SpaceX’s Starship reaches new heights in monumental test flight but lost on reentry
SPACEX By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Starship rocket launched on its third test flight from the Starbase…
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Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold…
Continue Reading The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps…
Continue Reading Republic Of Congo reports first mpox virus cases in several regions
By LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The health ministry says the Republic of Congo has recorded its…
Continue Reading Penguins postpone Jagr bobblehead giveaway after the trinkets were stolen en route to Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway. The Pittsburgh Penguins say a shipment carrying…
Continue Reading Here’s why you might see a lot of records on the track and in the pools at the Paris Olympics
By LUCA BRUNO and ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press ALBA, Italy (AP) — The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in…
Continue Reading From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year represent four decades of play. They range from Atari…
Continue Reading Survivors of Mediterranean rescue say about 50 people died on the trip from Libya, aid group reports
MILAN (AP) — A humanitarian rescue group says survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s mega rocket blasts off on a third test flight from Texas
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX’s mega rocket has blasted off on another test flight from Texas. This time, Elon Musk is aiming to…
Continue Reading Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he’s going to put together investor group to buy TikTok
Associated Press Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he’s going to put together an investor group to buy TikTok, a day after the House of…
Continue Reading Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press The Interior Department will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of…
Continue Reading US wholesale prices picked up in February in sign that inflation pressures remain elevated
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States picked up again in February, the latest sign…
Continue Reading Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits remains low as labor market continues to thrive
By MATT OTT Associated Press The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week inched up but largely stayed at historically low levels…
Continue Reading Retail sales up 0.6% in February, bouncing back from decline to start the year
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers picked up their spending in February after a pullback the previous month,…
Continue Reading Croatian parliament dissolves to pave way for parliamentary election later this year
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s parliament has dissolved to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year. All 143 of a total of 151…
Continue Reading Italy fines TikTok $11 million for failing to protect minors
Italy’s competition authority has fined TikTok €10 million ($11 million) for failing to control the spread of content that it said threatened the…
Continue Reading Pope acknowledges criticism, health issues but says in upcoming memoir he has no plans to retire
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems…
Continue Reading As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and DARREN SANDS Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Neglect, abandonment and destruction have been the fate of thousands of…
Continue Reading Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of manslaughter weeks after mother’s conviction
By Eric Levenson, Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez, Aaron Pellish, Elise Hammond, Sabrina Souza and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — James Crumbley, the…
Continue Reading ‘Freaknik’ documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new Hulu documentary takes a look at the legendary street party Freaknik held…
Continue Reading Putin set to sweep to fifth term as Russians head to polls
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russians are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is set to hand Vladimir Putin a fifth…
Continue Reading Germany’s parliament rejects a new opposition call to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have rejected a new call by the opposition for the government to send Taurus…
Continue Reading Former officer with East Germany’s secret police goes on trial for a border killing in 1974
BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has gone on trial over the killing of a…
Continue Reading Dua Lipa, Sza and Shania Twain to lead this year’s Glastonbury Festival in June
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Organizers of the Glastonbury Festival have announced the line-up so far for arguably the world’s…
Continue Reading A 1-year-old boy in Connecticut has died after a dog bit him
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy has been fatally bitten by a dog in Connecticut. Police responded just after 3 p.m. Wednesday to a…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Starship reaches new heights in monumental test flight but lost on reentry
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Starship rocket launched on its third test flight from the Starbase facility in…
Continue Reading A decade later, Liberians remember those who died in Ebola outbreak
By MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating…
Continue Reading Putin is coasting towards another term in power. Here’s what you need to know about Russia’s presidential election
By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Russia is holding a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putin’s rule throughout…
Continue Reading Europe’s oldest monarch, Norway’s King Harald is discharged from hospital after getting a pacemaker
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, who received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, has been…
Continue Reading Geert Wilders says it is ‘constitutionally wrong’ that he had to sacrifice his leadership ambitions
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong”…
Continue Reading EU parliament opens a court case over the decision to release funds to Orban’s government in Hungary
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is embroiled in a damaging legal standoff between its legislature and its…
Continue Reading A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood are planning to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Mar. 14: Middle East, TikTok ban, Alabama cyberattack, Trump, SpaceX
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The total solar eclipse next month will leave millions in awe — and potentially expose some perplexing…
Continue Reading Major snowstorm hits Colorado, closing schools, government offices and highways
DENVER (AP) — A major snowstorm is hitting Colorado, closing numerous schools and government offices and shutting down sections of highways leading…
Continue Reading Spanish parliament set to approve controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Parliament is set to give its initial approval Thursday to a controversial…
Continue Reading Russia says Ukraine has fired more missiles at a border region on the eve of election favoring Putin
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Ukraine fired at least eight missiles at Russia’s Belgorod border region, killing one person and wounding six,…
Continue Reading Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium’s new kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation has unveiled new home and away kits for its male and female…
Continue Reading Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Researchers in India have for the first time documented how Asian elephants bury dead calves. Five calves were found…
Continue Reading Top US military chief visits munitions plants with lawmakers to press the need to arm Ukraine
By TARA COPP and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma…
Continue Reading ‘Sexism, racism and extremism’ hit Belgium’s military. The defense minister vows a tough response
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A unit of about 30 soldiers belonging to Belgium’s armed forces will be dismantled after…
Continue Reading Farmers disrupt traffic to Belgium’s major ports in protest of environmental rules
BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers have disrupted traffic around Europe’s second biggest port of Antwerp and two other Belgian harbors during yet another…
Continue Reading Majority of U.S. adults are against college athletes joining unions, according to AP-NORC survey
By RALPH D. RUSSO and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press More than half of Americans say they are against college athletes unionizing, though younger…
Continue Reading Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their…
Continue Reading Millions have played Wordle, but there’s more to the game than you’d expect
By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — One word. Five letters. Six tries. Countless moments of triumph and dismay. Wordle — the daily word game that…
Continue Reading After 50 years, Tommy John surgery is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed…
Continue Reading 3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square…
Continue Reading Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camps of the two presidential candidates who appear to have lost in Indonesia’s…
Continue Reading Biden is coming out in opposition to plans to sell US Steel to a Japanese company
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is coming out in opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel…
Continue Reading Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bannings and attempted bannings of books continue to hit record highs. That’s according…
Continue Reading A moderately strong earthquake shakes Montenegro and neighboring countries in the Western Balkans
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake has shaken Montenegro and neighboring countries, but there are no reports of casualties…
Continue Reading The British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it’s not that simple
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Thursday published an official definition of “extremism.” Groups that get the label will be barred from…
Continue Reading Denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a Japanese high court says
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has ruled that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed as investors look to central banks
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed Thursday in lackluster trading. Japan’s Nikkei 225 reversed course…
Continue Reading Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding new legislation for minimum crop prices
By RISHI LEKHI and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers are protesting in the Indian capital to press their demand for new…
Continue Reading What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is…
Continue Reading Chinese city officials issue a rare apology after authorities harass journalists on live TV
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — City officials in eastern China have apologized to local journalists after authorities…
Continue Reading Alaska Airlines passenger accused of trying to open cockpit door has been charged in federal court
By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight this month repeatedly tried to open the cockpit door, prompting flight…
Continue Reading Bodycam video shows fatal shooting of teen with autism as he approaches California deputy with a gardening tool
By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — California sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a teenager with autism who was holding a gardening tool over the…
Continue Reading First top-flight male soccer star to publicly identify as gay proposes to partner on home pitch
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Josh Cavallo, the first top-flight male professional soccer star to publicly identify as gay, has blazed a new trail…
Continue Reading Despair deepens for families of hostages in Gaza as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A brother contemplated suicide. A sister stopped going to school. A father barely speaks. With…
Continue Reading Michigan jury returning to decide fate of school shooter’s father in deaths of 4 students
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury in Michigan is set to resume deliberations in a trial that will determine whether another…
Continue Reading AI supercharges threat of disinformation in a big year for elections globally
By ALI SWENSON and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation…
Continue Reading China, Russia and Iran put on show of force with Mideast naval drills
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as…
Continue Reading The drama in Russia’s election is all about what Putin will do with another 6 years in power
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As Vladimir Putin heads for another six-year term as Russia’s president, there’s little…
Continue Reading Former Thai leader Thaksin makes first public appearances after release from detention
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s paroled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a series of public appearances with an early morning…
Continue Reading Florida citrus capital was top destination for US movers last year
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More people moved to a county rich with citrus groves located between two of Florida’s…
Continue Reading Biden heads to the Michigan county emerging as the swing state’s top bellwether
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan’s premier bellwether county of Saginaw…
Continue Reading It’s not just ‘hang loose.’ Lawmakers look to make the friendly ‘shaka’ Hawaii’s official gesture
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That’s the…
Continue Reading Oklahoma outlawed cockfighting in 2002. A push to weaken penalties has some crowing fowl play
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press WILSON, Okla. (AP) — Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it…
Continue Reading Women blast through gender barriers in Colombia’s emerald mines, but struggle to emerge from poverty
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press COSCUEZ, Colombia (AP) — Deep inside mountain tunnels where the heat is so intense it causes headaches, women…
Continue Reading Judge to hear arguments on whether to dismiss Trump’s classified documents prosecution
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on…
Continue Reading Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly…
Continue Reading How Chinese is TikTok? US lawmakers see it as China’s tool, even as it distances itself from Beijing
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since its inception, TikTok has been intended only for non-Chinese markets, unavailable in mainland…
Continue Reading Falling rocks in Australian gold mine kill 1 miner and severely injure another while 29 reach safety
SYDNEY (AP) — Rescuers say falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries. Another…
Continue Reading Race for Chicago-area prosecutor seat features tough-on-crime judge, lawyer with Democratic backing
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open seat to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office has become one of the…
Continue Reading Russians abroad have no faith in this presidential election – and are divided on what they can do about it
By Anna Chernova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Sergey Kulikov booked the first flight available out of Russia within days of the Kremlin…
Continue Reading Vice President Harris will visit a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to tour a clinic in Minnesota that performs abortions…
Continue Reading Air defense for $13 a shot? How lasers could revolutionize the way militaries counter enemy missiles and drones
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Britain this week showed off a new laser weapon that its military says could deliver lethal missile or aircraft…
Continue Reading Naomi Campbell’s enduring fashion career will be celebrated with a London museum exhibition
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After four decades in fashion, the queen of the catwalk is getting her own exhibition. The Victoria…
Continue Reading UN report: Many countries are bouncing back from COVID pandemic but the poorest are not
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the…
Continue Reading This ‘GigaFarm’ in the desert could produce 3 million kilograms of food
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — In 2022, Dubai unveiled the world’s largest vertical farm. The 31,000-square-meter indoor facility at…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim drives new-type tank during drills and calls for efforts to prepare for war
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has joined his troops in training to operate newly…
Continue Reading South Dakota prosecutors to seek death penalty for man charged with killing deputy during a pursuit
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck…
Continue Reading People injured at law enforcement training facility in Southern California, the FBI says
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say people have been injured during law enforcement exercises at an FBI training facility in Southern California.…
Continue Reading Shakeup continues at Disney district a year after takeover by DeSantis appointees
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shakeup of Walt Disney World’s governing district more than a year after it was taken…
Continue Reading Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, according to medical examiner
By Cindy Von Quednow and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The death last month of a Oklahoma 10th grader the day after they told their family they…
Continue Reading Utah man dies in avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A Utah man died after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana, Ravalli County officials…
Continue Reading Ex-rideshare driver accused in California antisemitic attack charged with federal hate crime
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former rideshare driver in connection with an antisemitic attack on a passenger at San…
Continue Reading Patriarch Neophyte, leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church, dies at 78
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country,…
Continue Reading Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a…
Continue Reading Ancient lord’s tomb found filled with gold and multiple sacrificial bodies
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Excavations of an archaeological site in Panama have revealed the grave of a religious leader buried over 1,200…
Continue Reading Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office
PHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced three years and six months in federal prison for making an online threat to bomb then-Arizona…
Continue Reading Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county report they confirmed a staggering 645…
Continue Reading Investigator says she asked Boeing’s CEO who handled panel that blew off a jet. He couldn’t help her
By The Associated Press The nation’s chief accident investigator says she’s gone to the top of Boeing — the company’s CEO — and…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania governor unveils plan to cut greenhouse gases, boost renewables in big energy producer
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARC LEVY Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change.…
Continue Reading George Widman, longtime AP photographer and Pulitzer finalist, dead at 79
TRAPPE, Pa. (AP) — George Parker Widman, a longtime Associated Press photographer and 1988 Pulitzer finalist, has died at the age of 79. An…
Continue Reading Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver’s licenses and IDs
KATV By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state…
Continue Reading Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver’s licenses and IDs
By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state driver’s…
Continue Reading Police say suspect in a Hawaii acid attack on a woman plotted with an inmate to carry out 2nd attack
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawaii last year…
Continue Reading Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after school fight is ruled a suicide, medical examiner says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of a Oklahoma high school student who was nonbinary who died the day after a fight…
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