Villages tumble as Russia exposes Ukraine’s vulnerable defenses
By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN (CNN) — A series of swift Russian advances have challenged Ukraine’s…
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India to build new naval base close to Maldives amid tensions over China ties
NEW DELHI (AP) — India announced plans for a new naval base off the country’s south-west coast and close to Maldives, as tensions are running…
Continue Reading India arrests three men for alleged gang-rape of foreign tourist
By Vedika Sud, Sugam Pokharel, Michelle Velez and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Police in eastern India have arrested three men for the…
Continue Reading Children starve to death in Gaza, WHO says, as ceasefire deal sticking points remain
By Helen Regan, Ibrahim Dahman and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A growing number of children in Gaza are dying of starvation and dehydration,…
Continue Reading How Chinese retailers can offer Americans steep bargains on clothes and why that could change
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The flow of millions of small parcels into the U.S. from China thanks to the explosive growth of…
Continue Reading China in a surprise announcement says it is eliminating annual press conference by premier
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the only times a top Chinese…
Continue Reading Two fragile DC neighborhoods hang in the balance as the Wizards and Capitals consider leaving town
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The proposed move of the Capitals and Wizards sports teams to nearby Virginia has stoked…
Continue Reading North Dakota Republicans will caucus on the eve of Super Tuesday. Here is what to expect
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses are Monday, when voters will gather at 12…
Continue Reading Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won’t change.
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Continue Reading Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira is expected to plead guilty in federal court
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly…
Continue Reading More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California
By BROOKE HESS and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly…
Continue Reading A 4-year-old Gaza boy lost his arm – and his family. Half a world away, he’s getting a second chance
By DREW CALLISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Abu Kuwaik is far from his home in Gaza. The 4-year-old’s parents and sister were killed…
Continue Reading 5 key issues at stake in the upcoming 2024 Mexican elections
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate…
Continue Reading Black women struggle to find their way in a job world where diversity is under attack
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Continue Reading Harris is to meet with Israeli Cabinet official who is in Washington despite Netanyahu’s rebuke
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is hosting a member of Israel’s…
Continue Reading Haiti orders nightly curfew trying to restore calm after a weekend of violence and prison break
By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has declared an emergency and a…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear…
Continue Reading As Biden prepares to address the nation, more than 6 in 10 US adults doubt his mental capability
By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old…
Continue Reading What to stream this week: Ariana Grande, ‘Wonka,’ Garth Brooks, animal queens and ‘Poor Things’
By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from pop princess Ariana Grande, a docuseries on…
Continue Reading South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of…
Continue Reading 4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will…
Continue Reading Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark tops 40,000, lifted by technology stocks
HONG KONG (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark topped 40,000 on Monday for the first time as strong demand for technology shares keeps…
Continue Reading Philippine foreign minister urges neighbors to stand together more strongly in South China Sea
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The foreign minister of the Philippines is urging regional neighbors to stand together…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
By MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia,…
Continue Reading China and Myanmar likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia
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Continue Reading Philly LGBT Affairs executive director yells, ‘I work for the mayor,’ as she records her and her husband’s arrest
By Danny Freeman and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper…
Continue Reading Philly LGBT Affairs executive director yells, ‘I work for the mayor,’ as she records her and her husband’s arrest
CNN By Danny Freeman and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper…
Continue Reading Arkhouse and Brigade up Macy’s takeover offer to $6.6 billion following rejection of previous deal
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Continue Reading The US and South Korea begin large military drills to boost readiness against North’s threats
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Continue Reading ‘Two sessions’: China scraps a decades-long political tradition as Xi tightens control amid economic woes
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Continue Reading Magnet fisherman in Massachusetts pulls deteriorated military projectile from water
By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Sean Martell was magnet fishing on what he thought was a normal Friday – until he pulled up a military…
Continue Reading Chris Mortensen, an award-winning reporter who covered the NFL, dies at 72
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior…
Continue Reading Congressional leaders come out with 6 spending bills in a drive to avoid a partial shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders on Sunday came out with a package of six bills setting full-year spending…
Continue Reading Police bust illegal cannabis grow site in Maine, seizing over 4,700 marijuana plants and arresting 3 people
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Maine seized more than 4,760 marijuana plants and arrested three New York residents in…
Continue Reading Shooting at Mississippi club leaves one dead, up to 12 injured, officials say
By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A mass shooting at a club in West Point, Mississippi, Sunday left one woman dead and as many as 12 other people…
Continue Reading Organizations work to assist dozens of families displaced by Texas wildfires
VALERIE GONZALEZ McALLEN, Texas (AP) — As firefighters battle against strong winds in their efforts to contain the unprecedented wildfires in the…
Continue Reading Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to sea
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting and lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbles down…
Continue Reading Immigration ‘parole’ is a well-worn tool for U.S. presidents. It faces a big test in 2024 elections
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press Joe Biden has made more use of immigration “parole” than any American president to bypass an uncooperative…
Continue Reading Trader Joe’s chicken soup dumplings recalled for possibly containing permanent marker plastic
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing…
Continue Reading Fans gather to say goodbye to Flaco the owl in New York City memorial
NEW YORK (AP) — Mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasion eagle-owl are gathering in New York City to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who…
Continue Reading Caitlin Clark makes 2 free throws after technical foul to break Pete Maravich’s NCAA scoring record
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Continue Reading Georgia teen critically injured after police trade gunfire with a group near Six Flags
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Continue Reading 2 police horses on the lam cause traffic jam on I-90 in Cleveland area
CLEVELAND (AP) — Drivers on an Ohio interstate came upon an unusual traffic hazard over the weekend — a pair of horses trotting against traffic.…
Continue Reading A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President…
Continue Reading Israel not sending delegation to Cairo for Gaza talks, Israeli official says
By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israel is not sending a delegation to Cairo for talks on a deal for a ceasefire and release…
Continue Reading How speechwriters delve into a president’s mind: Lots of listening, studying and becoming a mirror
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are few times in a American presidency that the art of speechwriting is more on display…
Continue Reading Hundreds queue in Moscow to visit grave of Putin critic Navalny
By Darya Tarasova and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people have been flocking to the grave of late Russian opposition figure Alexey…
Continue Reading Surfers from Brazil and Australia win final Olympic qualifier in warm and windy Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia have won the…
Continue Reading Who is accountable for a mass shooting? It’s no longer only the person who pulled the trigger
By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Last month, a jury convicted Jennifer Crumbley of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the…
Continue Reading Alleged IS militants in Russia’s North Caucasus were killed in a shootout with security services
By The Associated Press Six alleged Islamic State group members have been killed in a “counterterrorism” operation in Russia’s volatile…
Continue Reading Cancer patient dragged by New York City bus, partially paralyzed, awarded $72.5 million in lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded $72.5…
Continue Reading Haley says she no longer feels bound by the GOP pledge requiring her to support the eventual nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she no longer feels bound by a pledge that required all GOP contenders to…
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Continue Reading How this AP photographer caught this image of Israeli soldiers taking a selfie at the Gaza border
By TSAFRIR ABAYOV Associated Press AP photographer Tsafrir Abayov has been covering the border between Israel and Gaza for almost 20 years. When he…
Continue Reading German defense minister said leaked audio is part of Russia’s ‘information war’ against West
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister has described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers as part of…
Continue Reading Family in ‘in shock, dismay, mourning’ following Illinois police shooting of man inside his home
By Rebekah Riess, Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Illinois man shot and killed by police in his bedroom last month…
Continue Reading A young girl died in France after a boat capsized on the English Channel crossing migrant route
PARIS (AP) — Authorities in northern France say a young girl died on Sunday after a small boat capsized on the treacherous English Channel crossing…
Continue Reading Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison in escalating violence
By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least three people have been killed and hundreds of…
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Continue Reading Weakening wind but more snow after massive blizzard in the Sierra Nevada
By BROOKE HESS and KEN RITTER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — The winds are expected to wane, but more snow is on the way after a powerful…
Continue Reading NY Attorney General sends cease-and-desist order to county executive over transgender sports ban
By Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James demanded that Nassau County Executive Bruce…
Continue Reading Seven-year-old girl drowns after small boat capsizes in northern France
By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A seven-year-old girl has drowned after a boat capsized on the Aa canal in Watten, northern France, local…
Continue Reading Memphis mayor meets with gang leaders to request ceasefire in effort to curb city’s gun violence
CNN By Ashley R. Williams and Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking 398 people fell victim to homicides in Memphis last year – a…
Continue Reading Memphis mayor meets with gang leaders to request ceasefire in effort to curb city’s gun violence
By Ashley R. Williams and Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking 398 people fell victim to homicides in Memphis last year – a…
Continue Reading After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas faces challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican Steve Womack faces a challenge from the right in the Arkansas primary from a…
Continue Reading French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man near a Paris synagogue
PARIS (AP) — French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said…
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Continue Reading Tim Scott lost his own presidential bid. But he’s gotten Donald Trump’s attention for vice president
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump easily won South Carolina’s GOP primary. but the biggest winner on that night…
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By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The Miami Archdiocese’s superintendent of schools says Catholic education is increasingly in demand in South…
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By Manveena Suri, Lucas Lillieholm and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of doctors in South Korea took to the streets of Seoul on Sunday to…
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million…
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COLUMBUS, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a man suspected in the disappearance of a girl who was missing for eight days before she was…
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Continue Reading Malaysia may renew hunt for missing flight MH370, 10 years after its disappearance
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it may renew the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after a U.S. technology…
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By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a key vote for control of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade is to be rerun later…
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By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A top Israeli Cabinet minister headed to Washington on…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the ferocity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s…
Continue Reading Former Bank of Beijing chairman under investigation, part of China’s crackdown on corruption
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft…
Continue Reading Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city, as China’s envoy tours Moscow
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll has risen to 10 from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block…
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By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press ALBION, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prison unit is helping men with autism and other intellectual and developmental…
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A German charity has accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening its crew members who were rescuing…
Continue Reading Shehbaz Sharif elected Pakistani prime minister for a second time after controversial elections
By Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Shehbaz Sharif has become Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time nearly a month after an…
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Continue Reading Groups file request asking Alabama Supreme Court to rehear embryo ruling
By Isabel Rosales and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Groups representing defendants in the lawsuits that culminated in the Alabama Supreme…
Continue Reading Lawmakers elect Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan’s new premier. Protests in parliament greet appointment
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly have elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time.…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Swiss police say that a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing and critically wounding an Orthodox Jewish man on…
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Continue Reading Firefighters battling ‘monster’ Texas wildfire contend with strong winds and heat as residents grapple with lost homes
By Dalia Faheid and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — The biggest inferno in Texas history was being fueled by winds and high temperatures as it raged…
Continue Reading South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of senior doctors rallied in Seoul on Sunday to express their support for…
Continue Reading Heavy winter rains in Pakistan kill at least 29 as buildings collapse and landslides block roads
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say at least 29 people died and 50 others injured due to heavy rains…
Continue Reading Iowa Democrats were forced to toss the caucus. They’ll quietly pick a 2024 nominee by mail instead
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There has been a lot less fanfare for Democrats in Iowa picking their presidential…
Continue Reading An Indiana county hires yet another election supervisor, hoping she’ll stay
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A county in Indiana has lost its top election official nearly every other month since…
Continue Reading In Hawaii, coral is the foundation of life. What happened to it after the Lahaina wildfire?
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is…
Continue Reading Hundreds of prisoners escape Port-au-Prince prison as violence escalates in Haitian capital
CNN By Caitlin Hu and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital,…
Continue Reading What to watch for as China’s major political meeting of the year gets underway
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China’s legislature gets underway this…
Continue Reading Plane believed to be carrying Norway’s king departs Malaysia, a day after he received a pacemaker
By VINCENT THIAN Associated Press LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald has departed Malaysia, a day…
Continue Reading Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
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