Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians awoke to a new president Wednesday, with ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu…
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New College of Florida trustees vote to abolish DEI programs, even as students protest against conservative overhaul of school
By Sabrina Clay and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The New College of Florida’s reshaped board of trustees voted Tuesday to abolish diversity, equity…
Continue Reading Cyclone lashes Pacific’s Vanuatu as residents hunker down
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Residents of Vanuatu are hunkering down as a cyclone barrels through the Pacific…
Continue Reading Residency fights could snare many Georgia voters under bill
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are considering a new wave of election legislation that could make it easier for…
Continue Reading New housing opens for 59 homeless veterans on VA land in Los Angeles — 6 years after 1,200 units were promised
By Nick Watt, CNN Every room has its own bathroom and a little kitchen area. Downstairs there’s a common room with a TV, a pool table and a…
Continue Reading New housing opens for 59 homeless veterans on VA land in Los Angeles — 6 years after 1,200 units were promised
By Nick Watt, CNN Every room has its own bathroom and a little kitchen area. Downstairs there’s a common room with a TV, a pool table and a…
Continue Reading At least 38 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece
By Heather Chen, Chris Liakos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a head-on…
Continue Reading ‘He shot me!’ fatally wounded 9-year-old in Orlando shooting cried as she ran to mother, affidavit says
By Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN A 9-year-old girl, who was fatally wounded when a gunman broke into her family’s Florida home after…
Continue Reading Families of Uvalde victims confront Texas’ police chief
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texas’…
Continue Reading Idaho joins Texas lawsuit over new federal clean-water rules
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has joined a Texas lawsuit against the Biden administration’s waterway…
Continue Reading 19 wild cows killed in US aerial shooting operation
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says a specialized team of wildlife managers has killed 19…
Continue Reading Mississippi could renew initiatives but ban them on abortion
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi residents might get back the ability to enact public…
Continue Reading Indiana Senate joins states trying to limit transgender care
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican state Senators are advancing a proposal to ban all…
Continue Reading West Virginia ‘religious freedom’ bill headed to governor
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill described by supporters as a tool to protect…
Continue Reading Teachers could restrain unruly students under Nebraska bill
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school staff to…
Continue Reading New College conservative board votes to abolish DEI office
By CURT ANDERSON and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trustees picked by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee New College…
Continue Reading Irv Cross, NFL star of the 1960s and broadcasting pioneer, had most severe form of CTE when he died
By Wayne Sterling and Nadia Kounang, CNN Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcasting pioneer who died two years ago at the age of 81, had stage 4…
Continue Reading Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed…
Continue Reading Prestigious Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners
JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine emerging scholars of history from around the world have been announced as winners of the prestigious Dan David Prize, with…
Continue Reading FBI says man had guns, ammo, fake marshal ID in baggage
By The Associated Press A man who federal agents say tried to board a plane in New Jersey with three guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and a…
Continue Reading US sues chemical company over cancer risk to minority area
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that…
Continue Reading Memphis teen 1 of 2 charged in church leader’s 2022 killing
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking…
Continue Reading Dior channels rebellious women at Paris Fashion Week
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — After Milan, global fashion’s spotlight shifted to the final stretch of ready-to-wear shows…
Continue Reading Tensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential…
Continue Reading McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox…
Continue Reading Native American group gets rights to famed ‘Crying Indian’ ad
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN It’s one of the most well-known public service announcements in American history. A Native American man in buckskin and…
Continue Reading $1.1B wagered in Ohio’s first month of legal sports gambling
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans wagered more than $1.1 billion on sports betting in January, the first month sports gambling was legal in the state.…
Continue Reading Jury weighs whether Cowboys for Trump flouted campaign law
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin is confronting a trial by jury on charges that he…
Continue Reading Last witnesses in Murdaugh case before jury sees crime scene
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Prosecutors have called their final witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial. The jury will now head…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes has 2nd child as prison sentence looms
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is citing her recently born child as another reason she should be allowed to delay…
Continue Reading Man charged after Alabama toddler dies in hot car
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama man has been arrested on reckless murder charges after his 2-year-old child died Monday after being left in a…
Continue Reading Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder dies in Arizona at age 101
PHOENIX (AP) — Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona. He was 101. Darlene…
Continue Reading US Marshals computer system hit by ransomware attack
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with…
Continue Reading Tenn. governor vows to sign anti-drag bill as photo surfaces
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently…
Continue Reading Drone attacks on Russia underline its vulnerability
By The Associated Press A spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Ukraine has targeted areas in southern and western Russia,…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania unseals search warrant in Idaho killings
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where…
Continue Reading UN says at least 50,000 killed in Turkey and Syria quakes
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000…
Continue Reading No evidence of fraud in weapons to Ukraine, watchdog says
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s inspector general says his office has found no evidence…
Continue Reading Judge sets Aug. 1 as deadline for Flint’s lead pipe project
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1. It’s the latest…
Continue Reading Memphis officer killed in line of duty honored at funeral
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis police officer who was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library has been remembered at his funeral as…
Continue Reading Nate Oats apologizes for Brandon Miller’s pregame pat-down
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nate Oats apologized and took responsibility for allowing freshman forward Brandon Miller to continue going…
Continue Reading FIFA faces questions for supermodel role before Women’s WCup
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador is not…
Continue Reading Feds pressure railroads to review detectors that might have prevented East Palestine derailment
By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The nation’s railroads are facing federal pressure to take a closer look at how they use the detectors…
Continue Reading Opera Philadelphia resets 3 new works composed by women
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Opera Philadelphia has rescheduled three new works composed by women that were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.…
Continue Reading Evasive action: Pilot pulls up as another jet crosses runway
BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a JetBlue pilot had to take evasive action while landing at Boston’s Logan International…
Continue Reading Judge: Psychiatric patients can’t be held in emergency rooms
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The clock is ticking for New Hampshire to stop the involuntary holding of psychiatric patients…
Continue Reading The Oscar universe belongs to ‘Everything Everywhere’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They dreamt up universes of hotdog fingers, googly-eyed rocks and “Raccaccoonie.” But Daniel Kwan…
Continue Reading Thousands stranded as Colombia’s Viva Air grounds flights
MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Struggling low-cost airline Viva Air has suspended its operations in Colombia and Peru. That…
Continue Reading Carnegie Hall returns to pre-pandemic full schedule in 23-24
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall will reach its pre-pandemic level of 170 concerts during a 2023-24 season that…
Continue Reading Ready to dance? ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ is coming to Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Break out those suspenders and dancing shoes, M.M. Keeravaani’s joyously energetic anthem “ Naatu Naatu ” will…
Continue Reading U.S. Climate envoy Kerry meeting authorities in Brazil
By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday was holding his second day of meetings…
Continue Reading US home prices fell in December for the sixth-straight month
By Anna Bahney, CNN US home prices fell for the sixth month in a row in December, as rising mortgage rates pushed prospective buyers out of the…
Continue Reading Consumer confidence slumped in February amid recession concerns
By Alicia Wallace, CNN American consumers felt much worse about the US economy in February amid rising interest rates and concerns about a potential…
Continue Reading Jurors visited the Moselle estate where Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were killed. Here’s what we know about the property
By Christina Maxouris, CNN The group of jurors who on Thursday convicted Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son had a day earlier visited the…
Continue Reading Tennessee GOP congressman was ‘mistaken’ on college degree
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles says he was “mistaken” when he said he graduated…
Continue Reading The fastest growing metro in the US is looking to a shrinking reservoir to keep the boom going
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent In a bright-red county in a state allergic to regulations, there is a ban on growing grass outside new…
Continue Reading Doctors: Security forces kill protester near Sudan’s capital
CAIRO (AP) — A medical group says Sudanese security forces shot and killed an anti-government protester near the capital Khartoum. It said the man…
Continue Reading US endorses EU plan to ease Serbia-Kosovo tensions
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A senior U.S. official says Washington has high expectations for a European…
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants…
Continue Reading Somalia drought ‘extremely critical’ but no famine projected
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Food security experts say life remains “extremely critical” for more than 6 million hungry…
Continue Reading Biden to visit Selma, Ala. for voting rights anniversary
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of a…
Continue Reading Taylor Jenkins Reid writes her own Hollywood success story
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of the buzziest new shows coming to television, “Daisy Jones & the Six” has a built-in fan base…
Continue Reading US economy sending mixed signals: Here’s what it all means
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe it was just too good to be true. For a few weeks in late January and early February,…
Continue Reading US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers
By ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are urging Congress to renew a surveillance…
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By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors, lawyers, celebrities: There’s a new cosmetic surgery, of sorts, for which…
Continue Reading Moldova: Anti-government protest stirs fears of more unrest
By AUREL OBREJA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets of…
Continue Reading New College of Florida trustees vote to abolish DEI programs, even as students protest against conservative overhaul of school
By Sabrina Clay and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The New College of Florida’s reshaped board of trustees voted Tuesday to abolish diversity, equity…
Continue Reading Consumer confidence slips again in February
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer confidence dipped for the second straight month as stubborn inflation and anxiety over a…
Continue Reading Justice Jackson writes 1st Supreme Court majority opinion
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Red Crescent criticized for selling tents to charity instead of giving them to quake victims
By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Turkey’s Red Crescent organization has been criticized by lawmakers and citizens after revelations…
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost…
Continue Reading Opposition parties in Nigeria call for fresh elections as ruling party takes the lead
By Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s main opposition parties are calling for fresh elections,…
Continue Reading Germany threatens to hold up EU’s combustion-engine car ban
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Continue Reading The fastest growing metro in the US is looking to a shrinking reservoir to keep the boom going
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Continue Reading Mexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to…
Continue Reading Italy: Migrants paid 8,000 euros each for ‘voyage of death’
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Rescue teams have pulled more bodies from the sea, bringing the death…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico to close lone zoo after years of complaints
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years…
Continue Reading UN report: Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog have found uranium particles enriched…
Continue Reading ‘Queerbaiting.’ ‘Trauma dumping.’ ‘Pinkwashing.’ These are some of the new words added to Dictionary.com
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN On this hellscape that we call the internet, you’ve probably witnessed a particularly blatant instance of rage farming.…
Continue Reading Suspect in Florida TV crew attack faces more murder charges
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 19-year-old Florida man is now facing three first-degree-murder charges related…
Continue Reading Pakistani court orders arrest of former premier Imran Khan
By MUNIR AHED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the cricket…
Continue Reading Nissan recalls over 800K SUVs; key defect can cut off engine
DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 809,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because a key problem can cause the ignition to shut off…
Continue Reading NATO chief: membership for Finland, Sweden ‘top priority’
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general says membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority” for…
Continue Reading Ugandan lawmaker introduces new anti-LGBTQ legislation
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan lawmaker on Tuesday introduced draft legislation that he said seeks to…
Continue Reading Ohio toxic train disaster leads to more concerns in other states while scientists say chemical tests in East Palestine are unusually high
By Holly Yan, Jen Christensen and Celina Tebor, CNN The aftermath of the toxic train wreck in Ohio keeps spreading to more states as scientists say…
Continue Reading Drones fly deep inside Russia; Putin orders border tightened
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drones that the Kremlin said were launched by Ukraine flew deep inside Russian territory,…
Continue Reading Swiss regulator: Credit Suisse made ‘serious breach’ of law
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss regulators have found that Credit Suisse made a “serious breach” of law in connection with a now-bankrupt firm linked to…
Continue Reading Why TikTok is being banned on gov’t phones in US and beyond
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees…
Continue Reading French soccer president resigns amid misconduct probe
PARIS (AP) — French soccer federation president Noël Le Graët has resigned. A government audit found he no longer had the legitimacy to lead…
Continue Reading Protesters to Norway’s energy minister: you talk ‘nonsense’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s energy minister has met with activists who are now blocking the entrance to several ministries in Oslo to…
Continue Reading New College of Florida trustees vote to abolish DEI programs, even as students protest against conservative overhaul of school
By Sabrina Clay and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The New College of Florida’s reshaped board of trustees voted Tuesday to abolish diversity, equity…
Continue Reading UK police search for infant after missing couple arrested
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police were urgently searching for a two-month-old baby Tuesday after officers arrested the…
Continue Reading China says it’s been ‘open and transparent’ on COVID origins
BEIJING (AP) — China is pushing back at renewed suggestions the COVID-19 pandemic could have been the result of a lab leak, saying it has been…
Continue Reading Cyprus’ new president says country on firm Western footing
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ new president has affirmed the island nation’s Western foreign policy…
Continue Reading Israel says motorist killed in West Bank held US citizenship
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities says the motorist killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank held…
Continue Reading German ‘babysitter’ convicted in major child sex abuse case
BERLIN (AP) — A 45-year-old German man who had offered babysitting services online has been convicted of sexually abusing children. The case…
Continue Reading Father of cellphone sees dark side but also hope in new tech
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about…
Continue Reading China says will train foreign astronauts for space station
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station. In an interview…
Continue Reading Alaba abused, Croatia coach critical following FIFA awards
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Real Madrid defender David Alaba has been racially abused on social media after voting for Lionel…
Continue Reading US citizen killed in West Bank as Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise
By Richard Allen Greene and Hadas Gold, CNN An Israeli-American citizen was killed in the occupied West Bank as tensions in the region continued to…
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