Month: March 2023

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity stylist Law Roach, who helped reinvent Zendaya and turned Celine Dion into a fashion icon, shocked the industry last week when he announced his retirement from dressing the rich and famous. “My Cup is empty,” he wrote in part March 14 on Instagram, explaining: “If

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Red Cross says the number of internally displaced people in Colombia increased significantly last year as several armed groups fought for control of rural pockets of the country. In its annual assessment of humanitarian challenges in the South American country, the organization says that while

BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Five people were killed Tuesday evening in Mississippi after a car they were riding in crashed into a barricade on a bridge and plunged into a creek below. WMC-TV reported that four of the five people who died were children between the ages of 12 to 15. The adult who died

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina has reached the cusp of final legislative approval following a state House vote. The House chamber voted 94-22 on Wednesday for legislation that would direct state health officials to accept Medicaid coverage for potentially 600,000 low-income adults.

By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key rate by another quarter point, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years. It’s part of an ongoing effort to ease inflation by making borrowing more expensive. If you have money to save, you’ll probably

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those less fortunate. For the next 30 days, Muslims

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s deal with the European Union to rewrite the rules on Northern Ireland trade. The House of Commons voted 515 to 29 on Wednesday to back a portion of the agreement. But Sunak faced a rebellion

By The Associated Press Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier. The duo were initially unable to agree to financial terms on an agreement, which led to DirecTV losing the rights to distribute Newsmax programming on Jan. 25. The companies said Wednesday

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that it made a “mistake” in launching a secretive influence campaign on social media in an effort to improve the public’s view of Israel’s performance in its devastating war with Gaza militants in 2021. The online campaign, which failed to gain traction, was

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted “hand on heart” that he did not lie to lawmakers about government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The House of Commons standards committee questioned Johnson on Wednesday over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of parties

By PAUL WISEMAN and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only 10% of U.S. adults say they have high confidence in the nation’s banks and other financial institutions, a new poll finds. That’s down from the 22% who said they had high confidence in 2020. Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this month,

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Israeli and Polish foreign ministers have met in a step that they are hailing as a breakthrough in restoring a relationship that’s been badly damaged for years due to disagreements over how to remember Polish behavior during the Holocaust. The ministers signed an agreement on