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Authorities in Georgia arrested a suspect on Tuesday who was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America last month. Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges told reporters that the 17-year-old was taken into custody in Decatur, Georgia, by federal and state law enforcement officials. The suspect faces charges of second-degree murder and second-degree assault. This comes after 19-year-old Johntae Hudson was shot and killed on Dec. 23 at the Minnesota mall, which is located in Bloomington. MINNESOTA MAN FREE AFTER 1998 CONVICTION FOR WIFE’S MURDER VACATED Hudson was shot eight times and died during an altercation inside the…

Switzerland’s second largest bank Credit Suisse is seen here next to a Swiss flag in downtown Geneva.Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty ImagesCredit Suisse is seeing a sharp reduction in client outflows, as the embattled Swiss lender progresses with its major strategic overhaul, new CEO Ulrich Koerner told CNBC on Wednesday.The bank in November projected a $1.6 billion fourth-quarter loss after announcing a raft of measures to address persistent underperformance in its investment bank and a series of risk and compliance failures. It also revealed at the time that it had continued to experience substantial net asset outflows.”The outflows, as…

Some aviation experts said footage from the ground of the plane’s last moments indicated the aircraft went into a stall, although it’s unclear why. The search for the only remaining missing person resumed on Wednesday with the help of divers and drones, police said. Workers had shut down a dam on the Seti River to help them look for the body in the 300m-deep ravine. A team of experts from the French manufacturer of the ATR aircraft visited the crash site in Pokhara, the gateway to popular hiking tracks in the Himalayas. The Cologne-based European Union Aviation Safety Agency also…

New models of the Mac mini desktop and MacBook Pro laptop with an upgrade to Apple’s M2, M2 Pro, and M2 Max chips were announced by the company Tuesday. In addition, Apple has lowered the price of an entry-level mini with an M2 processor to US$599, $499 for the education market. “That was one of the more interesting parts of the announcement,” observed Ross Rubin, the principal analyst with Reticle Research, a consumer technology advisory firm in New York City. “It’s not often that you see Apple announce a lower entry price point,” Rubin told TechNewsWorld. “At $599, the price…

The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesConsumers returned from the holiday season to find mortgage rates at their lowest point since September, and they are responding in dramatic fashion.Mortgage application volume jumped nearly 28% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.23% from 6.42%, with points falling to 0.67 from 0.73 (including the origination fee) for loans with a 20% down payment.Rates hit a recent high of around 7.2% at the end of…

China’s stringent zero-COVID policies that were in place for three years have caused further damage to the country’s demographic outlook, population experts said. China is one of the most expensive places to raise a child, beaten only by South Korea, according to the Beijing-based YuWa Population Research. In a study published last year, the think tank compared the cost of raising a child to the age of 18 years relative to the multiples of GDP per capita for different countries. In Australia, it was 2.08 times, 2.24 times in France, 2.91 times in Sweden, 3.64 times in Germany, and 4.11…

CNN  —  The United States has transferred American munitions stored in Israel for use in Ukraine and plans to send more soon, US and Israeli officials told CNN Wednesday. A US official told CNN they have moved “some” of the 300,000 155-millimeter shells that the US and Israel agreed would be transferred, and that there are plans to move the remaining amount in the coming weeks. Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Richard Hecht told CNN that the Americans notified the Israelis a while ago they were transferring munitions. Hecht said the munitions are US-owned, that their movements are “American business” and…

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CNN  —  A young mother was clutching her 10-month-old son and running for safety when they were both gunned down during a horrific attack that left six dead in a small central California community, the sheriff said. Forensic evidence shows a shooter stood over 16-year-old Alissa Parraz and her son Nycholas and shot both of them in the head, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said during a news conference Tuesday. “I know for a fact that this young lady was running for her life,” Boudreaux said. The teen was fleeing a home where at least two suspects had opened fire…

Global oil demand is expected to hit its highest-ever level this year on the back of China’s swift reopening of its economy. Oil demand could surge by 1.9 million barrels per day to reach a record 101.7 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency said in its latest monthly report, released Wednesday. “China will drive nearly half this global demand growth even as the shape and speed of its reopening remains uncertain,” the IEA said. Beijing began to dismantle its strict zero-Covid policy in December, paving the way for a rebound in travel, trade and business activity across the…