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By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Invest in Kids private school scholarship program in Illinois expires…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Invest in Kids private school scholarship program in Illinois expires…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams will be honored at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America awards for her career…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews and Christopher Hickey, CNN (CNN) — Marijuana may remain illegal federally, but in most states, it’s accessible for…
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Following the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty by a Colorado…
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s government says it has received no requests for asylum from Cuban athletes who reportedly abandoned their visiting…
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Iowa is set to pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who starved to death in 2017. A…
Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza are blocking traffic at the Port of…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who allegedly drove her car into a building in Indianapolis after watching coverage of the Israel-Hamas war told…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record…
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi, Nada Bashir and Kareem Khadder, CNN. Video by William Bonnett. Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) —…
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has received widespread criticism for a video she…
Continue ReadingBy ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Zapatista rebel movement in southern Mexico says it is dissolving the “autonomous…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has pushed back to Jan. 10 oral arguments in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit filed against…
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of a transgender Dallas woman about a month after she was…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prizes will soon be accepting entries from broadcast and audio outlets, although…
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Federal officials say an exotic wildlife preserve owner famous from the popular Netflix series…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Wrter Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi play Priscilla and Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s new film, now playing in…
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — At a time when world sentiment has begun to sour on Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza, the…
Continue ReadingWhile personalizing one’s vehicle is a long-cherished American tradition, the federal government is warning that one particular customization…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets are hiring Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza as their manager, according…
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “The Family Chantel” star Pedro Jimeno, who is recently divorced from Chantel Everett,…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators are warning drivers to steer clear of aftermarket decals used to embellish a car’s logo on the center of its…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A trial has started for a former top Baltimore prosecutor charged with perjury. During…
Continue ReadingBy BASSAM HATOUM Associated Press RMEISH, Lebanon (AP) — The military wing of Palestinian group Hamas says it fired 16 rockets from Lebanon into…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Somali authorities have declared an emergency after heavy rains triggered floods across the country that have…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Offshore wind power company Orsted is trying to get out of a $300 million guarantee it…
Continue ReadingSensitive personal information like the apparent home addresses and health conditions of thousands of active-duty US military personnel can be bought…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Albania has agreed to temporarily give shelter to thousands of the migrants who reach Italy…
Continue ReadingWith hundreds of pharmacies closing their doors this year alone, experts fear that more vulnerable Americans could be left without access to the…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The cause of mysterious mass deaths of African elephants has finally been unraveled — and scientists who authored…
Continue ReadingCHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured four people inside a restaurant south of…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says one of Puerto Rico’s biggest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs has been ordered…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Kentucky teenager who watched his namesake horse Cody’s Wish win at the…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — American YouTuber MrBeast’s latest video, in which he says he built 100 wells across Africa,…
Continue ReadingHEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — Authorities outside of Houston are searching for the people responsible for a shooting at a large college homecoming event…
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Aid agencies say heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 30 people and…
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Resistance groups fighting Myanmar’s military government have reportedly seized control of a…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, Chris Boyette and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — The father of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding…
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore will close one of the city’s Catholic churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s government…
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds public opinions in 24 countries growing more favorable of the United States than…
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Tweedy is known to fans as a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist. So it may come as…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer James Corden may be off TV screens after leaving CBS’ “The Late Late Show” but that doesn’t mean…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Boy George is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” The…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — As three pistol-holding Jewish women aligned their muzzles with the outdoor targets at the Magen Am gun…
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An 11-year-old boy killed in a weekend shooting in Cincinnati has…
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine, after the former US president…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT has invited…
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — More than 10,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military offensive nearly a month ago, the…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is preparing to deliver the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament.…
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, Sarah Dean, Joseph Ataman and Maya Szaniecki, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — South Africa and Chad have announced…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Senators in France are set to start debating a bill that is intended to toughen the country’s immigration law. French Interior…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The decades-old surgical drug ketamine has found a new use — as an alternative to opioids…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have stepped up security at military and other sensitive…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The group Just Stop Oil says two climate change protesters have smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velázquez…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to…
Continue ReadingBY STEPHEN McGRATH and AUREL OBREJA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s ruling pro-European party has lost a bid for the…
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican former congressman Peter Meijer has announced he’ll run for an open…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s cultural minister has fired the director of the Hungarian National Museum in…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — R&B group New Edition will bring their New Jack Swing tunes dating back 40…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a man who drove onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport with his 4-year-old daughter and started an 18-hour standoff with…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal government says the future of contested land in its northern Tigray region will…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What would the mean ol’ Grinch be doing in 2023? Would that Christmas sad sack be…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet The requests for tips for service are coming more frequently these days, as cashless payment methods with automated…
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati officials are expressing outrage at a drive-by shooting that sent more than a score of bullets into a crowd of…
Continue ReadingBy RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Migration from Senegal is surging as more than 32,000 migrants have landed in Spain’s…
Continue ReadingWords by Flo Cornall, graphics by Woojin Lee, CNN (CNN) — Blazing fires, biblical floods and catastrophic storms are becoming increasingly…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide says Polish President Andrzej Duda will appoint a new prime minister following general elections last month in which…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — College football tailgates are as synonymous with the game as…
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two senators from Maine are asking the U.S. Army inspector general to provide a full accounting of interactions with a…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met with European rabbis on Monday and decried antisemitism, war and terrorism…
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session that will…
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has confirmed that 19 service members were killed by a Russian missile strike in…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s justice minister is facing trial on charges of using his office to settle…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is hosting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of talks…
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is promoting new cash for Amtrak. He’s off to Amtrak Bear…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was wrapping up a grueling Middle East diplomatic…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to meet Germany’s 16 state governors to address ways to deal with large numbers of migrants, an issue…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Heavy snow has blanketed swaths of China’s northeastern region, shutting schools and halting transportation in the first major…
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, forcing schools to shut and disrupting the Cricket World…
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Aid trickled in to villages Monday in Nepal’s northwest mountains flattened by a…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops early Monday had surrounded Gaza City and cut off…
Continue ReadingCNN By Becky Anderson, Elizabeth Wells, Zeena Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan has called for a ceasefire in…
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Brad Lendon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The first Gay Games in Asia has faced a political backlash in co-host city Hong Kong after a group of…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most-watched races in Tuesday’s off-year general election have all been dominated by the…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it plans to launch its first domestically built spy satellite at the…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will work alongside leaders from…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump takes the stand Monday in a Manhattan courtroom to testify…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ruth Glenn knows from harrowing personal experience the danger of putting…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE The Associated Press Some are orphans, others seized from their parents. Many are older and have overwhelming needs or…
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida governor wins reelection by record numbers and later finds himself…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE The Associated Press Former social worker Thea Ramirez has developed an artificial intelligence -powered tool that she…
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