Fed raises key rate by quarter-point despite bank turmoil
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high inflation Wednesday by…
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Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Missouri’s attorney general says he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict…
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2 inmates were found at an IHOP in Virginia after escaping by digging a hole with tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object, officials say
By Sara Smart, CNN Two inmates who escaped from a Newport News, Virginia, jail by digging out and scaling a wall were found at a nearby IHOP hours…
Continue Reading 2 inmates were found at an IHOP in Virginia after escaping by digging a hole with tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object, officials say
By Sara Smart, CNN Two inmates who escaped from a Newport News, Virginia, jail by digging out and scaling a wall were found at a nearby IHOP hours…
Continue Reading Ohtani fans Trout, Japan tops US 3-2 for WBC championship
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout had dreamed of this moment, along with millions of fans throughout…
Continue Reading Effort to recall New Orleans’ first female mayor fails
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The effort to recall Democratic New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed, following an official count of petition…
Continue Reading Mexican man pleads guilty in smuggling crash where 13 died
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — A Mexican man has pleaded guilty to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV was…
Continue Reading ‘I felt my son was murdered.’ Stephen Smith’s mother never believed he died in a hit-and-run. Nearly 8 years later, his case is being investigated as a homicide
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Stephen Smith’s mother says she’s been fighting for justice since the day her 19-year-old son was found dead…
Continue Reading A quarter of world population lacks safe drinking water: UN
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years…
Continue Reading Arkansas restricts school bathroom use by transgender people
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender…
Continue Reading Milwaukee shooting kills teenage boy, injures 5 women
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a 15-year-old boy has died and five young women have been injured in a shooting in the latest violence to…
Continue Reading Philadelphia reaches $9.25 million settlement over police misconduct during the 2020 George Floyd protests
By Treasure Welle, CNN The City of Philadelphia has announced a $9.25 million settlement with hundreds of people who sued the city alleging…
Continue Reading Officials: 8 dolphins dead after stranding in New Jersey
SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) — Marine animal welfare officials say eight dolphins have died after they became stranded on a beach in New Jersey. The…
Continue Reading Ukrainian soldiers near finish of Patriot missile training
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press FORT SILL, Okla. (AP) — A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers are wrapping up their training on the Patriot…
Continue Reading Stephen Smith’s death is being investigated as a homicide, law enforcement says, 2 years after Murdaugh case prompted a fresh look
By Randi Kaye and Christina Maxouris, CNN The death of Stephen Smith, whose body was found in the middle of a road in 2015, is being investigated as…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to 30 years after police officer shot friend
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — A judge reduced the prison sentence from 55 to 30 years for an Alabama man convicted of…
Continue Reading Deputies: Alabama player drove 141 mph to evade traffic stop
BONIFAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say suspended Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell drove over 141 mph while trying to evade deputies…
Continue Reading Families of Montreal fire victims facing agonizing wait
MONTREAL (AP) — Family and friends of the presumed victims of a deadly fire in Old Montreal are facing an agonizing wait as a recovery team works…
Continue Reading A Texas university president canceled a student drag show, calling it ‘divisive’ and misogynistic. First Amendment advocates disagree
By Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN A student drag show aimed at raising money for the LGBTQ community was canceled Monday by West Texas…
Continue Reading Officials: Deputy Tased video-recording man, took cell phone
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida deputy accused of using a Taser stun gun on a man and taking his cell phone while the man was trying…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Abortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new abortion pill ban…
Continue Reading Couple faces murder charges in Crow girl’s 2019 death
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana couple faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2019…
Continue Reading Macron welcomes back to France journalist freed in Mali
PARIS (AP) — French journalist Olivier Dubois has been welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron, one day after he was released in Mali. Dubois…
Continue Reading Only 1 Black rep gets role in talks on Mississippi policing
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One Black lawmaker and nine white ones have been chosen to work on final versions of…
Continue Reading Pence seeks ‘common sense’ Social Security, Medicare reform
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press As he mulls a 2024 presidential bid, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for “common sense and…
Continue Reading Ex-judge rejects free speech defense in Project Veritas case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former judge has decided the First Amendment protection for journalists should not keep prosecutors from seeing most evidence…
Continue Reading Trump’s potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without…
Continue Reading Lead Derek Chauvin prosecutor appointed to be state judge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the state’s lead prosecutors who helped convict Derek Chauvin of murder in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd has…
Continue Reading ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawmaker pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” has pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading Messi mania in Argentina as soccer star mobbed at restaurant
By DÉBORA REY and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A steakhouse in the trendy Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo…
Continue Reading Spring brings more winds, rain and snow to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm is bringing wind, rain and snow to saturated California as the first full day of spring shows…
Continue Reading Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%
By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central…
Continue Reading Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Debate that began Tuesday on a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors,…
Continue Reading States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns…
Continue Reading Teen held in Texas school shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A lawyer says a 15-year-old arrested in a fatal shooting outside a Dallas-area high school will remain in custody. The…
Continue Reading Oklahoma court OK’s abortion to preserve mother’s life
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near total…
Continue Reading Items from Murdaugh Moselle property will be auctioned on Thursday
By Macie Goldfarb, Devon M. Sayers and Zoe Sottile, CNN The contents of the home of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh and his family will be auctioned…
Continue Reading UK accuses Russia of disinformation over depleted uranium
By Jessie Gretener, Darya Tarasova and Jack Guy, CNN Russia is “deliberately trying to disinform,” said the UK Ministry of Defense on…
Continue Reading Researchers 3D printed this cheesecake
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Video by Channon Hodge, CNN Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing…
Continue Reading Man swims to safety after being attacked by shark off Hawaii’s Big Island
By Amy Simonson and Zoe Sottile, CNN A 60-year-old man was swimming in Hawaii’s Anaehoomalu Bay Sunday when he was attacked by a shark, local…
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Researchers say newly posted analysis supports natural origin for COVID-19 pandemic
Swabs collected from stalls and equipment at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, that tested positive for traces of the virus that causes COVID-19…
Continue Reading Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death
By Kim Berryman, Brian Todd, Andy Rose, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno…
Continue Reading Nevada to add gas plant as drought threatens power grids
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s largest power provider is set to build a new natural gas plant in the state for the…
Continue Reading Public pension plan losses from bank failures seen as minor
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The failures of two U.S. banks this month meant losses for U.S. public-sector pension systems that invested in…
Continue Reading Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have…
Continue Reading Jury rules against ex-Haitian mayor, orders $15M in damages
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A federal jury has ruled in favor of three men who said in a lawsuit that the former mayor of their small town in…
Continue Reading Judge says no death penalty for mom in triple murder case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late…
Continue Reading University in Kentucky agrees to $14.1 million settlement in death of student athlete after wrestling practice
By Treasure Welle and Michelle Watson, CNN The University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky has reached a settlement of more than $14 million with the…
Continue Reading New York Knicks great Willis Reed dies at 80
By David Close, CNN New York Knicks hero Willis Reed has died, the National Basketball Retired Players Association said Tuesday. He was 80 years old.…
Continue Reading Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses
By Larry Madowo and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some…
Continue Reading Georgia senators send gender care restrictions to governor
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender…
Continue Reading RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Earth asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Organic molecules have been detected in samples collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission from the near-Earth asteroid…
Continue Reading Puzzling highway death part of West Virginia police probe
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — State police in West Virginia say a trooper used a Taser on a man who walked onto a highway…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern supports some new regs after Ohio disaster
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is offering support for some parts of a bipartisan Senate bill to put…
Continue Reading Willis Reed, leader on Knicks’ 2 title teams, dies at 80
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970…
Continue Reading Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBT bill
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses…
Continue Reading Residents sue Louisiana parish to halt polluting plants
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Residents of a Louisiana parish located in the heart of a cluster of polluting petrochemical factories filed a…
Continue Reading Chief recommends firing officers in paralyzed prisoner case
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The police chief in New Haven, Connecticut has recommended that four officers be fired for mistreating a Black man…
Continue Reading Putin hosts Xi in the Kremlin with imperial palace pageantry
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and China are showcasing their “no limit friendship” during a pomp-laden Kremlin…
Continue Reading Swiss suspends bonus payouts to Credit Suisse staffers
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government says it’s ordering Credit Suisse to temporarily suspend bonuses for…
Continue Reading DC braces for ‘robust oversight’ after criminal code fiasco
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s signature on a measure nullifying the recent overhaul of the District…
Continue Reading Powerful earthquake kills at least 13 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Sahar Akbarzai, Hira Humayun, Sophia Saifi, Masoud Popalzai and Helen Regan, CNN The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck northeast…
Continue Reading ‘Marsupial sabertooth’ had massive canines with roots that grew over the top of its skull
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unusual animal with canine teeth similar to those of a saber-toothed cat and the wide-set eyes of a cow lived in South…
Continue Reading Muslim authorities say Ramadan fasting to begin Thursday
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries say this year’s fasting month of…
Continue Reading Def Leppard drummer recovering from attack outside hotel
By The Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he is recovering from an attack earlier this month outside…
Continue Reading 11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan
By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rules for deaf student in education case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday for a deaf student who sued his public school…
Continue Reading UN chief’s call for ambition on climate gets muted response
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen have given a muted response to calls…
Continue Reading What to know about Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney
By The Associated Press A New York grand jury investigating hush payments made on Donald Trump’s behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign…
Continue Reading Polish leaders meet wife of jailed Nobel laureate Bialiatski
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish leaders have held meetings with the wife of imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner and Nobel peace laureate…
Continue Reading Ukraine, Russia trade claims after blast rocks Crimean town
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian officials have given conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a…
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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes surged in February to the fastest pace in six months as…
Continue Reading Missing porcupine Brain returns to zoo, Pinky still missing
BERLIN (AP) — Police say one of two porcupines which went missing from a zoo in central Germany over the weekend has somehow found its way back…
Continue Reading From groceries to clothes, inflation-weary Americans flock to cheaper products online
By Matt Egan, CNN Nearly two years of high inflation has caused many consumers to say goodbye to premium goods in favor of cheaper alternatives. New…
Continue Reading Asteroid forms a debris cloud after intentional hit from spacecraft
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Telescopes around the world were watching when a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid in September 2022.…
Continue Reading Home prices just broke a decade-long streak
By Anna Bahney, CNN The median price of a US home was lower this February than it was in February 2022, ending more than a decade of year-over-year…
Continue Reading US to accelerate delivery of tanks to Ukraine
By Oren Liebermann and Kevin Liptak, CNN The US will dramatically accelerate the time it takes to ship Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending older M1-A1…
Continue Reading Global stocks rise as investor worries about banking turmoil ease
By Michelle Toh and Anna Cooban, CNN Stocks around the world rose Tuesday as concerns about the global banking sector eased in response to a…
Continue Reading Researchers 3D printed this cheesecake
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Video by Channon Hodge, CNN Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing…
Continue Reading NATO to hold Ukraine meeting despite Hungary’s objections
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he will call a high-level meeting of the military…
Continue Reading US announces sanctions on Iran drone procurement network
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Tuesday it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Iranian firms and…
Continue Reading Israeli minister says there’s ‘no such thing as a Palestinian people,’ inviting US rebuke
By Hadas Gold, Amir Tal and Abeer Salman, CNN Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denied the existence of a Palestinian people…
Continue Reading Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death
By Kim Berryman, Brian Todd, Andy Rose, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno…
Continue Reading Preparations for ‘de-occupation’: Annexed Crimea not forgotten by Ukraine
By Tim Lister, CNN While the fury of conflict echoes across the eastern Donbas region, a very different war is being waged in Crimea: one of…
Continue Reading Why some Iranian Americans have mixed feelings about this year’s Nowruz
By Negar Mahmoodi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Every spring, Mona Gorjestani eagerly awaits the arrival of Nowruz. “I have wonderful memories…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson says ‘partygate’ untruths were honest mistake
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that he misled Parliament about…
Continue Reading Protests in Lebanon as pound hits new low against dollar
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Protesters have closed down major roads in parts of Lebanon after the Lebanese pound briefly hit a…
Continue Reading Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would temporarily prohibit gender-affirming…
Continue Reading Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — Newly obtained surveillance video shows a group of sheriff’s deputies…
Continue Reading Questions over top Polish politician’s absence from campaign
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The absence of Poland’s top politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, from early electoral campaigning has raised questions about…
Continue Reading Is this normal? California is facing its 12th atmospheric river this winter following a historic drought
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California is bracing for yet another powerful, atmospheric river storm this week, continuing the onslaught of major weather…
Continue Reading Russia’s reliance on China rises amid Ukraine sanctions
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — President Vladimir Putin gushed about China’s economic success as he welcomed Chinese leader…
Continue Reading Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death
By Kim Berryman, Brian Todd, Andy Rose, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno…
Continue Reading ‘Winnie the Pooh’ film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong…
Continue Reading Is this normal? California is facing its 12th atmospheric river this winter following a historic drought
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California is bracing for yet another powerful, atmospheric river storm this week, continuing the onslaught of major weather…
Continue Reading Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death
By Kim Berryman, Brian Todd, Andy Rose, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno…
Continue Reading Teacher allegedly shot by 6-year-old can’t forget the look on student’s face, she tells NBC in first interview since the shooting
By Sara Smart, Elizabeth Wolfe and Dakin Andone, CNN The first-grade teacher allegedly shot by a 6-year-old student in her Virginia classroom…
Continue Reading US speeds up Abrams tank delivery to Ukraine war zone
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a…
Continue Reading German prosecutors examined late pope in abuse probe
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors looking into historical cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Munich archdiocese say that they initially…
Continue Reading Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: ‘I thought I had died’
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid…
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