Soaring rates of carjackings in some major U.S. cities have been driven in part by young teenagers, according to The New York Times. Washington, D.C., saw juvenile cases drop 60%…
BOSTON – Fidelity Investments on Tuesday said more than 92% of its mutual funds do not have any investment in Russian securities, as of the latest disclosures. In a statement…
GENEVA – The head of a U.N. agency said on Monday that more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries since the start of Russia’s invasion last week.…
LVIV – Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started at the Belarussian border, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters via text message on Monday. Earlier the Ukrainian president’s office…
MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank said on Sunday there would be no limit at a “fine-tuning” repo auction it plans to hold on Monday and added that the banking system…
PARIS – Ukraine’s financing needs after the Russian invasion will be massive and the European Union will have to come up with the money, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis…
LONDON – The London Metal Exchange (LME) on Friday ordered any of its members who have positions with individuals or entities subject to Russian sanctions not to make payments to…
PRAGUE – The crisis around Ukraine will have an inflationary effect on the Czech economy via higher energy prices, the central bank vice-governor Tomas Nidetzky was quoted as saying on…
LONDON – JPMorgan’s emerging market strategists said on Wednesday that new U.S. sanctions on Russian sovereign debt announced this week were likely to have limited implications for the international investors…
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the sanctions imposed by the Western countries on Russia for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine…
PAW PAW, MI – A White Pidgeon man arrested for running over an elderly female jogger last fall is now facing murder charges after it was alleged that he intentionally…
MOSCOW – The U.S. embassy in Russia cautioned Americans on Sunday to have evacuation plans, citing the threat of attacks in Moscow and along the Russian border with Ukraine, drawing…
The number of migrants encountered at the southern border in January nearly doubled that of January 2021, when President Joe Biden took office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported…
PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Moundsville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, United States Attorney…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A California man arrested after he allegedly attempted to flee from East Providence Police on Wednesday by jumping off a bridge and into the Providence River made…
WASHINGTON – There was a sharp rise in reports of sexual assault at top U.S. military academies during the 2020-2021 academic year, a Pentagon report released on Thursday said, reaching…
During Super Bowl LVI, Chevrolet ran a commercial showcasing their first-ever all-electric Silverado featuring a reunion between Meadow and A.J. Soprano that duplicated the intro to the hit HBO series…
With spring-like weather in the air, you might not have been following local news as COVID-19 and a possible war in Ukraine dominate the evening news headlines. While getting caught…
PANAMA CITY, FL – The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a local man after he was intercepted arriving at the residence of a 14-year-old with the intent to engage…
LIMA – Peru’s economy is expected to have stayed above pre-pandemic levels in December and January, due to the recovery of internal demand and a record in exports, despite lower…
HONG KONG -Shares of Chinese property developers climbed on Friday, following media reports that the sector is gaining easier access to presale proceeds from residential projects – the latest move…
The foreign ministers of Russia and the U.K. exchanged harsh words while giving a press briefing after diplomatic talks on Thursday, The New York Post reported. “I’m honestly disappointed that…
By Ann Saphir -Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin on Thursday said he would be “conceptually” open to raising interest rates by a bigger-than-usual half-of-a-percentage point increment, but does…
A former Keystone XL Pipeline worker, who was laid off after President Joe Biden canceled the project in 2021, slammed the president Wednesday for prioritizing green energy programs. Neil Crabtree,…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Ocean County Republican Party will be screening candidates for office in June’s primary to decide who will get the coveted party line, but the organization…