Hong Kong to lift COVID-19 mask mandate on Wednesday
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction…
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After 959 days, this city is no longer imposing $1,000 fines for not wearing a mask
By Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN One of the last major international cities requiring face coverings on Tuesday announced it will end its…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim calls for unity to boost grain production
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has called for stronger public solidarity behind his…
Continue Reading Los Angeles ringleader of $18M COVID fraud scheme extradited
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a leader of a Los Angeles-based fraud operation that stole $18 million in COVID-19 aid money has been extradited…
Continue Reading White House: No more TikTok on gov’t devices within 30 days
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government…
Continue Reading Arizona Republicans disavow wide-ranging bribery allegation
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature has for years entertained a host of…
Continue Reading St. Louis prosecutor faces mounting criticism over crash
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in…
Continue Reading Family: Nevada plane crash pilot had ‘affinity for aviation’
By SCOTT SONNER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The pilot of a medical transport plane that crashed during a winter storm in…
Continue Reading From White House, Biden says ‘Black history matters’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a…
Continue Reading Tesla requests $330M-plus in additional Nevada tax breaks
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Tesla may receive over $300 million in tax abatements over the next two decades…
Continue Reading Police: Arizona crash that killed 2 cyclists likely accident
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Police say the crash of a truck into a group of 20 bicyclists on a bridge that killed two and…
Continue Reading Supermarket shooting suspect has schizophrenia, defense says
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 confirm he has…
Continue Reading Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
By LAURA UNGAR and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the…
Continue Reading Brazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had…
Continue Reading California governor vows to change law blocking new housing
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to reform a landmark state environmental law…
Continue Reading Prosecution rests in ex-Ohio House speaker’s bribery trial
CINCINNATI (AP) — The federal government has rested its case in former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s racketeering trial. Over…
Continue Reading White House promises crackdown on migrant child labor
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an…
Continue Reading Fetterman ‘on path to recovery,’ will be out for more weeks
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says the Democrat is “on a path to…
Continue Reading Fox’s Kurtz says he’s disallowed from covering Dominion case
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox “Media Buzz” anchor Howard Kurtz says he’s been barred by his company from covering Dominion Voting System’s…
Continue Reading Waste shipments resume from Ohio toxic train derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Federal officials say contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio have started moving out. The…
Continue Reading Why the 2023 stock market rally may be over already
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN So much for that big stock market comeback this year. Sure, it’s only February. But the Dow is now down almost 1%…
Continue Reading Pending home sales blew past expectations last month as buyers pounced on lower rates
By Anna Bahney, CNN Pending home sales crushed expectations in January, when mortgage rates dropped from recent highs of more than 7% and home buyers…
Continue Reading Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
PARIS (AP) — World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday. The best…
Continue Reading 5 days later, some in Michigan still lack power
By ED WHITE Associated Press A new storm teeming with freezing rain and strong winds is socking Michigan. It’s a fresh challenge for crews that…
Continue Reading Lawmakers: Tennessee AG has legal concerns over abortion ban
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers say Tennessee’s top legal chief has voiced…
Continue Reading Nigerian election results trickle in as Peter Obi lands surprise win in Lagos
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Nigeria’s third force candidate Peter Obi has won Lagos State, beating influential ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu…
Continue Reading Youngkin adviser says 2024 race is more than Trump, DeSantis
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A top political adviser to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his comments that the 2024 GOP…
Continue Reading West Virginia GOP majority House OKs religious freedom bill
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP supermajority House of Delegates has passed a bill that would…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Canada latest to ban TikTok on government phones
By ROB GILLIES ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO (AP) — Canada is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Continue Reading UN will struggle to unify Libya with elections this year
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is making a new push to convince Libya’s rival factions to hold…
Continue Reading Dam owner guilty in field turf pollution of Washington river
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A company that operates a hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park and its chief…
Continue Reading TikTok banned on all Canadian government mobile devices
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from…
Continue Reading WVa bill would give tax credits to ex-residents to move back
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill moving through West Virginia’s Legislature would give $25,000 in tax credits to former residents who move…
Continue Reading Putin bestows friendship award on actor Steven Seagal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed a state decoration on Steven Seagal, the American action-movie actor who also holds…
Continue Reading Ex-Cardinal McCarrick asks court to dismiss sex assault case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick filed a motion Monday to…
Continue Reading Judge upholds acquittal in 9 hurricane nursing home deaths
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has upheld his acquittal of a nursing home administrator who had…
Continue Reading Canadian entries take top prizes for best tasting tap water
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. was shut out from the top prizes at an annual international water tasting contest in West Virginia. Entries…
Continue Reading Belarus seeks lengthy prison terms for opposition leaders
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday demanded lengthy prison terms for the country’s…
Continue Reading Moldova expels 2 foreigners caught in ‘destabilization’ plot
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s national intelligence agency says two foreign nationals who posed as tourists have been expelled from the…
Continue Reading Mexican president disparages pro-democracy demonstrators
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday against demonstrators opposed to his plan to cut…
Continue Reading ‘Take It Down:’ a tool for teens to remove explicit images
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer “Once you send that photo, you can’t take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring…
Continue Reading Broadway’s ‘Parade’ fights hatred both onstage and off
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s so much darkness awaiting Ben Platt in his new Broadway role these days that…
Continue Reading Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigations
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged…
Continue Reading EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A top European Union official says existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet…
Continue Reading Yellen visits Ukraine, underscores US economic support
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday her first visit to Ukraine underscored…
Continue Reading Jeff Probst a constant for ‘Survivor’ as it nears 44th game
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when the idea of a 44th season of “Survivor” was unimaginable for host Jeff…
Continue Reading Williamson becomes Democratic primary’s 1st Biden challenger
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bestselling self-help author Marianne Williamson has announced she’s running for president…
Continue Reading Here’s what legal experts say could help — or hurt — Alex Murdaugh from his testimony
By Christina Maxouris, CNN After hearing from dozens of witnesses in the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina jury last week…
Continue Reading Economists’ crystal balls are growing cloudier. But they still expect a recession
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy is confusing: Jobs are surging. Inflation has been cooling but still running relatively hot. Gas prices are on…
Continue Reading Why the Fed is increasingly flying blind on the economy
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Analysts have long expected a slowdown in the US labor market, but for the past 10 months, the data has come in better than…
Continue Reading Amsterdam’s train tunnels reveal surprising windows into the past
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists have long believed our planet is built upon four layers of rocks, minerals and magma deposited over millions of…
Continue Reading The family of a woman who vanished a year ago in Wyoming turns to the governor for help
The family of a missing Wyoming woman, last seen a year ago, is imploring the state’s governor to help them find answers after months without…
Continue Reading Ex-SC mayor taking over White House Office of Engagement
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden has appointed a former Columbia, South Carolina, mayor to be a top White…
Continue Reading That’s an error: NYC road sign is spelled ‘Jakie’ Robinson
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled…
Continue Reading DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin signs a decree honoring US actor — and Russian citizen — Steven Seagal
By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to honor the American actor Steven Seagal with the state Order of…
Continue Reading US calls on Russia to stay with nuclear weapons treaty
By JAMEY KEATEN and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top US arms control official has sharply criticized Russia for suspending…
Continue Reading Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
By KALLE BENALLIE, ICT WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in…
Continue Reading Hundreds protest new proposed election law in Baghdad
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Baghdad to denounce a draft elections law…
Continue Reading Israeli military calls settler attacks on Palestinians ‘actions of terror’ after weekend of violence
By Hadas Gold, CNN The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sees the previous day’s attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank as…
Continue Reading Study: Back-to-back hurricanes likely to come more often
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says that back-to-back hurricanes that hit the same general place in the United States seem to be…
Continue Reading Gérard Latortue, former interim Haitian premier, dies at 88
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti, has died. He was 88. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced…
Continue Reading Defense at Murdaugh trial says 2 shooters; jury to see scene
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A defense expert in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial says he thinks two different shooters killed the…
Continue Reading Chicago: What to expect on election night
By The Associated Press Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces eight challengers in the city’s elections on Tuesday. It’s a tough reelection…
Continue Reading AP Interview: Stenmark says Shiffrin ‘better than I was’
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer Ingemar Stenmark says all this fuss over Mikaela Shiffrin as she approaches his record of 86 World Cup skiing…
Continue Reading Alex Murdaugh’s defense rests after 14 witnesses over two weeks in double murder trial
By Eric Levenson, Alta Spells and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Alex Murdaugh’s defense in his double murder trial rested its case Monday after calling…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to hear challenge to consumer agency
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will take up a Republican-led challenge to the Consumer Financial…
Continue Reading Trans people face ‘horrifying’ rhetoric at statehouses
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It was pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig’s first time testifying before a legislative…
Continue Reading New this week: ‘True Lies,’ Wallen and ‘Creed’ film fest
By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister arrived in Turkey on Monday to show solidarity with the quake-hit country, marking the first…
Continue Reading Harris promotes broadband in South Carolina as 2024 looms
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris promoted the Biden administration’s achievements on broadband…
Continue Reading Betty Boothroyd, 1st female UK Commons speaker, dies at 93
LONDON (AP) — The first — and so far only — female speaker of Britain’s House of Commons has died at age 93. Parliamentary authorities said…
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By JOHN ANTCZAK and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Parts of the Southern Plains counted the injured and surveyed the damage…
Continue Reading Kremlin image-maker turned critic Gleb Pavlovsky dies at 71
MOSCOW (AP) — Gleb Pavlovsky, a Soviet-era dissident who served as a Kremlin political consultant helping burnish President Vladimir Putin’s…
Continue Reading Slovenian band Laibach’s Ukraine concert canceled amid rift
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A planned concert by Slovenia’s popular band Laibach in Ukraine next month has been…
Continue Reading Democrat Elissa Slotkin to seek Michigan’s open Senate seat
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated…
Continue Reading Nigeria opposition rejects early vote lead for ruling party
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Tensions are mounting in Nigeria’s capital as election officials continue releasing…
Continue Reading A proposed ‘takeover’ has sparked a battle for power in one of America’s Blackest big cities
By Casey Tolan, CNN In the parking lot of New Jerusalem Church in Jackson, Mississippi, volunteers handed out free cases of bottled water to a line…
Continue Reading Supreme Court student loan debt relief case: What to know
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over President Joe Biden’s student debt…
Continue Reading Pope to visit Hungary in April, migration and war on agenda
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Hungary at the end of April. That is according to an…
Continue Reading Norway protests target wind farm on land used by herders
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists are blocking the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo to protest a wind farm they say…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to deal with money envy
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Financial envy is common — we see what others have and wish we had it, too — but it can also be destructive.…
Continue Reading UN chief points to ‘massive’ rights violations in Ukraine
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Feb. 27: Winter storm, Covid-19, Student loans, Turkey, SpaceX
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The US is one of only seven countries in the world without some form of universal paid family and medical leave — but…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Feb. 27: Winter storm, Covid-19, Student loans, Turkey, SpaceX
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The US is one of only seven countries in the world without some form of universal paid family and medical leave — but…
Continue Reading UN suspends flights in east Congo after helicopter fired on
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations says that one of its helicopters came under heavy fire in eastern Congo,…
Continue Reading Islamic State land mines in central Syria kill 10 workers
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency SANA says two land mines left behind by the Islamic State group in two different locations…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Feb. 27: Winter storm, Covid-19, Student loans, Turkey, SpaceX
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The US is one of only seven countries in the world without some form of universal paid family and medical leave — but…
Continue Reading Palestinian gunman kills Israeli as violence roils West Bank
By MAJDI MOHAMMED and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press HAWARA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli medics say a Palestinian gunman has shot and killed an…
Continue Reading China protests US surveillance plane’s Taiwan Strait flight
BEIJING (AP) — China says it closely monitored the flight of a U.S. surveillance plane through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, accusing the U.S. of…
Continue Reading GOP leaders, stung by losses, plan to wade into Senate races
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans’ campaign operation is taking steps to avoid a repeat of their…
Continue Reading AI learns to outsmart humans in video games – and real life
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Speed around a French village in the video game Gran Turismo and you might spot a Corvette behind you…
Continue Reading UN raises $1.2 billion for Yemen, far below its 2023 target
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations has raised $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid pledges for Yemen at a conference aimed…
Continue Reading New quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings: 1 killed
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey causing some damaged buildings to collapse and killing at…
Continue Reading UK, EU hail ‘new chapter’ with deal to fix Brexit trade spat
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union sealed a deal on Monday to resolve their thorny post-Brexit trade…
Continue Reading EU sanctions Wagner subsidiary in Sudan after CNN investigation into gold exploitation
By Stephanie Halasz and Rob Picheta, CNN The European Union has sanctioned a Russian national and the subsidiary of Russia’s Wagner Group in…
Continue Reading UN chief slams ‘climate-wrecking’ firms at human rights body
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is stressing the importance of legal challenges against…
Continue Reading Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city…
Continue Reading ‘An absurdity’: Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct
By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate…
Continue Reading Egypt’s top diplomat in Damascus, meets with Syria’s Assad
By ALBERT AJI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in…
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