Germany: Suspect dead after killing mother, taking hostages
BERLIN (AP) — German police said Saturday that a man suspected of killing his mother and later taking two people hostage in the eastern city of…
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Bangladesh opposition rallies to demand PM quit before polls
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to…
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By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — After weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria, Kurdish forces and…
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After release from Russian custody, focus is on providing Brittney Griner and her family additional support, officials say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After being imprisoned in Russia for nearly 10 months, WNBA star Brittney Griner’s safe return to the US on Friday was…
Continue Reading New Japan law aims at Unification Church fundraising abuses
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Saturday enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by…
Continue Reading Los Angeles council member involved in fight with activist
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles City Council member embroiled in a scandal over racist remarks and an activist fought at a Friday night holiday…
Continue Reading Deion Sanders has decided to stop coaching at a historically Black college. Here’s why people are so upset
By Amir Vera, CNN College football fans and HBCU alumni are still coming to terms with Deion Sanders announcing his departure from Jackson State…
Continue Reading Deion Sanders has decided to stop coaching at a historically Black college. Here’s why people are so upset
By Amir Vera, CNN College football fans and HBCU alumni are still coming to terms with Deion Sanders announcing his departure from Jackson State…
Continue Reading Ukraine utility crews adapt, overcome after Russian strikes
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Over the grinding wail of a chainsaw pruning trees, Oleh Braharnyk recalls how his crew…
Continue Reading Abalone and Dugongs threatened with extinction, warns IUCN Red List
Story by Reuters The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of…
Continue Reading Swear words in different languages have one thing in common
By Scottie Andrew, CNN What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But…
Continue Reading Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 69 months in prison on fraud charge
By Wayne Chang, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months…
Continue Reading Afghan academic rebuilds life in Italy, dreams of returning
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Batool Haidari used to be a prominent professor of sexology at a Kabul university before the…
Continue Reading Ukrainian youth choir defies war with messages of freedom
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — From a dank Kyiv bomb shelter to the bright stage lights of Europe’s theaters, a…
Continue Reading Philippines protesters decry alleged injustices under Marcos
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in the Philippine capital protesting what they say is a rising number of extrajudicial…
Continue Reading Kentucky remembers tornado victims as rebuilding continues
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Chris Bullock has a lot to be grateful for as she decorates her new home for Christmas.…
Continue Reading How a Twitter account with a cat avatar took on Beijing
By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Selina Wang, CNN The unprecedented protests that swept China late last month, posing the biggest challenge to leader Xi…
Continue Reading Ukraine keeps patching up its power grid. But Russia’s barrage could force more Ukrainians to flee as winter bites
By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Victoria Butenko, CNN What Russia cannot win on the battlefield, it is seeking to win by casting Ukrainian cities…
Continue Reading Rural voters ‘in the trenches’ on climate, leery of Biden
By NUHA DOLBY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Drought in California meant Raquel Krach, a rice farmer and graduate student in the Sacramento…
Continue Reading Sinema party switch highlights 2024 obstacles for Democrats
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Less than three days after Democrats celebrated victory in the final Senate contest of the…
Continue Reading Peru’s ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by…
Continue Reading Strong winds, up to 4 feet of snow forecast in Sierra Nevada
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another winter storm packing heavy snow and powerful winds was moving into the northern Sierra…
Continue Reading Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon over fraud
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison…
Continue Reading Kari Lake challenges her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the Republican defeated in Arizona governor’s race, is formally challenging her…
Continue Reading US soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies at World Cup
By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Grant Wahl, an American journalist who helped grow the popularity of soccer in the U.S. and…
Continue Reading No food in 9 days for 19 Nevada prisoners on hunger strike
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas woman says her son and dozens of other prisoners are on hunger strike over inhumane…
Continue Reading European Parliament vice president expelled by party amid corruption probe involving Gulf nation
By Niamh Kennedy and Chris Liakos, CNN Eva Kaili, one of the European Parliament’s vice presidents, has been expelled by her political party in…
Continue Reading Top thoroughbred racehorse trainer Jason Servis pleads guilty in federal doping case
By Rob Frehse, CNN A top thoroughbred trainer who prosecutors said doped nearly all the horses under his control pleaded guilty Friday in a federal…
Continue Reading Warnings on gay club shooter stir questions about old case
By BRIAN MELLEY, COLLEEN SLEVIN and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A California woman who warned a judge last year about the danger…
Continue Reading Idaho student killings investigation receives overwhelming amount of tips for white sedan being sought, police say
By Emma Tucker, CNN The investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students has received an overwhelming amount of tips related to…
Continue Reading Joseph Kittinger, who set longtime parachute record, dies
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Retired Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger, whose 1960 parachute jump from almost 20…
Continue Reading Jury goes a week with no verdict at Weinstein rape trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors at the Los Angeles rape and sexual misconduct trial of Harvey Weinstein have been deliberating for a week without…
Continue Reading Griner swap reveals dilemma US faces in freeing detainees
By REBECCA SANTANA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Taliban drug lord convicted in a vast heroin trafficking conspiracy. A…
Continue Reading Kansas school’s students disciplined for offensive behavior
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Several students at a Kansas high school have been disciplined for their behavior after a coach accused them of…
Continue Reading Philadelphia ordered to remove box covering Columbus statue
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is being ordered to remove the plywood box it placed over a statue of Christopher Columbus after 2020 protests…
Continue Reading France to make condoms free for anyone under 25, Macron says
PARIS (AP) — France will make condoms free in pharmacies for anyone up to age 25 in the new year, President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday. The…
Continue Reading Governor’s race broke Pennsylvania campaign spending record
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spending in Pennsylvania’s 2022 gubernatorial race blew past the record set eight years ago,…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; NASA Johnson…
Continue Reading Oregon lawsuit spotlights destruction of Black neighborhoods
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press A home that was a fixture of Bobby Fouther’s childhood is now a parking lot, the two-story, shingle-sided…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: No evidence hiding in wrongful conviction case
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge won’t sanction the city’s top prosecutor after Missouri’s attorney general…
Continue Reading Squirrel shooter arrested after bullet breaks child’s window
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (AP) — A 76-year-old Minnesota man is facing criminal charges because he was shooting at a squirrel and a bullet went…
Continue Reading Why this predominantly White county in Southern California is declaring racism a public health crisis
By Josh Campbell, CNN Andrew Do was afraid to play sports his last two years of high school. “I didn’t want to walk home alone after…
Continue Reading A ‘downtown’ choreographer brings her craft to the opera
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You could call choreographer Annie-B Parson a “downtown” choreographer. She’s known…
Continue Reading Connecticut’s first retail cannabis sales to begin Jan. 10
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first retail recreational cannabis sales will begin as soon as Jan. 10.…
Continue Reading 2 plead to misdemeanors in Missouri boarding school case
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading Putin floats possibility that Russia may abandon ‘no first use’ nuclear doctrine
By Tim Lister, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the second time this week, floated the possibility that Russia may formally change its…
Continue Reading Embattled LA councilman attends city meeting after scandal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León has attended his first City Council meeting in nearly two months since a scandal…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes case on immigration scam case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a scam that falsely promoted adult adoptions as a path to U.S. citizenship.…
Continue Reading Brazil fans back home shocked after World Cup elimination
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer fans have been shocked into silence back home after the national team was…
Continue Reading Flint Water Crisis Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to tainted drinking water that…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers in court for sealed hearing in Mar-a-Lago case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump are in federal court in Washington for sealed arguments as part of the…
Continue Reading NYC mayor’s $300 fine for rat infestation is dismissed
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has beaten the rat rap. Days after Mayor Eric Adams appeared remotely at a city administrative hearing to…
Continue Reading Neymar ties Pelé’s record but loses again at World Cup
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Neymar walked off the field with teammate Dani Alves by his side, tears still rolling down…
Continue Reading Fan runs on field during Argentina-Netherlands at World Cup
LUSAIL, Argentina (AP) — A fan ran onto the field in the 75th minute of Argentina’s World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands. The…
Continue Reading NATO chief fears Ukraine war could become a wider conflict
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of NATO has expressed worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control…
Continue Reading Pricey pants from 1857 go for $114k, raise Levi’s questions
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that…
Continue Reading Griner’s home, but WNBA players still competing overseas
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner is back in the United States after an arduous 10-month saga in Russia. Yet nearly half of her…
Continue Reading Vocal rat opponent NYC Mayor Adams gets rat infestation ticket dismissed
By Kiely Westhoff, Celina Tebor and Emma Tucker, CNN New York Mayor Eric Adams, a vocal rat opponent who made fighting rodents in the city a…
Continue Reading Florida grand jury calls for new laws on illegal immigration
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A statewide grand jury empaneled at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for lawmakers to create new…
Continue Reading Flint water crisis charges dismissed against ex-Gov. Snyder
By ED WHITE Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint…
Continue Reading Former Minneapolis police officer who helped restrain George Floyd sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison
By Ray Sanchez and Brad Parks, CNN A former Minneapolis police officer who assisted in the fatal restraint of George Floyd was sentenced to 3 ½…
Continue Reading South Carolina prosecutors reveal alleged motive in Murdaugh murder case
By Kevin Conlon, CNN South Carolina prosecutors have put forth what they believe was Alex Murdaugh’s motive for killing his wife and son. He…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say Murdaugh killed wife and son to cover crimes
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son…
Continue Reading USDA: Florida orange crop down 36% after twin hurricanes
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Production of oranges in Florida this season is forecast to be down 36% from earlier…
Continue Reading US reports another Takata air bag death, bringing toll to 33
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles…
Continue Reading American, JetBlue expand deal that US is trying to kill
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are expanding their partnership in the Northeast even while the government tries to kill the…
Continue Reading Guilty plea possible from Buffalo gunman on federal charges
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A lawyer for the white gunman who pleaded guilty to state charges in the killing of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket…
Continue Reading Tennessee eyes $2M in contracts to test 1000 rape kits
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with…
Continue Reading Buffalo grocery store mass shooter willing to plead guilty to federal charges if death penalty off the table, attorneys say
By Mark Morales, Emma Tucker and Ray Sanchez, CNN The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded three in a racist attack at a grocery store in a…
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The most common complaints filed to your local government
Stacker analyzed over 70,000 issues for 365 metro areas on SeeClickFix.com to find the most common categories of complaints submitted by concerned…
Continue Reading Putin says more US-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible if Moscow and Washington find a…
Continue Reading Russia pardoned Zambian prisoner ‘to join military operation in Ukraine,’ says minister
By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Russia pardoned a Zambian prisoner so that they could be deployed to Ukraine, where they died fighting for the Wagner…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault trial will continue Monday in Los Angeles
By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the former movie producer accused of using his…
Continue Reading AFI Awards to honor ‘Avatar,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘Abbott Elementary’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next month’s AFI Awards will honor films including the “Avatar” sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis” and popular…
Continue Reading ‘Our pride’: Morocco keeps Africa’s hope alive in World Cup
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DENG MACHOL Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For many in Africa, Morocco’s underdog performance is the best story in…
Continue Reading Croatia beats Brazil on penalties in World Cup quarterfinals
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Neymar is again going home without a World Cup title. Luka Modric’s quest continues…
Continue Reading Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history
By JOHN HANNA, RYAN J. FOLEY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a…
Continue Reading UN approves exempting humanitarian aid from all UN sanctions
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly approved a resolution exempting…
Continue Reading Face masks come back to forefront amid triple threat of COVID-19, flu, RSV
Months after most mask requirements have come to an end and many people have stopped wearing them, some of the nation’s leading health experts are…
Continue Reading The UK just had a major market scare. Now it wants to relax financial rules
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Just two months after UK markets suffered their worst meltdown since the global financial crisis, the British government is…
Continue Reading Key inflation measure shows price pressures cooled off in November, but remain high
By Chris Isidore, CNN Another key inflation measure shows price pressures cooled off but remained stubbornly high in November, despite the Federal…
Continue Reading Whelan talks will continue because Russians have ‘things they want,’ US official says
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration believes the Russian government will continue to engage on detainee issues,…
Continue Reading What goes up… is starting to come down
By Christine Romans It’s too soon to declare victory over inflation, but from gas to chicken to big-screen TVs, there are, increasingly, signs…
Continue Reading Lawsuit against doctor who defied Texas abortion law tossed
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Lawyers for a doctor who intentionally defied a Texas abortion law that the lawyers called a “bounty-hunting scheme” say a…
Continue Reading Kristen Stewart to lead 73rd Berlinale film festival jury
BERLIN (AP) — Organizers of the annual Berlin film festival say Kristen Stewart will head the international jury in 2023. The American actor,…
Continue Reading Climate concerns give national attention to Louisiana race
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An obscure elected position in Louisiana, with possibly major implications, is receiving…
Continue Reading Biden wants African Union to be added to Group of 20 nations
By AAMER MADHANI and CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to announce at next week’s U.S.-Africa summit that…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What Sinema’s switch means for the Senate
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is becoming an Independent and leaving the Democratic Party.…
Continue Reading AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most…
Continue Reading An investigation found no evidence to support a woman’s claim her father was a serial killer
By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says there’s “no evidence” to back up a claim by a woman that her…
Continue Reading Brazil’s da Silva announces incoming Cabinet ministers
By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unveiling some of the faces that…
Continue Reading Manatee relative, 700 new species now facing extinction
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous…
Continue Reading Tennessee high school sports org votes to allow NIL deals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rulemaking arm of Tennessee’s high school sports oversight organization has made a change that allows student…
Continue Reading UN rights chief: Protect ‘civic space’ for climate activists
BERLIN (AP) — The top United Nations human rights official said Friday that it’s important to protect the “civic space” for young…
Continue Reading US sanctions companies for rights abuses in Chinese waters
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it’s sanctioning a group of companies and people linked to…
Continue Reading The story so far: AP’s investigation into federal prisons
By The Associated Press An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s…
Continue Reading Tabloids fume, many in UK shrug over Harry and Meghan series
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s press erupted in outrage Friday at Prince Harry and Meghan’s documentary series, which…
Continue Reading Portuguese lawmakers make 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has voted for the third time in almost two years in favor of allowing euthanasia. But as happened…
Continue Reading Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo as tensions escalate
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s prime minister says the country’s leadership is close to demanding the…
Continue Reading Japan investigating repeated assaults by guards at prison
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Justice Ministry has disclosed that more than 20 prison guards repeatedly pushed, slapped…
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