Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida
By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Central Florida (CNN) — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students…
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Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida
CNN By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Central Florida (CNN) — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries,…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Global markets advance in subdued trading on US jobs worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly rose Friday in cautious trading ahead of an update on the U.S. jobs market.…
Continue Reading Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The German government says developed countries have pledged $9.3 billion to help poor…
Continue Reading U.N rights commission accuses South Sudan of violations ahead of elections
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.N Human Rights Commission on South Sudan has accused the country’s National…
Continue Reading Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for ‘fight against the oppression of women in Iran’
By Christian Edwards, Ed Upright and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist…
Continue Reading A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy, a day after a rocket killed 51
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile strike has killed a 10-year-old boy and injured two dozen other people…
Continue Reading Russian lawmakers will consider rescinding ratification of global nuclear test ban, speaker says
MOSCOW (AP) — The speaker of the Russian parliament says lawmakers will consider revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban.…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian benchmarks mostly rise in subdued trading on US jobs worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in cautious trading Friday after Wall Street drifted to a quiet close on…
Continue Reading Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in…
Continue Reading 3 bears are captured after sneaking into a tatami factory as northern Japan faces a growing problem
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Assocaited Press TOKYO (AP) — Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory and holed up inside for nearly a day have been…
Continue Reading UK’s opposition Labour Party gets a boost from a special election victory in Scotland
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has won an emphatic victory in a special election for a Scottish district that was watched…
Continue Reading The Nobel Peace Prize is to be announced in Oslo. The laureate is picked from more than 350 nominees
OSLO (AP) — The winner of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize is being announced Friday, chosen by a panel of experts in Norway from a list of just…
Continue Reading Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press HOMS, Syria (AP) — Family members of some of the victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation…
Continue Reading Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in north Syria after US downs Turkish armed drone
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by U.S.-backed Kurdish militant groups in northern…
Continue Reading Morocco begins providing cash to families whose homes were destroyed by earthquake
By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities will start providing money to families whose homes were destroyed in an…
Continue Reading A modest Buddhist ceremony marks the anniversary of a day care center massacre in Thailand
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — A quiet ceremony has been attended by about 200 people in a small town in…
Continue Reading Heavy rains and floods kill 6 people in Sri Lanka and force schools to close
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Heavy rain has triggered floods and mudslides and downed trees in many parts of…
Continue Reading Retired Australian top judge and lawyers rebut opponents of Indigenous Voice
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics are rebutting key…
Continue Reading Icy floodwaters burst through major dam in India’s northeast, killing at least 31 people
By ASHOK SHARMA and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A flood that burst through a major hydroelectric dam in India’s Himalayan…
Continue Reading Philippines protests after a Chinese coast guard ship nearly collides with a Philippine vessel
By JOEAL CALUPITAN and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship came within a meter (3 feet) of colliding…
Continue Reading A man showed up armed at the Wisconsin Capitol twice in one day asking for the governor, officials say. Here’s what we know
By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A man who showed up twice to the Wisconsin Capitol with a gun demanding to talk to the…
Continue Reading Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, US study says
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A first-of-its-kind assessment says whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters…
Continue Reading No military targets in Ukraine village hit by ‘inhuman’ Russian missile strike, officials say
By Vasco Cotovio, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Helen Regan, CNN Hroza, Ukraine (CNN) — There were no military targets in the village…
Continue Reading Colorado funeral home with ‘green’ burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating the improper storage of human remains at a…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divide
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile…
Continue Reading Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama (AP) — Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants…
Continue Reading EU summit to look at changes the bloc needs to make to welcome Ukraine, others as new members
By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO Associated Press GRANADA, Spain (AP) — European Union leaders have pledged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Continue Reading Michigan judge to decide whether to drop charges against 2 accused in false elector scheme
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme are set to…
Continue Reading Economic spotlight turns to US jobs data as markets are roiled by high rates and uncertainties
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Job growth in the United States has remained resilient for the past 2 1/2 years even…
Continue Reading Fire sweeps through a 6-story residential building in Mumbai, killing 6 and injuring dozens
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire in a six-story residential building has left at least six dead and another 38 injured in Mumbai, India’s financial and…
Continue Reading Turkish airstrikes kill at least 11 in northern Syria, Kurdish security forces say
By Jomana Karadsheh, Hamdi Alkhshali and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Turkish airstrikes killed at least 11 people in multiple Kurdish-controlled…
Continue Reading Venezuela issues arrest warrant for US-based former opposition leader Juan Guaido
CNN By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant against former opposition leader…
Continue Reading Bronx day care provider and 2 others indicted on murder charges in 1-year-old’s death. The boy’s father gives a gut-wrenching statement
By Rob Frehse, Jason Hanna and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Bronx day care provider, her husband and his cousin have been indicted on murder and…
Continue Reading Typhoon Koinu heads toward southern China and Hong Kong after leaving 1 dead in Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon is heading toward southern China and Hong Kong after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan.…
Continue Reading Mori Building opens new development in Tokyo, part of push to revitalize the city
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo is constantly recreating itself. These days, multibillion-dollar redevelopment projects are…
Continue Reading Grand jury decides no criminal charges will be filed in the 2019 New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel construction collapse that killed 3 workers
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury decided not to indict anyone on criminal charges related to the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel…
Continue Reading Trump ‘temporarily’ drops lawsuit against former lawyer-turned-witness Michael Cohen
By JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against…
Continue Reading New Mexico signs final order to renew permit at US nuclear waste repository
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environmental regulators have finalized a 10-year permit extension at the nation’s only underground nuclear…
Continue Reading Venezuela issues arrest warrant for US-based opposition leader Juan Guaido
By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader and…
Continue Reading Failure of single component caused Washington seaplane crash that killed 10, NTSB says
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in…
Continue Reading Coyotes agree to deal with Scripps Sports to show games over the air
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have reached a four-year deal with Scripps Sports and will become…
Continue Reading Former football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing Northwestern for $130 million, alleging wrongful termination over hazing scandal
By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school and its president for at least…
Continue Reading Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million…
Continue Reading US government agrees to help restore sacred Native American site destroyed for Oregon road project
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed to help restore a sacred Native American…
Continue Reading A homeless man is charged with capital murder and rape in the death of a 5-year-old Kansas girl
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A homeless man has been charged with murder and rape in the killing of…
Continue Reading Nearly 4 million people in Lebanon need humanitarian help but less than half receive aid, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says Lebanon faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with nearly…
Continue Reading Video captures fatal stabbing of man in front of his girlfriend in New York
By Mark Morales, Caroll Alvarado and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a well-known…
Continue Reading Republican-led Oklahoma committee considers pause on executions amid death case scrutiny
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is one of the busiest death penalty states in the nation, but some Republican…
Continue Reading Dick Butkus, fearsome Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Dick Butkus, a fearsome middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears, has died, the team announced…
Continue Reading Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger gives $40 million in stock to California museum
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man for more than five decades, has made…
Continue Reading Father weeps as 3 charged with murder in his toddler’s fentanyl death at NYC day care
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The father of a toddler who authorities say died of fentanyl poisoning at a New York City day…
Continue Reading Republican leader of Wisconsin Assembly says he won’t move to impeach state’s top elections official
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly says he won’t pursue impeachment for the state’s top elections…
Continue Reading Colorado funeral home with “green” burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado…
Continue Reading US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists charged with making sure the United States’ aging stockpile of nuclear weapons…
Continue Reading FTX co-founder testifies against Sam Bankman-Fried, saying they committed crimes and lied to public
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX’s co-founder has begun to tell a New York jury that he and Sam Bankman-Fried…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s president faces new challenge to election victory as opposition’s claims diploma forged
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main opposition says it will present new evidence to support its court…
Continue Reading Ramaswamy says protesters slammed a car into his vehicle while he was campaigning in Iowa
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says protesters in Iowa slammed a car…
Continue Reading US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of a Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a…
Continue Reading US regulators seek to compel Elon Musk to testify in their investigation of his Twitter acquisition
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission says it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an…
Continue Reading Criminal charges lodged against Hartford ex-officer accused of lying to get warrant and faking stats
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Hartford police officer accused by his own department of lying to get an arrest warrant and inflating his traffic…
Continue Reading Railroad unions want scrutiny of remote control trains after death of worker in Ohio railyard
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Most of the reaction to the death of a rail worker who mistakenly stepped in front of two CSX…
Continue Reading NYC mayor to residents of Puebla, Mexico: ‘Mi casa es su casa,’ but ‘there’s no more room’
By DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — The mayor of New York City is in Puebla, Mexico, thanking migrants for their…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis sharpens his attacks on Donald Trump in their shared home state of Florida
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is turning up the heat on…
Continue Reading Nobel Peace Prize guesswork focuses on the Ukrainian war, protests in Iran and climate change
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be soon be revealed and the annual guessing game…
Continue Reading President Biden praises Dianne Feinstein as defender of American values at San Francisco memorial
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden honored Dianne Feinstein in video remarks as a defender of American…
Continue Reading Tony! Toni! Toné! say reuniting after 25 years ‘Feels Good’ — and they’re working on something new
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The three original members of the legendary R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné! have reunited…
Continue Reading Much of New Orleans’ water might be spared from saltwater wedge, officials say
By Rachel Ramirez and Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — The saltwater wedge threatening New Orleans drinking water has been delayed by several weeks…
Continue Reading 2 suspects are facing murder charges after a stray bullet hit a pregnant woman on a Massachusetts bus and her baby died
By Sara Smart, Aya Elamroussi and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two men are set to be charged with murder after a stray bullet from a…
Continue Reading Dartmouth tells NLRB that basketball players are students – for real – not employees
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Dartmouth College lawyers say the Ivy League school’s basketball players shouldn’t be…
Continue Reading Reprieve for New Orleans as salt water creeping up the Mississippi River slows its march inland
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Salt water inching up the Mississippi River is progressing more slowly than once projected —…
Continue Reading A look at Russia’s deadliest missile attacks on Ukraine
By The Associated Press Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to blast civilian…
Continue Reading Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second…
Continue Reading Unprecedented discovery seems to defy fundamental astronomical theories
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprising pairs of planet-like objects in the…
Continue Reading Putin says ‘fragments of hand grenades’ found in remains of dead on Wagner boss’s crashed plane
By Mariya Knight and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday that it was not an “external” attack that…
Continue Reading Nonprofit service provider Blackbaud settles data breach case for $49.5M with states
Associated Press The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of…
Continue Reading The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a…
Continue Reading Indianapolis police capture a cheeky monkey that escaped and went on the lam
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Momo the monkey’s taste of freedom is over. The primate spurred an hourslong search on Indianapolis’ east side after he…
Continue Reading Officers’ lawyers challenge analysis of video that shows Black man’s death in Tacoma, Washington
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis on Thursday…
Continue Reading Ex-USC gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students dies before going to trial
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former University of Southern California gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting…
Continue Reading Who might replace McCarthy as House speaker? What are Republicans already demanding for their vote?
By STEPHEN GROVE, FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are trying to rally around a new House speaker…
Continue Reading Report of fatal New Jersey car crash fills in key gap in Menendez federal bribery investigation
BOGOTA, N.J. (AP) — Nadine Menendez, now the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, killed a man with her car in December 2018 and left the scene…
Continue Reading ‘Dancing On My Own’ singer Calum Scott says he’ll perform for Phillies if they win the World Series
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — British singer Calum Scott says he’ll visit Philadelphia and perform his pop hit…
Continue Reading Scientists say they’ve confirmed evidence that humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — When the discovery of fossilized footprints made in what’s now New Mexico was made public in 2021, it was a…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates climb to 7.49%, hurting home sales
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates climbed even higher this week, hitting 7.49% and pushing homeownership further out of…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a judge to dismiss the Washington…
Continue Reading New York pilot who pleads not guilty to stalking woman by plane is also accused of throwing tomatoes
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A New York man has pleaded not guilty to charges of stalking a woman by flying his small plane over her home. He was…
Continue Reading Suspect in helmeted motorcyclist’s stomping of car window in Philadelphia is jailed on $2.5M bail
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was the helmeted motorist who stomped in the back window of a car in Philadelphia and waved a gun at…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross mulls call for ouster of its chief as authorities show Ukrainian kids to diplomats
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarus Red Cross says it is examining a call by the international Red Cross to fire…
Continue Reading Wisconsin hearing considers $614M plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The public will get a chance to sound off on a Republican-authored plan to hand the…
Continue Reading Powerball jackpot soars to an estimated $1.4 billion for Saturday’s drawing
The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.4 billion for Saturday – which would be the third largest jackpot in the game’s history – after…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia in lead and maybe all alone in race shaped by FIFA to host soccer’s 2034 World Cup
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — If Saudi Arabia could have designed a process for choosing future World Cup hosts, it might look…
Continue Reading Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human…
Continue Reading Donald Trump may visit the Capitol to address Republicans as they pick a new speaker, AP sources say
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is in talks to visit Capitol Hill next week as…
Continue Reading Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief’s plane crash
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that fragments of a hand grenade have been found in the bodies of people who died in…
Continue Reading Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also…
Continue Reading Biden says he couldn’t divert funds for miles of a US-Mexico border wall, but doesn’t think it works
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in…
Continue Reading Joel Embiid decides to play for USA — not France — in Paris Olympics, AP source says
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer — not rouge, blanc and bleu. The NBA’s…
Continue Reading X removes article headlines in latest platform update, widening a rift with news media
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Now, X only displays an…
Continue Reading IMF chief says the global economy has show resilience in the face of COVID, war and high rates
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy has shown remarkable resilience but still bears deep scars from the…
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