Snow pummels parts of Northeast; thousands without power
BOSTON (AP) — Utility crews raced Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York after a powerful…
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Famed LA cougar P-22 euthanized following health problems
CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and…
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Arizona man ticketed for driving in the HOV lane with an inflatable Grinch in the passenger seat
By Zoe Sottile, CNN An Arizona man driving in the high-occupancy vehicle lane was ticketed after a police officer realized his passenger wasn’t…
Continue Reading Biodiversity talks in final days with many issues unresolved
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Negotiators at a United Nations biodiversity conference Saturday have still not resolved most of the key issues…
Continue Reading Investigators in west Texas following 5.4 earthquake
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the state’s oil and gas industry, has sent investigators to west Texas…
Continue Reading Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about…
Continue Reading Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, US says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert…
Continue Reading Safety agency: Washington small plane crashed on test flight
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal safety agency said Saturday that four people who died when a small plane crashed north of Seattle last month were…
Continue Reading Former Atlanta police officer indicted in the 2019 shooting death of Jimmy Atchison
By Nick Valencia and Ray Sanchez, CNN For more than three years, Jimmy Hill has kept a weekly vigil outside the offices of the Fulton County district…
Continue Reading Mistrial declared in gun case against Capitol riot suspect
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia has declared a mistrial in a firearms-related case against a U.S. Naval reservist who is…
Continue Reading Propaganda videos circulating on Russian social media appeal for more army recruits to fight in Ukraine
By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Propaganda videos have begun circulating on Russian social media in recent days to encourage Russians to enlist in the armed…
Continue Reading Former Atlanta police officer indicted in the 2019 shooting death of Jimmy Atchison
By Nick Valencia and Ray Sanchez, CNN For more than three years, Jimmy Hill has kept a weekly vigil outside the offices of the Fulton County district…
Continue Reading Poles executed for hiding Jews are declared martyrs by pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has formally declared that a Polish couple who were executed by German police during World War II for hiding Jews…
Continue Reading Probation for ex-teacher in NY who gave teen vaccine dose
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former Long Island high school teacher accused of injecting a teen with a COVID-19 vaccine at her home without his…
Continue Reading The Perseverance rover is about to have a big first on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Some of our favorite space missions are closing out the year in a big way. Artemis I made a literal splash(down) when it…
Continue Reading Bond set at $50K for father of July 4 shooting suspect
By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Saturday set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing…
Continue Reading Mexican army says Jalisco drug cartel kidnapped colonel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says the violent Jalisco drug cartel has kidnapped a colonel who commanded a detachment in the gang-dominated…
Continue Reading 2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers…
Continue Reading ‘Something to Talk About’ songwriter Shirley Eikhard dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who supplied songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne…
Continue Reading Kenny DeLand Jr., formerly missing American college student, on flight back to US
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been reunited with his mother in Lyon, France, and is on his way back to the…
Continue Reading Woman injured in London concert crowd crush dies in hospital
LONDON (AP) — A woman injured in a crush outside a London concert venue has died, police said Saturday. London resident Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, was…
Continue Reading TSA intercepts record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2022, most of them loaded
By Mary Kay Mallonee and Jason Hanna, CNN The number of firearms that TSA officers intercepted at airport security checkpoints in 2022 is the highest…
Continue Reading India’s visa temples attract devotees aspiring to go abroad
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Arjun Viswanathan stood on the street, his hands folded, eyes fixed on the idol of the…
Continue Reading Crypto’s ties to sports raise ethical questions
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Sports fans who view their favorite players as role models might think twice before taking their financial advice,…
Continue Reading Part of haul from 2019 German museum jewelry heist recovered
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from…
Continue Reading Memphis shooting leaves five people in critical condition
By Tina Burnside and Andy Rose, CNN Five people were in critical condition after a “domestic situation” in Memphis Friday night ended in…
Continue Reading Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of social media lit…
Continue Reading McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into…
Continue Reading Scholz inaugurates 1st liquefied gas terminal in Germany
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inaugurated Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, declaring…
Continue Reading 2 children among 3 people found dead in Pittsburgh home fire
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two children and a young adult died in a home fire early Saturday morning in Pittsburgh, authorities say. A woman was taken to…
Continue Reading ‘Very rarely is it as good as it seems’: Black women in leadership are finding themselves on the ‘glass cliff’
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kyra Kyles recalls the time early in her career when an abrupt staffing change at her communications job caused managers…
Continue Reading Varadkar returns as Irish leader in political job-share deal
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leo Varadkar is returning for a second term as Ireland’s prime minister as part of a job-sharing…
Continue Reading Deal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe
By JUSTIN SPIKE and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan have finalized…
Continue Reading Poland’s top cop set off grenade launcher by accident
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top police official has said that he accidentally set off an explosion of a grenade launcher that was a present…
Continue Reading Thailand’s king, queen test positive for COVID-19
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king and queen have tested positive for COVID-19, and so far have only mild symptoms. The royal palace in Bangkok says…
Continue Reading US company to send team to look into Berlin aquarium rupture
BERLIN (AP) — A U.S. company that helped build a huge aquarium in Berlin says it is sending a team to investigate the rupture of the tank, which…
Continue Reading FA to take ‘strong action’ after Melbourne fan violence
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Football Australia has vowed to take strong and swift action with harsh punishments after an A-League soccer match…
Continue Reading Water supply and metro services restored in Kyiv but many remain without heat after missile attacks
By Olga Voitovych and Sophie Tanno, CNN Water supply and metro services have been restored in Kyiv but officials continued to work Saturday to return…
Continue Reading Qatar offers World Cup visitors an introduction to Islam
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Fatima Garcia donned a headscarf and a black abaya — a long, loose-fitting robe — over…
Continue Reading NYPD will no longer detain individuals at length while running background checks, according to settlement
By Mark Morales, CNN The New York Police Department has agreed to prohibit officers from detaining anyone while running background checks on…
Continue Reading Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and BARBARA SURK Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians on Saturday voted to elect a new parliament, to the…
Continue Reading Philippine Communist Party founder Sison dies in exile at 83
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, whose armed wing has been waging one of…
Continue Reading IMF approves deal with Egypt for $3 billion support package
CAIRO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has approved a deal that will provide a $3 billion support package to cash-strapped Egypt over a…
Continue Reading Recent rain and snow brought some relief to California’s historic drought. It’s still not enough
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Winter in drought-stricken California is off to a fast start with a series of storms bringing a generous amount of rain and…
Continue Reading Moldova suspends 6 TV channels over alleged misinformation
By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Authorities in Moldova say six television channels in the eastern…
Continue Reading Dead boy pulled from rubble of latest Russian hit on Ukraine
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency crews pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search Saturday…
Continue Reading Five years ago, a billionaire couple was found strangled beside their swimming pool. Their family is offering $35 million to help catch their killer
By Faith Karimi, CNN The deaths of Canadian billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman have been shrouded in mystery from the beginning. On December 15,…
Continue Reading More questions than answers as EU corruption scandal unfolds
By LORNE COOK and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — No one answers the door or the phone at the offices of the two campaign groups…
Continue Reading ‘Unlike any planets found in our solar system:’ These two planets are probably made of water, study finds
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Two far-off planets are likely made of water, according to research conducted using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes.…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why Japan is boosting its arms capability, budget
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess…
Continue Reading South Sudan police say 5 killed in confrontation near bank
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Police say at least five people were killed in a gun battle with security forces outside…
Continue Reading What Trump promised, Biden seeks to deliver in his own way
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructure as president. He vowed to take on China and bulk up…
Continue Reading California man avoids prison after 2021 attack on tortoise
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man avoided prison time Friday after he drunkenly trespassed at a preschool last year and attacked a…
Continue Reading Hawaii authorities search for a medical transport aircraft they believe crashed with 3 people aboard
By Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN While search teams in Hawaii are looking for a medical transport aircraft officials believe crashed…
Continue Reading Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 24, 9 more missing
BATANG KALI, Malaysia (AP) — Rescuers in Malaysia have found the bodies of a woman and two children, raising the death toll from a landslide on an…
Continue Reading 2 peacekeepers killed, 4 wounded in attack in Mali, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says two U.N. peacekeepers from Nigeria have been killed and four others wounded in an attack on a peace…
Continue Reading Man assaulted in antisemitic attack in New York’s Central Park; Attacker yells ‘Kanye 2024’
By Tavleen Tarrant, CNN A 63-year-old man was assaulted in what police are calling an antisemitic attack in New York’s Central Park on…
Continue Reading Mississippi officials: Woman and officer shot each other
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Officials now say that a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the…
Continue Reading Washington man gets 2 years for threatening Black shoppers
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A suburban Seattle man was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for threatening to shoot Black customers at…
Continue Reading 5.4 quake jolts West Texas, one of state’s strongest ever
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes in Texas history struck Friday evening in a western region of the state that’s home to…
Continue Reading University of California, workers reach deal to end strike
By JULIE WATSON and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California has reached an agreement with some 36,000…
Continue Reading Records access sought in case of inmate who severed penis
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge is promising to rule quickly on whether to grant public access to…
Continue Reading Conferees told Colorado River action ‘absolutely critical’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first weeks of 2023 will be crucial for Southwest U.S. states and water entities to agree how…
Continue Reading Reno mayor sues after finding tracking device on vehicle
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno mayor Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company…
Continue Reading Former Atlanta officer indicted for murder in 2019 shooting
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia grand jury has indicted a now-retired Atlanta police officer on murder charges stemming from…
Continue Reading Garland moves to end disparities in crack cocaine sentencing
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have…
Continue Reading Efforts to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt wobble
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s power company appears destined for an even longer bankruptcy than…
Continue Reading 2 students killed, 2 wounded in shooting near Chicago school
CHICAGO (AP) — Two students were killed and two other teens were wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon near a high school on Chicago’s West…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s military has a fertility problem: As China fears grow, its recruitment pool shrinks
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Continue Reading Mexico president insists relations with Spain still ‘paused’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his country’s relations with Spain are still “on pause,” one day after…
Continue Reading Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh facing new tax evasion charges
By Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris, CNN Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who has been accused of killing his wife and son…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The Transportation Security Administration is raising the fine for people caught with a firearm in their…
Continue Reading TSA finds record number of guns on passengers at checkpoints
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency tasked with airport security says so far this year officers have stopped a record number of guns going through…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas; Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.; Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response…
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Documents filed in a state lawsuit show that a former student who accused ex-LSU football coach Les Miles of sexual…
Continue Reading Youngkin executive order bans TikTok from state computers
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government…
Continue Reading Former Virginia first lady ‘Jinks’ Holton dies at 97
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The family of Virginia “Jinks” Rogers Holton says the former Virginia first lady has…
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a federal lawsuit that Dodge City, Kansas, is denying Latino…
Continue Reading OSHA: Amazon failed to record some warehouse injuries
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states,…
Continue Reading Accused NYC subway shooter now faces more federal charges
By Lauren del Valle, CNN Frank James, the man authorities have said was behind the mass shooting inside a New York City subway that left dozens…
Continue Reading Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor
By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN A transgender woman who is scheduled to be executed in Missouri next month for murdering a woman in 2003 has…
Continue Reading US buying 3M barrels of oil to start replenishing reserves
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it is buying 3 million barrels of oil to begin to replenish…
Continue Reading Gunman killed in Amazon shooting had ‘jealousy issues’
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot an Amazon contract worker in Arizona had jealousy issues with a girlfriend who worked there. Police…
Continue Reading Officials order cleanup at Iowa plant rocked by explosion
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Iowa officials have ordered a company to clean up and stabilize its shingle recycling plant where an explosion…
Continue Reading Joseph, facing felony assault charge, no longer with Huskers
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska interim football coach Mickey Joseph is no longer part of the Cornhuskers’ program. He was charged with…
Continue Reading Father of July 4 shooting suspect charged with 7 felonies
By KATHLEEN FOODY and MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass…
Continue Reading Peru’s accidental president fails to quell violent protests
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — It might be the world’s shortest political honeymoon. Almost…
Continue Reading Highland Park suspected shooter’s father is charged with felony reckless conduct
By Andy Rose, Carolyn Sung and Christina Maxouris, CNN The father of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more at the Highland…
Continue Reading After this week’s Fed rate hike, where are mortgage rates headed?
By Anna Bahney, CNN The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark lending rate this week for the seventh time this year, capping a year of intense pressure…
Continue Reading Massachusetts fugitive wanted for murder captured at Guatemala shrimp farm
By Andi Babineau, CNN A fugitive wanted in Massachusetts for a 1991 murder has been captured at a Guatemala shrimp farm, according to a news release…
Continue Reading Real-world studies show updated COVID-19 boosters offer important protection against urgent care visits and hospitalizations
Although the updated COVID-19 vaccines don’t offer complete protection against a trip to the hospital or urgent care, they do offer important defense…
Continue Reading 2 teens killed, 2 wounded in shooting outside Chicago high school
By Brad Parks and Andy Rose, CNN Two teens were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting outside Benito Juarez High School southwest of…
Continue Reading FBI: Minnesota man was making arsenal, revered mass shooters
By STEPHEN GROVES and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press SAVAGE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota man who told an FBI informant that he was…
Continue Reading Senate backs big land transfer for Nevada military complex
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has passed a massive expansion of a northern Nevada naval air…
Continue Reading Bogus ‘Bitcoin killer’ cryptocurrency founder pleads guilty
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say the co-founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering…
Continue Reading Oberlin College finishes paying $25M judgment in libel suit
OBERLIN. Ohio (AP) — Oberlin College has finished paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school…
Continue Reading Perseverance rover is about to build a first-of-its-kind depot on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover is about to build the first depot of rock and soil samples on another planet. Establishing a cache…
Continue Reading Judge to halt provision making California gun suits costlier
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge says he will block part of a new California law that critics say was designed to…
Continue Reading Sentencing begins in police killing of Atatiana Jefferson
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A psychologist says a former Texas officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019…
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