Earthquake shakes New York City area

Earthquake shakes New York City area

NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Eastern Seaboard.The agency reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Lebanon, New Jersey.The Fire Department of New York said there were

Continue reading

Religious and neo-conservative groups in the Balkans are ramping up the pressure to ban abortions | AP News

Religious and neo-conservative groups in the Balkans are ramping up the pressure to ban abortions | AP News

With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The movement is in stark contrast to Croatia’s recent past, when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, a Communist-run country that

Continue reading

Boeing CEO to step down in broader management shakeup after blowout of a panel on a 737 Max

Boeing CEO to step down in broader management shakeup after blowout of a panel on a 737 Max

Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broader management shakeup after a series of mishaps at one of America’s most storied manufacturers.Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, will retire immediately, with Stephanie Pope, the company’s chief

Continue reading

Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says

Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump or remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship before the case can proceed, the judge overseeing it ruled Friday. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee did not find that

Continue reading