HELSINKI (AP) — European Union nations Finland and Sweden reached important stages Wednesday on their way to possible NATO membership as the Finnish government issued a security report to lawmakers and Sweden’s ruling party initiated a review of security policy options.
If nations do all that they’ve promised to fight climate change, the world can still meet one of two internationally agreed upon goals for limiting warming. But the planet is blowing past the other threshold that scientists say will protect Earth more, a new study finds.
Delta Air Lines lost $940 million in the first quarter yet bookings surged in recent weeks, setting up a breakout summer as Americans try to put the pandemic behind them. Shares jumped 6% before the opening bell Wednesday on strong revenue numbers and pulled other airlines with it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning that countries that undermine the sanctions the United States and its allies have imposed on Russia will face consequences for their actions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over new orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks as part of the Republican’s sprawling border security operation.
Delia Ephron’s funny, poignant and sometimes magical memoir is an open-eyed look at later life and what she calls the left turns that are sometimes perilous and other times wonderous. The book recounts the death of Delia’s husband and a New York Times op-ed she writes about her battle to turn off his landline. A wonderous left comes when Delia gets a sympathetic email from a man she dated briefly in college. She and her new suitor fall deeply for each other before several more lefts present new challenges as they together explore love, friendship, illness and loss.
Time always flew in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World but it has lately seemed to catch up to the Potter pop cultural sensation. Those long lines outside bookstores are a long time ago now. The books stopped but the movies never did. The “Fantastic Beasts” prequels, now up to three with “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” have soldiered on, even if the fever surrounding Pottermania — at least among less diehard Muggles — has dissipated.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled its European tour that had been scheduled for next month because of an increase in positive coronavirus cases among orchestra members as well as concerns about the rising number of cases on both sides of the Atlantic.
“Navalny” is so taut and suspenseful you’d think John le Carré had left behind a secret manuscript that’s only just coming to light now. This spellbinding portrait of a Russian opposition leader following an attempt on his life has all the makings of a Hollywood thriller.
Joel Williams, 71, of Ardmore, passed away April 11, 2022. Services are pending at Craddock Funeral Home.