After Taylor shooting, feds find police discrimination
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating…
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At the Oscars a year later, The Slap stays in the picture
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Academy Awards are Sunday, but did last year’s Oscars ever really end? When Hollywood reconvenes at the Dolby…
Continue Reading Women in Turkey brave ban on Istanbul march, get tear-gassed
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has brought together state lawmakers, federal officials and others for a…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods’ girlfriend seeks to nullify NDA with pro golfer
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods’ girlfriend wants to nullify a nondisclosure agreement following a six-year relationship with the…
Continue Reading Georgian police disperse crowd protesting foreign agent law
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia’s capital have fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators around the parliament…
Continue Reading Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police review
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department…
Continue Reading On tap: Booze still allowed on Amtrak in New Hampshire
By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston can continue…
Continue Reading What’s next for marijuana legalization after Oklahoma vote?
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Voters in Oklahoma have rejected a ballot measure that would have made the state the 22nd in the U.S. to legalize…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations begin for XXXTentacion’s accused killers
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the trial of three men accused of murdering…
Continue Reading EPA proposes stricter limits on coal plant water pollution
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed strengthening a rule aimed at reducing…
Continue Reading Daughter unravels decades-old mystery of disabled mom’s rape
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman born to a severely disabled resident of a New York state facility in 1986 has filed a lawsuit saying her…
Continue Reading Israeli protests disrupt visit by US defense secretary
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. and Israeli officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been forced to change the…
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Caught between the West and Russia, could Georgia be the next Ukraine?
By Sophie Tanno, CNN Protests erupted in Georgia this week after the country’s parliament passed the first reading of a draft law that would…
Continue Reading A global mystery: What’s known about Nord Stream explosions
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions…
Continue Reading Polish PM defends John Paul II after report he knew of abuse
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has stepped in to defend the good name of St. John Paul II, a “great fellow-countryman,”…
Continue Reading Aid group shutters hospital in Haiti amid spike in violence
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has been forced to temporarily close its hospital in Cite Soleil given a sharp rise in…
Continue Reading CSX freight train derails after striking rockslide in West Virginia, injuring 3 and spilling diesel into river
By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN A CSX freight train derailed Wednesday morning after striking a rockslide in a remote area of West…
Continue Reading Czech President Milos Zeman leaves, opponents celebrate
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Over the past 10 years, Czech President Milos Zeman has courted controversy. He sought a referendum…
Continue Reading Executive gets 15 months in prison in doomed nuclear project
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former executive utility who gave rosy projections on the progress of two nuclear power…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania lawmaker quits amid sex harassment allegations
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is quitting the Legislature, a week after a union lobbyist…
Continue Reading Americans found quickly, but Mexico’s missing remain lost
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the…
Continue Reading Estonia’s Reform Party starts coalition government talks
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s center-right Reform Party has started talks with two smaller parties about forming a…
Continue Reading NASA’s Curiosity rover shares a stunning sunset on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Curiosity rover just sent back a stunning postcard capturing its view of a shimmering sunset on Mars. The NASA rover…
Continue Reading Disney World board picked by DeSantis hints future actions
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government —…
Continue Reading Palestinian police fire tear gas, disperse militant funeral
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a…
Continue Reading TSA agents seize gun from actor Mike Epps in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Airport police say federal agents confiscated a loaded gun found in the hand luggage of actor and comedian Mike Epps, who was…
Continue Reading At the Philadelphia Flower Show, display gardens bloom
By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The nine-day Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, billed as the…
Continue Reading WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific. The Associated…
Continue Reading The US housing market is short 6.5 million homes
By Anna Bahney, CNN The United States is not building enough homes to account for the number of people setting up their own households. As a result,…
Continue Reading Astronomers detect water molecules swirling around a star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A nearby star system is helping astronomers unravel the mystery of how water appeared in our solar system billions of years…
Continue Reading Is it safe to travel to Mexico? Here’s what you need to know
By Marnie Hunter, CNN The kidnapping and killing of US travelers recently in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just over the border from Brownsville,…
Continue Reading Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost
By Katie Hunt, CNN Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and…
Continue Reading The number of available jobs in the US shrank in January
By Alicia Wallace, CNN There’s a slight chill running through the US labor market, but the temperature is still too high for the Federal…
Continue Reading Buying bank stocks before a recession used to be madness. Not anymore
By Anna Cooban, CNN Investors are bucking tradition this year by piling into big bank stocks just as major economies are expected to either slow down…
Continue Reading Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new…
Continue Reading More than 170 trillion plastic particles found in the ocean as pollution reaches ‘unprecedented’ levels
By Laura Paddison, CNN The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles…
Continue Reading Love Rocks NYC benefit to help meet rising demand for meals
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter never really considered missing the chance to perform at…
Continue Reading Powell says ‘no decision’ on the Fed’s next move on rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the central bank’s…
Continue Reading Biden budget aims to cut deficits nearly $3T over 10 years
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s upcoming budget proposal aims to cut deficits by nearly $3 trillion…
Continue Reading US sanctions Iranian officials over women’s right abuses
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is adding more sanctions on Iranian state officials who are accused of violating…
Continue Reading Tesla that hit firetruck was using automated driving system
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla that crashed into a firetruck in California last month was operating on one of the company’s…
Continue Reading Officials to transfer animals, drop probe on Puerto Rico zoo
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday they are dropping all investigations into Puerto…
Continue Reading A Marine was plotting to bomb an Indiana mosque. Then his plans took a surprising turn
By John Blake, CNN As soon as some members of the Islamic Center of Muncie saw the man coming toward them, they knew he was trouble. He was a big guy…
Continue Reading Russia releases trailer for first feature-length movie filmed in space
By Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film…
Continue Reading Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong heirs talk legacy, roles for Asians
By TERRY TANG The Associated Press Almost every working Asian actor in Hollywood can trace their path back to Bruce Lee and Anna May Wong. The…
Continue Reading January US job openings dip, but still high at 10.8 million
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 10.8 million job openings in January, indicating the American job…
Continue Reading UN envoy calls for renewed Syrian political talks post-quake
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press A top United Nations official has called for renewed attempts to reach a political solution to the country’s nearly…
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok has unveiled new measures to protect European user data as it takes steps to head off…
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By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The new comedy “Champions” stars Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson, but the veteran actors…
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By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining…
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new British law that aims to bar people from seeking asylum if they arrive in the U.K. in small…
Continue Reading TikTok campaign targets Biden on proposed Alaska oil project
By MARK THIESSEN, ISABELLA O’MALLEY and NATALIA GUTIERREZ Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A social media campaign is urging…
Continue Reading Erdogan’s ‘polar opposite’ wants to replace him as president of Turkey
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkey’s opposition on Monday announced Kemal Kilicdaroglu as the presidential candidate to run against two-decade ruler…
Continue Reading Maker of unproven birth drug Makena to pull from US market
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily…
Continue Reading Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Nazanin Boniadi is urging the world to back the protests in her native…
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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a…
Continue Reading Court orders delay in release of additional Tyre Nichols footage as DOJ announces review of Memphis Police Department
By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy, Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN The release of more video from the January traffic stop that led to the deadly…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film…
Continue Reading Barenboim cancels piano concert in Monaco, citing health
MILAN (AP) — Prominent pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has canceled a piano recital at the Opera de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a…
Continue Reading Hungarian delegation cites support for Finland joining NATO
HELSINKI (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says lawmakers widely support NATO membership for Finland but it’s unclear when they…
Continue Reading Freddy set to be world’s longest-lasting tropical cyclone as it threatens to hit Mozambique a second time
By Laura Paddison, CNN Deadly Tropical Cyclone Freddy is set to break records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind as it appears on course to…
Continue Reading ‘Stranger at the Gate,’ an Oscar nominee on love after hate
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes —…
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By Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN All four people aboard two small planes that collided midair Tuesday were killed, the Polk County Sheriff’s…
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By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar just joined Japan’s national team for the World…
Continue Reading Sexual assault victims at the US Merchant Marine Academy reluctant to trigger investigations amid culture of fear
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken US Merchant Marine Academy students who say they were victims of sexual assault remain reluctant to report their…
Continue Reading Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska in UAE amid Russia’s war
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady has offered spirited support to her nation’s…
Continue Reading 4 more acquitted over Brussels heist; diamonds still missing
By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly a decade after a brazen diamond heist at Brussels airport, it looks like a…
Continue Reading 4 killed when 2 small planes collide over Florida lake
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in…
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LONDON (AP) — Dozens of flights were suspended in the U.K. and some schools had to close on Wednesday as snow blanketed much of the country.…
Continue Reading Clashes over Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ led to a protester’s killing and dozens of arrests. Here’s how we got here — and what comes next
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Nearly two dozen people are in jail after violent protests at a forest near Atlanta that’s become a national focal…
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By Nick Valencia and Paradise Afshar, CNN A “Cop City” protester’s hands were raised when law enforcement officers who were…
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Continue Reading Pakistani police use water cannons, tear gas on Khan rally
By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to…
Continue Reading Japan activists demand dual-surname option on Women’s Day
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Women’s rights activists in Japan are renewing their demand for the government to allow married…
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By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known…
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer On the court, it will be the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans. Taking center stage, an all-female ensemble…
Continue Reading Philippines launches strategy of publicizing Chinese actions
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says the country’s coast guard has launched a strategy of…
Continue Reading Denmark hopes to pump some climate gas beneath the sea floor
By JAMES BROOKS and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark pushed the button Wednesday on an ambitious project that aims…
Continue Reading US defense chief: Egypt ties an ‘essential pillar’ in region
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. defense secretary says America’s defense partnership with Egypt is an “essential pillar” of Washington’s commitment…
Continue Reading Germany cautious over Nord Stream pipeline attack reports
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group…
Continue Reading Pau Gasol gets emotional as Lakers retire his No. 16 jersey
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Pau Gasol joined the Los Angeles Lakers just over 15 years ago, the Spanish 7-footer…
Continue Reading Reports: Suspected drone strike in Syria kills at least 3
BEIRUT (AP) — Reports say that an explosion in eastern Syria killed at least three people. A war monitoring group said the blast on Wednesday was…
Continue Reading Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality
By CIARÁN GILES and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press MADRID (AP) — From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity…
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By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and…
Continue Reading French strikers renew pressure on Macron to ax pension plan
By SYLVIE CORBET and ALEXANDER TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched in Paris and in other cities across…
Continue Reading Xi accuses U.S. of trying to block China’s development
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused…
Continue Reading Exclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given…
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities…
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Continue Reading Russian forces claim progress in Bakhmut but no end in sight
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor has claimed that his troops have…
Continue Reading Indian army mortar shell kills 3 in training misfire
By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A government official says three people were killed when an Indian army mortar shell fired…
Continue Reading With stained pants, Kenyan senator fights menstruation taboo
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sight of a red bloodstain on Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba’s white pantsuit was…
Continue Reading Bindi Irwin reveals 10-year battle with endometriosis on International Women’s Day
By Tara Subramaniam The Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin revealed Wednesday she has undergone surgery for endometriosis after a decade-long…
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A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s…
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a…
Continue Reading UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the…
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