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Dozens of Moroccans swim into North African Spanish city

Dozens of Moroccans swim into North African Spanish city

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Ceuta say over 100 Moroccans, including two families with children, swam overnight to enter the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Downtown stores, businesses await their customers' return

Downtown stores, businesses await their customers' return

NEW YORK (AP) — In many downtown areas where companies closed their offices and commuting ground to a halt, sandwich shops, bakeries and other small businesses are waiting with guarded optimism for their customers to return.
Liz Weston: The checks that could change your financial life

Liz Weston: The checks that could change your financial life

Starting in July, most families with kids will start getting monthly payments of up to $300 per child as part of the American Rescue Plan’s expansion of the child tax credit.
Indigenous patients face higher risk of death post-surgery, study suggests

Indigenous patients face higher risk of death post-surgery, study suggests

Indigenous surgery patients are nearly a third more likely to die after their procedures than other populations in Canada and face higher risks of complications, new research suggests as doctors warn these inequities could worsen with the COVID-19 cr
Pacers take on the Hornets for play-in game

Pacers take on the Hornets for play-in game

Charlotte Hornets (33-39, 10th in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Indiana Pacers (34-38, ninth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) Indianapolis; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Celtics host the Wizards for play-in game

Celtics host the Wizards for play-in game

Washington Wizards (34-38, eighth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Boston Celtics (36-36, seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) Boston; Tuesday, 9 p.m.
A tough sell: In Dubai amid clash, Israel promotes tourism

A tough sell: In Dubai amid clash, Israel promotes tourism

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As violence flares within Israel and on a day in which Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City killed at least 42 people, it was business as usual for a senior Israeli tourism official in Dubai as she promoted the country a
Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rag
Next Digital trading halted after Jimmy Lai's assets frozen

Next Digital trading halted after Jimmy Lai's assets frozen

HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday halted the trading of Next Digital shares, days after authorities froze assets belonging to its founder Jimmy Lai.
Fiery train derailment prompts evacuation of small Iowa town

Fiery train derailment prompts evacuation of small Iowa town

SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small, nearby town. The fiery derailment happened around 2 p.m.
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