By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Eyad Kourdi, CNN ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed Wednesday during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning. It was the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Qurayshi
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KIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A Scottish soccer club has apologized for signing a player who was ruled in 2017 to have raped a woman and said it was “committed to making things right.” The move by second-tier Raith Rovers to sign former Scotland international David Goodwillie had sparked a backlash and withdrawal of sponsors. Raith
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Officials in Northern Ireland have sought legal advice after a government minister ordered them to stop inspecting cargoes arriving from other parts of the U.K., in violation of the Brexit agreement between Britain and the European Union. Shipments continued to move through the port of Belfast on
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By KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country. The storm is disrupting travel as roads in many states were left icy and airlines canceled thousands of flights. A long
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country. The storm is disrupting travel as roads in many states were left icy and airlines canceled thousands of flights. A long
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country. The storm is disrupting travel as roads in many states were left icy and airlines canceled thousands of flights. A long
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s energy regulator says a cap on energy prices is going up by a record 54% because of soaring costs of wholesale natural gas. The change announced Thursday will significantly burden millions of households already squeezed by rapidly climbing bills. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The new generation of Canadian downhillers doesn’t have a nickname yet, but they’ve got plenty of speed like the Crazy Canucks and Canadian Cowboys of yesteryear. Brodie Seger, Jack Crawford and Broderick Thompson are each in their mid 20s and have been flying under the radar
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders are trying to walk a diplomatic tightrope that could mean the difference between war in Ukraine and an uneasy peace there as Russia’s menacing actions on the border of its neighbor continue unabated. Russian President Vladimir Putin is back at the Kremlin following his diplomatic
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By Travis Caldwell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The FBI has identified people suspected of making bomb threats this week directed at historically Black colleges and universities — which the bureau is investigating as hate crimes, a law enforcement official said. No arrests have been made, the official said. At least 14 HBCUs reported bomb threats
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a container ship has run aground off a German North Sea island, and an initial attempt to free it was unsuccessful. Shipping company Maersk said on Twitter that the Mumbai Maersk ran aground on a “shallow patch” on Wednesday night. It said that “all crew are safe, there is no
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Czech Republic women’s hockey team is no longer an international afterthought due to its NCAA development pipeline. Captain Alena Mills helped blaze that trail by pursuing her hockey dreams at Brown. Many have since followed in her footsteps. The women’s team has 14 players with
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil and gas company has announced the discovery of between 1.5 to 2 trillion standard cubic feet of raw gas in an offshore area located in the northwest of the emirate. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, also known as ADNOC,
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Hace una semana, la Casa Blanca afirmó que la invasión rusa de Ucrania era “inminente”. Pero aún no ha sucedido, y el tiempo corre. En unas pocas semanas, el hielo puede haber comenzado a descongelarse, o aún podría ser lo suficientemente grueso como para que los blindados rusos lo atraviesen sin anegarse.
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the seat belt reminder chimes may not sound when the vehicles are started and the driver hasn’t buckled up. Documents posted Thursday by safety regulators say the recall covers the 2021 and 2022 Model S
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By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has described his detention and deportation from Australia that prevented him from defending his Australian Open title as an “unfortunate event.” He met the Serbian president on Thursday and thanked him for his support during the ordeal over his entry visa. An 11-day saga
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Simone Pathe, CNN There’s nothing like a Supreme Court vacancy to get people in Washington talking about the Senate. It’s less clear, however, whether the voters who will decide control of the Senate nine months from now are attuned to that conversation, especially since the ideological makeup of the court is not in the balance.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Imágenes satelitales muestran despliegue de Rusia alrededor de Ucrania. La Tierra tiene como compañero a un raro asteroide recién descubierto. El drástico aumento de migrantes venezolanos en la frontera sur de EE.UU. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 El contraste de Europa y Estados Unidos
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Oscar Holland, CNN From Joe DiMaggio to Albert Einstein, Princess Diana to Victoria Beckham, watchmaker Patek Philippe has long been a celebrity favorite. But the Swiss brand’s reputation has taken an unexpected turn in recent years. Namedropping luxury labels may be nothing new in hip-hop, but lyrical references to Patek Phillippe exploded in 2017. That
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HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia has reported profits in line with analyst expectations and says the wireless and fixed-network equipment maker will resume paying a dividend and launch a share-buyback program. The Espoo, Finland-based company on Thursday reported net profit of 727 million euros for the October-December period, compared with 787 million euros a year earlier.
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