Searches underway following avalanche at California ski resort near Lake Tahoe
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials…
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‘Obamacare’ sign-ups surge to 20 million, days before open enrollment closes
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says 20 million people have enrolled for health insurance through the…
Continue Reading ‘3 Body Problem’ to open SXSW, ‘The Fall Guy’ also to premiere at Austin festival
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The SXSW Film & TV Festival will open with premiere of “3 Body Problem,” the anticipated Netflix series from “Game…
Continue Reading Somali forces are continuing to search for passengers of captured UN helicopter
By Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Radina Gigova and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — Somali national forces in the area where a UN helicopter was…
Continue Reading Regulators are set to decide whether to OK a new bitcoin fund. Here’s what investors need to know
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators are soon expected to decide whether to approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded…
Continue Reading Snow is disappearing as the planet warms. A new study shows who’s losing the most
Vast swaths of the US have been hit with powerful storms, including blizzards that have blanketed parts of the Midwest and Northeast in snow. But…
Continue Reading Mortgage applications soar in the first week of the year as rates trend lower
Mortgage applications surged by 9.9% in the first week of the year, a sign that lower rates are bringing homebuyers off the sidelines, according to a…
Continue Reading South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill banning transgender medical care for minors is heading to the…
Continue Reading Alaska Airlines cancels flights on certain Boeing planes through Saturday for mandatory inspections
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Alaska Airlines is canceling through Saturday all flights on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes like the one that suffered an…
Continue Reading Court sends case of prosecutor suspended by DeSantis back to trial judge over First Amendment issues
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Democratic Florida prosecutor suspended by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will get…
Continue Reading Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation’s 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a…
Continue Reading Engine maker Cummins to repair, replace 600,000 Ram trucks in $2 billion emissions cheating scandal
BY ALEXA ST. JOHN The Department of Justice released new details of a settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. Wednesday that includes a…
Continue Reading California lawmakers to consider a ban on tackle football for kids under 12
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California bill that aims to reduce the risk of brain injury by banning tackle football…
Continue Reading CES 2024 updates: The most interesting news and gadgets from tech’s big show
LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2024 has kicked off in Las Vegas. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association will feature the…
Continue Reading California governor proposes tapping reserves and cutting some spending to close nearly $38B deficit
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is announcing a $291 billion state spending plan with an…
Continue Reading Sentencing postponed again for Mississippi police officers who tortured two Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi…
Continue Reading Man accused in Harvard bomb threat, extortion plot last year pleads guilty to a lesser charge
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A New Hampshire man who had been accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb…
Continue Reading Couple found dead in blazing hot South Carolina home where furnace appeared to overheat
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The family of an elderly couple found dead in their South Carolina home where the temperature was about 120 degrees…
Continue Reading Bills fan killed outside of Dolphins’ stadium after last weekend’s game, police say
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation outside Hard Rock…
Continue Reading Amazon’s Twitch cuts more than 500 jobs attempting to turn expensive platform profitable
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying…
Continue Reading TSA finds a record number of guns at airport checkpoints – 93% of them loaded
CNN By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were…
Continue Reading TSA finds a record number of guns at airport checkpoints – 93% of them loaded
By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were…
Continue Reading Judge: Lawsuit against Parkland school deputy over 2018 massacre can go to trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the Florida sheriff’s deputy who was on campus during…
Continue Reading Greek prime minister says legislation allowing same-sex marriage will be presented soon
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right prime minister says his government will soon submit legislation allowing civil marriage for same-sex…
Continue Reading Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t make his own closing argument in his New York civil…
Continue Reading China launches Einstein probe that’s modeled after lobster eyes and designed to hunt for X-ray bursts
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A probe designed to scour the sky for bursts of X-rays that could help illuminate mysterious phenomena linked to…
Continue Reading Trial to begin for woman accused of helping to cover up killing of Connecticut mother of 5
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The first criminal trial related to the 2019 killing of Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Dulos is set to begin…
Continue Reading Teen who was shot in the head after ringing a doorbell at the wrong house earns place on all-state band
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl was 16 when he was shot in the head and arm last April after going to the wrong house in Kansas…
Continue Reading Moscow court rejects lawsuit against ‘almost naked’ party that caused scandal in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press A court in Moscow has rejected a class-action lawsuit against a Russian TV presenter that sought $11 million in moral…
Continue Reading Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after its emergency landing
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Officials in Somalia say al-Shabab extremists have killed one person and captured five…
Continue Reading Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband arrested on charges stemming from restaurant incident
By COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — The ex-husband of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was arrested on misdemeanor charges stemming from an apparent…
Continue Reading More adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortages
By TOM MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping…
Continue Reading Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to…
Continue Reading France’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in Macron’s footsteps
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many…
Continue Reading The people paid to spot risks see high chance of ‘global catastrophe’ within 10 years
Humanity faces a perilous future, marked by an explosion of disinformation turbocharged by artificial intelligence and the devastating effects of…
Continue Reading Inflation is down sharply, but getting to exactly 2% will be tough
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price…
Continue Reading Kentucky is the all-time No. 1 team through 75 storied years of AP Top 25 college basketball polls
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Sustained excellence is difficult to achieve in any sport. It takes hiring the right coaches, year after year. A…
Continue Reading Pope confirms new leader of India’s Syro-Malabar Church, divided for decades over liturgy dispute
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has confirmed a new leader for India’s Syro-Malabar Church in a step toward healing…
Continue Reading Kremlin foe Navalny, smiling and joking, appears in court via video link from an Arctic prison
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A smiling and joking Alexei Navalny appeared in court Wednesday via video link from the…
Continue Reading Program to provide cash for pregnant women in Flint, Michigan, and families with newborns
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A program aimed at helping remove families and infants in Flint, Michigan, from deep poverty will give $1,500 to women during…
Continue Reading NHLPA unveils mental health initiative to help hockey players learn more, watch for warning signs
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL players union has launched a mental health program aimed at educating and helping players learn more about…
Continue Reading A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced in the hit-and-run death of a retired police officer
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty in a hit-and-run crash that killed…
Continue Reading Ancient human DNA hints at why a modern disease affects so many northern Europeans today
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis…
Continue Reading NFL regular-season games see 7% increase in viewers. 17.9M average is second highest since 2015
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NFL regular-season games averaged 17.9 million viewers, tied for the second highest since averages were first tracked…
Continue Reading Guyana turns to US to help boost its military as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana says it is seeking help from the U.S. to improve its defense capabilities amid…
Continue Reading The largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, says new study
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction when climate change put…
Continue Reading A veteran diplomat from Laos, the new ASEAN special envoy for Myanmar, embarks on inaugural mission
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis heads into the Iowa caucuses displaying public confidence and a sense of humor
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis in recent weeks is…
Continue Reading Boston reaches $2.4 million settlement with female police commander over gender discrimination case
BOSTON (AP) — Boston has reached a $2.4 million settlement with a high ranking female police commander who accused the department of gender…
Continue Reading Minnesota doctor Connor Bowman faces new first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife after she was poisoned
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota doctor accused of fatally poisoning his pharmacist wife now faces a tougher charge that could put him in…
Continue Reading SAG Awards nominate ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ snub DiCaprio
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards heaped awards on “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and…
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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest gadgets at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. And that…
Continue Reading Belarus sends children from occupied Ukraine for training with Belarusian army
YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus state television says that Belarusian authorities sent a recently arrived group of Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Germany approves the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softer approach
BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening of its hard line of…
Continue Reading For IRS, backlogs and identity theft are still problems despite funding boost, watchdog says
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is still too slow to process amended tax returns, answer taxpayer phone calls and…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Personal Birth date: August 8, 1953…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951…
Continue Reading Air Arabia resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured Kabul
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government in Afghanistan has confirmed the resumption of Air Arabia flights to Kabul’s international airport, two…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia and convicted war criminal. Personal…
Continue Reading Kosovo files human smuggling charges against 27 Kosovars
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prosecutors have charged 27 Kosovars with smuggling migrants to a neighboring country. The prosecutors in a…
Continue Reading Greece accuses multinationals of ‘greedflation,’ expands price controls to baby formula
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government has announced price controls on baby formula, accusing multinational suppliers of…
Continue Reading Biden’s education chief to talk with Dartmouth students about Islamophobia, antisemitism
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief plans to meet Wednesday with students at Dartmouth…
Continue Reading Kenya court may release alleged starvation cult leader if not charged within two weeks
By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — A Kenyan court has threatened to release alleged Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie…
Continue Reading North Carolina man exonerated after 44 years of wrongful imprisonment to receive $25 million settlement
By Jamiel Lynch and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A man exonerated and freed after serving 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit…
Continue Reading Music streams hit 4 trillion in 2023. Country and global acts — and Taylor Swift — fueled the growth
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listened to more music last year? You’re not alone. Luminate’s year-end report finds that…
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s worsening security situation deteriorated further in spectacular fashion this week, with gunmen armed with…
Continue Reading Investigative hearings open into cargo ship fire that killed 2 New Jersey firefighters
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators opened several days of hearings into a dockside cargo ship fire that…
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By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies,…
Continue Reading X Corp. has slashed 30% of trust and safety staff, an Australian online safety watchdog says
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog says the owner of the social media platform…
Continue Reading ADL records more than 3,200 antisemitic incidents since start of Israel-Hamas war
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitism has “skyrocketed” across the United States in the three months since the October 7…
Continue Reading A legal battle is set to open at the top UN court over an allegation of Israeli genocide in Gaza
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A legal battle over whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide…
Continue Reading Polish lawmakers arrested inside Presidential Palace, as showdown between new and old ruling parties intensifies
By Rob Picheta and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Two populist Polish lawmakers were dramatically arrested on corruption charges inside the…
Continue Reading Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 700 post office…
Continue Reading Nepal’s star cricket player is sentenced to 8 years in prison for rape and ordered to pay fine
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s star cricket player and former captain of the national team has been sentenced to eight years in prison for rape…
Continue Reading For consumers shopping for an EV, new rules mean fewer models qualify for a tax credit
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. consumers looking to get a tax credit on an electric vehicle purchase will have fewer models…
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By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, can fill some potentially pricey “gaps” in Medicare Part A and Part B.…
Continue Reading ESPN’s early season baseball schedule will be the Sho Show, featuring Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN’s early season baseball schedule will be the Sho Show. Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers will be featured on…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong man is jailed 3 months for sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to three months in prison on sedition charges for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan printed on…
Continue Reading Japan’s nuclear safety agency orders power plant operator to study the impact of Jan. 1 quake
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 10: GOP debate, Winter storm, Boeing, Israel, Ecuador
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Meta is rolling out new restrictions for teenage Facebook and Instagram users, including hiding search results…
Continue Reading Edmunds compares the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV and 2024 Tesla Model Y
By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds The new 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is one of the most intriguing electric vehicle debuts this year. With roomy seating and…
Continue Reading Modi’s beach visit to a remote Indian archipelago rakes up a storm in the Maldives
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The relationship between India and the Maldives is facing challenges after officials in the tiny…
Continue Reading As the Senate tries to strike a border deal with Mayorkas, House GOP launches effort to impeach him
By LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans targeting…
Continue Reading Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny makes first court appearance from Siberian penal colony
By Niamh Kennedy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has made his first court appearance from the Siberian…
Continue Reading Nepal’s spiritual leader known as ‘Buddha Boy’ arrested on charges of rape and kidnapping
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s police have arrested a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha…
Continue Reading Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate change
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelenskyy heads to Baltic countries in pursuit of more support against Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Lithuania ahead of visits to Estonia and Latvia, as Ukraine seeks more…
Continue Reading Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden’s 2030 goal, new report says
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the…
Continue Reading USDA estimates 21 million kids will get summer food benefits through new program in 2024
By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer About 21 million children are likely to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program.…
Continue Reading US climate pollution fell in 2023 as country shutters coal-fired power plants, new data shows
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Planet-warming pollution in the US decreased nearly 2% in 2023 even as the economy grew, according to new data from…
Continue Reading AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat, Davos report says
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge…
Continue Reading A dinghy carrying migrants hit rocks in Greece, killing 2 people in high winds
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two migrants have been killed and eight others rescued in Greece after a dinghy crashed into rocks in…
Continue Reading Japan resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities have resumed landfill work at the planned new site of the U.S. military base…
Continue Reading Ukrainian President Zelensky makes surprise visit to Lithuania to discuss war
By Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to…
Continue Reading Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization
By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legislation banning…
Continue Reading 3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has started a nearly three-day strike…
Continue Reading Blinken seeks Palestinian governance reform as he tries to rally region behind postwar vision
By MATTHEW LEE, NAJIB JOBAIN AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek governance reforms…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares retreat after a lackluster day on Wall St, but Tokyo jumps 2%
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares retreated Wednesday after a lackluster session on Wall Street, though Tokyo broke…
Continue Reading Minivan explosion in Afghanistan kills at least 3; the Islamic State group claims responsibility
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least three…
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