NATO starts work to upgrade Albanian communist-era air base
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — NATO has started work to upgrade Albania’s communist-era Kucova Air Base, which will allow it to be used for alliance…
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Florida bill to shield people from feeling ‘discomfort’ over historic actions by their race, nationality or gender approved by Senate committee
By Amy Simonson, CNN A bill backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit Florida’s public schools and private businesses from…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell requests new trial after juror interviews
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney asks for new trial after juror gave post-trial interviews about his sexual abuse
By Laura Ly, CNN An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell has filed a motion requesting a new trial, according to a letter to US District Judge Alison…
Continue Reading US jobless claims rise to 286,000, highest since October
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three…
Continue Reading Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA’s opening Olympic uniforms
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming…
Continue Reading New Mo Willems ‘Pigeon’ book to be released in September
NEW YORK (AP) — The bus-loving Pigeon of children’s picture books fame is back on the move. Author-illustrator Mo Willems has a five-book deal…
Continue Reading Minnesota AG sues Covid-19 testing providers for allegedly faking or failing to deliver results
By Chris Boyette, CNN Minnesota’s attorney general is suing a company and its associated clinical lab, claiming they failed to deliver Covid-19…
Continue Reading Sick bear cub in Poland euthanized as no improvement
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Veterinarians in Poland say they have euthanized a brown bear cub after more than a week of treatment failed to ease its…
Continue Reading Pope Benedict XVI knew of abusive priests when he ran Munich archdiocese, investigators say
By Rob Picheta, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was…
Continue Reading Slovenia’s president to set general election for April 24
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s president says parliamentary election in Slovenia will be held on April 24. The vote will test the…
Continue Reading German FM: Diplomats shared blame for Holocaust
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says that the country’s diplomats during the Nazi era shared blame for the Holocaust and she wants…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31,…
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has paid $500 million due on sovereign bonds from its badly depleted…
Continue Reading Prince Andrew’s Twitter account deleted, days after royal loses military titles and charities
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Prince Andrew’s Twitter account has been deleted, days after the Queen stripped him of his honorary military titles and…
Continue Reading Czech anti-coronavirus vaccine folk singer dies after deliberately getting infected with Covid-19, son says
By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus,…
Continue Reading Czech anti-coronavirus vaccine folk singer dies after deliberately getting infected with Covid-19, son says
By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus,…
Continue Reading US researchers test pig-to-human transplant in donated body
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. researchers are reporting the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human…
Continue Reading Thailand loosens entry restrictions as omicron worries ease
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will ease entry requirements for vaccinated visitors from all countries next month as concerns about the omicron variant of…
Continue Reading 19-year-old woman sets record for solo global flight
By MARTA FIORIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford has set a world…
Continue Reading Trying to stem the pandemic, Uganda creates a fuel crisis
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A dispute over COVID-19 testing fees for truckers has created a fuel crisis in Uganda,…
Continue Reading How to crush your holiday debt
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet Paying for gifts, travel, entertaining and other holiday expenses has caused many of us to start off the new year in…
Continue Reading Polish LOT plane struck by lightning, forced to land
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish news broadcaster has reported that a LOT Polish airlines plane was struck by lightning, prompting the plane to…
Continue Reading An Alaska doctor was sentenced to nearly 3 years of prison for illegally prescribing opioids that caused the overdose deaths of five people
By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN An Alaska doctor was sentenced to nearly three years in prison after five of his patients overdosed and…
Continue Reading More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck’s COVID-19 pill
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed group says it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck’s…
Continue Reading Pope Benedict XVI knew of abusive priests when he ran Munich archdiocese, investigators say
By Rob Picheta, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was…
Continue Reading Israel police chief orders probe into NSO spyware claims
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s police chief says he has ordered an extensive investigation into a newspaper’s claims that the force had used…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 20: Biden, Voting rights, Capitol riot, Covid, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The FBI says cybercriminals are trying to steal financial information from Americans by creating fraudulent QR codes that…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 20: Biden, Voting rights, Capitol riot, Covid, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The FBI says cybercriminals are trying to steal financial information from Americans by creating fraudulent QR codes that…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 20: Biden, Voting rights, Capitol riot, Covid, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The FBI says cybercriminals are trying to steal financial information from Americans by creating fraudulent QR codes that…
Continue Reading Russia says it would welcome another presidential call with Biden over Ukraine
By Olga Pavlova, CNN Russia would welcome another conversation between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden, Kremlin spokesman…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 20: Biden, Voting rights, Capitol riot, Covid, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The FBI says cybercriminals are trying to steal financial information from Americans by creating fraudulent QR codes that…
Continue Reading ‘Living fortress’ dinosaur was lonesome, sluggish and hard of hearing
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Life as a “living fortress” was a lonesome one for this dinosaur. A heavily armored nodosaurid, which sported…
Continue Reading US: Swift, severe response if Russia sends troops to Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning of a unified, “swift, severe”…
Continue Reading Judges didn’t consider ‘wisdom’ of deporting Novak Djokovic
By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three Australian Federal Court judges have revealed their reasons for…
Continue Reading Bombing in Pakistan’s 2nd city Lahore kills 2, wounds 26
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a powerful bomb has exploded in a crowded bazar in in Pakistan’s second largest city of Lahore, killing at…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union lawmakers have approved proposed rules that would require online companies to ramp…
Continue Reading Stampede at religious ceremony in Liberia kills 29 people
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Officials in Liberia say that at least 29 people in Liberia, including 11…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Norway mass killer still ‘a very dangerous man’
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A prosecutor in Norway says a far-right extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 still is “a very dangerous man” and should…
Continue Reading Tina Turner, husband snap up vast $76M estate on Lake Zurich
GENEVA (AP) — Rock ‘n’ roll icon Tina Turner and her husband have reportedly bought a 70-million Swiss franc ($76 million) estate with 10…
Continue Reading 11-month-old girl in critical condition after she was shot in face, caught in crossfire in the Bronx
By Rob Frehse and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An 11-month-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the face Wednesday while she was with her…
Continue Reading Germany expects COVID-19 cases to peak in mid-February
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister expects the number of coronavirus infections in the country to keep rising for several weeks reaching…
Continue Reading Russia announces sweeping naval drills amid Ukraine tensions
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world this month, and…
Continue Reading Israel inks multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has signed a three billion euro ($3.4 billion) deal to buy three cutting edge submarines from Germany, the defense ministry…
Continue Reading German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Hardy Kruger, considered one of post-war Germany’s best actors, has died at 93. His agent said…
Continue Reading Emirates to again fly Boeing 777 to US as 5G rollout slowed
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the…
Continue Reading Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press At some of the world’s most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a…
Continue Reading Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese has faulted retired Pope…
Continue Reading Phone call shows brother pleading with Texas hostage-taker
By DANICA KIRKA, SYLVIA HUI AND JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British man who held four people hostage in a Texas synagogue ranted…
Continue Reading Cut off by volcano, Tongans relieved as contact restored
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — As the massive undersea Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday, Tongans from…
Continue Reading Austrian parliament approves vaccine mandate for adults
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s parliament has voted to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from Feb. 1, the first of its kind in Europe.…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an…
Continue Reading Amazon heads to the mall with prototype clothing store
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — First, Amazon competed with malls. Now, it’s moving inside one. The online retailing…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How UK Conservatives can change their leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Some Conservative lawmakers in Britain are talking about ousting their leader, Prime Minister Boris…
Continue Reading Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: accepting the virus
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — With one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates and its most pandemic-battered economies, the…
Continue Reading US Navy warship challenges Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea
By Brad Lendon, CNN A United States Navy guided missile destroyer challenged Chinese claims of sovereignty in and around islands in the South China…
Continue Reading Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military
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Continue Reading First contactless aid flights arrive in disaster-hit Tonga as islands aim to keep Covid-19 out
By Rhea Mogul, Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The first contactless aid flights arrived in disaster-hit Tonga on Thursday, as the…
Continue Reading Former Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo sues city, claiming he was fired for being whistleblower
By Andy Rose, CNN Former Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city’s government and four city officials…
Continue Reading Japan’s imports hit record highs on surging energy prices
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports and imports both reached record highs in December, largely because of surging…
Continue Reading Pakistan court sentences woman to death for blasphemy
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Continue Reading Lebanon’s poorest scavenge through trash to survive
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Even trash has become a commodity fought over in the streets in Lebanon, mired in one of the world’s…
Continue Reading New approach to teaching race in school divides New Mexico
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A proposal to overhaul New Mexico’s social studies standards has…
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the…
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for…
Continue Reading Biden says nation weary from COVID but rising with him in WH
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of…
Continue Reading UN approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution condemning any…
Continue Reading Biden approval hits new low at one-year mark: AP-NORC poll
By AAMER MADHANI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear…
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By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is unlikely to answer a further Russian invasion of Ukraine…
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Continue Reading A Kansas DA cited stand your ground laws and announced no charges in death of teen in custody
By Christina Maxouris and Joe Sutton, CNN A Kansas district attorney announced he will be filing no charges in connection with the death of Cedric…
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By Caroll Alvarado and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The US Defense Department on Friday released the names of two Marines killed this week when the military…
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Continue Reading Timeline of events since George Floyd’s arrest and death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s death after his arrest by police officers in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, sparked widespread anger after…
Continue Reading NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and…
Continue Reading Jury selection begins in federal trial over Floyd’s killing
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Continue Reading Florida bill to shield people from feeling ‘discomfort’ over historic actions by their race, nationality or gender approved by Senate committee
By Amy Simonson, CNN A bill backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit Florida’s public schools and private businesses from…
Continue Reading Novavax becomes Australia’s 5th approved COVID-19 vaccine
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine has become the fifth coronavirus vaccine approved for use in Australia. The country has…
Continue Reading Army Corps to spend $732M on Mississippi River lock upgrade
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps will spend $732 million to expand a congested lock and dam in Missouri.…
Continue Reading Scientists made an incredible discovery in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ off Tahiti
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Deep in the ocean off the coast of Tahiti, scientists made an incredible discovery in November: acres of giant, pristine,…
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Stunning find discovered hiding in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean depths are as mysterious as the infinite abyss of space beyond our planet. Every time we dive beneath the waves,…
Continue Reading Florida health official sent an email calling out his unvaccinated colleagues. He’s now on administrative leave
By Amir Vera, Leyla Santiago and Alta Spells, CNN The top official for Florida’s Department of Health in the Orlando area has been placed on…
Continue Reading North Korea says it will reconsider its moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests
By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea said it will bolster its defense against the United States and evaluate “restarting…
Continue Reading FBI confirm search near Texas home of US Rep. Henry Cuellar
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — FBI agents have conducted a search near U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s home in Texas as they conducted what an FBI…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister is criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden for moving too…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the slaying of a woman while she worked at a Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Twitter blocks account of Mexican magnate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Online social platform Twitter has suspended the account of one of Mexico’s wealthiest men and a close ally of President…
Continue Reading Cause of death released after mother, son fall at Petco Park
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police have determined the causes of death of a 40-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son who plunged from the third…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis officers headed to a federal trial on civil rights charges this…
Continue Reading There are ‘just not words’ for the toll Covid has taken on this rural Kentucky community
By Miguel Marquez, Aaron Cooper and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Dr. Aaron Parker Banks gets emotional when talking about the toll Covid-19 has taken on his…
Continue Reading There are ‘just not words’ for the toll Covid has taken on this rural Kentucky community
By Miguel Marquez, Aaron Cooper and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Dr. Aaron Parker Banks gets emotional when talking about the toll Covid-19 has taken on his…
Continue Reading 2 Marines dead, 17 hurt in truck rollover near Camp Lejeune
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say two U.S. Marines were killed and 17 others injured when the 7-ton truck they were riding in overturned…
Continue Reading Spears case drives California bid to limit conservatorships
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disability rights activists and advocates for Britney Spears are backing a California…
Continue Reading Man gets life sentence for deadly California rampage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man convicted of a Southern California rampage that included shootings, carjackings and murder has been sentenced to life in…
Continue Reading Two broadcasters terminated after calling female high school athletes overweight and laughing about it
By Jenn Selva and Paradise Afshar, CNN Two broadcasters in Maine have been terminated, according to a statement posted on the WHOU Facebook page,…
Continue Reading Football games send viewers to TV on cold weekend
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers parked themselves in front of their televisions to watch football and stay out of the…
Continue Reading Alaska court upholds voter-approved election changes
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld as valid a voter-approved election system that would end…
Continue Reading Biden blasts GOP as lacking a message heading into midterms
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has previewed the message he hopes can buoy Democrats during November’s…
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