International News (Page 305)

8:44 PM IST, 02 Apr 20228:57 PM IST, 03 Apr 20228:44 PM IST, 02 Apr 20228:57 PM IST, 03 Apr 2022Emmanuel Macron would win the first round of France’s presidential election this month, but his lead over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen continued to narrow, according to the latest daily poll.Support for Macron stood at…Continue Reading

SAN JOSE — Dana Page is no cold-blooded killer. She loves animals, sunshine and public lands.But Page says “depredation” must be part of the toolkit to prevent wild pigs from ripping up Santa Clara County’s parks, tearing up lawns, fouling rivers and reservoirs, and killing native fauna such as red-legged frogs and California tiger salamanders.“It’s hard to…Continue Reading

A series of revelations about the involvement of allies of former President Trump in the days leading up to Jan. 6 is providing mounting evidence to the committee charged with investigating the attack as it gears up for prime-time hearings.  In the span of just a week, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) revealed the former president pressured him…Continue Reading

He swears it’s all being done with compassion and care. “I’m not abandoning anyone. I’m not going to believe that dignity is living in a cardboard [box], without a shower, without a toilet, living in terrible living conditions,” Adams said at a City Hall press conference Wednesday. “It’s just so inhumane.” But it all seems…Continue Reading

In 1861, Jay Cooke, a minor money man hoping to help the Union army, lobbied Abraham Lincoln’s government to make investing accessible to more Americans. In 1972, Bill Gross, destined to earn the nickname “the Bond King,” realized that more value could be squeezed out of the products that Cooke wanted to sell — government…Continue Reading

BUCHA, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s troops found brutalized bodies with bound hands, gunshot wounds to the head and signs of torture after Russian soldiers withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv, authorities said Sunday, sparking new calls for a war crimes investigation and sanctions against Russia. Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of the capital, saw…Continue Reading

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press | Apr 03, 2022 at 11:13 AM NEW YORK — Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died. She was 93. As middle-class matron Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable…Continue Reading

SACRAMENTO, CALIF — Six people were killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California’s state capital were searching for at least one suspect. Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said at a news conference that police were patrolling the area at…Continue Reading

Daily Southtown | Apr 03, 2022 at 10:00 AM Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, looks over his papers Wednesday before hearing from Office of Management…Continue Reading