Month: February 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been released on bail, two days after going on hunger strike to…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Giant panda Le Le has died, the Memphis Zoo announced Friday. The panda, born July 18, 1998, died Wednesday, zoo spokesperson…

By The Associated Press Ukraine and the three Baltic countries have moved a step closer to boycotting next year’s Paris Olympics because of the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first English-language television broadcast of the U.S. men’s soccer team in its new media…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Lukas Dhont was 12, a camera was thrust into his hands. For Dhont, who would come out as gay as a…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport amid soaring popularity…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for…

The Associated Press The music industry ’s Grammy awards made its debut on May 4, 1959, 30 years after the Academy Awards handed out its first…

DETROIT (AP) — Honda and the U.S. government are urging owners of about 8,200 older vehicles not to drive them until dangerous air bag inflators…

Associated Press Wall Street had its eyes Friday on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shania Twain felt the need on her new album to empower herself the same way she…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man is in custody and recovering from a bullet wound after shooting two St. Louis police officers who returned fire. The…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Ford will return to Formula One as the engine provider for Red Bull Racing in a partnership announced Friday…

MALVERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A street that honored a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in New York has a new name after a yearslong campaign led by high school…

By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Lil Wayne was honored for his musical achievements, the rapper opened up…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With next year’s Paris Olympics on the horizon and Russia’s invasion looking more…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan former policeman has been sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries have urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes…

BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Germany and other…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is calling on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States to keep a lid on nuclear weapons expansion. The…

LONDON (AP) — A man who was arrested on the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow pleaded guilty to treason on Friday for planning to…

MILAN (AP) — Italian news agency ANSA has reported that the bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by the coast guard during an operation…