By Mostafa Salem and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Thirty-three people are thought to have died in a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, according to the Taliban. Among the dead are children, according to Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, while a further 43 people were injured in the explosion. Mujahid said the blast took place
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Contributors: Eliza Mackintosh, Jacqui Palumbo, Max Burnell, Angelica Pursley On the evening of February 24, just hours after Russia launched its full-blown attack on Ukraine, art curator Maria Lanko got into her car and left her home in Kyiv. Unsure of her exact plan, and with a potentially dangerous journey ahead,
Continue Reading Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Contributors: Eliza Mackintosh, Jacqui Palumbo, Max Burnell, Angelica Pursley On the evening of February 24, just hours after Russia launched its full-blown attack on Ukraine, art curator Maria Lanko got into her car and left her home in Kyiv. Unsure of her exact plan, and with a potentially dangerous journey ahead,
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A pickup truck towing a camper overturned Friday on Interstate 70 near the Highway 63 connector.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seton Hall’s Lauren Park-Lane has been selected the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association. Retiring Fairfield coach Joe Frager is the Maggie Dixon Met Coach of the Year, and Columbia’s Kitty Henderson has been named the Rookie of the Year. Park-Lane
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than two years after he started work on it, Gov. Tom Wolf is set to enact the centerpiece of his plan to fight climate change. It’ll make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon-pricing policy. But it might be a short-lived
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton hopes two weeks is all he needs to recover from his sprained left knee and get back to helping his team repeat as NBA champion. The three-time All-Star is eyeing a return in the Eastern Conference semifinals, assuming the Bucks gets
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Jay Wright says he no longer had the mental edge he needed to continue his career and that’s why he decided to retire at Villanova. The 60-year-old Wright shocked college basketball this week with his retirement from the Big East program he led to two
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have fired coach James Borrego. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press Friday about the move. the person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team has not publicly announced the move. The 44-year-old Borrego was
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming are among this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for the “courage they’ve shown protecting democracy in the United States and abroad.” Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence a long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes. That cigarette flavor is the only one still on the market. It accounts for more than a third of U.S. cigarette sales. The lobbying blitz
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN A hearing Friday on the longshot bid to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the ballot forced the far-right lawmaker to confront some of the incendiary rhetoric she’s used in the past, even as she denied vehemently that she encouraged the violent January 6 attack on the Capitol. The activists challenging
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The start of the Pittsburgh Pirates-Chicago Cubs game has been pushed back because of inclement weather in the forecast. The NL Central teams were slated to play at 2:20 p.m. EDT, but instead will play at 8:05 p.m. EDT at Wrigley Field. José Quintana is slated to start for Pittsburgh, and fellow
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Google is marking Earth Day on Friday with a doodle of time lapses, highlighting how the climate crisis is radically changing the planet. The search engine published a series of time-lapse satellite images from Google Earth, depicting deforestation, melting glaciers, coral bleaching and retreating snow cover, as a stark reminder of
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 28-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to 27.5 years in prison for shooting into a crowd of people at a party, killing a man from South Carolina and injuring three others. Markeithen “Red” McClaine was sentenced Thursday for the July 2019 shooting that killed 20-year-old Airman 1st Class Chancelor Williams,
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Defending champion Sorana Cirstea has advanced to the semifinals at the clay-court Istanbul Championship by defeating Julia Grabher of Austria 7-5, 6-1. Cirstea last year ended a 13-year wait for her second career singles title when she upset Elise Mertens in the final. She will next play third-seeded Veronika Kudermetova, who outlasted
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By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been maneuvering behind the scenes to contain the fallout over damning and contradictory conversations he had with other GOP lawmakers about then-President Donald Trump in the immediate aftermath of January 6. The California Republican dialed up key GOP members throughout
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence a long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes. That cigarette flavor is the only one still on the market. It accounts for more than a third of U.S. cigarette sales. The lobbying blitz
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Storm clouds appear to be gathering over Wall Street, with many analysts saying a downturn is inevitable. But before the party winds down, some expect an explosive pre-crash rally — known as a “melt-up.” Melt-ups usually occur without any obvious economic reason for the gains. They happen when investors buy
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Bubba Wallace still has the voice message Michael Jordan left him after Wallace’s first Cup Series victory. His winning Toyota is currently housed at the NASCAR Hall of Fame but will eventually be his to display. Wallace’s rain-shortened win at Talladega Superspeedway last October
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