevisan raced into a 3-0 lead in the deciding set and won a fiercely-contested fourth game to earn a double break. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

U.S. President Joe Biden announces the nomination of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second four-year term, and Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard to serve as vice chair, as Powell stands by in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoMay 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden will meet Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday as historic inflation continues to drain Americans’ pocketbooks. Inflation is just one of many crises facing this White house, from gun violence to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published Monday, Biden said the Federal Reserve's main role was to control inflation. Biden said his "predecessor demeaned the Fed, and past presidents have sought to influence its decisions inappropriately during periods of elevated inflation.

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna listens during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) in Berlin, Germany May 24, 2022. The action won support from 500 foreign ministry civil servants in a newspaper opinion piece and has seen widespread backing from senior diplomats and ambassadors on social media. France has the world's third-largest diplomatic network with some 1,800 diplomats and in total about 13,500 officials working at the foreign ministry. Macron's past accusations of diplomats at times working against the executive and a sense that the work of the foreign ministry is not always recognised have also not gone down well. Some say Macron's appointment of career diplomat Catherine Colonna as foreign minister was an effort to appease the diplomatic corps.

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read moreENEOSJapan's biggest refiner (5020.T) has stopped buying crude oil from Russia, and plans to source alternative supplies from the Middle East. read moreHELLENIC PETROLEUM (HEPr.AT)Greece's biggest oil refiner has stopped buying Russian crude, replacing it with additional supplies from Saudi Arabia and other countries. read moreNESTE (NESTE.HE)From the start of April, the Finnish refiner has replaced about 85% of the Russian crude oil with other crudes, and said it will not enter in new deals to buy Russian oil. REPSOL (REP.MC)The Spanish company has stopped buying Russian crude oil in the spot market. SHELL (SHEL.L)The world's largest petroleum trader has stopped buying Russian crude and refined products, including blended fuels.

French diplomats will go on strike for the first time in 20 years on Thursday in protest against a perceived lack of recognition and reforms pushed by the president that they say could damage France's global standing. undefined ago

Below, we chat with HuffPost reporter Sarah Ruiz-Grossman about why you’ll want to put Rincón, Puerto Rico on your bucket list. Rincón is a small town on the westernmost tip of Puerto Rico, with intimate, palm-tree-lined beaches, the best sunsets, no big hotels, and lots of taco trucks and restaurants overlooking the water. Sarah Ruiz-Grossman/HuffPost View from the hills of RincónWhat are the best times of year to visit? Sarah Ruiz-Grossman/HuffPost View from Fisheye View apartments in RincónWhat are your go-to restaurants or foods to eat while you’re there? Rincón is full of great food ? make sure to get in lots of fish tacos, mofongo and açai bowls.

On Tuesday afternoon, Biden is scheduled to hold an Oval Office meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and on Friday, Biden will deliver remarks on the much-anticipated May jobs report. The April jobs report showed that the United States added 428,000 jobs last month, keeping the unemployment rate at 3.6 percent — just above the lowest level in a half-century. The Labor Department also reported that inflation slowed last month after seven months of gains. “I have appointed highly qualified people from both parties to lead that institution,” Biden wrote. “The economic policy choices we make today will determine whether a sustained recovery that benefits all Americans is possible,” Biden wrote.

Gazprom said it was suspending gas deliveries to the Netherlands due to its failure to pay in rubles | Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty ImagesRussia's Gazprom on Tuesday morning confirmed it was "completely suspend[ing] gas supplies" to Dutch company GasTerra "due to failure to pay in rubles." That contract provided for 2 billion cubic meters of gas to be delivered through October 1. Natural gas flows through the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream pipeline were down 5 percent early this morning, with volumes into the NEL pipeline carrying gas on to the Netherlands down 8 million cubic meters, according to Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at ICIS. The Netherlands' climate ministry said Monday no supply interruptions to customers were expected, as GasTerra had purchased alternate gas volumes as a backup. Dutch storage facilities also currently hold some 5.5 billion cubic meters of gas, according to live data.

Kevin Spacey has said he will “voluntarily appear” in U.K. courts over four counts of sexual assault charges and one charge of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”The actor provided a statement to “Good Morning America” on Tuesday outlining that he is “confident” he can prove his innocence. If Spacey does not voluntarily appear in the U.K., British authorities plan to seek the actor’s formal extradition from the U.S. Spacey can be formally charged following his arrest in England or Wales. “The CPS has authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men,” said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division. “He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Rapp told Buzzfeed News that when he was 14 Spacey made a non-consensual sexual advance toward him at a party.

Albarado was at a barbershop when he received harrowing messages from his wife Trisha about a gunman at Robb Elementary School, where she teaches fourth grade. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May 24 massacre, just days before the final day of the school year. Albarado was at Robb Elementary earlier in the day for an award ceremony for his second grader daughter Jada, 8. Jacob Albarado with, his wife, Trisha and daughter, Jada. He said he later learned that his wife and her students hid under desks and his daughter took shelter in a locked bathroom.

Amid calls for gun control after last week's massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, shots rang out across the country over the Memorial Day weekend, with more than a dozen mass shootings unfolding in the span of 72 hours. According to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks shootings in the United States, there were at least 14 "mass shootings" in the country over the weekend, from early Saturday to late Monday. The archive defines a mass shooting as an incident in which "four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter." A preliminary count found that gun violence — not just mass shootings — left at least 156 people dead and 412 injured from 5 p.m. Philadelphia police said they found the two women shot in the head in Port Richmond just before 1:30 a.m., NBC Philadelphia reported.

Multiple people were shot and at least two law enforcement officials were hurt Monday night after gunfire erupted in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, according to police. Several people were hit in the Memorial Day shooting and are being treated at hospitals, according to the release. One Charleston police officer suffered minor injuries in the shooting and was in the process of being released from the hospital, police said. A Charleston County Sheriff’s Office deputy was assaulted at the scene while responding to the chaos, according to the release. Officials said South Street from Nassau Street to Drake Street and America Street from Reid Street to Mary Street in the area will remain closed to process the shooting scene.

leaders reached an agreement late Monday to ban 90 percent of Russian crude by the end of the year. Hungary is a major user of Russian oil and its leader, Viktor Orban, has been on friendly terms with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said the move would immediately hit 75 percent of Russian oil imports. The European Council added that in case of “sudden interruptions” of supply, “emergency measures” will be introduced to ensure security of supply. Roughly 36 percent of the E.U.’s oil imports come from Russia, a country that plays an outsized role in global oil markets.

Rapper and hip-hop executive Master P said his daughter Tytyana Miller died at 29. The music mogul, whose real name is Percy Miller, wrote in an Instagram post on Monday that his family is “dealing with an overwhelming grief” over the loss. Tytyana Miller was one of seven children Master P, 52, shares with ex-wife Sonya Miller. She was featured in an episode where Romeo and Master P are urging her to go to rehab for addiction issues. Tytyana Miller also appeared in the 2017 film “A Mother’s Choice.”

FILE — File Photo shows the moon shining next to the headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct.4, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)FILE — File Photo shows the moon shining next to the headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct.4, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany raided the offices of Deutsche Bank and its subsidiary DWS on Tuesday following claims that it was exaggerating the sustainable credentials of some of the products it sold. German news agency dpa quoted Frankfurt prosecutors saying the probe focused on allegations of investment fraud, but no specific suspects had been identified yet. “DWS said that they have continuously cooperated fully with all relevant regulators and authorities on this matter and will continue to do so.”

Would any Republicans reconsider their opposition to gun restrictions? The bad news is, the total number of GOP elected officials rethinking their positions is quite small. Jacobs made the remarks — a contradiction to the Republican party’s staunch stance on gun laws — during a news conference on Friday. With a Democratic majority in the House, good bills related to gun violence are already able to pass. If this GOP pair constitutes the party’s “rational” wing on possible gun reforms, it’s probably best to keep expectations low.

The rally is an indication that while S&P 500 investors are piling back into growth stocks, they're not going for the obvious bounce-backs. The S&P 500 is up 5.4% in just three days, and the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) is up 7.2%. Investors Eager To Jump Back Into S&P 500Investors piling back into the S&P 500? Take the top stock in the three-day S&P 500 rally: Dollar Tree. Top S&P 500 Stocks In RallyThey're all up more than 17% in just three trading daysCompany Ticker 3-day rally YTD ch.

Dow Jones futures fell Tuesday morning, pausing after last week's sharp gains and ahead of the final trading session for May. Dow Jones Today: Treasury Yields, Oil Prices, BitcoinBefore Tuesday's open, Dow Jones futures fell 0.7% vs. fair value, while S&P 500 futures moved down 0.8%. Remember that trading in Dow Jones futures and elsewhere doesn't necessarily translate into actual trading in the next regular stock market session. Merck, a Dow Jones stock, is still in buy range past a cup-with-handle's 89.58 buy point, as shares rose 0.8% Friday. Dow Jones Leaders: Apple, MicrosoftAmong Dow Jones stocks, Apple shares gained 4.1% Friday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for the an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. The European Commission’s “proposal to ban the use of Russian oil in Hungary was defeated,” Orban said in a video statement on Facebook. “Families can sleep well tonight as the most outrageous idea has been averted.”EU leaders concluded four weeks of negotiations on Monday to impose a partial embargo on Russian oil imports. EU officials say the agreement will succeed in cutting off 90% of Russian oil imports by year’s end. Yet despite Hungary’s refusal to adopt the oil embargo as proposed, EU leaders hailed Monday’s agreement as a success.

Jill Biden says she and the president don't hash out disagreements in front of other people, but argue instead by text. Jill Biden says she and the president don't hash out disagreements in front of other people, but argue instead by text. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden disagree, they don’t hash it out in front of other people. “You have to be able to stand on your own two feet.”Jill Biden met then-Sen. Joe Biden in 1975, and they were married two years later. “I’m going to be raising a teenager?” Jill Biden exclaimed.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 5-11:June 5: Actor-singer Bill Hayes (“Days of Our Lives,” “Your Show of Shows”) is 97. Country singer Don Reid of the Statler Brothers is 77. Country singer Gail Davies is 74. Country singer Joe Stampley is 79. Country singer Lisa Brokop is 49.

In 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris reflects on his fraught relationship with his dadEnlarge this image Little, Brown and Company Little, Brown and CompanyIt's always interesting to see how a writer's work changes after their parents are gone. David Sedaris' situation is different, because he's been writing about his father for years. "As long as my father had power, he used it to hurt me," he writes in in his latest collection, Happy-Go-Lucky. Five of the 18 essays in Happy-Go-Lucky concern his father's last months — and how they affected Sedaris. Happy-Go-Lucky is more somber than Sedaris' usual fare, but there are some fresh, funny bits wedged between the weighty boulders.

Traders were anticipating much faster growth, with market expectations set for a 5.5% annualized advance, according to economists at TD Securities. However, the GDP report was in line with the Bank of Canada's forecast, which anticipated 3.0% growth in the January-to-March period. Growth was revised slightly lower in the fourth quarter, with data now indicating GDP rose 6.6% annualized versus a previous estimate of 6.7%. Canada also released monthly GDP data Tuesday, and that report indicated economic activity in March rose 0.7%, compared to a revised 0.9% advance in the previous month. The data agency also revised January's GDP data, and now indicates the economy shrank 0.2% as opposed to a previously reported 0.2% gain.

By Robb M. StewartJanux Therapeutics Inc. said it plans to launch an early-stage clinical trial in the second half of the year for its lead product candidate after U.S. regulators cleared its investigational new drug application for the metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treatment. Janux said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the application for JANX007, its lead novel T cell engager therapeutic from its TRACTr platform. Unlike existing novel T cell engager approaches to prostate cancer that have been limited to-date by dose-limiting toxicities, poor pharmacokinetic profiles and attenuated efficacy, JANX007 is designed as a safer, highly potent anti-tumor approach to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, Janux said. With acceptance of the investigational new drug application, Janux said it is on track to advance JANX007 into the clinic in the second half of the year for a Phase 1 trial. Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com

By Colin KellaherAlexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. on Tuesday said its board raised the quarterly dividend by 2.6%, to $1.18 from $1.15. The new payout, equal to $4.72 a year, represents an annual yield of about 2.8% based on Friday's closing price of $168.59, up from 2.73%.

Bob Doll of Crossmark Global Investments discusses how much more stocks need to fall before reaching the bottom, while Dana Peterson of The Conference Board previews the May jobs report.

By Michael DabaieAbbott Laboratories said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared its next-generation FreeStyle Libre 3 system for use by people four years and older with diabetes. The company said the FreeStyle Libre 3 system will be available at the same price as previous versions and is the most accurate 14-day continuous glucose monitor, with readings sent directly to a smartphone every minute.

Estimize, a software platform that uses crowdsourcing from hedge-fund executives, brokerages, buy-side analysts and others, calls for earnings of 99 cents a share. Revenue: Wall Street expects revenue of $7.38 billion from Salesforce, according to 35 analysts polled by FactSet. That’s up from the $7.27 billion forecast at the beginning of the quarter, and $5.96 billion from a year ago. Salesforce predicted revenue of $7.37 billion to $7.38 billion. Over the past five quarters, Salesforce has never failed to top the Wall Street consensus for both earnings and revenue.

Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings Inc. HA, +8.09% now expects second-quarter revenue to be down 4.5% to 7.5% from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, an improvement from previous guidance of down 8% to 12%. The air carrier also updated its capacity guidance to be down 11.5% to 13.5% vs. 2019 from down 11.5% to 14.5%. The company also raised its fuel price per gallon estimate to $3.76 from $3.59, and updated its estimate for costs per available seat mile (CASM), excluding fuel, to up 15.5% to 17.5% vs. 2019 from up 16.5% from 19.5%. The stock, which slipped 0.3% in premarket trading, has slipped 1.9% year to date through Friday, while the U.S. Global Jets JETS, +2.74% has eased 2.3% and the S&P 500 SPX, +2.47% has shed 12.8%.

AlphabetRecent Price Year to Date Change Next 12 Mos. EPS Next 12 Mos. EPS Next 12 Mos. EPS Next 12 Mos. Micron trades at just 6.2 times earnings, below its five-year average of 8.9 times.

Hanesbrands Inc. HBI, +2.81% said Tuesday it was the subject of a ransomware attack on May 24 and activated business continuity plans and incident response to contain it. Ina regulatory filing, the company said it has informed law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation. The maker of mens and womens' underwear has engaged legal counsel, a cybersecurity forensic form and other professionals. "As the Company is in the early stages of its investigation and assessment of this event, the Company cannot determine at this time whether or not such event will have a material impact on its business, operations or financial results," said the filing. Shares fell 0.7% premarket and are down 27% in the year to date, while the S&P_ 500 SPX, +2.47% has fallen 13%.

We have $3 million in retirement savings, a 401(k), stocks, bonds and cash, and the $2.1 million is in addition to this. We think this would be a better investment for the $2.1 million instead of putting it into the stock market or bond market. If you built a home worth $3 million in Comal County, Texas, your annual property tax bill would be nearly $40,000, according to data from SmartAsset. But in nearby Hays County, the tax bill would be $62,400. “This automatically limits the school taxes to the amount you paid in the year you qualified for an over 65 property tax exemption.”Still, you could be looking at quite a substantial property tax bill, even after factoring in these exemptions.

Bristol Myers Squibb has been a bright spot in a very tough market—and the stock’s move higher may just be getting started. Sales of the drug, which hit $12.8 billion in 2021, made up about 28% of the company’s total revenue. Bristol has already been getting new drugs approved for sale. “Getting Opdualag helped [the stock], but even more important was that they got mavacamten approved,” says Tim Anderson, an analyst at Wolfe Research. “The catalyst is investors getting more comfortable with Bristol’s pipeline,” says Dan Eye, chief investment officer of Fort Pitt Capital Group, which owns the stock.

Is it a good time to buy an investment home to rent out, or should we wait off on it? Should we wait to see how the market plays out for another year or so? It’s only if you needed to offload the property in a down market that you’d encounter trouble. To be sure, there are other ways you could diversify your portfolio than buying a rental property. Gagliardi, for instance, suggests looking into buying shares of publicly-traded real-estate investment trusts.

Slovakia’s Peter Kazimir, who holds a centrist position in the ECB rate setting body, told Reuters on Tuesday that while his baseline scenario for July is a quarter-point hike, he’s open to talk about a 50 basis-point move. Italian bonds lagged, with equivalent yields rising 13 basis points to 3.13%, while the euro fell 0.7% to $1.07. Money markets added to ECB rate-hike wagers, pricing 119 basis points of tightening by December. A European Commission survey this week showed inflation concerns among consumers retreating, though remaining double the average level since 2000. (Updates with Kazimir in sixth paragraph)Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek©2022 Bloomberg L.P.

Some of Europe’s lesser-known integrated oil companies might be worth considering for investors who want to take advantage of this year’s surge in prices. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, most oil companies have seen their valuations increase as crude prices spiked above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014. But shares of three smaller companies— TotalEnergies (TTE.France), Repsol (REP.Spain), and Equinor (EQNR.Norway)—are up sharply against a backdrop of falling stock markets. ESG investors are now realizing that oil companies have money to invest in, and much to gain from, the transition to a low-carbon future. Banco Santander rates it a Hold with a target price of €50.90, and it has a dividend yield of 5.4%.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Personal Jesus,” has died at age 60. Depeche Mode announced the death of founding member Fletcher on its official social-media pages. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band’s posts said. Gahan, Fletcher and Gore had to accept the honor remotely along with all the other inductees in the pandemic year. Gahan was recruited into the group later in the year, and the name was changed to Depeche Mode.

(Updates on strength of the storm, details)By Jose CortesPUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico, May 31 (Reuters) - Mexican officials worked into Tuesday to clear highways blocked by mudslides along Mexico's southern coast after record-breaking storm Agatha battered the region with torrential rains and strong winds. Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Monday afternoon, touching down with 105 miles per hour winds (169 km per hour) near the beach town of Puerto Angel on the Pacific coast before losing strength as it moved inland. Mexico's transportation ministry was working to clear the roads into the night on Monday. Some towns in Oaxaca lost power, and one transformer exploded, officials said. (Reporting by Jose Cortes and Kylie Madry; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell and Angus MacSwan)

The swindle always began with a flashy show of wealth and the mention of a well-known celebrity who was an investor. But according to federal authorities, there was no assistant and Johnson wasn’t involved in staging any events — the money went right into his pockets. “For over ten years, the defendant made his living swindling people out of money – lots of people and lots of money,” prosecutors wrote in court papers arguing for the stiffest sentence possible. None of it was true, prosecutors said, and all the trappings of wealth Johnson showed had been paid for with money he had stolen from others. Prosecutors say many of Johnson’s victims lost their life savings, had their credit ruined or were forced into foreclosure or bankruptcy as a result of his schemes.

That is the idea behind nasal COVID-19 vaccines, and they have been getting a lot of attention recently as a spray or liquid. These nasal vaccines would be based on the same technology as normal vaccines given by injection. More accurately called intranasal vaccines, these vaccines are liquids that can be given as a spray or through a dropper or syringe. So in theory, intranasal vaccines could provide better protection than vaccines given through a shot in the arm. This was first published by The Conversation — “Nasal COVID-19 vaccines help the body prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and throat“.

Peruvian Netflix users told Rest of World they haven't seen any enforcement, and the policy has been confusing. Central to consumer confusion has been how Netflix defines a "household," Rest of World reports. Rest of World also reported Netflix has run into resistance from state consumer agencies in Costa Rica, Peru, and Chile. The same agency told Rest of World Netflix's new policy of charging users for sharing passwords could lead to arbitrary discrimination against consumers. Story continuesAn anonymous Netflix customer service representative told Rest of World herself and other customer service reps were confused about what to tell account holders when asked about the new policy.

Today a startup called Seemplicity is emerging from stealth with $32 million in funding for a platform that it believes will help reduce that load. The problem is a pretty basic but thorny one: these days, DevOps teams are faced with a difficult task that in some ways is only getting harder. Story continuesThis in turn results in a huge shower of data that comes down on those DevOps teams that is hard to parse even before any action is taken. This is an especially acute problem for larger organizations, the enterprises that Seemplicity is already serving and targeting for more business. “Seemplicity offers a unique, simple, and powerful automation platform that aligns the entire security organization around the highest impact actions."

Panasonic and Leica have formed a new collaboration called L² (L squared) that will see them jointly develop cameras, lenses and imaging technology, they announced. Both companies are already part of the L-Mount mirrorless alliance (along with Sigma and Leitz) and Panasonic has loaned its camera tech to Leica. However, the new partnership goes deeper, as they'll use "jointly developed technologies" in their respective lens and camera products, while the L² branding will feature in future marketing activities. Meanwhile, Leica has a sterling reputation for lens quality, but gets far less respect for its mirrorless cameras because they're mostly rebadged, overpriced Panasonic models. By collaborating, Panasonic could gain some prestige off Leica's iconic reputation and lens quality, while Leica will get access to Panasonic's technological chops.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government announced Tuesday a new diplomatic protest against China over disputes in the South China Sea, a long-thorny issue that has flared anew as the next Philippine president prepares to take office next month. Story continuesSeparately, Philippine foreign affairs officials said late Monday that the department summoned a Chinese diplomat in early April to protest alleged harassment by the Chinese coast guard of a research vessel in the South China Sea. The Filipino scientists reported the incident to the Philippine government, which deployed a coast guard patrol ship, the BRP Capones, to keep watch on the research vessel, the coast guard in Manila said last month. China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei have been locked in a tense territorial standoff in the busy waterway for decades. Chinese ships have also disrupted Philippine vessels exploring for undersea oil and gas in Reed Bank, Philippine officials said.

(Reuters) - Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving the United States, after Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf following the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Greece. Tehran seized the Greek ships on Friday after Athens impounded the Iranian-flagged Pegas in April. The United States, which has imposed a tough sanctions regime on Iran, confiscated the Iranian oil cargo that was on the Pegas. U.S. and Greek diplomats have called on Iran to immediately release the Greek tankers, their cargoes and their crews. But we believe relations between Iran and Greece should remain well-intentioned,” he told reporters in Tehran.

Vladimir Putin has reportedly said tens of thousands of dead Russians is a "small price to pay". (AP)Russia's army could be on the verge of collapse in the Ukraine, amid claims Vladimir Putin has seen the reported 30,000 dead troops as 'a price worth paying'. Putin ordered Kremlin troops into Ukraine on 24 February, but despite Western intelligence suggesting he anticipated an easy victory, has now spent almost 100 days waging war. According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as of 31 May, 30,500 Russian soldiers have so far been killed. Instead of seeking control over Kyiv, Russian troops are now concentrating on seizing the Donbas region in the east, some of which was already under the control of Russian-backed breakaway rebels.

Story continuesPrevious presidents, too, have attempted to make improvements to America's law enforcement system, but Biden faced particular pressure to find the right balance. Not only did law enforcement groups dislike various parts of the draft, they felt like the administration hadn't adequately listened to their perspective. In addition to Rice’s team, Justice Department officials and the White House counsel’s office under Dana Remus worked through the details. Long days were fueled by Hershey's Kisses, M&Ms and whatever else that could be scrounged from White House desks. However, the executive order requires federal law enforcement officers to prioritize de-escalation and then intervention if they see another officer using excessive force.

The rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage moved up to 4.487%, while a 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage is up to 4.24%The latest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 5.606%. Today’s 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ratesThe 30-year rate is 5.606%. View Rates for May 31, 2022Where are mortgage rates heading this year? Tips for getting the lowest mortgage rate possibleThere is no universal mortgage rate that all borrowers receive. Our mortgage rate methodologyMoney’s daily mortgage rates show the average rate offered by over 8,000 lenders across the United States the most recent business day rates are available.

The 50-year-old Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district. Communication is key.”McCraw said Friday that minutes after the gunman entered the school, city police officers entered through the same door. Over the course of more than an hour, law enforcement from multiple agencies arrived on the scene. McCraw said that students and teachers had repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while Arredondo told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootings

Because that’s what we do when we don’t speak up and take on excess work out of fear of letting people down. If we’re burning ourselves out to meet the impossible goals others impose on us, we risk letting them down anyway. The business is not going to shut down if you don’t work overtime. Unless your job is literally saving lives, the business is not going to shut down if you don’t work overtime. And besides, the act of saying no, especially when you realize that people won’t actually hate you for doing so, is pretty damn liberating.

Johnny Williams carried himself through the countryside of Puerto Rico like a wealthy but down-to-earth “gringo” with a generous heart. A wanted poster for Vincent D’Monte, aka ‘Johnny Williams.’“He acted surprised,” Antonio Torres, chief deputy U.S. marshal in Puerto Rico, told the AP. So just who was Williams/D’Monte and what precisely was his connection to Karma Honey Project? The Karma Honey Project website features a TV news report in which Galek and “Williams” are credited with coming up with the idea for Karma Honey Project. The night before D’Monte’s arrest, a new organization was registered in Puerto Rico under the name of Karma Project PR Inc..

FILE - President Joe Biden points to Mexico's first lady Beatriz Gutierrez Muller as first lady Jill Biden watches as he speaks during a Cinco de Mayo event in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 5, 2022, in Washington. Jill Biden says she and the president don't hash out disagreements in front of other people, but argue instead by text. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden disagree, they don't hash it out in front of other people. When Joe Biden was vice president, the couple decided to settle disagreements by text to avoid fighting in the presence of their Secret Service agents — and dubbed it fexting. “I'm going to be raising a teenager?” Jill Biden exclaimed.

The owner of an ice cream shop in Mashpee told The Wall Street Journal that he's struggling to hire employees. Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty ImagesCustomers in a 45-minute line for a Massachusetts ice cream parlor, the owner told the WSJ. The owner of an ice cream shop in Massachusetts said that customers waited in a 45-minute line on one weekend earlier this month because there wasn't enough staff to help out, The Wall Street Journal reported. Mark Lawrence, owner of Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee, told The Journal that he's struggling to hire employees for his shop, especially ahead of the busy summer season. Lawrence told The Journal.

Russia’s largest bank will be removed from the SWIFT international banking system in the latest round of international sanctions announced by the European Union late Monday. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called the decision a "good" move in a late-night address Monday before announcing other areas where Russia will be sanctioned. "This is an important step forward," von der Leyen said. Three Russian media outlets were also targeted for "broadly" spreading misinformation regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine. "But we think that, of course, the European Union has to carry its fair share, too," von der Leyen said in a statement released Tuesday morning.

If you don’t need to take out a large amount of cash at closing, a limited cash-out refinance or no-cash-out refinance are two possible options. One of the primary differences between a limited cash-out refinance versus a no-cash-out refinance is that Fannie Mae sets the guidelines for limited cash-out refinances, whereas no-cash-out refinances use Freddie Mac’s rules. HOW TO GET THE BEST MORTGAGE REFINANCE RATESWhen does a no-cash-out refinance make sense? Limited cash-out refinance vs. no-cash-out refinanceIf you want to take out a small amount of cash at closing, applying for either a limited cash-out or no-cash-out refinance could make sense. Unlike a limited cash-out refinance or a no-cash-out refinance, there’s no standard limit.

Inflation among the 19 countries that use the Euro spiked to 8.1% in May, setting a new record and matching the U.S.Eurozone inflation rose from 7.4% in April, surging past predictions that it would land at 7.7%. Inflation spikes have struck nearly all world economies in recent months, with the U.S. and U.K. each setting 40-year record highs in March and April. U.K. consumer price inflation hit 9% for the first time since 1982 in April, and the U.S. hit 8.5% inflation in March. President Joe Biden has faced similar struggles in the U.S., saying that lowering inflation is his top economic priority . Biden delivered a speech blaming the inflation crisis on both the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia in mid-May.

In this daily bar chart of ZM, below, we can see that prices have rallied above the declining 50-day moving average line. ZM is below the declining 40-week moving average line. In this daily Point and Figure chart of ZM, below, we can see a potential upside price target in the $158 area. Our price target is now the $125-$158 area. We recommended purchase of Zoom Video Communications ( ZM on May 23 ahead of its earnings report, and here on Tuesday a sell side firm raised its fundamental outlook to outperform with a $121 price target.

Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) , the cloud-based software company, is due to report their latest quarterly figures after the close of trading Tuesday. CRM is still trading below the declining 50-day moving average line as well as the bearish 200-day line. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has crossed to the upside for a cover shorts buy signal. The 40-week moving average line has a negative slope. Bottom-line strategy: I have no special knowledge of what CRM will report to shareholders but aggressive traders could probe the long side of CRM ahead of earnings.

Updated at 8:48 am ESTAMC Entertainment (AMC) - Get AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Class A Report shares powered higher Tuesday following a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend launch for Paramount's blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick' movie. AMC said more than 3.3 million guests watched the movie at one of its domestic cinemas, taking the four-day total to 5 million - more than double last year's 2.1 million tally. "Our sincerest congratulations to Tom Cruise and the entire creative and artistic team who have given us 'Top Gun: Maverick'," said CEO Adam Aron. "In my view, it's a cinematic masterpiece, and oh, my, are we going to sell tickets for 'Top Gun: Maverick' at AMC." "And we are absolutely committed to being innovators in theatrical exhibition, keeping the quality of our theaters high."

She took an in-person class on California native plants at the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants. The check paid for the entire project, excluding the handcrafted Mexican tile from Colores de Mexico in East Los Angeles. But it was really fun.”The frontyard and parking strip are filled with mostly California native plants. Lifestyle 20 California native plants that will actually look gorgeous this summer Even California native plants can dry out in the summer. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)Helpful resources for waterwise gardening

Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest recorded hurricane to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages in southern Mexico. Agatha was downgraded to a tropical depression by Tuesday morning, with sustained winds down to 35 mph. AdvertisementHeavy rain and big waves lashed the beach town of Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe. “There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind,” said Silvia Ranfagni, manager of the Casa Kalmar hotel in Zipolite. It was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, said Jeff Masters, meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections and the founder of Weather Underground.

SPY, ARKK, ZM, SPOT, TWLO, NTLA Stocks quotes in this article: QQQLast week ended on a high note, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 gaining between 2.5% and 3.25%. The futures indicate a soft open here on Tuesday morning, but regardless of how we start the day, my view from last Friday is unchangedBecause it's impossible to say how far the current bounce will go or if we're beginning a new bull trend, le...

Three seats are on the June 7 primary ballot for the seven-member Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. They don’t know how to use words to solve problems.”Website: https://www.seguraforlausd.com/ROCIO RIVASL.A. school board candidate Rocio Rivas (Christina Gandolfo)Age: 48Occupation: Rivas is a research and policy deputy for school board member Jackie Goldberg. L.A. school board candidate Tracey SchroederAge: 48Occupation: Schroeder is an L.A. Unified teacher. This school board has been acting outside its authority.”Website: https://traceyschoolboard.com/GENTILLE BARKHORDARIANL.A. school board candidate Gentille BarkhordarianAge: 56Occupation: Barkhordarian is an engineer and business consultant. KELLY GONEZL.A. school board candidate Kelly Gonez (Abby Cox)Age: 33Occupation: Gonez is the incumbent school board member and was elected in 2017Experience: She has five years of teaching experience and served as an education staffer in the Obama administration.

It’s pitting neighbors against neighbors in suburbs across the United States. And nope, all the drama has nothing to do with politics or COVID or any of the usual suburban suspects. Today, we serve you the rapid rise of a sport whose popularity boomed during the pandemic and the intense backlash rising right alongside it. Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuest: L.A. Times investigative and enterprise reporter Connor SheetsAdvertisementMore reading:Pickleball noise is fueling neighborhood drama from coast to coastPickleball is a godsend for older players. Now younger players are picking up the paddle

In the most competitive districts, the two candidates who will face each other after the June 7 primary are pretty much determined; those races won’t kick off with intensity until the general election in the fall. The outcome of a handful of contests in the state’s top-two primary in June could tilt the parties’ prospects in the general election. Candidates in some races are trying to pick their rival by boosting the person they believe would be the easiest to beat in the Nov. 8 general election. Under the state’s primary rules, the two candidates who receive the most votes in June will advance to the fall election —regardless of party affiliation. These are the battlegrounds to watch in the primary and beyond.

Nearly all the wheat sold in Somalia comes from Ukraine and Russia, which have halted exports through the Black Sea since Moscow waged war on its neighbor on Feb. 24. The U.N. World Food Program says food shortages could worsen when the lean season arrives in late summer. Even the cost of therapeutic food for malnourished children could rise 16% over the next six months because of the war in Ukraine and disruptions related to the pandemic, UNICEF says. African countries imported 44% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine between 2018 and 2020, according to U.N. figures. Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused Russia of looting both grain and farm equipment from territories held by its forces.

“A lot of that opportunity we can use to house people.”Most of California’s water isn’t used by people going about their daily lives at home or work. Those efforts have been incredibly effective.”Nevertheless, the report found that Californians still waste a lot of water. But experts said these circumstances do not apply in urban areas of the state with broader and more diverse options for water. But his housing department has set a new goal for the building of 2.5 million homes over the next eight years to meet California’s needs. What is needed in the short term and years from now is different, said Ellen Hanak, director of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center.

The 25 challengers include a seasoned Northern California lawmaker, Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle and Green Party candidate and former Los Angeles poet laureate Luis Javier Rodriguez. Brulte said Shellenberger, who is running as an independent, “no party preference” candidate, must overcome the disadvantage of having no political party in his corner. Jenny Rae Le Roux, a Northern California Republican candidate, raised the third most at $738,000 — although that includes $445,000 of her own money. “I’ve spent 10 years in the corporate world in the corner office and then in my own company,” the Republican candidate said. To qualify to run for California governor, candidates must either pay a $4,371 filing fee or collect 4,750 signatures from California registered voters.

Medina first enrolled in remedial courses at East Los Angeles Community College in 2005 after an assessment test placed him three classes below college level. Before the new policy, in California and elsewhere, half the nation’s community college students were placed in remedial classes in math or English , according to Complete College America. And those failures are more than offset by the thousands fewer who are failing remedial courses. If remedial courses are offered, these advocates say, too many students will choose them instead of the corequisite courses. Los Rios administrators ultimately agreed, and now say they are removing all remedial courses for the upcoming fall term.

The weekend arrest of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), on suspicion of driving under the influence came after the Porsche he was driving was hit by another vehicle in Northern California’s wine country, authorities said. Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken into custody shortly before midnight Saturday night in Napa County, according to a sheriff’s office online booking report. AdvertisementPelosi could face misdemeanor charges including driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher, the police booking report said. Nancy Pelosi on Sunday delivered the commencement address at Brown University in Providence, R.I. She and her husband have been married since 1963. Pelosi’s arrest was first reported by TMZ.

The battle to become California’s attorney general is perhaps the most contested race on the June 7 state primary ballot. Gen. Nathan Hochman and Los Angeles attorney Eric Early — and comes amid debate about rising crime and the impact of decades of criminal justice reform in California. AdvertisementCalifornia Your guide to California’s 2022 primary election Here’s everything you need to know about the California primary election. The last attorney general, Xavier Becerra, sued then-President Trump more than 100 times. Kamala Harris won a U.S. Senate seat as attorney general, then became vice president.

First conceived in the 1950s, the Sites Reservoir project was abandoned in the 1980s — the twilight years of America’s big Western dam-building projects. The reservoir, he said, was “something I’ve long supported.”The controversy has transformed the western Sacramento River valley into a battleground. A key hurdle to the project’s completion is whether or not the California Water Resources Control Board will grant the reservoir permission to divert Sacramento River water. In one of environmentalism’s emerging successes, the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge is on the rebound because of restoration efforts. Members of the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, a key participant in the reservoir project, don’t have to go far to find a lifeless signature of severe drought.

Two years ago, independent spending on school board races leading into the primary reached about $8.5 million. Rivas, 48, conducts research, develops policy and works as a community liaison for school board member Jackie Goldberg, a labor ally. Among all the candidates, Rivas — whose varied career in education-related fields included work overseeing charters — embodies the strongest anti-charter sentiment. In 2019, Rivas was among a large group that ran for the open school board seat in District 5. Vilardi-Espinosa has views that align closely with the teachers union, but differs with union leaders in her support of school police.

Five years ago, Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo faced a serious election scare. A walkway at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown. Eunisses Hernandez, a candidate for City Council, said residents of that neighborhood are reeling from rising rents. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)In an interview, Cedillo pointed to a city report that showed his council district produced the most affordable housing in L.A. between 2009 and 2020. “But police are necessary.” (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)District residents don’t want to be harassed or profiled by police, said Ibarra, who serves on the city’s Board of Fire Commissioners.

Asian Americans are often seen as successful students, but the stereotype masks “incredibly disconcerting” gaps in college outcomes among the multiple ethnic groups who make up the larger community in California, according to a new report released Tuesday. At California State University, about 85% of transfer students of Japanese and Filipino ancestry graduate in four years compared with less than 70% for Native Hawaiian, Bangladeshi and Tongan students. Yet a current UC initiative to diversify the faculty is focusing on Black, Latino and Native American scholars, overlooking Asian Americans. The lack of Asian American regents is regarded as a big problem — and top priority to fix — by the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, according to Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco). “Asian Americans and NHPIs have a reputation for being successful students, with data on academic outcomes often painting the portrait of a high-performing group, especially for East and South Asian Americans,” the report says.

Jessie Gonzalez takes part in the 75th annual Memorial Day celebration at Cinco Puntos Mexican American War Memorial on Monday. “All of this was done behind our backs,” said Sofia Quinones, an organizer with the East Los Angeles Boyle Heights Coalition. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority dedicated $8 million of 710 Freeway funds to the project, while the Los Angeles Department of Public Works previously said another $10.9 million has been set aside from Proposition C funding. “I’m against it,” said Castillo, who grew up in East Los Angeles and lives in Whittier. Protesters took signs that read “No Roundabout” and “Save the Cinco Puntos Corridors” over from Morin Memorial Square to the commemoration event.

As of right now, in the entire country, there is just a single federally funded study on preventing gun violence in America’s schools. School districts across the country are formulating policies in a vacuum without “any evidence to hang their hat on.”Wait, what? The measure effectively cut off funding for research on gun violence at the Centers for Disease Control. That spending has helped save 600,000 lives — about the same number of lives, he notes, lost to gun violence between 2000 and 2020. But when it comes to gun violence — as with vaccines and climate change — I worry whether data and scientific arguments are enough.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was arrested late Saturday night on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a collision, authorities said. Paul Pelosi, 82, was booked into Napa County Jail at around 4 a.m. Sunday for two misdemeanors, which included driving with a blood alcohol level above .08 percent. According to preliminary information shared Sunday night by the California Highway Patrol, CHP officers from its Napa unit responded at 10:26 p.m. to reports of a collision at Highway 29 and Walnut Road in Oakville. According to the CHP, Pelosi’s 2021 Porsche was traveling eastbound on Walnut and was crossing the highway when a 2014 Jeep traveling northbound on the highway struck it. Pelosi is a businessman and owner of Financial Leasing Services Inc., a Bay Area investment and real estate firm.

Against a physical, gritty Boston Celtics team in the finals, Looney’s propensity for the dirty work could give the Warriors a much-needed edge. Looney gobbles up rebounds at a 18.4% rate, and offensive rebounds at a 13% rate. His spatial awareness has helped the Warriors average 45 rebounds per game; an advantage that was necessary in toppling their larger Western Conference opponents. The Warriors are averaging a healthy 14.5 second-chance points and converting 44% of their offensive rebounding opportunities in the playoffs. Looney isn’t quick, but his ability to switch defensively picked him back up into the Warriors’ main rotation during the 2018 and 2019 title runs.

I worry that COVID’s very unpredictability could inject volatility into global affairs. Eventually the world will adapt to COVID’s tricks. Nasal vaccines that are now in clinical trials may be able to curb transmission of the virus, which could deal a blow to COVID’s many variants. And after a few years, perhaps the virus’s waves may settle into a seasonal pattern that we could adapt to living with. And we have no idea what the next variant may unleash upon a world already thoroughly pummeled by the disease.

Each week, we will offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. For solace, for space to think and for important conversations with family and friends, there’s one place in Denver I go to first. I’m lucky enough to live within walking distance of the Denver Botanic Gardens. Another day, after stopping by Copper Door Coffee, just outside the gardens’ entrance, I struck up a conversation with a neighborhood resident who was also admiring the beds of tulips. The central Denver Botanic Gardens location is at 1007 York St., while Chatfield Farms is in Littleton at 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road.

Colorado utilities are preparing for what’s shaping up to be a hotter-than-normal and relatively dry summer while regulators are assessing how to keep the lights and power on as the climate changes. “The availability of the extra energy that we sometimes depend on through the summer we know will be constrained,” Horvath said. “I wish I had a good, solid answer for you on that one,” said Russ Schumacher, the state climatologist and associate professor at Colorado State University. Black Hills Energy spokeswoman Ashley Campbell said the utility is aware of concerns about the adequacy of resources in the event of a hot summer. The Westminster-based power provider works with other utilities in energy trading markets and a regional transmission organization.

It’s time to recognize that our elected officials aren’t leaders but are mere followers. We, the people, haven’t led on guns for too long and it has allowed our elected officials to get away with doing nothing. While we may not have led lately, it’s time to lead now and when we do, the elected officials will follow. Our message to elected officials, at all levels of government, is simple: It’s the guns. John Morse severed in the Colorado State Senate from January 2007 through October 2013.

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The year Ketner graduated, inflation ran 8.5% in metro Denver, according to the Consumer Price Index. Consumer inflation in metro Denver went from a tepid 2% in 2020, to a still modest 3.5% in 2021, to 9.1% in early 2022. Officially, rents rose at a 6.5% annual rate in March in metro Denver, per the CPI. But the University of Denver and the Apartment Association of Metro Denver clocked a 14.4% increase in rents in the first quarter. The survey found that Colorado businesses were having a much harder time passing on rising costs to consumers than businesses nationally.

The weather heats up, the snow finally melts away and Coloradans hit the road for some of the best art, dance, opera and orchestra concerts on the planet. 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, N.M. Info: 505-989-1199 or sitesantafe.org. “Mountain/Time”Through Sept. 11, Aspen Art MuseumThe Aspen Art Museum pushes boundaries with this warm-weather exhibition, giving over nearly all of its gallery space to video. It’s a wonder that the company never made it to the Vail Dance Fest until now. Butterfly” was a hit play about opera, so it only makes sense that Hwang would turn it into the opera about opera that has its world premiere in Santa Fe this summer.

Kevin EricksonSportsbook WireThe Atlanta Braves (23-25) and Arizona Diamondbacks (23-26) meet Tuesday for the 2nd of a 3-game set at Chase Field. Braves at Diamondbacks odds and linesOdds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Money line (ML) : Braves -165 (bet $165 to win $100) | Diamondbacks +133 (bet $100 to win $133): Braves -165 (bet $165 to win $100) | Diamondbacks +133 (bet $100 to win $133) Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS) : Braves -1.5 (+100) | Diamondbacks +1.5 (-120): Braves -1.5 (+100) | Diamondbacks +1.5 (-120) Over/Under (O/U) : 9.5 (O: +105 | U: -130)Exclusive USA TODAY Network offer: Deposit $10 or more, get $200 in instant bet credits at Tipico Sportsbook! The BRAVES -1.5 (+100) are a decent play on the run line at even-money. Bet legally online with a trusted partner: Tipico Sportsbook, Sportsbook Wire's official sportsbook partner in CO, NJ and soon IA.

Temperatures will rise to nearly normal Tuesday and a bit beyond on following days, says the National Weather Service. A high temperature near 88 is forecast for Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, according to the National Weather Service. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal)Typical early summer weather is forecast for the Las Vegas area starting Tuesday. A high near 88 is called for by meteorologists with the National Weather Service, up from a Monday high of 82 at Harry Reid International Airport. Thursday should see a high in Las Vegas around 101 before tapering slightly into the coming weekend.

In the most significant effort yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the European Union agreed to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian oil imports. In a move unthinkable just months ago, EU leaders agreed late Monday to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. Russian energy giant Gazprom said it cut natural gas supplies to Dutch trader GasTerra on Tuesday. The EU estimated that would mean around 90% of Russian oil is banned by the end of the year. The compromise came after Zelenskyy urged leaders again to target Russia’s oil.

Nationals at Mets odds and linesOdds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Money line (ML) : Nationals +145 (bet $100 to win $145) | Mets -180 (bet $180 to win $100): Nationals +145 (bet $100 to win $145) | Mets -180 (bet $180 to win $100) Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS) : Nationals +1.5 (-135) | Mets -1.5 (+110): Nationals +1.5 (-135) | Mets -1.5 (+110) Over/Under (O/U) : 9.5 (O: +105 | U: -130)Exclusive USA TODAY Network offer: Deposit $10 or more, get $200 in instant bet credits at Tipico Sportsbook! Nationals at Mets picks and predictionsPredictionMets 7, Nationals 4The Mets (-180) are a little too pricey for my liking straight up. The METS -1.5 (+110) are a little better of a value on the run line. Bet legally online with a trusted partner: Tipico Sportsbook, Sportsbook Wire's official sportsbook partner in CO, NJ and soon IA.

Cameron DaSilvaSportsbook WireIt'll be a major-like field teeing it up at Jack Nicklaus' place, Muirfield Village, this week for the 2022 Memorial Tournament. Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 Memorial Tournament odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions. Get ESPN+2022 Memorial Tournament - Expert picksOdds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. 2022 Memorial Tournament picks - ContendersPatrick Reed (+5000)I've been down on Reed for much of this season because he simply wasn't playing very well until recently. Bet legally online with a trusted partner: Tipico Sportsbook, Sportsbook Wire's official sportsbook partner in CO, NJ and soon IA.

Justus started her weekly “JustUs and Books” read-alouds, in September 2020, as a way to get children at Siefert invested in reading during the worst months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic shutdown, Justus hosted a yearly community reading day. As “JustUs and Books” gained popularity Justus started taking requests from students and teachers alike. The state has the highest percentage of Black students exhibiting skills considered below a basic level, according to a 2019 report. “The hen lays eggs for the farmer and the chicks are yellow and fluffy,” Justus read as dozens of chickens surrounded her.

A woman is dead and at least one child hurt in a parasailing accident that happened Monday at the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. The Coast Guard confirmed the death Monday night, but details about the incident were not immediately clear. The Seven Mile Bridge connects Knights Key in the Middle Keys city of Marathon with Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. AdvertisementThe injured child was transported to local medics, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Estrada, a Coast Guard spokesman. (

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Tears for Fears has a new album out, “The Tipping Point,” released in February via Concord Records, their seventh studio album and the first in nearly two decades. Roland Orzabal (at left) and Curt Smith of the British pop-rock band Tears For Fears perform during the Danish music festival Roskilde Festival 2019. It didn’t sound like Tears for Fears,” Smith said. If the earlier stuff didn’t sound like Tears for Fears, it begs the question, what does Tears for Fears sound like? These were all places I didn’t get to see then.”Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears in Los Angeles, their new Feb. 2022 album is "The Tipping Point."

On June 28, Illinois voters will head to the polls to select their party nominees in the Illinois 2022 primary. Voters will cast their ballot for every statewide office, as well as one U.S. Senate seat, two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court, all 17 of Illinois’ representatives in Congress, every state senator and representative in the General Assembly, and scores of county and judicial offices. These primary elections set the stage for the general election on Nov. 8. [Election 2022] Read all of our coverage here[Sign up now] Get the top stories in politics delivered to your inboxTo inform voters and to help the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board make endorsements, the board posed a series of questions to the candidates running for governor. [Editorial: Tribune announces endorsement in GOP governor primary]Democratic candidatesRepublican candidates

People participate in the annual Wellington-Oakdale Old Glory Marching Society Memorial Day parade on May 30, 2022, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

Tim Anderson led off the bottom of the first Sunday against the Chicago Cubs at Guaranteed Rate Field in typical Tim Anderson fashion, hitting the ball the other way for a single. The White Sox shortstop displayed another part of his game later in the inning, swiping second base. .580 — White Sox winning percentage since 2020 with Anderson startingWhite Sox shortstop Tim Anderson steals second base as Cubs second baseman Andrelton Simmons makes the late tag on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at Guaranteed Rate Field. pic.twitter.com/gaNGRaK1aZ — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 23, 2022There were two on and two out in the nationally televised Sunday night game, and the Sox led by two. .326 — batting average since 2019White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson celebrates after hitting a solo homer against the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 13, 2022.

When Whole Foods leaves, the agreement requires a new grocery store to be up and running within 18 months. Artwork lines the wall at Go Green Community Fresh Market in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on May 25, 2022. The company hired a community engagement specialist, Cecile DeMello, to help build ties with the Englewood community. Englewood community leaders said that though the closure announcement saddened them, they weren’t wholly surprised by the news. “For me, one grocery store within blocks and blocks is not to say the complete solution, we need more options.

J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law making the selling or owning of ghost guns illegal in Illinois. People assembling ghost guns also are able to avoid background checks the state requires to obtain a firearm. In Chicago and nationwide, the number of ghost guns used in crimes has drastically increased over the past several years. He was quickly apprehended and the weapon was found to be a ghost gun. Also this month, a student at Oak Park River Forest High School was arrested and charged with bringing a loaded ghost gun to school.

A bicyclist stops for traffic and construction along Milwaukee Avenue near Kilbourn Avenue in Chicago on May 16, 2022, near where a recent fatal bike accident occurred. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)A photo of Nick Parlingayan who died May 4, 2022, along Milwaukee Avenue near Kilbourn Avenue in Chicago is seen on May 16, 2022. Her house is one of 48 single-family homes that were completed that year in a complex along Milwaukee Avenue. AdvertisementA bicyclist navigates traffic and construction along Milwaukee Avenue near Kilbourn Avenue in Chicago on May 16, 2022. There are segments of three- to four-block stretches with a protected bike lane and it’s safe and comfortable, but then you’ll hit a stretch where there is no bike lane or the bike lane has faded and disappeared.

In “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise back in the cockpit as a fighter pilot, Bashir Salahuddin plays a chief warrant officer named Hondo. Advertisement“One of the things that was really surprising about Tom Cruise is that he’s a big fan of Chicago,” said Salahuddin. “Things were going well and we didn’t really want to leave Fallon, but we also have our own voice and we wanted to serve that. I’m from the South Side of Chicago, everything has been a challenge and I’m not somebody who’s placated with a check. You have to be tougher than you think you need to be.” — Bashir Salahuddin (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Nina Metz is a Tribune criticnmetz@chicagotribune.comWhat to eat.

The Port of Duluth saw the arrival of its first cruise ship since 2013 on Monday morning. The nearly 700-foot cruise ship was anchored in the harbor, just outside of the shipping lane. Viking Octantis is the first of nine cruise ships scheduled to dock in Duluth from May to mid-September. Most of the cruises will be from Viking Cruises, but two in June will be American Queen cruises. According to the DECC, the average age of cruise passengers is 70 and 95% are from the United States.

Early in the morning in November 2019, Inna Collier Paske, principal of St. Pascal Regional School, had a vision. The pair, in life and in death, have applied much of their philanthropy to supporting Catholic education. The foundation, now run by their daughter, Amy Goldman, sought in 2015 to establish a new model for funding Catholic schools. “New models were going to be needed … in order to sustain and make viable urban Catholic schools,” said Patricia Stromen, the consortium’s president. Most of those enrolled at Ascension schools are students of color, and many are not Catholic.

Four people were killed in a one-car crash in Thompson Monday, capping a particularly deadly and hazardous Memorial Day Weekend. The Thompson crash brought the death toll to 10 people, including four who died in a wrong-way collision on I-95. The Thompson crash happened at about 5 p.m. on Quaddick Town Farm Road. Also killed were Jaslin Perez, 21, of Providence, Erika Perez, 21, whose address was not listed, and Lixandra Almonte Terrero, 21, of Providence, police said. Police are expected to update the statistics to include Monday, but the 2022 Memorial Day weekend has proved the deadliest in the past several years.

I don’t understand why Republicans can be so aggressive in saving the life of a fetus as soon as it is conceived, but won’t do anything to protect it after it is born. I can no longer defend the Republican party and will never vote for another Republican. The Republican party has gone into the toilet with Trump and they don’t appear to care. All I can do is flush the toilet, wash my hands and walk away. Bob Hibberd, Woodburn

Ned Lamont signs a new law on abortion that is designed to protect medical providers and patients seeking abortion care in Connecticut who may be traveling from other states, such as Texas, that have outlawed abortion. Connecticut, he says, should follow 37 other states in requiring parental involvement before a minor can have an abortion. The elections in the fall will be based upon the economy.”The Connecticut legislature codified the Roe v. Wade ruling into state law three decades ago and recently passed another law prompted by abortion restrictions in states such as Texas. Stefanowski has been more low-key on the issue, declining to answer directly when asked if, as governor, he would have signed the same abortion law that Lamont signed. End of story.”Outside Connecticut, the Democratic Governors Association and other groups are raising money nationwide from the expected abortion ruling, saying that rights could be curtailed.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will vacate the Oak Building in Avondale by the end of June, bringing a close to 20 years of medical research at the site and moving 150 employees to nearby locations. The Oak Building, Oak Professional Building at 620 Oak St., a nearby utility building and the already decommissioned June Street Garage, collectively called the Oak Campus, will be demolished, officials said. Hospital officials announced the move Tuesday morning, saying the aging Oak Building, which dates to the 1920s, is no longer cost-efficient to operate. Cincinnati Children's has these plans for its other Oak Building-based research centers:The Laboratory for Specialized Clinical Studies will move to Location R at the Burnet Campus. The Oak Building originally was the site of Bethesda Oak Hospital, which closed in 2020.

James Go, superintendent of operations support at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, stands before a spent nuclear rod storage area on May 20. It’s an ironic twist as consumers and businesses struggle with the highest energy prices in decades. State Energy and Environmental Commissioner Katie Dykes and Dominion Energy Inc., owner of the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, say a 2019 deal looks better now than at the time of the agreement. Nuclear power plants that complained their bottom line was hit hard by low natural gas prices “are doing very well as we see the rise in natural gas prices,” Snitchler said. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, left, and state Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes at the Millstone Power Station on May 20.

West Hartford police shut down traffic on two roads Tuesday while they investigate a shots fired incident on Warren Terrace. West Beacon Street between Prospect Avenue and Tobey Street was closed and all of Warren Terrace was closed, police said Tuesday. AdvertisementOfficers responded to numerous calls of shots fired in the area on Monday at about 10:30 p.m. One victim was located and treated for a minor injury, police said. There does not appear to be any active threat to the public, police said. Jesse Leavenworth can be reached at jleavenworth@courant.com

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will vacate the Oak Building in Avondale by the end of June, bringing a close to 20 years of medical research at the site and moving 150 employees to nearby locations. The Oak Building, Oak Professional Building at 620 Oak St., a nearby utility building and the already decommissioned June Street Garage, collectively called the Oak Campus, will be demolished, officials said. Hospital officials announced the move Tuesday morning, saying the aging Oak Building, which dates to the 1920s, is no longer cost-efficient to operate. Cincinnati Children's has these plans for its other Oak Building-based research centers:The Laboratory for Specialized Clinical Studies will move to Location R at the Burnet Campus. The Oak Building originally was the site of Bethesda Oak Hospital, which closed in 2020.

Currently under the care of another Cincinnati Reds player, a pup named Joey Votto is looking for his forever home. Reds infielder Jonathan India and his girlfriend, Daniella Garcia, are fostering Joey Votto (the dog, not the Reds first baseman) through the local organization Cincinnati Animal Care. a Facebook post from Cincinnati Animal Care said. Although India and Garcia are caring for Joey Votto for now, the dog is available for adoption, Cincinnati Animal Care said. Cincinnati Animal Care has reached code red status, meaning it has 10 or fewer open dog kennels, and has taken in over 602 animals in May.

Anita Baker is coming home. The soulful Detroit diva is set to perform at Little Caesars Arena, with tickets going on sale next week. That's all she let fans know with an overnight tweet teasing the show, which will be her first area performance since 2010 and her first concert in Detroit proper since 1995. Baker, 64, is currently performing a residency at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, her first string of live shows since her Farewell Concert Series in Las Vegas in 2019. Her last gig in Detroit proper was in July 1995 at the Fox Theatre.

Associated PressBenton Harbor — A 19-year-old man has been killed and six other people were wounded during a shooting at a club and liquor store in southwestern Michigan's Benton Harbor. Benton Harbor public safety officers responding to reports of multiple gunshots saw a large number of people in the area about 2:30 a.m. Monday, the police department said in a release. Marlon Bowman was shot multiple times in his chest and died, police said. The wounded were treated at an area hospital. A $2,000 reward was being offered for information that leads to the identification and arrest of anyone involved in the shooting, police said.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder won't go to trial on public corruption charges until next year, according to a schedule published Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black. The schedule calls for jury selection on Jan. 20 and trial starting Jan. 23. Attorneys estimate it'll take six weeks to try the case, which is described as the largest public corruption case in state history. Two co-defendants, Jeff Longstreth and Juan Cespedes, pleaded guilty while a third died by suicide a year ago in Florida. Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chairman Matt Borges have pleaded not guilty and said they did nothing wrong.

Ohio’s largest public corruption case in state history stretches from the Ohio Statehouse to corporate executive suites to regulatory agencies to campaign war rooms. It involves more than 4 million electric bill payers, an Ohio-based Fortune 500 company and key political figures. For years, FirstEnergy Corp. and its former affiliate, FirstEnergy Solutions, wanted a $1 billion government bailout to keep two nuclear power plants running. In October 2019, House Bill 6 became law. House lawmakers removed Householder from his legislative seat in June 2021.

Roosevelt Boulevard is an almost 14-mile (23-kilometer) maze of chaotic traffic patterns that passes through some of the city's most diverse neighborhoods and census tracts with the highest poverty rates. In the wake of increasing fatalities, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has pushed a “safe system” approach, encouraging cities and states to take into account more than just driver behavior when designing roads. Federal officials have pledged to prioritize equity when making funding decisions in the wake of a disproportionate 23% jump in Black traffic fatalities in 2020. Around Philadelphia, aggressive driving during the pandemic drove fatalities to 156 in 2020, a sharp increase from 90 deaths in 2019. One of the men was a teenager when his own mother had died crossing Roosevelt Boulevard.

One year ago: Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match and said she would be taking a break from competition; she said she experienced “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media, and that she had “suffered long bouts of depression.” (Osaka had been fined for skipping the postmatch news conference after her first-round victory.)

Firefighters battled a 6-alarm blaze at the historic Suffolk Downs into the early hours this morning. By about 11:30 p.m., a fifth alarm was struck by crews struggling with water supplies. “Companies are relay pumping to supply water to the fire , because of the limited water supply in the area,” the Boston Fire Department said in a tweet from the scene Monday night. A 5th alarm has been ordered,companies are relay pumping to supply water to the fire , because of the limited water supply in the area. “Companies are starting to make up the thousands of feet of line used to extinguish the fire.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break. Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations. Greg Abbott, speaking at a Memorial Day event in Longview, urged Texans to keep Uvalde in their prayers. “And as Texans, we must come together and lift up Uvalde and support them in every way that we possibly can. More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting

Today is Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Let's get caught up. Here are today's top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this date in history:***TODAY'S WEATHERMore severe storms are likely today across the Central US. Meanwhile, Agatha has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in Mexico, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall to the area. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the forecast.

The 27-nation bloc has spent weeks haggling over a proposed total embargo on Russian oil but came up against stubborn resistance from Hungarian premier Viktor Orban. France 24 Dave Keating tells us more. As featured on

(CNN) -- Jeff Gladney, a cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, died in a car crash Monday morning in Dallas, according to the team's official website. Gladney, 25, was among two people who died in the crash, according to CNN affiliate WFAA. "We are devastated to learn of Jeff Gladney's passing," the Cardinals tweeted Monday. Rest In Peace Jeff," tweeted Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt. "Lost my Brother, my best friend, my right hand man," tweeted Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jalen Reagor, who also attended Texas Christian University.

As we have seen from the recent leak from SCOTUS, state courts will be instrumental in deciding rights that were once seen as fundamental. We all believe that New Mexico courts should be staffed with qualified judges who represent the values of their communities. Our data already shows the new voter-owned judicial elections program is a success. After all, the only way to have fair and impartial courts is to have fair judicial elections. Voter-owned judicial elections are a huge step in achieving that trust.

In a move unthinkable just months ago, EU leaders agreed late Monday to cut around 90% of all Russian oil imports over the next six months. Russian energy giant Gazprom said it cut natural gas supplies to Dutch trader GasTerra on Tuesday. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia, much of it through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. The EU estimated that would mean around 90% of Russian oil is banned by the end of the year. The compromise came after Zelenskyy urged leaders again to target Russia's oil.

The legislative bill that would have given a primary ballot to decline-to-state (DTS) voters was tabled early in the 2022 regular session. So, I am curious as to why parties will accept votes from same-day registrants, but not from DTS voters? And why they don’t tap into the 23% of tax-paying unaffiliated voters in New Mexico who help pay for the primaries they cannot vote in? I disenfranchised myself from primary elections when I changed my affiliation to decline-to-state. If more voters become unaffiliated, primaries will be decided by fewer voters and that would be a serious risk for democracy.

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “The city is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block,” Oleksandr Striuk said. Evacuation efforts from Sievierodonetsk have been halted because of shelling. Military analysts described the fight for Sievierodonetsk as part of a race against time for the Kremlin. In neighboring Luhansk, two people were killed and four were wounded by shelling, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said on Telegram on Tuesday.

By Jose CortesPUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (Reuters) -Mexican officials worked into Tuesday to clear highways blocked by mudslides along Mexico's southern coast after record-breaking storm Agatha battered the region with torrential rains and strong winds. Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Monday afternoon, touching down with 105 miles per hour winds (169 km per hour) near the beach town of Puerto Angel on the Pacific coast before losing strength as it moved inland. Mexico's transportation ministry was working to clear the roads into the night on Monday. Some towns in Oaxaca lost power, and one transformer exploded, officials said. (Reporting by Jose Cortes and Kylie Madry; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell and Angus MacSwan)

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Based on early voting data alone, 37,144 former Democrats voted in the Republican primary. Trump’s opponents encouraged Democrats to help defeat U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in her Georgia primary last week. Of Republican primary voters who cast early or absentee ballots this year, only 1.7 percent voted Democratic in the 2020 primary. Kinzinger’s political organization, Country First, targeted thousands of former Georgia Democrats with mailers and text messages urging them to support Raffensperger for the sake of democracy. Back in Georgia, Raffensperger’s team pushed back on the idea that he won the GOP primary because of Democrats.

A man died Monday night after being struck on Interstate 265 North, on the ramp that leads to Interstate 65, according to Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Elizabeth Ruoff. Officers from LMPD's Seventh Division responded at 10:30 p.m. to the pedestrian being struck. Ruoff said that their preliminary information reveals the man tried to cross the Gene Snyder Highway and was hit. The LMPD traffic unit is handling the investigation. Reach Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez at abrinez@gannett.com; follow her on Twitter at @SoyAnaAlvarez

On Tuesday, B612 Foundation, a nonprofit group that Dr. Lu helped found, announced the discovery of more than 100 asteroids. “This is the modern way of doing astronomy,” Dr. Lu said. “That would be another impact of the algorithm that doesn’t even have to do with asteroids,” Dr. Ivezic said. “We could quickly pivot and say, ‘What’s a different approach to solve the problem that we exist to solve?’” Dr. Lu said. Its asteroid telescope, named NEO Surveyor, is in the preliminary design stage, aiming for launch in 2026.

Kevin Spacey will “voluntarily” appear in a UK court on four counts of sexual assault, following question marks over whether he would need to be extradited from the U.S. In the past hour, the American Beauty star has given a statement to Good Morning America in which he said he is “confident” he can prove his innocence. The Oscar winning 62-year-old was last week charged with four counts of sexual assault involving three men in the UK, including “one charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” per the Crown Prosecution Service. In November 2017, the storied company said it had received 20 allegations of inappropriate behavior against the star after an investigation. After laying low for several years, he had returned to the public eye over the past few weeks with two Cannes projects: Peter Five Eight and 1242 – Gateway to the West taken to market.

© Stringer/Reuters A Ukrainian serviceman inspects the area from a building damaged by a Russian military strike in the town of Marinka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on May 28. As the 100th day since Russia launched its invasion nears, the tide of battle in Ukraine’s east seems to be pulling in Moscow’s favor. “The recent Russian gains appear at least in part to be the products of past Ukrainian success,” noted Bloomberg News. The expansion and consolidation of Russian control in Ukraine’s east marks a new phase in the conflict, one that will test both Western and Ukrainian wartime resilience. Russian victory, on the other hand, would mark the victory of might over right, of brute tyranny over the rule of law.

By Horaci GarciaKYIV (Reuters) - As volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty, they contemplate the unicorn insignia that gives their uniform a rare distinction - a symbol of their status as an LGBTQ couple who are Ukrainian soldiers. Members of Ukraine's LGBTQ community who sign up for the war have taken to sewing the image of the mythical beast into their standard-issue epaulettes just below the national flag. "So they (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community) chose the unicorn because it is like a fantastic 'non-existent' creature." Ukraine and its allies call that a false pretext for a war of aggression. Some of the team Zhuhan and Romanova knew but the commanders were not at the station.

Two high-ranking Russian military officers have been caught shit-talking Kremlin leadership in unimaginably colorful language. And you know, I am familiar with military history a bit, and I compare this to the fucking Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. “Shoigu has assembled all these fucked up [Emergency Situations] guys… if we have head of inspection Colonel-General [Pavel] Plat, fuck, he’s never even served in the army…” Vlasov said. “Well, basically, he’s fucking washed up, a brain-dead idiot,” he said. The pair’s expletive-laced venting session has surfaced as Western intelligence reports more and more mutiny by Russian troops on the battlefield.

Archaeologists in Egypt announced Monday that they had uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts at the necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, including mummies and bronze statues dating back 2,500 years. © Khaled Elfiqi/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A worker cleans sarcophagi from a newly discovered burial site at Saqqara necropolis in Giza, Egypt, on May 30. Ancient finds have been made across the country in recent years, bringing fresh understanding of the dynasties that ruled ancient Egypt. The Saqqara necropolis, where the latest discoveries were made, was part of the burial grounds for the ancient capital, Memphis. © Amr Nabil/AP A painted sarcophagus with a well-preserved mummy inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, found in the Saqqara necropolis.

And that has left the United States playing catch-up in a vital strategic arena. China’s interest in the Pacific Islands, made more explicit by a series of recently leaked documents, starts with maritime real estate. It’s one of many places in the region where the United States is missing in action beyond signs for Coca-Cola. But Monday’s gathering in Suva was Mr. Wang’s second meeting with Pacific Island leaders in the past eight months, and more are planned. The post Why China Is Miles Ahead in a Pacific Race for Influence appeared first on New York Times.

Dubai, UAE Hyunsuk Ku, 38, the owner of Happy Bark Day, the first cafe in Dubai to offer coffee and cake to dogs only, serves one of her customersPhotograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

The Mona Lisa escaped unharmed when a visitor to the Louvre in Paris tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting before smearing cake across its surface in an apparent climate-related publicity stunt. The perpetrator was a man disguised as an elderly woman who jumped out of a wheelchair before attacking the glass. 'Maybe this is just nuts to me,' @klevisl007 posted on Twitter, along with a video of the incident's aftermath that shows a member of staff at the Louvre cleaning the glass

People took to the streets in Abadan, south-west Iran, over the collapse of a building last Monday that killed at least 31 people. The protesters shouted down Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari AleKasir, an emissary sent by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which led to clashes with riot police. The protest challenged the government’s response to the disaster as pressure rose in Iran over rising food prices and other economic problems amid the unravelling of its 2015 nuclear deal. Authorities acknowledged that the building’s owner and corrupt government officials had allowed construction to continue despite concerns over poor workmanship

Russian state television has aired footage showing what it says are separatist soldiers in the city of Sievierdonetsk, the largest city in Donbas still held by Ukraine. Witnesses say Russian tanks and troops have begun advancing towards the centre of the city, while artillery barrages have destroyed critical infrastructure and damaged 90% of the buildings

President Joe Biden participates in a magnolia tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)President Joe Biden participates in a magnolia tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans’ pocketbooks. While high inflation is still causing hardships for millions of households, any slowing of price increases, if sustained, would provide some modest relief. “My predecessor demeaned the Fed, and past presidents have sought to influence its decisions inappropriately during periods of elevated inflation,” Biden wrote.

The regulator’s gloomy outlook fuelled fears that an even higher figure is coming down the track when the cap is revised in early 2023, such is the momentum propelling gas and electricity prices higher. Disentangling Monroe’s food inflation monitor from the basket of pasta, potatoes and sausages used by the ONS is difficult. According to the United Nations’ FAO food price index, prices have climbed by about 20% so far this year. Another factor keeping factory-made goods prices high is China imposing draconian lockdowns on manufacturing centres and ports amid outbreaks of Covid-19. All it will take is for energy costs hitting households to wallop businesses and the FSB prediction will be disturbingly accurate.

The EU has agreed to an embargo on most Russian oil imports after late-night talks at a summit in Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said the ban would 'effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year' because Germany and Poland had committed to renounce deliveries via a pipeline to their territory. The sanctions package also targeted Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, and three Russian state broadcasters

Canada’s government will legislate for a national freeze on handgun ownership that would stop people buying and selling them anywhere in the country. 'The day this legislation goes into effect, it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns in Canada,' said the prime minister, Justin Trudeau. The government will also require long-gun magazines to be altered so that they can hold no more than five rounds, and will ban the sale and transfer of large-capacity magazines

EU leaders suggested Russian gas was unlikely to be part of the next round of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s war machine, hours after agreeing a historic but incomplete oil embargo. These landlocked central European countries, heavily dependent on Russian oil, can continue being supplied via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline for an indeterminate period. Following the oil embargo, a measure that would have been unthinkable six months ago, Baltic leaders called for talks on further sanctions. EU leaders played down the row with Hungary, currently embroiled in a long-running stand-off with Brussels over the rule of law and its access to EU cash. Zelenskiy addressed EU leaders by video link on Monday, urging them to unite because disputes “only encourage Russia to put more pressure on you”.

Two Russian soldiers have each been sentenced to more than 11 years in jail after a court in central Ukraine found them guilty of firing artillery at civilian areas. It said their legal defence had requested a more lenient sentence, claiming the soldiers had been following orders and acting under duress. Ukraine says it has already opened thousands of war crime investigations since the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, sent in his troops. Rights organisations have voiced hope that Ukraine’s trials of Russian soldiers will be impartial and transparent. Ukrainian lawyers representing the Russian servicemen say they have not been in contact with legal or military officials in Moscow.

Out of 68 million people in the UK, there are just 29,725 individuals who have no legal right to know their parentage. During this brief period, donor parents were guaranteed anonymity for ever. The HFEA offers donor parents, and children once they are 18, the opportunity to state if they would like to be contacted. The HFEA’s chief executive, Peter Thompson, says that society needs to “start a conversation” about donor anonymity because of the widespread use of cheap DNA tests. My daughter is clear that donor anonymity should be abolished retrospectively: “The benefits outweigh any downside.

Since May 1 the team and its support staff, who play Scotland in Glasgow on Wednesday night for a place in the World Cup qualifier against Wales on Sunday, have been extended that right. He stayed in Ukraine after the invasion while his family moved to Germany. He is now speaking on the phone from Slovenia, and that country’s national football centre in Brdo, in the north near the border with Austria. The Ukrainians’ accommodation and training facilities – indeed, everything, including their food – has been provided gratis by Uefa and its Slovenian president Aleksandr Ceferin. Of course, the guys are always checking their phones for news from home and worrying about their relatives.”

The third instalment of Wagner’s Ring cycle is a rich source of everything that happens before and afterwards – so much so that it’s surprising that it remains the least popular of the four operas. (Instead, Siegfried triumphantly forges the sword Nothung himself and uses it to dispose of Mime.) Adrian Dwyer’s prancing Mime is crisply articulated, busily donning an apron and chef’s hat to chop vegetables while Siegfried casts the sword. There was a gap of twelve years between Wagner’s setting of the first two acts of Siegfried and his return to the third act, creating a stylistic musical lurch. The stage is set for a significant complete Ring cycle in two years – but it is not yet quite clear what will be the motivating force behind Longborough's telling of the elemental tale.

GatwickCertainly not immune from the chaos, Gatwick has seen a string of cancelled flights. This move translated to 32 axed flights from Gatwick on May 30, many to key European holiday destinations such as Barcelona, Lisbon and Venice. How can I salvage my holiday if my flight is cancelled? When will UK roads be busiest over the Jubilee bank holiday period? Staycationers may be feeling smug about missing out on airport chaos but they may still have to contend with extremely busy UK roads over the Jubilee bank holiday.

A life-size woollen Queen created by a group of knitters for the Platinum Jubilee is proving a hit with locals. The knitted monarch and a pet corgi were installed in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, at the weekend and villagers have already been stopping to pose for pictures with Her Majesty ahead of the celebrations. They’ve also decorated the area with knitted bunting, chains, soldiers and post box toppers. Red, white and blue bollard covers, created by Holmes Chapel U3A, have also been added to brighten up the area. In New Brighton, Wirral, a knitted topper of the Queen and Windsor Castle has been placed on a post box and in Belle Vale, Liverpool, a post box has been topped with a crown.

One of the Maids of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation was stunned after being reunited with her dress which had “seemed to disintegrate in one’s hands” before its restoration. The silk gown Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill wore on June 2 1953 had suffered extreme sunlight exposure after years on display, causing the material to become “split and shattered”. Having last worn the priceless gown in 1953, Lady Rosemary said: “I think it’s unbelievable. Ms Telford used support fabric with adhesive to bond the fragile silk of the dress and stabilise the damage. Textile conservator Emma Telford with the dress (Quest/PA)She said: “There’s really no option with an item that’s in that kind of condition.

Doorbell camera footage has captured the moment a heroic Amazon delivery driver helped a woman and her dog while they were being savagely attacked by a dog. In a Facebook post, the girl's father Matthew Ray shared the shocking footage and appealed to find the Amazon delivery driver who saved his daughter and her dog from the attack. "I want to find the Amazon driver who helped my daughter. After Ray's Facebook post, the Amazon delivery driver was eventually identified as Stephanie Lontz and the Ray family personally thanked her for the selfless act and gave her flowers. I was just shaken up … but no I’m so glad I got to see you again and it means a lot to me," Lauren Ray to Lontz.

Kevin Spacey has said that he plans to "voluntarily" return to the UK to answer charges of sexual assault. Charges for four offences, dating back to the time he was in charge of London's Old Vic Theatre, were authorised against the Oscar winning actor last week by the Crown Prosecution Service. Speaking on Tuesday, Spacey told the US chat show Good Morning America he was "disappointed" with the CPS’ decision to charge him, but that he will travel to the UK and appear in court to "defend" his innocence. Through a spokesperson, Spacey told Good Morning America the following: "I very much appreciate the Crown Prosecution Service's statement in which they carefully reminded the media and the public that I am entitled to a fair trial, and innocent until proven otherwise. "While I am disappointed with their decision to move forward, I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges, which I am confident will prove my innocence."

One of the Maids of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation was stunned after being reunited with her dress which had “seemed to disintegrate in one’s hands” before its restoration. The silk gown Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill wore on 2 June 1953 had suffered extreme sunlight exposure after years on display, causing the material to become “split and shattered”. Designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, who held the Royal Warrant as dressmaker to the Queen Mother, the garment remains a piece of British history. Ms Telford used support fabric with adhesive to bond the fragile silk of the dress and stabilise the damage. Textile conservator Emma Telford with the dress (Quest/PA)She said: “There’s really no option with an item that’s in that kind of condition.

A life-size woollen Queen created by a group of knitters for the Platinum Jubilee is proving a hit with locals. The knitted monarch and a pet corgi were installed in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, at the weekend and villagers have already been stopping to pose for pictures with Her Majesty ahead of the celebrations. They’ve also decorated the area with knitted bunting, chains, soldiers and post box toppers. Red, white and blue bollard covers, created by Holmes Chapel U3A, have also been added to brighten up the area. In New Brighton, Wirral, a knitted topper of the Queen and Windsor Castle has been placed on a post box and in Belle Vale, Liverpool, a post box has been topped with a crown.

Analysis by the University of Cambridge suggests the Bitcoin network uses more than 121 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, which would rank it in the top 30 electricity consumers worldwide if it were a country. The energy demands have been fuelled by the surging price of Bitcoin in recent months, which has seen it rise to more than $42,000 today. The amount of energy Bitcoin's network consumes did not rise to serious prominence until 2017, when a major price rally drastically pushed up its energy needs to the level of a small country. Bitcoin miners therefore gravitate to where electricity is cheapest, meaning the fundamental issue is not with Bitcoin but with a lack of cheap renewable energy production. This trend is expected to continue, according to projections from the International Renewable Energy Agency, which reported last year that renewable energy sources are increasingly more cost-efficient than fossil fuels.

Elon Musk has suggested there is “something strange” happening with his Twitter account, after his posts failed to load. But Mr Musk nonetheless chose to highlight the issue in a reply to an account that pointed out the issue. “Very strange indeed!” Mr Musk wrote in response to a fan who posted a tweet about the problem. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment or further information on why Mr Musk’s Twitter page was not loading. Mr Musk has been voicing numerous concerns about Twitter over recent weeks, in the midst of his attempt to buy the company.

H&M and Ikea have launched a pilot programme called Atelier100 that aims to mentor and showcase the work of London-based creatives and designers. Atelier100 opened its doors in Livat Hammersmith, a recently-opened shopping complex owned by Ikea’s parent company, Ingka Group. In April, Atelier100 put out an open call for creatives, makers and manufacturers who live within 100km of central London to share their product ideas. (Atelier100)The space inhabited by Atelier100 inside Livat Hammersmith uses repurposed and recycled materials from the former Topshop flagship store on Oxford Street. In future, the corporations hope to widen the scope for applications and launch Atelier100 in other cities around the UK and Europe.

All four have made a top DJ’s list of the supposed 50 best motoring tunes, created to mark the 50th anniversary of the Honda Civic. The car firm commissioned Magic Radio’s Simon Phillips to compile the run-down, after polling 2,000 Britons about their driving music preferences. Phillips, who also celebrated his own 50th birthday this month, said: “I think first and foremost, a perfect driving track makes you, the car and the road one. A great driving song helps to mentally prepare you for the journey ahead, and to savour a moment.”Two-fifths (42 per cent) of Britons tailor their driving playlist to the type of road they are on, according to pollsters. Simon Phillips’s top driving songs

A new quantum technique could allow previously impossible astronomical observations by combining data from observatories around the world. The breakthrough, made by researchers from Australia and Singapore, could lead to new understandings of exoplanets, stars and even black holes through vast arrays of optical observatories. The technique offers a revolution in something known as Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP), which involves the transfer of quantum information without any loss. By applying this quantum communication technique to very-long baseline interferometry, astronomers would be able to combine light from multiple telescopes in order to make observations using previously inaccessible wavelengths. “By moving into optical frequencies, such a quantum imaging network will improve imaging resolution by three to five orders of magnitude.

The 2021/22 Uefa Champions League team of the season has been named, with finalists Real Madrid and Liverpool FC providing four players each to the selection. Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior, who scored the only goal in Paris on Saturday, also earn selection. Liverpool’s quartet are defensively focussed, with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Virgil van Dijk among a four-man defence that also includes Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger. In the individual awards, Benzema has been named Player of the Season after firing Real Madrid to a 14th European Cup crown and the Frenchman’s fifth since arriving in the Spanish capital. Vinicius earned Young Player of the Season honours.

Gareth Bale has joined the Wales camp with manager Robert Page delighted that Real Madrid fans “showed their class” to the five-time Champions League winner. Bale became the first British player to win the Champions League on five occasions when Real beat Liverpool in Paris on Saturday. But Bale was cheered by Real fans when Carlo Ancelotti’s squad paraded the Champions League trophy at the Bernabeu on Sunday, and the 32-year-old responded by raising his hand in appreciation before signing autographs. “You look back to what he’s done, scoring winners in Champions League finals and in the manner in which he’s done it. He’s played a lot of football this season.

Stuart Broad feels like he is “flying” now he is back in the England squad following his winter omission for the West Indies tour. New captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum have brought Broad and James Anderson back into the fold for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s, which starts on Thursday. Broad, who is also basking in the glory of Nottingham Forest winning promotion to the Premier League at Wembley on Sunday, said: “I am flying, I am just excited to be around. It is going to be a great week.”Broad is looking forward to a new era under Stokes and McCullum and is excited for the future. “It was a big change in the leadership above the team’s head and there are really good guys there and we are looking forward to getting moving on the pitch.

Coco Gauff in action at Roland Garros (AFP via Getty Images)Follow live updates from the French Open as we reach the quarter-finals with the women’s singles and men’s singles providing several intriguing match-ups. Roland Garros may well provide us a last dance between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at a grand slam. And the women’s singles throws up an all-American clash between super-talent Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens. The match sees the legenday pari, who have 41 Grand Slam titles between them, add a 59th chapter to their decorated story. “I like the way I’ve been feeling, the way I’m hitting the ball.

Inter Milan are exploring the options on a possible loan deal to take Romelu Lukaku back to the Serie A club. Inter chiefs are understood to have met with lawyers in a bid to formulate a proposal for Chelsea striker Lukaku’s potential return to the club. New Chelsea chief Todd Boehly will get straight to work on the Blues’ summer transfer plans, now that the Stamford Bridge takeover with principal partners Clearlake Capital is complete. Lukaku joined Chelsea in a club-record £98million deal last summer, ending his maiden west London campaign as top scorer on 15 goals in all competitions. Sevilla’s Jules Kounde is expected to complete a move to Chelsea, with the France defender a long-term Blues target.

Bill MaherBill Maher in ‘Iron Man 3' (Marvel Studios)US talk show host Maher is seen presenting a news segment on Don Cheadle’s War Machine character in Iron Man 3. Tom MorelloTom Morello in ‘Iron Man' (Marvel Studios)Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello appeared in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him capacity in the original Iron Man, playing an anonymous member of the Ten Rings terrorist cell. Elon MuskElon Musk (right) meeting Tony Stark in ‘Iron Man 2’ (Marvel Studios)The polarising Tesla billionaire appeared as himself in Iron Man 2. Joan RiversJoan Rivers in ‘Iron Man 3' (Marvel Studios)The late, great insult comic Joan Rivers played herself for a cameo in Iron Man 3. In Iron Man 2, Theroux, who also wrote the film’s screenplay, can be seen as a police officer.

Avril Lavigne has revealed she plans to branch out from music and write her own cookbook. The pop-punk singer is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut studio album, Let Go, but has a number of other ideas on how to spend the rest of 2022. “My food is, like, gourmet,” she told The Guardian in an interview published on Tuesday (31 May). “I think I’ll want to make more.”The singer added that she would like to collaborate musically with Blink-182’s Travis Barker, who recently married Kourtney Kardashian in Italy. Avril Lavigne (Getty Images)Last month, Lavigne announced her engagement to pop-punk musician Mod Sun.

Amanda Holden ran out of Britain’s Got Talent in terror after being confronted with a rat on live TV. During Monday (30 May) night’s semi-finals, viewers were treated to a new performance by mysterious performer Witches. During his act, the judges were asked to state what scares them most, before being told that Witches has “the power to conjure your deepest, darkest fear”. They each then reached inside the box to find a piece of paper with a word on it. Elsewhere in the BGT semi-final, the presenters left viewers in hysterics after Ant got stuck in his chair during the night’s opening performance.

The Wanted star Max George has revealed that he still sends text messages to his late bandmate and close friend Tom Parker. The singers met during the audition process for the pop group and remained close until Parker’s death to brain cancer in March. “I’m still trying to process it; I still text him actually,” he told presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary. Max George and Tom Parker (Instagram)He also spent a significant amount of time in his final months working to raise awareness of glioblastoma with wife Kelsey Parker. Talking about the book, George added that Parker found the process of sharing his story “therapeutic” but tiring at times.

Love Island is set to return to screens on Monday 6 June for its eighth season. Though the location of the show has moved to another luxury property in Majorca, Spain, many elements, including the presenter, will remain the same for the 2022 run. So it’s quite nice to go in with a fresh villa.”Along with visiting the villa and speaking to the contestants in person, Whitmore will also host the companion show, Love Island: Aftersun, on Sunday evenings. “I love speaking to the friends and family,” she mused. “I love talking to the Islanders after they come out.

Kevin Spacey said he will “voluntarily appear” before a UK court on sexual offence charges. The House of Cards actor, 62, was last week charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing penetrative sexual activity without consent. He was reportedly under threat of being extradited to Britain if he declined to appear voluntarily. Four were sexual assault charges in connection with incidents involving three men, now in their thirties and forties. On Sunday, The Guardian reported Spacey faced extradition to the UK if he did not return voluntarily, citin an official familiar with the process.

The bed linen was used to cover something, Ms Koreniuk added, probably a TV or other electronic equipment, all of which had been left at the house when they were forced to leave.

Shanghai will begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions from midnight after two months in lockdown - longer than had been planned. Read more: Is China's Shanghai lockdown an overreaction? Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:47 Shanghai residents break out of buildingsEconomists warned that only abandoning "zero COVID" will give confidence to a sustained economic recovery. "Shanghai's phased-in reopening may only represent a respite rather than a turning point," said experts at Nomura. "The real turning point will be marked by a shift in China's stance on its zero COVID strategy rather than headline COVID caseloads, the easing of some lockdowns or monthly activity data."

Ukraine war: Severodonetsk turning into another Mariupol' as Russians advanceRussian troops now control 'around half' of the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, an official has said, with British intelligence warning 'gains are being held'.

An amateur bodybuilder was forced to have his arm amputated after a bicep curl went horribly wrong, leading to a deadly flesh-eating virus. Mr McKenna-Lieschke was put in an induced coma and had to have 11 operations in 10 days. Recalling his original injury, Mr McKenna-Lieschke said: 'I was training flat out, I was bicep-curling 50 kilos. After being taken to hospital a second time, Mr McKenna-Lieschke was put in a coma and operated on. Mr McKenna-Lieschke was dedicated to maintaining a positive mindset and vowed to see the journey as the 'ultimate challenge'.

– Everton manager Frank Lampard has been fined 30,000 pounds ($37,779.00) for criticising the referee during his team’s defeat by Liverpool in last month’s Merseyside derby, the Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the FA charged Lampard with improper conduct for attacking the integrity of referees. The 43-year-old denied the charge and has now been fined “for breaching FA Rule E3 in relation to media comments proven during a personal hearing,” the FA said in a statement. Lampard took over at Goodison Park in January with the club hovering above the Premier League relegation zone. Everton secured their top-flight status in the penultimate game of the season and finished 16th, four points above the bottom three.

And clearly the main rule when choosing a tattoo is finding an artist that knows how to spell. From 'Nobodies Perfect' to 'Finaly Famous' and 'Fearles', the disasters are toe-curling. FEMAIL lists some of the worst and weirdest inkings...Everyone loves a life quote and this one is a great saying, if spelt correctly. This artist has inked 'Nobodies Perfect' instead of 'Nobody's Perfect' and now it'll be not perfect for everAt least he'll never forget his glasses! Trolls are instantly recognisable and quite loveable characters, but this just looks oddThe most bizarre placement for such a tattoo.

This a paddle surf race with a difference. The seaside village of El Masnou, north of Barcelona, is hosting a paddle surf race with dogs. It's definitely not a walk in the park, canine contenders must be properly trained by their owners and totally obedient. The dogs must patiently sit on the board while their human companions paddle on the surfboard along a 1.5-kilometre course. A dog's natural instinct would be to jump in the water, so the race demands they stay still and obedient.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced the apparent targeting of civilians as “genocide” and war crimes. US President Joe Biden has also called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” who should be brought to trial. A tough road aheadThe joint investigation team meeting on Tuesday includes officials from Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland. The ICC's Karim Khan has already visited parts of Ukraine, including Bucha, and has a team on the ground in the country gathering evidence. Her office has opened more than 8,000 criminal investigations related to the war and identified more than 500 suspects, including Russian ministers, military commanders and propagandists.

Video: Lyft driver throws passenger out after being branded 'n****r lover' and threatened with a punch in face outside biker barLivid Lyft driver throws Pennsylvania passenger out of his car after being branded 'n****r lover' and threatened with a punch in face outside biker bar

The countdown to the eighth series of Love Island is on. English model Cara Delevingne and American stand-up comedian Amy Schumer are among the famous admirers of the ITV2 dating show, with 29-year-old Cara admitting she envies Laura's job. Enthusiast: Cara Delevingne (pictured this month) is a 'huge' fan of Love Island and envies Laura Whitmore's job - with Amy Schumer also a famous admirer of the dating showThe show's host, 37, told New Magazine: 'Cara is a huge fan and she's messaged me a lot about it. A minute into the interview, Amy, who hosted this year's Oscars, turned to Laura and said: 'I'm really sorry, but are you Laura Whitmore from Love Island?' 'We only had six minutes to talk and we just talked about Love Island.

Video: Horrifying moment a crocodile drags a mangled body through a river after pouncing on a fisherman and pulling him into Indonesian riverThis is the horrifying moment a crocodile was seen dragging the body of a half-eaten fisherman through Ladongi River in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Video: NYPD hunt a gang of scooter-riding thugs racing up to pedestrians before ripping thousands of dollars worth of gold chains from their necks in spate of robberies in New York CityNYPD hunt a gang of scooter-riding thugs racing up to pedestrians before ripping thousands of dollars worth of gold chains from their necks in spate of robberies in New York City

Video:Thousands of New Yorkers fill the streets for second night in a row to watch the setting sun glow like a huge ball of fire between the city's skyscrapers during Manhattanhenge.

Video: Bizarre moment Marjorie Taylor Greene calls a petri dish a 'PEACH TREE dish' while raging about meat replacements and floats wild conspiracy that Bill Gates 'wants to know when you go to the bathroom'Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says Bill Gates wants people eating cheeseburgers made of fake meat 'grown in a peach tree dish.'

Dame Maggie Smith was spotted with her co-star Kathy Bates as filming for their latest motion picture began in Ireland on Tuesday. The Downton Abbey star, 87, donned an all-black ensemble for the emotional graveyard scenes in the coastal town of Bray. The movie follows the story of three Irish working-class women from Dublin who take a pilgrimage to Lourdes in France where they discover their own personal miracles. Speaking to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show last year, Kathy said that the cast were 'very excited' to begin filming the drama. She added: 'The only catch is we have to learn working-class Dublin circa 1970s accents.

Video: Shocking moment shoplifters ransack Sephora store in Los Angeles and fill trash bags with beauty products before calmly walking away as employees look helplessly onShocking moment shoplifters ransack Sephora store in Los Angeles before calmly strolling away as employees look helplessly on.

Video: Moment SNIPERS provide cover for rescue divers as they search alligator-infested pond for mother, 80, and son, 56, after their car careened off Florida Turnpike: Man dies and woman is in critical conditionPolice snipers guarded rescue divers after a minivan crashed into an alligator -infested pond in Miami-Dade, Florida.

Video: Mexico scrambles to clear mudslides and floods after Hurricane Agatha slammed into land at a record-breaking 105mph - the strongest ever for May - driving residents and tourists into sheltersMexico scrambles to clear mudslides and floods after Hurricane Agatha slammed into land at a record-breaking 105mp, the strongest ever for May, driving residents and tourists into shelters.

Video: Meet the stars of Love Island 2022: Michael Owen's daughter Gemma heads to Mallorca alongside the show's first deaf contestant Tasha Ghouri as the full cast of Islanders is revealedTikTok footage shows 2022 upcoming Love Islander Tasha Ghouri strutting her stuff in a bikini as she gets ready to 'find love' this summer on the hit ITV2 show.

Video: Johnny Depp thrills fans with surprise performance at Jeff Beck concert in England before meeting them outside venue after flying in straight from $100m libel trial against ex-wife Amber HeardJohnny Depp gave a surprise performance in Sheffield on stage with Jeff Beck singing John Lennon's 'Isolation'. Depp travelled to the UK after court proceedings in Virginia while the jury continue deliberations over...

And many arrived at the airport or even at the gate to learn their flight had been delayed for hours or cancelled completely. Julian Knight, chairman of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, told the Evening Standard: 'They [the aviation industry] need to get a grip and now. A spokeswoman for the Government insisted the aviation industry is 'responsible for making sure they have enough staff to meet demand'. The aviation industry is suffering from staff shortages after thousands were let go during the coronavirus pandemic. Arts minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay acknowledged that cancelled flights and long queues at UK airports are 'causing a lot of distress for people, particularly in half-term'.

A woman who lost an amazing 98lbs in a bid to save her marriage has revealed how she ended up finding love with a man 26 years her junior. Two months later, she joined dating site Plenty of Fish and said: 'With my new body and lease of life, I was ready to date. Patty and Brian feared their families would find out about their age gap and met up a week later in secret. The couple, pictured in 2020, met for the first time in a bar and then again a week later. Brian and Patty have been together for four years, finally telling his parents about their relationship last year.

'For the rest of my life, I believed I was adopted by my mom and dad. Hunter said that when she got sick, her mom blamed her, claiming the cold was a punishment for disobeying her parents. She said her mom told her, 'You're sick, so you must have done something to get sick. However, she hasn't completely cut off contact with the parents who raised her because they are the only parents she has. And these were the first people who were like, "Yeah, you can call us mom and dad."

Police said Silfredo Castillo Martinez worked at Lina's Garden Day Care for more than a decade and was arrested for possessing multiple images depicting child pornography. Computer crime investigators suspect Castillo Martinez has been dealing in child porn since July 2011, when he first began working at the center. He lives in the same building as the day care center, state records show, with the capacity to care for 12 children between 6 weeks and 12 years old, as well as four additional school-aged children. My kids have been in his day care for years,' one parent with children at the center told The Daily News. NYPD have urged members of the public with more information on Castillo Martinez to call: 1-800-577-TIPS.

Supreme Court law clerks are being asked to turn over their personal cell phone records and sign affidavits as the search ramps up for the person who leaked the draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Considering the crack down on law clerks, it's likely the court has not yet been successful in determining the source of the breach. While the move asking for personal phone records is unprecedented in the Supreme Court, so is a leak of a draft opinion that led to the investigation in the first place. Efforts are ramping up to find who leaked a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade as investigators ask clerks to hand over their personal cell phone records and sign affidavitsHe appointed Supreme Court Marshal Gail A. Curley to lead the investigation to track down the leaker. According to CNN, Justice Roberts met with law clerks as a group following the breach.

Prince Harry may have been feuding with Prince William over the last few years - but there is one man in his life whom he is unafraid to put on a touchy-feely display with. And in recent weeks, Nacho and Harry have put on a particularly tactile display while playing polo together at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. Both Prince Harry and Nacho regularly play in Sentebale's charity matches to raise funds for Sentebale, an organisation co-founded by Prince Harry that supports children and young people affected by HIV in southern Africa. Nacho has been to Lesotho with Prince Harry three times, most recently opening the Mamohato Centre together in 2015. Along with forming a special friendship with Prince Harry, the game of polo also brought him to his wife Delfina Blaquier, the daughter of an Argentinian polo player.

Actor Kirk Cameron hit out against American schools are becoming breeding grounds for far-left progressive agendas when speakingActor Kirk Cameron has said American schools are becoming breeding grounds for far-left progressive agendas, such as critical race theory and gender ideology. The actor made the comments while referencing his upcoming film 'The Homeschool Awakening', written and directed by Caleb Price. The movie follows the journey of 17 homeschooling families who respond to misconceptions and stereotypes. Cameron shared his own experience with home-schooling his six children with his wife, Chelsea. The number of homeschooling students increased by 63% in the 2020-2021 school year, in 18 states that shared data.

Kevin Spacey says he will 'voluntarily appear' before a British court to 'confidently' deny claims he sexually assaulted three men in the UK between 2005 and 2013. Kevin Spacey leaves a civil court hearing in New York on May 26. And a fourth sexual assault against a third man happened in April 2013 in Gloucestershire, it is claimed. Spacey's glittering career imploded in 2017 after he was accused of making a pass at actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was just 14. They said the actor's behavior stoked homophobic stereotypes about gay men being pedophiles and sexual predators.

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She may not look that old, but Pebbles has just been given the impressive accolade of being the world's oldest living pooch- at 22 years and 59 days old, or 154 years old in dog years. The 1.8 kilogram Fox Terrier lives in South Carolina and was born on 28 March 2000, with her record as oldest dog living verified on May 17 this year. Pebbles, who is a fox terrier, lives in South Carolina with owners Bobby and Julie Gregory, coming to the family in 2000. Julie entered Pebbles into the Guinness World Records after seeing TobyKeith all over the news and she was verified as the world's oldest dog living soon afterwardsAnd soon after, her application was confirmed and TobyKeith was knocked off the top spot of oldest living dog, with Pebbles verified as the oldest living dog in the world on May 17. She advised other dog owners to do the same so that their pooches stand a chance of leading a long life.

The streaming giant announced the new password-sharing policy in Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica. Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in a decade in April, causing its stock to plunge by 72% over a six-month period, hitting a price of below $200 for the first time since late 2017. The company said the rollout had been progressive, meaning that different subscribers may have ended up paying differing charges at different points in time. Netflix may also be testing different versions of the rollout on different customers as part of the trial. Netflix seems to have hit a ceiling of 220 million subscribers, with the stock peaking above $700 a share in November 2021.

Russian state media has issued a chilling new nuclear threat to the US, boasting that Putin could wipe out the entire East and West coast with just four missiles. A single launch, Boris, and there is no England,' - state media host Dmitry Kiselyov, May 2 'I think the war in Ukraine... is a rehearsal for a possible larger conflict in the future. We are testing our weapons against those of NATO, we will find out how much stronger our weapons are than theirs,' - Professor Alexei Fenenko, speaking on state media, May 21 'Where will we stop? Maybe Stonehenge,' state media host Vladimir Solovyov, May 30 AdvertisementHe continued: 'Don't delude yourselves. What should be said is that there'll be nothing left, no-one harbours any illusions about it, that everyone will be fine in case of nuclear war.

Boris Yeltsin's son-in-law has quit his role as a Kremlin adviser amid speculation Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on power due to his health. Under Yeltsin, who was Russian president from 1991 to 1999, Yumashev served as a Kremlin adviser and later as Kremlin chief of staff. When Yeltsin asked Yumashev his thoughts on Putin, he told the then leader he thought he was 'a superb candidate. In January 2020, according to the Kremlin website, Putin visited Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana at her home to congratulate her on her birthday. Kyiv military spy chief Kyrylo Budanov said previously he fears the Russian leader still has a 'few more years' left in him.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas said on Tuesday that she should be allowed to compete as a woman despite having a physical advantage and that she 'doesn't need permission' from anyone. She also said anyone who says she isn't allowed to compete is a woman is transphobic, whether or not they support her right to transition. 'You can't go halfway and be like "I support trans people but only to a certain point." Thomas (pictured in 2017) formerly competed in the men's team and started taking hormone therapy in 2019-2020. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Lia defended her position saying: 'I am a woman, just like anybody else on the team.

Mamma Mia - here they go again! ABBA are seen all together in public for the first time in 36 years as they attend the launch of their Voyage digital concert residency

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Meo Sacchetti has been sacked as Italy's national basketball coach, Italian Basketball Federataion President Gianni Petrucci announced Tuesday. Former Varese power forward Sacchetti, 68, who coached the national side since September 27, came to an amicable agreement about ending his contract, Petrucci said. Sacchetti is the Fortitudo Bologna coach, a post he did not leave when he took over the Azzurri job.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Inter Milan are hoping to sign Paulo Dybala as a free agent after the Argentina forward failed to reach an agreement to renew his contract with Juventus, CEO Giuseppe Marotta has said. "Clearly the hope is that he can play with us," Marotta told reporters when asked about the possibility of signing Dybala. Marotta added that he was "sorry" about the exit of Croatia winger Perisic while stressing that Inter have backup of "absolute value" in that position in Germany international Robin Gosens. Perisic is set to join Tottenham Hotspur as a free agent.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Italy's Martina Trevisan got into the Paris Open semis by beating Canada's Laylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in the quarters on Tuesday. She will play either Coco Gauff or Sloane Stephens, both Americans, in the semi-final. It is already the farthest the Florentine has gone at Roland Garros.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Naming children exclusively after their fathers is a sign of inequality among parents, the Constitutional Court said Tuesday in explaining its April 27 sentence scrubbing the automatic naming after the father and allowing the mother's surname or a double surname to be used. It said the practice of giving children their father's surname "is translated into the invisibility of the mother" and is a sign of inequality that "reverberates onto and impacts the identity of the child".

Internal conflicts in the borderlands that have plagued Myanmar since independence from Britain "have proved that any fundamental problems cannot be solved by military force", it said. Analysts say the PDFs have surprised junta forces with their effectiveness. Wa forces dwarf the collage of other ethnic rebel groups, posing a deterrent to the military and providing Beijing with a useful bridgehead into its resource-rich neighbour. China remains a major ally of the Myanmar junta and has refused to label the military's power grab a coup. In April, Beijing said it would help safeguard Myanmar's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity "no matter how the situation changes".

(Yonhap)Authorities evacuated over 1,000 people from villages, hospitals and correctional facilities near a fast-spreading wildfire in the southern city of Miryang on Tuesday. The blaze broke out at 9:25 a.m. on the hill in Miryang, around 280 km southeast of Seoul, and is continuing to spread, according to firefighting authorities. Close to noon, the Korea Forest Service upgraded its wildfire response level to the highest level of 3, issued when a fire is estimated to scorch over 100 hectares. Firefighters erected containment lanes around the blaze to keep it from spreading into nearby villages, located about 180 meters from where the fire broke out. Authorities also evacuated over 390 inmates from a prison in Miryang to another prison near Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

(Credit: JYP Entertainment)The music video for Twice’s “Signal” amassed 300 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, according to label JYP Entertainment. The band now has 14 music videos with more than 300 million views, the most for a girl group in the world. “Signal” is the focus track from the group’s fourth EP that came out in 2017. Meanwhile, Twice will release its fourth full album in Japan on July 27. The main track for the new album has already been selected and the bandmates will soon start shooting the music video, according to the management company.

"Some of them will have fake tickets and will try to use them to access the stadium," said the note from the DNLH, a branch of the police, although it does not estimate how many. After a crisis meeting at the sports ministry on Monday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the root cause of the problems was "massive, industrial-scale and organised fraud in fake tickets". Darmanin added there had been 30,000 to 40,000 Liverpool fans with fake tickets or without tickets outside the Stade de France. Some 22,000 tickets were officially allocated each to Real Madrid and Liverpool fans. A criminal investigation into the fake tickets has been launched in France.

A new round of compulsory testing is due to begin in Siping, Jilin province on Thursday. Photo: Handout

But the city is still defending itself, the city is still Ukrainian, our soldiers are defending it," said Oleksandr Stryuk, head of Severodonetsk's military and civil administration. Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday earlier described the situation as "extremely complicated", conceding that parts of the city were controlled by Russian forces. But as Russian troops edged closer to the Severodonetsk city centre, EU leaders at a summit in Brussels were tightening the economic screws on Moscow. Moscow has shifted the bulk of its firepower in a bid to capture the Donbas's Lugansk region ARIS MESSINIS AFPEurope is heavily reliant on Russian gas. Therefore the gas embargo will not be an issue in the next package of sanctions" Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said.

Bobby Everson was nearing the end of his decade-long federal prison sentence, but he feared he wouldn’t make it home alive. But the most pressing threat came from the men officers chose to put in his cell. In response, the Senate has formed a new group to investigate federal prison operations, and Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal announced his resignation in January. This wasn’t the first time Phillips had been targeted — he was previously attacked by gang members at Thomson and another prison, according to claims made in a lawsuit. (Weekley was the only person to die in Thomson’s general population and not the Special Management Unit, according to prison officials.)

Lithuania is considering buying Turkish-made Bayraktar combat drones, Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas has said. “The acquisition of combat drones is in the plans, possibly a Bayraktar, too,” Anušauskas told reporters on Tuesday. “I don’t want to elaborate on all those plans right now.”According to the minister, Lithuania regularly updates its military acquisition plans “in line with the lessons of the Ukrainian war”. Read more: Lithuanians raise €5m for Ukraine’s Bayraktar drone in 3 daysLithuanian Deputy Defence Minister Vilius Semeška left for Turkey on Tuesday to negotiate the purchase of the drone. The Defence Ministry has previously announced plans to purchase US-made Switchblade combat drones.

Connecticut is hiring a misinformation specialist ahead of the 2022 midterms, per NYT. The role has a $150,000 salary and involves monitoring and combating online election misinformation. The job is described in the statement as a "security analyst to monitor and combat election misinformation on a full-time basis." More states across the US are hiring similar roles to target online election misinformation. Colorado has recruited three cybersecurity professionals to stop the spread of misinformation online and on social media, according to The New York Times.

May 31 (Reuters) - The role of the dollar and the euro as global currencies is set to decline as central banks rethink their strategies after the West froze Russian reserves, Russia's central bank said on Tuesday, suggesting it could consider imposing negative rates for dollar and euro deposits. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"One could expect an increase in demand for gold and a decline in the U.S. dollar's and the euro's role as reserve assets," the Russian central bank said in a report on financial stability. As of May 20, Russia's reserves slipped to $583.4 billion. To speed up the decline in foreign currencies' share in the Russian banking sector, Russia could consider imposing negative interest rates on banks' deposits in dollar and euros, the central bank said. The central bank also said in the report that Russian private investors have become the main steering power on the stock market amid restrictions for non-residents to trade on Russian markets.

© Provided by Associated Press Russia Ukraine War EuropeBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's divisive leader has once again got his own way with the European Union — this time in tough negotiations on Russian oil at a summit in Brussels. The European Commission’s "proposal to ban the use of Russian oil in Hungary was defeated,” Orban said in a video statement on Facebook. “Families can sleep well tonight as the most outrageous idea has been averted.”EU leaders concluded four weeks of negotiations on Monday to impose a partial embargo on Russian oil imports. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)EU officials say the agreement will succeed in cutting off 90% of Russian oil imports by year's end. Yet despite Hungary's refusal to adopt the oil embargo as proposed, EU leaders hailed Monday's agreement as a success.

It was signed in Dubai by Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai and her counterpart, UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, after months of negotiations. The UAE predicted the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement would boost annual bilateral trade to more than $10 billion within five years. Emirati trade minister Thani Al Zeyoudi said the deal had written "a new chapter in the history of the Middle East". MORE DEALSThe deal marked the UAE's second free trade pact after it signed a similar accord with India in February. Israel and the UAE established ties in September 2020 in a U.S.-brokered deal that broke with decades of Arab policy that had called for a Palestinian state before ties with Israel.

Mohammed Shtayyeh describes attacks by far-rights Israelis against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem as ‘aggression’. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has described attacks by far-right Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem as “aggression which crossed all red lines”. Nida Ibrahim, reporting from the West Bank city of Ramallah, said the Shattyeh has been issuing statements “since yesterday”. Meanwhile, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli settlers resumed their march on Monday. The situation in Hebron’s old city is particularly volatile, as some 700 Israeli settlers live among a Palestinian population of nearly 40,000.

Germany had said it would provide military support to Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia. Putin last week warned Germany against sending arms to Ukraine. The country has only sent two deliveries of weapons since March, according to documents obtained by the German publication Welt am Sonntag. Ukraine also asked Germany for Harpoon anti-ship missiles, a request which Germany has not granted, per the documents obtained by Welt am Sonntag. The report came three days after Putin warned Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron sending arms to Ukraine.

A damaged Eritrean military tank is seen near the town of Wikro, Ethiopia, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File PhotoNAIROBI, May 31 (Reuters) - Eritrean forces shelled a town in north Ethiopia over the weekend, according to internal U.N. documents and regional forces, in a rare bombardment after two months of relative peace in the Tigray conflict. The TPLF said its forces had killed four Eritrean commanders and more than 300 Eritrean soldiers in the weekend flare-up. Eritrean and Ethiopian troops withdrew from most of Tigray in mid-2021 and the government declared a unilateral ceasefire in March. read moreHowever, earlier this year, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki told state media his troops would intervene again should Tigrayan forces attack his country or threaten Ethiopia's stability.

HONG KONG — The United Nations’ top human rights official offered limited criticism of China’s crackdown on predominantly Muslim minorities, saying at the end of her six-day trip to the country on Saturday that she had raised questions about its application of “counterterrorism and de-radicalization measures” but that her visit “was not an investigation.”The comments from Michelle Bachelet, the first U.N. high commissioner for human rights to visit China since 2005, were sharply criticized by overseas Uyghurs and human rights advocates who had called on her to more vociferously condemn China’s policies. Rayhan Asat, a lawyer whose younger brother is imprisoned in Xinjiang, said Ms. Bachelet’s comments “show a total disregard for the Uyghur people’s suffering.”“The crisis has been going on for six years, and it needs no further examination but condemnation,” she said. “We did not see any of that in her remarks.”

The Philadelphia skyline, top, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with Whitaker Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)The Philadelphia skyline, top, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with Whitaker Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. Federal officials have pledged to prioritize equity when making funding decisions in the wake of a disproportionate 23% jump in Black traffic fatalities in 2020. ADVERTISEMENTAround Philadelphia, aggressive driving during the pandemic drove fatalities to 156 in 2020, a sharp increase from 90 deaths in 2019. One of the men was a teenager when his own mother had died crossing Roosevelt Boulevard.

Julie WatsonThe Associated PressSAN DIEGO — A California woman who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face during a flight, breaking her teeth, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Quinonez last year pleaded guilty to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, admitting she punched the flight attendant in the face and head with a closed fist and grabbed her hair. In September:Woman charged with assault after punching Southwest flight attendant on May flightDuring the flight’s final descent, the attendant had asked Quinonez to buckle her seat belt, stow her tray table, and put on her facemask properly. Instead, Quinonez began recording the attendant on her cellphone, pushed her, then stood up and punched the woman in the face and grabbed her hair before other passengers intervened, authorities said. The plea agreement said that the flight attendant suffered three chipped teeth, two of which needed crowns, along with bruises and a cut under her left eye that needed stitches.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces legislation freezing the sale of gunsCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced legislation that would put a freeze on buying, selling or importing handguns.

A six-alarm fire that started Monday night ripped through the historic Suffolk Downs racetrack grandstand building in Boston, according to the local fire department. The Boston Fire Department was deployed Monday night around 10 p.m. The department tweeted "heavy fire knocked down" at 1:21 a.m."We had a very difficult time with water. We had a lot of help to get lines running thousands of feet," Boston Fire Department Commissioner Jack Dempsey said, according to WCVB5. HYM Investment Group bought the site in 2017 and planned on redeveloping the 161-acres of land into affordable housing and a science lab.

'Completely traumatized': Buckley and Kinnear recall first scary moviesJessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear talk about what convinced them to work on director Alex Garland's horror "Men," despite their dislike for scary movies.

May was the month that cryptocurrencies — the digital darlings touted from Twitter to Reddit, and by billionaires and superstars — plunged to earth. Bitcoin, the most popular of those assets, lost 19% of its value within a week, dropping to its lowest value since October 2020. Ethereum plummeted by nearly 27%, and some of the so-called stablecoins, pegged to commodities like the U.S. dollar, became nearly worthless.

Question: “My mother-in-law has never really liked me. I’ve been with her son for about seven years, and we’ve been married for almost a year. Every time my mother-in-law comes over she makes comments under her breath about me and gives me dirty looks. For example, she’ll comment on how I never cook, how lazy I am, and make rude comments about my weight or clothes. She’s also claimed that I took her son away from her and I’m the reason she never sees him anymore.

Question: Upon turning in my notice at my job, my employer offered me a salary increase of 10% above my pending position and 27% above my current position. – LidiaJohnny C. Taylor Jr.: In today’s ultra-competitive job market, it is common for an employer to counter an employee’s new job offer with a salary increase. Now that recreational marijuana use is legal in New Jersey, can we still screen for marijuana in drug testing? – ReillyTaylor: The legalization of recreational marijuana does not necessarily change what employers can do in terms of drug testing. • Or an employer could take it a step further and remove drug testing from the hiring process entirely.

Unfortunately, beauty professionals who operate without vocational school diplomas get treated like criminals. But beauty professionals do not have a choice, an issue policymakers on both sides of the aisle prefer to ignore. Elle Scheller says she witnessed harassment, intimidation, incompetence, overcrowding, graduation delays and hidden costs at the first beauty school she attended in Utah. College students who enroll in comparative literature, art, journalism, history or science have options. Beauty professionals typically do not.

Kody Clemens started his Monday morning in Ohio, driving from Toledo toward Columbus. He stopped at a Home Depot in Bowling Green, received some huge news and ended up in the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse at Comerica Park in Detroit. All of this by 11:45 a.m., ahead of a 1:10 p.m. first pitch.

"Top Gun: Maverick" has thrilled record-breaking theater audiences with jet action and throwbacks to the original "Top Gun." But the beating heart of Tom Cruise's screen return as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell after 36 years is the emotional meeting with one-time "Top Gun" pilot rival Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Val Kilmer. There have been many teary eyes watching the "Maverick" reunion, including from Kilmer. Almost 40 years is a long time for a reunion," Kilmer tells USA TODAY over e-mail of the scene. But as the "Maverick" scene deepens, Iceman eventually speaks, saying, "The Navy needs you Maverick, they (the pilots) need you."

One of the tastiest things I ate this year was still-warm ricotta, just off the fire, at a farm in Sicily. I scooped some of the white, wobbly mass onto my plate, seasoned it with coarse salt and used a spoon to catch every drop, restraining myself from licking the plate. That ethereal ricotta also appeared in the next course as a pasta topping. Meals like this are, of course, impossible to replicate: a sublime vacation moment that can’t be transferred back to everyday life. But that doesn’t mean I can’t make a soupy pasta with fresh ricotta and lots of herbs, and enjoy it almost as much at home.

It's the last sound any of the 234 spellers want to hear at the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. When head judge Mary Brooks presses her right hand on top of her bell, it signals that a speller has made a mistake. The bell, as much as Brooks and her fellow judges, has the final say on the speller's attempt.

An Andy Warhol show inaugurated the Daegu headquarters, establishing Mrs. Ahn, 64, as a source in South Korea for work of artists from abroad. Along with new exhibition space, it will feature an auditorium for lectures about art and collecting. A proud booster of her adopted city, Mrs. Ahn is also chairman of the Galleries Association of Daegu, which runs an annual art fair. (His work led the couple to settle in Daegu; Mrs. Ahn is from Masan, on the southern coast, and had been living in Seoul.) After the death of Lee Tae, the owner of an important Daegu gallery called Ci-Gong, she acquired it, and it became Leeahn.

A six-alarm fire that started Monday night ripped through the historic Suffolk Downs racetrack grandstand building in Boston, according to the local fire department. The Boston Fire Department was deployed Monday night around 10 p.m. Firefighters battling the blaze were told to get off the roof and were assisted by a drone to help put out the fire, the department tweeted. We had a lot of help to get lines running thousands of feet," Boston Fire Department Commissioner Jack Dempsey said, according to WCVB5. HYM Investment Group bought the site in 2017 and planned on redeveloping the 161-acres of land into affordable housing and a science lab.

Attorneys weigh in on Depp-Heard trialAs the jury begins deliberations on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard libel case, attorneys give their take on proceedings.

Sexuality was just as fluid and complex in the camps as in the outside world. Some female prisoners, like Ms. Heuman, knew they were attracted to women before their deportation; others discovered their sexuality once they were imprisoned. Others bartered with their female guards sex for food or safety, or sought intimacy with fellow prisoners though neither partner identified as gay. But Ms. Heuman and Dita, as Ms. Heuman recalled, were called out only once, when a group of fellow prisoners, seeing them cuddle, sneered, “That’s not natural!” Dita’s aunt, who was interned with them, brushed the slur away. Margot weighed only 76 pounds and was nearly dead from starvation and typhus; the schoolteacher sent her to summer camp and private schools and, Ms. Heuman said, nurtured her like a mother.

Image President Biden nominated Jerome H. Powell last year for a second term as Federal Reserve chair. Credit... Al Drago for The New York TimesPresident Biden will meet with Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the state of the U.S. and global economy at a challenging moment. Inflation in the United States is running near its fastest pace in four decades, with prices rising for gas, food and rent. Americans have become pessimistic about the economy and their own financial prospects as their paychecks have failed to keep up with inflation. While Mr. Biden has announced some measures aimed at reducing costs, he has made clear that he is relying on the Fed, which is independent of the White House, to help tame inflation.

At one point, Len greeted a truck mechanic, Eric Ritter, 60, who was guiding a huge tire onto a forklift. The two had met earlier when Mr. Ritter was playing his saxophone in the shop during lunch hour. Len hopes that Mr. Ritter, and several other musician-mechanics he jams with, will play at one of his art openings or for a video segment. “It’s kind of cool to have him around digging into the history of the department and exploring what we’re doing in the shop,” Mr. Ritter said. “Sanitation is weird and special in that way.”To Len, garbage collection is a natural subject for making art.

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The Rangers are four wins away from the Stanley Cup Finals. Igor Shesterkin saved 37 shots, but the Rangers didn’t need him to be nearly as effective. The Rangers blocked 25 shots in front of him, and they were dominant on the other side of the ice, too. Twice the Rangers connected for power-play goals, the first an Adam Fox wrister that gave them a lead they never would relinquish. Chris Kreider scored twice, Mika Zibanejad contributed three assists and 12 different Rangers had at least one point.

Barbers wearing face masks cut clients hair outside a cafe, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Shanghai, China. APWorkers in protective suits disinfect a classroom at a school to prepare for the resumption of classes following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China. A cab driver in protective gear waits for customers on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Shanghai, China. “That’s where the uncertainty lies.”Commuters wearing face masks wait at an intersection in the central business district in Beijing. Employees wearing face masks wait to have their COVID-19 test results checked to enter an office building in the central business district in Beijing.

He said, ‘You know what, you gotta go pitch this to Tom directly,'” Kosinski told Polygon. But when I got there, I found that Tom really didn’t want to make another Top Gun,” he explained. “When I got there, I found that Tom really didn’t want to make another ‘Top Gun. “We’re making another Top Gun,” Cruise told execs, according to Kosinski. And that to me was what a Top Gun movie is.”Tom Cruise played Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the 1986 film.

The jury in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s bombshell defamation trial will resume deliberations Tuesday morning after a three-day break for the Memorial Day weekend. Getty ImagesTwo days earlier in court, Depp’s lawyer told the jury that the actor was the real victim of domestic abuse in his former relationship with Heard. “There is an abuser in this courtroom, but it is not Mr. Depp,” Camille Vasquez said in her closing statement. “Miss Heard is in fact the abuser and Mr. Depp is the abused.”Heard made up the abuse allegations because she’s a “deeply troubled person” desperate for attention, Vasquez alleged. Depp proposed to Heard in 2014 and they were married in an early 2015 ceremony on Depp’s private island in The Bahamas.

Placeholder while article actions loadThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended last week that 5- to 11-year-olds receive booster doses if it’s been at least five months since their first two shots of the coronavirus vaccine. The answer is not straightforward, and the CDC’s blanket recommendation does not adequately address the nuances of boosting younger children. AdvertisementBut we don’t have a study that shows a third dose is needed for 5- to 11-year-olds to reduce severe illness. Such a rationale might also apply to younger children with underlying medical diseases, but parents of generally healthy kids might ask whether it makes sense to wait until the fall. Children with chronic medical conditions should opt for their first booster dose now.

The jubilee Barbie was out of stock after three seconds, according to the British retailer John Lewis. With 70 years of service, Queen Elizabeth II is the longest serving British monarch, and first to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Spicer added that “tea towels, biscuit tins and special edition Platinum Jubilee English sparkling wine” have also been popular. A royal announcement…To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we are launching, limited edition, coronation chicken crisps. Retailers are pushing corgi ornaments, corgi paperweights, corgi pillows and corgi leggings.

He has done plenty, Selvig told them — namely, by offering his thoughts and prayers after each tragedy. We spoke directly to Wayne LaPierre at the NRA Convention and thanked him for all his thoughts and prayers. That mass shooting happened as the country was reeling from another 1½ weeks earlier, when a shooter killed 10 people in a racist attack at a grocery store in Buffalo. Neither the NRA nor LaPierre immediately responded to a request for comment from The Post late Monday. “I want to thank you … for all your thoughts and all your prayers — thank you.”Selvig turned and walked away.

Missouri cops shot a woman five times as she tried to flee getting arrested for a suspected armed carjacking — even though she had shown that she was unarmed and told them that she was pregnant, according to a horrified witness. Oh my God, they shot her!” a woman repeatedly cried out in footage she filmed in the aftermath of Friday night’s officer-involved shooting in Kansas City. “What the f–k!” she gasped as she filmed the shot woman on the ground. Leonna Hale, 26, was shot by officers responding to reports of an armed carjacking at 8 p.m. Facebook / Shé DanjaThe victim was reportedly unarmed. They shot five times,” Shédanja told The Star.

It is not clear how the outlets have determined the jurors’ races or other details, other than simple observation. “The gendered distribution of the jury makes that even more interesting.”The jury will attempt to rule on two claims. That’s even more probable considering that Heard’s team “turned a case about defamation into a case about abuse,” which might muddy the waters for the jury. “While they’ve been prohibited from accessing social media and media coverage, the frenzy at the courthouse alone is enough for them to understand that the world is watching,” she said. Complicating things further is how to determine actual damages, if the jury decides anyone is owed them.

President Biden has tapped Steve Dettelbach to lead ATF, the federal agency tasked with enforcing gun laws and prosecuting illicit activity, including gun trafficking. His confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee was last week and he is gaining support among Democrats critical to his quest for confirmation. …All Republicans are expected to oppose Dettelbach with the agency serving as a boogeyman on the right and a director nomination as a litmus test among conservatives for where you stand on gun laws. But with 50 votes and control of the Senate, Democrats have the ability to confirm Dettlebach and a failure to do so would send a stark message to the country that not even the party in favor of gun control measures can muster the votes to act in response to the latest mass shootings that have shaken the country.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to revive Britain's traditional system of imperial measurements, such as pounds and ounces, in a post-Brexit move that has divided the public and businesses. While the bloc normally requires members to use the metric system, it allowed Britain, while a member, to label its produce in some imperial units alongside metric units. After leaving the European Union in 2020, Britain is reviewing thousands of rules that it retained and determining whether they serve the national interest. This includes the rules banning sales of packaged goods like sugar in some imperial units. Cheryl Devlin, who runs a fruit-and-vegetable stall in west London, said the imperial system was part of Britain's culture.

Placeholder while article actions loadTwo mass shootings have rocked America in as many weeks. President Biden, who again urged action this week, has played a central role in many of those unsuccessful efforts, first as vice president under President Barack Obama and now as president. What questions do you have about gun-control legislation, new security measures or other proposals aimed at ending gun violence? Four Washington Post reporters will answer them at 1 p.m. Eastern on May 31:Send us your question below. Aviva Loeb, an editor on The Post’s audience team, and Olivia McCormack, a news aide, produced this Q&A.

A Chicago 911 dispatcher is demanding accountability from the city's leadership as bloodshed rocked the Memorial Day weekend, leaving 38 dead and dozens wounded nationwide. The dispatcher, Keith Thornton Jr., joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss the significance of accountability in ceasing the rampant crime in the Windy City. According to Chicago Sun-Times, 52 people were shot in the city over the weekend, with 10 killed. "This nonsense has to stop," Thornton Jr. told co-host Todd Piro. Thornton Jr. stressed "nothing is going to change" unless the city's leadership changes course on its soft on crime approach.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'A merger of equals': Firmenich CEO Ghostine on DSM dealFirmenich CEO Gilbert Ghostine describes the company's deal with sector peer DSM as a "merger of equals."

Shutdowns in China have hit Nio hard, but the electric vehicle maker is ready for a rebound which could come as soon as the next 15 days, according to Morgan Stanley. China's Covid lockdowns pummeled the electric automaker in recent months, shutting down production, suppressing vehicle sales, and delaying the launch of new models. This could lead to big gains in the near term for Nio, Morgan Stanley said. Nio has fallen 47.7% since the start of 2022, but the analyst thinks the stock is likely to rebound. The bank has a $34 price target and overweight rating on the stock, meaning shares could potentially more than double from Friday's close price.

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | ReutersU.K. health authorities have urged anyone who tests positive for the monkeypox virus to abstain from sex until their symptoms have cleared. As of Monday, there were 555 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox in countries outside of Africa, according to Our World in Data. The majority of cases so far have been spread through sex, with a particular concentration of cases occurring within the gay and bisexual communities and men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO also said it is currently considering whether the outbreak should be assessed as a "potential public health emergency of international concern."

Food and shelter are two necessary items in every household. With prices rising around the country, it's helpful to think of how you can adjust your budget to pay for these essentials. CNBC crunched the numbers for a person making $50,000 per year to give you an idea of how best you can meet those essential expenses. Check out this video to learn what your household spending should look like every month. CHECK OUT: Meet a 34-year-old who has sold over 11,000 items on Etsy and makes nearly $3,500/month in passive income with Acorns+CNBCDisclosure: NBCUniversal and Comcast Ventures are investors in Acorns.

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSmall business wage growth remains strong, says Paychex CEO Marty MucciMarty Mucci, chairman and CEO of Paychex, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down small business wage growth, hiring and more.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe market appears fairly priced here, says GenTrust's Mimi DuffAnthony Woodside, senior strategist for active fixed income at LGIM America, and Mimi Duff, investment professional at GenTrust, join CNBC's 'Squawk Box' following the long holiday weekend to discuss markets and potential rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey, a NATO member for seven decades, would not lift its veto unless its demands were met, echoing recent comments by President Tayyip Erdogan. We want them to halt their support for terror," Cavusoglu told the state-run Anadolu news agency, adding Ankara was aware that some of its demands would require laws to be amended. "They put it this way: 'since we are far away from terror regions, our laws are designed that way'. Earlier, Erdogan's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun told Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat that Finland must take Turkey's concerns seriously.

May 31 (Reuters) - With the Federal Reserve set to begin letting bonds mature off its $9 trillion balance sheet, the key metric to watch will be whether Treasury volatility picks up a result in a market already suffering bouts of low liquidity. The Fed will let bonds mature off its balance sheet without replacement starting June 1 as it attempts to normalize policy and bring down soaring inflation. To the degree that the Fed’s retreat does impact yields, it will most likely be higher. The last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet it ended badly. The Fed is also taking time to ramp up to its monthly cap of $95 billion in bonds that it will allow to roll off its balance sheet each month.

Euro zone inflation rose to another record high in May, boosting government bond yields as markets saw the data as a challenge to the European Central Bank's view that gradual interest rate increases from July will be enough to tame fast price growth. undefined ago

Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. A survey of 33 economists and analysts forecast Brent crude would average $101.89 a barrel in 2022, a slight increase from the $100.16 consensus in the previous poll published in April. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterU.S. crude was seen averaging $97.82 a barrel in 2022 compared with the prior $96.21 forecast. More Russian oil is headed towards Asia as many countries, including the United States, ban oil imports from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, while the European Union also agreed on Monday to cut 90% of oil imports from Russia by the end of this year. China oil demandDespite Western calls for a faster increase in oil production to tame surging prices, OPEC+ is expected to stick to last year's deal in its June 2 meeting.

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationMILAN, May 31 Reuters Breakingviews) - After some hesitation, the European Union has decided to ban most Russian oil imports. The partial embargo is intended to allow naysayer Hungary and other landlocked countries to continue to import Russian oil via pipeline. The EU has been importing between 3 and 3.7 million barrels of Russian Urals oil per day, says Rystad Energy. The EU oil embargo will hurt Russia more than Europe. Some 10% of imports will be temporarily exempt from the EU embargo to help landlocked countries Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Deputy White House counsel Danielle Conley and Council of Economic Advisers aide Saharra Griffin are among others planning to leave in the coming weeks, according to White House officials. The official added that the number is expected to increase as more Black staffers are brought on board and that 15 percent of Black staffers have been promoted in the last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-PierreA number of staffers who left, moreover, said it was on good terms. A current Black White House officialIn interviews, several Black staffers expressed frustration, in part, that deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon hadn’t done more to retain and promote some Black employees — though other officials said such concerns are misplaced. “The issues that are the highest priority for our community are no longer at the forefront of the administration’s priority list,” said the third Black White House official.

(AP) — Two people were killed and 20 others were injured after a crash that sent two cars careening into a crowd of bystanders while an annual Memorial Day weekend “cruise” night was wrapping up in Nebraska’s capital, police said Monday. Two women, ages 20 and 22, had been inside one of the cars and died in the Sunday night crash on O Street in Lincoln. “We do not believe nor is there any evidence this was an intentional act,” Lincoln police said in a statement. The Taurus had rolled over onto its top, trapping two victims who were rescued by bystanders who pushed the car back on its wheels. And yes, things will change.”A spectator was killed at the event in July 2000 when a non-participant car veered off O Street and hit 39-year-old Connie McCullough.

DETROIT — Kody Clemens, the 26-year-old son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, was brought up by the Detroit Tigers on Monday for a possible major league debut. “He’s scrambling and trying to figure out when he’s going to fly here,” Kody Clemens said after Detroit’s 7-5 win on Monday. He was like `You’re a big leaguer, kid.’”AdvertisementRoger Clemens holds his son, Kody (age 7), during a 2004 press conference. “Obviously, I’m trying to create my own career path here, but to wear his number is awesome,” Kody Clemens said. Roger Clemens was an 11-time All-Star who won 354 games in a major league career from 1984-2007 and struck out 4,672, third behind Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic takes oath during the ceremony of his inauguration for a second term in Parliament building, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Vucic was inaugurated Tuesday for his second term as Serbia's president, saying the Balkan country will remain on its European Union membership path and hinted that a new government might consider joining Western sanctions against ally Russia over the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic takes oath during the ceremony of his inauguration for a second term in Parliament building, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Vucic was inaugurated Tuesday for his second term as Serbia's president, saying the Balkan country will remain on its European Union membership path and hinted that a new government might consider joining Western sanctions against ally Russia over the war in Ukraine. “We are not politically neutral because we want membership in the European Union,” said Vucic.

Debris spread in a living room of an apartment of residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Debris spread in a living room of an apartment of residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Military analysts described the fight for Sievierodonetsk as part of a race against time for the Kremlin. In neighboring Luhansk, two people were killed and four were wounded by shelling, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said Tuesday on Telegram.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, called for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of the use of landmines in 2019 by Russian paramilitaries fighting in Libya. Human Rights Watch on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, called for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of the use of landmines in 2019 by Russian paramilitaries fighting in Libya. The Wagner Group backed the offensive of the east-based forces led by commander Khalifa Hifter, who was also supported at the time by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia. Hifter’s offensive collapsed in the spring of 2020, when Turkey and Qatar stepped up their military support to his rivals in western Libya. Libya plunged into turmoil after a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed.

BOLIVIA, N.C. — A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2020 fatal shooting of his girlfriend. She was later found dead in a hotel with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. In a news release from the 15th Prosecutorial District of North Carolina, prosecutors said surveillance footage from the hotel showed Hill was the only person in the room with Graham. They said Hill later confessed to shooting Graham after she had been texting with other men while at the hotel. Hill won $10 million from a scratch-off ticket in August 2017, NBC affiliate WECT of Wilmington reported.

By Will FeuerKirkland's Inc. swung to a first-quarter loss and saw sales fall as inflation and other concerns weighed on consumer demand for home furnishings. The retailer of home decor and furnishings posted a first-quarter loss of $7.9 million, compared with a profit of $1.7 million a year earlier. Loss was 63 cents a share, compared with a profit of 11 cents a share.

By Adriano MarcheseSprott Inc. has appointed Whitney George to lead the company as chief executive officer, effective June 30. The Canadian investment manager, which focuses on precious metals and real assets investing, said Mr. George, currently the company's president, will succeed Peter Grosskopf. Mr. Grosskopf will focus on his roles as CEO of Sprott Capital Partners as well as advisor to Sprott's private resource strategies, the company said. Mr. George joined the company in 2015 and has served in a number of roles including chief investment officer of Sprott asset management since 2018 and as president of company since 2019. Prior to joining Sprott, he spent 23 years in senior roles at New York-based Royce & Associates LLC, Sprott said.

By Mary de WetZentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday that it has promoted Cam Gallagher, a co-founder of the company, to president. Mr. Gallagher will report to Chief Executive Kimberly Blackwell, who was elevated to the role two weeks ago.

By Adriano MarcheseElse Nutrition Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it concluded a second preclinical study on its plant-based infant formula as it looks to bring its product to market. The Toronto-listed, Israel-based baby food company said the study's results showed proper protein efficiency in a preclinical model.

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Yamana Gold (AUY) was up 15.3% in pre-market trading, and AMC Entertainment Hldgs (AMC) was up 7.9%. Fox Cl A (FOXA), Yum China Holdings (YUMC), and Coinbase Global (COIN) were all posting gains of at least 5%. Textron (TXT) and CBRE Group (CBRE) had posted declines, falling 4.1% and 3.0%, respectively. Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.39% , with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.44%.

By Colin KellaherRayonier Advanced Materials Inc. on Tuesday said Vito Consiglio has stepped down as president, chief executive and a director by mutual agreement with the board after just five months at the helm of the cellulose-products maker. The Jacksonville, Fla., company said De Lyle W. Bloomquist, a board member since 2014 who became chairman in May 2020, will now serve as president and CEO.

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European Union leaders took a big step in the economic fight against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine by agreeing to block 90% of Russian oil imports by year-end. The embargo faced opposition from countries highly dependent on Russian crude, especially Hungary. Photo: Olivier Matthys/Associated Press

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Yamana Gold (AUY) was up 15.3% in pre-market trading, and AMC Entertainment Hldgs (AMC) was up 7.9%. Fox Cl A (FOXA), Yum China Holdings (YUMC), and Coinbase Global (COIN) were all posting gains of at least 5%. Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.39% , with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.44%. U.S. stock markets open for trading at 9:30 a.m. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.

That brings us to our call of the day from Goldman Sachs, who sees a budding “there-is-no-alternative” trade in commodities. Equities are now negatively correlated with inflation expectations, suggesting investors are even more worried about the risk to stocks and valuations. So convinced is Goldman, the bank’s portfolio strategy team is keeping overweight recommendations only on commodities and cash for the next quarter. Goldman sees the next leg higher for prices coming from hoarding across the space. “Though muddled macro risks are more two-sided today than in the immediate aftermath of the invasion, now is not the time to shift expectations for commodities outperformance, in our view,” the Goldman team said.

By Michael DabaieSealed Air named Henry Keizer as chairman, succeeding Jerry Whitaker, who will continue as a board member. He has served on packaging company Sealed Air's board since 2017 and was most recently chair of the audit committee. "SEE is making bold moves to become a world-class, digitally driven company automating sustainable packaging solutions. Sealed Air recently introduced prismiq, a digital packaging brand for design services, digital printing and smart packaging. The company earlier this year acquired Foxpak Flexibles Ltd., a privately-owned Irish packaging solutions company for digital printing on flexible packaging.

Gold futures lost ground Tuesday, with the yellow metal on track for a second straight monthly loss after a surge by the U.S. dollar in May. Gold for August delivery GC00, -0.25% GCQ22, -0.25% was down $5.20, or 0.3%, at $1,852.10 an ounce, on track for a 3.1% monthly fall based on the most actively traded contract. Gold was facing a headwind “from the firmer U.S. dollar and significantly rising bond yields,” said Daniel Briesemann, commodity analyst at Commerzbank, in a Tuesday note. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.24% , a measure of the currency against a basket of six major rivals, rose 0.3%. The index was on track for a 1% monthly fall after hitting a nearly 20-year high in early May.

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. TMHC, +1.02% announced Tuesday that it will double the authorization for its stock repurchase program to $500 million from $250 million. The new program represents about 14.5% of the homebuilder's market capitalization of $3.45 billion as of Friday's stock closing price. The company said the program runs through Dec. 31, 2023. "The increase in our share repurchase authorization provides us with enhanced flexibility to create value for our shareholders and reinforces the meaningful opportunity we see in our equity," said Chief Executive Sheryl Palmer. The stock, which is still inactive in premarket trading, has shed 17.5% year to date, while the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF ITB, +1.99% has tumbled 26.5% and the S&P 500 SPX, +2.47% has lost 12.8%.

“A CDA is an insurance policy that guarantees to continue making income payments if you run out of savings. You pay an annual fee for the insurance and spend your money free of the fear that a stock market crash will ruin your retirement. A retiree can buy portfolio insurance for a decade and if they get lucky and markets do well, they can drop the insurance and live happily ever after.”CDAs also work well for financial advisers who are uncomfortable using annuities with their clients. For instance, the insurance company behind the CDA will have rules about how your assets can be allocated and invested. “My hope is that an advising firm will recognize the value of providing retirement income insurance as an option to investors,” said Finke.

Residents must also consider the increased likelihood of extreme downpours as climate change intensifies typical weather incidents and expands their seasonality. It’s a reflection of how challenging it can be to push real world solutions for an existential risk like climate change. “Wealthier buyers who don’t need a mortgage [and make a cash purchase] aren’t required to purchase flood insurance, and Congress has a history of rolling back flood insurance rate increases.”It’s true that many factors impact housing prices. A broader 2020 analysis from Realtor.com showed that home buyers were only beginning to factor concerns about climate change into their decision-making. The industry is also trying to creatively solve for the unknown that comes with climate change.

Gold futures lost ground Tuesday, with the yellow metal on track for a second straight monthly loss after a surge by the U.S. dollar in May. Gold for August delivery GC00, -0.26% GCQ22, -0.26% was down $5.20, or 0.3%, at $1,852.10 an ounce, on track for a 3.1% monthly fall based on the most actively traded contract. Gold was facing a headwind “from the firmer U.S. dollar and significantly rising bond yields,” said Daniel Briesemann, commodity analyst at Commerzbank, in a Tuesday note. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.24% , a measure of the currency against a basket of six major rivals, rose 0.3%. The index was on track for a 1% monthly fall after hitting a nearly 20-year high in early May.

That brings us to our call of the day from Goldman Sachs, who sees a budding “there-is-no-alternative” trade in commodities. Equities are now negatively correlated with inflation expectations, suggesting investors are even more worried about the risk to stocks and valuations. So convinced is Goldman, the bank’s portfolio strategy team is keeping overweight recommendations only on commodities and cash for the next quarter. Goldman sees the next leg higher for prices coming from hoarding across the space. “Though muddled macro risks are more two-sided today than in the immediate aftermath of the invasion, now is not the time to shift expectations for commodities outperformance, in our view,” the Goldman team said.

The Frankfurt offices of Deutsche Bank AG DB, +0.54% and its asset-management subsidiary DWS Group DWS, -2.71% were searched by authorities on Tuesday over allegations of greenwashing at DWS. Around 50 agents of the city’s public prosecutor’s office, alongside German market regulator Bafin and the Federal Criminal Police Office had been deployed Tuesday morning, a spokeswoman for Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said.

That brings us to our call of the day from Goldman Sachs, who sees a budding “there-is-no-alternative” trade in commodities. Equities are now negatively correlated with inflation expectations, suggesting investors are even more worried about the risk to stocks and valuations. So convinced is Goldman, the bank’s portfolio strategy team is keeping overweight recommendations only on commodities and cash for the next quarter. Goldman sees the next leg higher for prices coming from hoarding across the space. “Though muddled macro risks are more two-sided today than in the immediate aftermath of the invasion, now is not the time to shift expectations for commodities outperformance, in our view,” the Goldman team said.

Tesla second quarter delivery estimates still look too high. Tesla produced roughly 10,000 vehicles at the Shanghai plant in April and delivered just 1,500 of them. Both numbers look a little high. Those numbers look like they were set before Covid-19 impacted Chinese production. The Shanghai situation, as well as how frequently analyst numbers get update, make the second quarter delivery figure a wild card.

Gold futures lost ground Tuesday, with the yellow metal on track for a second straight monthly loss after a surge by the U.S. dollar in May. Gold for August delivery GC00, -0.25% GCQ22, -0.25% was down $5.20, or 0.3%, at $1,852.10 an ounce, on track for a 3.1% monthly fall based on the most actively traded contract. Gold was facing a headwind “from the firmer U.S. dollar and significantly rising bond yields,” said Daniel Briesemann, commodity analyst at Commerzbank, in a Tuesday note. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.24% , a measure of the currency against a basket of six major rivals, rose 0.3%. The index was on track for a 1% monthly fall after hitting a nearly 20-year high in early May.

Stock markets have sold off sharply this year against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, surging COVID-19 cases in China and tightening financial conditions. All the three major U.S. indexes last week snapped their longest weekly losing streak in decades as signs of peaking inflation and consumer resiliency brought back buyers into the market. The benchmark S&P 500 added 0.6% this month following an 8.8% plunge in April, while the blue-chip Dow rose 0.7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was set for its second straight monthly loss, down 1.7% in May, as high-growth stocks tend to underperform when interest rates rise. ET, Dow e-minis were down 165 points, or 0.5%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 18 points, or 0.43%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 7.25 points, or 0.06%.

"The inflation problem in the euro area is getting worse," said Commerzbank economist Christoph Weil. "Today's price data once again increase the pressure on the ECB to end its ultra-loose monetary policy." Euro zone government bond yields rose, because the data boosted expectations that the ECB might accelerate its policy tightening path. Hoping to tame inflation, ECB President Christine Lagarde and Chief Economist Philip Lane have already flagged 25 basis point rises in the deposit rate - now minus 0.5% - in July and September. The ECB will next meet on June 9, when it will formally end a bond purchase scheme from the end of June and continue to signal rate hikes.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is planning a bill to crack down on the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, industry after a "proliferation" of bad deals that have often resulted in huge losses for investors, according to a report to be released Tuesday seen by Reuters. “This investigation found that Wall Street insiders have used SPACs as their own personal piggy banks while retail investors have suffered," Warren said in a prepared statement. Story continuesIf finalized, SEC rules proposed in March would largely close current loopholes by offering SPAC investors protections similar to those they would receive during the IPO process. It would expand the definition of underwriter to include any party that facilitates the takeover of the target company, increasing legal liability for financial institutions, SPAC sponsors and boards, and the target company. The bill would also increase the disclosures required in relation to the target takeover.

The company's adjusted per-share loss came to 62 cents, far wider than the 26 cent loss FactSet consensus. Sales fell to $103.3 million from $123.6 million a year ago, also below the $108.0 million FactSet consensus. Same-store sales were down 15.8%, compared with a FactSet consensus for a decline of just 13.4%. But the company said it's suspending its timelines and targets as it expects the challenging near-term outlook for consumer spending will continue to weigh. Shares have fallen 55% in the year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX, +2.47% has fallen 13%.

There are now fully driverless cars with no human behind the wheel for safety on the roads of Miami and AustinAustin and Miami drivers are sharing their roads with fully autonomous vehicles for the first time. Phoenix, Arizona witnessed the rollout of fully driverless taxis by rival Waymo in March. Fully driverless cars without a human safety driver have hit the streets of Austin, Texas. The news makes Austin and Miami two early adopters of fully driverless car technology in urban centers. The fully driverless cars in Austin and Miami will operate as part of the company's partnerships with ride-hailing service Lyft and Walmart's delivery service to offer driverless taxi rides and autonomous grocery delivery respectively.

TMADue to Memorial Day, it was a relatively quiet tech news day, but we did get a glimpse at a new DeLorean. Yes, DeLorean Motor Company is making an EV. It won't be built by the original DeLorean people but by a Texas company that purchased the rights to the DeLorean name and spare parts. Expect gullwing doors, a futuristic profile and an overall design from the same studio that sketched the original DeLorean. The eBay listing for what looked like a prototype Pixel 7 popped up on the Pixel subreddit, but now it’s gone.

Orlando police said a fight between two women ended when a child shot one of them. Just before midnight Tuesday, officers said they went to a home on Mercy Drive for a shooting call. Investigators said there was a fight between two women that led to a girl shooting a woman. READ: Florida teen arrested for ‘school-based threat’ posted onlineThe woman was taken to a hospital, where she died. Police said the other woman and the girl were taken into custody.

Courts rejected the cases and election officials were unconvinced, thwarting a stunning assault on the transfer of power. Trump’s defeat was undisputed among election officials and certified by Democrats and Republicans, with many recounts and audits verifying the outcome. Some former election officials say they are hopeful that when election skeptics observe the process they may finally be convinced that the system is sound. This year, its multimillion-dollar investment includes hiring 18 state “election integrity” directors and 19 state “election integrity” lawyers. It’s a position popular among some of those who believe conspiracy theories about foreign hacking in the 2020 election.

Gabe Kapler put his protest during the national anthem on hold Monday in an effort to honor fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. The San Francisco Giants manager explained his decision on his blog prior to Monday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. "Today, I’ll be standing for the anthem," Kapler wrote. Gabe Kapler stands for the National Anthem prior to Monday's Memorial Day game in Philadelphia. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)Critics of on-field protests during the national anthem have frequently falsely associated them with veterans, active military and fallen soldiers.

For investors from communities who've traditionally faced discrimination, cryptocurrency has been seen as a path to economic equity. Black, Latino, LGBTQ see bridge to wealth through crypto: Black, Latino, LGBTQ investors see crypto investments like bitcoin as 'a new path' to wealth and equityStory continuesTo buy crypto, TikTok is not enough: TikTok shows Gen Z how to buy bitcoin and crypto. Then the crypto market plunged, and his employee began to question why he should bother investing at all. “I don't want to see people of color left behind by the crypto market,'' Ortega says. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crypto Crash: Bitcoin's drop may rattle investors who saw it as equity

"Over the near term, our high level takeaway is that the equity markets have reached a peak bearishness related to Fed expectations and recession risk," Citi Strategist Scott Chronert wrote in a new note to clients. Chronert listed several factors behind his call, mostly related to market sentiment hitting extreme pessimism. The sharp underperformance of social sentiment stocks, non-earning names and other more speculative trades basically was hinting at this already. Market sentiment was also supported by the defense of the U.S. economy by CEOs at the World Economic Forum. Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo FinanceFollow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, and YouTube

Goldman Sachs, which previously estimated that there was a 35% chance of a recession within two years, is reiterating that a recession in the U.S. is not inevitable despite what stocks say. "While our growth forecast has long been below consensus, we believe fears of declining economic activity this year will prove overblown unless new negative shocks materialize," Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius wrote in a note to clients. "Despite the market narrative of declining business activity and sharply lower management confidence," Hatzius added, "the activity measures of the surveys available for April and May indicate a deceleration rather than a collapse." While most top execs noted that business had slowed recently amid inflation and supply chain challenges, they collectively discounted a recession later this year. Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo FinanceFollow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, and YouTube

The small town of Darien, Connecticut, is in contract to buy Great Island, a local island 50 miles outside of New York City, for $100 million. Small parcels of land that were included with Great Island have now been excluded, and what remains is owned by one family. Great Island, Connecticut, can be reached by car and is accessible via a causeway. She concluded that Great Island would be in good hands if the next buyer has the financial means to maintain the island. Other than the privacy and security of the island, Leahy said the appeal of the island is its proximity to nature.

U.S. equity futures slipped in pre-market trading Tuesday after a bounce last week snapped the longest losing streak for the S&P 500 in over 20 years. Futures tied to the S&P 500 dipped 0.3%, and Dow Jones Industrial futures fell 120 points, or 0.4%. The moves come after all three indexes logged weekly gains of more than 6%, clawing back from seven consecutive losing weeks for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq and eight weeks of losses for the Dow. Meanwhile, oil futures charged higher amid reports Chinese authorities were poised to end a two-month COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai and an agreement by EU leaders to stop purchases of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia. WTI crude oil futures climbed 3.6% to $118.70, while Brent crude oil futures rose 3.7% to $123.83.

Rongtong Fund Management, which was once part of Xiao Jianhua's Tomorrow Group, has unveiled a management reshuffle, marking its official exit from the missing Chinese magnate's embattled financial empire. Chengtong acquired a majority stake in New Times Securities after the government took over the brokerage from Tomorrow Group. In its heyday, Xiao's Tomorrow Group owned stakes in 44 financial institutions, whose total value was estimated at 3 trillion yuan. Baoshang Bank, a key pillar of Xiao Jianhua's Tomorrow Group, was declared bankrupt in 2020. Photo: Reuters alt=Baoshang Bank, a key pillar of Xiao Jianhua's Tomorrow Group, was declared bankrupt in 2020.

This week, "American Dream Home" introduced viewers to Aly and Tyler, as the couple searched the community of Oneonta, Alabama, for their country escape. And at the time we filmed with the couple, homes were going for about $135 a square foot. "In the time since filming, the demand for small farms and recreational properties has continued to grow. "The price point and amount of space you get in this area of the country is very affordable." Still, the price point and amount of space you get in this area of the country is very affordable.

Thus, if all goes according to what is currently "the plan," 90% of all Russian oil imports to the EU will be covered by this ban by year's end. At this late point (almost final), the S&P 500 in aggregate, experienced earnings growth of 9.2% (y/y) for the quarter on revenue growth of 13.6%. This is well above the consensus view for earnings growth of 4.6% and revenue growth of 10.7% as the quarter began. Sticking with FactSet, and looking ahead, current consensus for the second (current) quarter is for S&P 500 earnings growth of 4.1% on revenue growth of 9.7%, Expectations for the full calendar year are for earnings growth of 10.1% on revenue growth of 10.2%. Last week also took the S&P 500 from trading at just 16.4 times forward-looking earnings up to 17.1 times.

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Graphic: Organic Food SalesFollowing growing consumer demand, the footprint of U.S. organic agriculture has expanded. For U.S. organic corn markets, the role of imports has slowly fallen over the past five years. While this has reduced the U.S. organic corn market’s exposure to foreign supply risk, it has not isolated it from other forms of price volatility. Following a better-than-expected harvest, U.S. organic corn supplies surpassed demand expectations over the 2019/20 marketing year. This plunged prices into a year-long bearish retraction, ultimately pressing organic corn prices to 10-year lows.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is also slated to meet President Joe Biden in the White House on Tuesday to discuss the state of inflation. Global oil prices extended recent gains Tuesday after European Union officials reached an agreement to ban all imports of seaborne Russian crude over the next six months. WTI contracts for July delivery, which are tightly linked to U.S. gas prices, were marked $2.01 higher from Friday's close at $118.87 per barrel. Brent crude contracts for the same month, the global pricing benchmark, were last seen $1.93 higher on the session at $123.60 per barrel. Futures linked to the tech-focused Nasdaq, which id down 23.4% for the year, are looking at 3 point opening bell bump.

"Combined with Yamana, Gold Fields will boast an industry leading portfolio of high-quality, long-life flagship assets that span some of the world’s most established gold mining jurisdictions," said CEO Chris Griffith. Yamana Gold (YRI) shares surged higher Tuesday after the Canada-based gold producer agreed to a $6.7 billion takeover by South Africa's Gold Fields (GFIOF) . Gold Fields investors will own 61% of the combined group, which includes the Canadian Malartic mine -- the country's largest -- with Yamana shareholders holding the remaining 39%. "Yamana and Gold Fields also have complementary corporate cultures and values with an ESG-first operating model with a strong focus on supporting host communities and environmental stewardship," he added. Gold Fields shares, meanwhile, slumped 12.6% to $10.66 each.

Stocks quotes in this article: GIIIMost investors are not familiar with G-III Apparel (GIII) . The company, though, sells many iconic, well-loved, name brandsIn the decade ended Jan31, 2022, G-III's major business metrics all surged to new all-time recordsPer share cash flow and earnings each expanded by about 230%. Continuous shareholders more than doubled their money yet their ga...

From Steve Henson: The Dodgers appear poised to get back the right stuff from the left side. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter. Then the game began and staff ace Walker Buehler and closer Craig Kimbrel took pronounced steps backward, enabling the Pirates to escape with a 6-5 victory. And after the Dodgers clawed back to take a one-run lead into the ninth, Kimbrel blew the save. to our other sports newsletter:Dodgers Dugout: Twice a week to your inbox with news and analysis of the Dodgers.

Crude oil prices are spiking higher to start the week as European Union leaders agreed to cut oil purchases from Russia. Gas prices are hitting record highs and European inflation is hitting a record 8.1%, which is causing concerns of stagflation to build once again. If recent lows hold and there is not a big spike in stocks hitting new 12-month lows, then we will have some technical confirmation that a solid low is forming. The market can afford to give back some gains at this point, but watch support and watch to see what happens with new highs and new lows. The focus is on sector rotation and not the indexes.

“They have to be careful on this crime stuff,” said Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of BlackPAC, a progressive organization working in six swing states this year to activate Black voters. “Black voters worry a lot about crime, about gun violence. President Biden in February announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick to serve on the Supreme Court. “Voting rights is a top-two or -three issue for Black voters,” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster who worked on President Obama’s campaigns. “People are gearing up for the fight.”It’s not just voting rights and police reform that are on the minds of Black voters.

That put the so-called gun lobby at 33 on the list, far behind other industries like real estate and accounting. Health professionals alone gave roughly seven times more money to Scalise ($1,072,904) than the gun lobby. Say what you will about Scalise’s views on guns, they weren’t “bought and paid for” by the gun lobby. In 2020, the NRA gave less than $1 million directly to candidates — putting it 996th on the list of top donors. Indeed, there’s something cowardly, lazy and undemocratic about blaming everything on the gun lobby.

The issues include abortion, guns, religion and climate change. But the state’s attorneys said the court should go further and overturn the right to abortion established in 1973. vs. Bruen)Religious schools: Do students enrolled in religious schools have an equal right to public funds if their state funds other private schools? Now, West Virginia and 18 other coal states want the court to rule that the EPA and the Biden administration lack broad regulatory authority to fight climate change. Since the 1960s, the court has told public schools they may not promote group prayers based on the principle of church-state separation.

Ukrainian forces desperately tried to block a complete Russian takeover of one of the country’s two eastern provinces Tuesday, with Russian troops clawing out incremental gains even as European leaders agreed to a partial oil embargo aimed at starving Moscow’s mammoth war machine. “But above all, we want to preserve the infrastructure of the city as much as possible.”A Russian armored unit is deployed along a road lined with buildings damaged by bombardment near the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. (Maxar Technologies)AdvertisementOver the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian assault had already destroyed all of Severodonetsk’s “critical infrastructure.” Another city official last week said about 90% of residential buildings in the city were damaged. “The situation is very serious and the city is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block,” Striuk said, adding that “the Ukrainian military continues to resist this frenzied push and aggression by Russian forces.”Elsewhere, Russian forces continued shelling Ukraine’s northeast, while Ukrainian and Russian forces traded control of parts of the country’s south. Amid the fighting, two Russian soldiers were convicted of war crimes by a Ukrainian court, which sentenced each man to 11½ years in prison.

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The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective glass. “A visitor simulated a disability in order to use a wheelchair to approach the work, which was installed in a secure display case. The Louvre applied its usual procedures for people with reduced mobility, allowing them to admire this major work of art,” the statement noted. “While standing near the painting, this individual threw a pastry he had hidden in his personal belongings at the Mona Lisa’s glass case. In 2009, a woman angrily threw a ceramic cup at the painting, breaking the cup but leaving the painting unharmed.

A Tijuana woman who sued the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office over the cremation of her slain son’s remains, in violation of her religious faith, is poised to receive a $445,000 settlement. The Coroner’s Office declined to comment. On May 20, 2019, Jesus Cebreros notified his mother that he would be staying with a friend for a few days in the U.S., the complaint states. An investigator with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office soon arrived, and inspected the body, which was wrapped in black trash bags. More alleged problems surfaced about two weeks later, when a deputy coroner completed Jesus Cebreros’ death certificate, incorrectly listing his birth country as Guatemala and his birth year as 1959.